Rural TDs have spoken out strongly yet again at An Taisce’s latest decision to appeal a Supreme Court decision granting planning permission for a cheese plant in Co. Kilkenny. An Taisce – Ireland’s oldest NGO, which receives €3.5 million in taxpayer-funding per year – has repeatedly objected to the cheese plant’s construction, and drawn fire […]
While a report on alleged planning corruption was completed 4 years ago now, the Department of Housing has said they have “no timeline” for when the report may be published. The report – named the Mulcahy Report – was initiated after Senior Counsel Rory Mulcahy was tasked in 2015 with investigating allegations made by whistleblower […]
The claim was made after health professionals said a ACTC supported Bill would harm their ability to help gender non-conforming children.
Zero Covid supporter, Prof. Anthony Staines, has said that teachers and other professions should be forced to reveal their vaccination status. Speaking on Newstalk Breakfast this week, the ISAG member was asked by the interviewer if he thought people should be forced to reveal their vaccination status. “I think they should be very strongly encouraged, […]
Inevitable, really. This Government can’t really count on many loyal supporters, and they can’t afford to be completely alienating journalists and pro-choice activists (sorry, I repeat myself) with whom they made a pact all the way back in 2016 or so. On Friday, Donnelly’s department quietly tried to walk away from the idea, but he […]
This is one of those figures that sounds shocking, but is actually objectively good news: #LATEST HSE tells @VirginMediaNews that 20% of Ireland’s new confirmed cases are people who are fully vaccinated. “Vaccinated people are reporting very mild illness” – @NiamhOBeirne @VirginMediaNews #Covid19Ireland — Zara King (@ZaraKing) August 9, 2021 According to the most recent […]
Back in November of 2020, Irish tech entrepreneur Declan Ganley launched a High Court action over the government’s lockdown on religious services. Nine months later, no resolution has been reached. In fact, the courts considered throwing the case out altogether over the issue of “mootness.” Declan Ganley takes legal challenge to Level 5 ban on […]
Gardaí are seeking the public’s help in tracing the whereabouts 14 year old Stefan Muntean.
Oh well.
The first dose of the mRNA covid vaccine will be offered to children in Ireland aged 12 to 15 starting this weekend, an HSE spokesperson has declared. The Director of Public Health at the HSE’s National Immunisation Office, Dr. Lucy Jessop, made the announcement on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, saying that online registrations would open from […]
Boxer Kellie Harrington has won gold in the lightweight boxing final at the Olympic Games, in a unanimous decision victory over reigning world champion Beatriz Ferreira of Brazil.
The Department of Agriculture has confirmed that it plans to prevent Irish farmers from increasing their suckler cow numbers under the newly proposed “Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme.” “The scheme will prevent a participant increasing their suckler cow numbers over the course of the contract,” said the Department speaking to the Irish Farmers Journal, although they […]