The government has announced a slight easing of restrictions from Monday the 26th of April, with the number of people allowed at funerals increasing from 10 to 25 “on compassionate grounds.” However, they stressed that gatherings should not take place “before or after” the funeral service. In addition, outdoor sporting facilities will be allowed to […]
MEPs have asked the European Commission to launch proceedings against Ireland, saying GDPR rights were not enforced in a significant privacy case against Facebook, the Irish Independent reports. They want the EU to punish Ireland for what they believe was a failure to ensure privacy rights – and mishandling a high profile case taken by activist Max Schrems […]
Professor Oran Doyle from the Covid-19 Law and Human Rights Observatory at Trinity College has said that under the government’s new covid-19 lockdown rules, attending Catholic confession, even socially-distanced outdoors, is now a criminal offence. Speaking during an interview on RTÉ Radio 1 this week, Professor Doyle was asked if even outdoor religious events had […]
Chairman of the IFSA Cormac Burke told Gript.ie that large quantities of fish will be “ruined” if the SFPA implements new quay-side weighing methods following the EU Commission’s removal of Ireland’s weighing derogation.
Minister Simon Harris yesterday announced that the Government’s new Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021–2025 will “positively discriminate” against men. The move, he said, is necessary as there are too few female apprentices in the country. .@SimonHarrisTD speaking on @RTERadio1 about how is his new 5-year apprenticeship plan will help increase the amount of female apprentices.#ApprenticeshipForAll […]
The good news here, you might say, is that at least Paschal Donohoe seems to envisage Ireland being fully out of lockdown by 2023. He’s going to get into hot water with the Zero Covid people, who markedly do not share that assumption. But that’s sort of where the good news ends: Paschal Donohoe said […]
RTÉ must air the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland’s decision.
Three members of the Dáil Rural Independent Group have said they are profoundly alarmed at the decision by KBC Ireland to exit the Irish banking market and warn that Irish customers “cannot be left to the mercy of a vulture fund feeding frenzy”. Deputies Mattie McGrath, Carol Nolan and Michael Collins were speaking after KBC […]
Hundreds of thousands of euro in pension money is being lost per person to various government-imposed charges and fees, according to a newly released report. Back in 2012, a report by the Department of Social Protection found that the state charges in place on pensions added up to a little over 2% per year. However, […]
Women’s Space Ireland (WSI), a feminist group which campaigns for women’s sex-based rights, has said that the European Commission’s plan to make hate speech and hate crime EU crimes threatens freedom of expression. The group has said that “we strongly object to this extension of power over speech and serious inroads into freedom of expression”, […]
A Mayo coroner has said that the figures given by Nphet at Covid-19 briefings regarding the number of deaths from the virus “may be inaccurate”. The accuracy of the method of recording Covid deaths was called into question by Coronor Patrick O’Connor who said ‘cases where Covid is recorded as the principal cause of death […]
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has said that the government is considering extending the length of time between vaccine doses from 4 weeks to 12 weeks. Donnelly said that he is expecting to receive an official expert recommendation from Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ronan Glynn and the country’s vaccine taskforce “in the coming days”, as […]