The HSE has confirmed that it will continue to facilitate medical interventions for children who are seeking to change their sex, despite the landmark Tavistock ruling in the United Kingdom which found that it was “highly unlikely” that children under 16 would be able to provide fully informed consent to the procedures involved. Tavistock is […]
The sex offender’s victim was a four-year-old boy whose mother had started a relationship before the abuser transitioned.
Only 5,780 doses of vaccine were administered on Monday of this week. Low numbers over the past few weekends, and Mondays, has led to the Government missing its weekly vaccination numbers for the last two weeks running. The Government has blamed those failures to hit targets on supply issues but that does not appear to […]
Photo credit: Keresaspa on Wikimedia Commons, (CC BY-SA 3.0) Unionist paramilitary organisations have told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that they are officially withdrawing their support for the Good Friday peace accord out of anger for the Northern Ireland Protocol. Signs were spotted in County Tyrone, reading “Our forefathers fought for our freedom and rights […]
In an interview with Virgin Media, Táinaiste Leo Varadkar has said that he would be “very surprised” if the UK was able to achieve its stated targets for re-opening the British economy, and refused to give a similar timeline for Ireland. “I would be very surprised if [the UK was] able to meet those dates, […]
In a move that would seem to be deeply embarrassing for everyone involved Baybars Orsek, the Chief Executive of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), the group which accredits the Journal.ie as a Facebook fact-checker, has told Gript that one of the Journal’s recent fact-checks does not meet the criteria to be considered a fact-check and […]
It’s good journalistic practice, as a general rule, to ask a person for comment before you write about them. But before sitting down to write this piece, last night, the only question that this writer could think to ask acting President of the University of Limerick, Kerstin May, was this: Have you lost your mind? […]
The Rural Independent Group has welcomed Seachtain na Gaeilge and called for a renewed focus on the future of the Irish language, saying a language defines a people, a culture and that “both are inseparable”. “Seachtain na Gaelige provides an opportunity to showcase our language and shine a light on the need for the State […]
Sinn Féin Senator Paul Gavan has described Saturday’s anti-lockdown protesters as “far-right”, referencing previous “fascist” movements, and calling on people to challenge their ideology of “hatred, prejudice and poison.” “Cathaoirleach, you’ll notice a few months ago I talked about when the fascists were outside the gate here. And I do feel the need to raise […]
The Government has missed its target of administering 100,000 doses of vaccine last week with only 81,843 doses administered. This is the second week in a row in which the Government has failed to hit its target. The Government is saying that the failure to hit the target is due to a supply issue but […]
A Cork man and serial thief who has admitted to two counts of shoplifting was spared a jail sentence by the court after telling about his charitable works, including captaining an Irish soccer team for a charity soccer contest in Portugal. John Paul Long, a Cork native, pleaded guilty to the theft at a Lidl […]
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD has called for the easing of restrictions around funeral services and burial, saying that churches are often the biggest building in a given town. He said that the “cruel” restrictions at funerals was in contrast to the daily experience of people standing in queues for goods in busy shops and […]