A 15-year-old boy who developed an incurable sleep disorder and a debilitating auto immune condition after being given the swine flu vaccine has won a settlement in the High Court ten years later.
Two brothers have been sentenced to two years in jail each for forcing an elderly and vulnerable woman to pay an “extortionate price” for chainsaws, power washes and generators she had no use for and did not want. An Garda Síochana report that “the men called to an elderly lady’s home in West Cork, uninvited, and […]
Gardaí have launched an investigation into the conduct of anti-mask protestors on the Luas Red Line yesterday. The group, who had attended a city-centre rally yesterday against the lockdown and mandatory face-mask regulations, told other passengers to take off their masks whilst on board the Luas. Transdev, the Luas operator, said it has passed on […]
The Irish-American priest who founded the Knights of Columbus, one of the biggest charitable Catholic organizations in the world, has been beatified and is one step from canonisation as a saint. Fr McGivney’s process of canonization was begun in 1997 by Archbishop Daniel A.Cronin of Hartford. A miraculous cure for a child diagnosed with a fatal condition in […]
The Rural Independent Group has called on the current Taoiseach, Michael Martin, and the leader of the Green Party, Eamon Ryan, “to emerge from hiding and earnestly address” the controversy surrounding the actions of the Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar, who shared information on a GP contract with the IMO with a rival organisation. Commenting on the […]
Irish rugby star Conor Murray has been announced as a new Ambassador for Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI) and he is urging his fans to get active and challenge themselves to run, jog, walk, cycle or swim a distance of 100 kms in 21 days – all while raising vital funds for the charity. DSI’s 21 day challenge […]
The family of a Derry teenager has hit out at headlines claiming their son was the ‘youngest person dying with Covid’ in the region, when their son had, in fact, tested ‘Covid negative’ when he died. Teenager Aaron Doherty was recorded as dying with Covid-19 because he had previously tested positive for the virus some […]
Leo Varadkar has been finding allies in unusual places, this morning, following last Friday’s publication in Village magazine of allegations that he had acted unlawfully by sharing details of a draft contract for GPs with a rival group of GPs: Former minister for agriculture Barry Cowen has said Leo Varadkar is “entitled to make a […]
A priest addressed a group gathered to pray in the Phoenix Park last night as pressure grows on the government to lift a ban on public Masses.
The money, you see, was only resting in Elisha McCallion’s account. That, at least, is the version of reality we are being asked to accept by the Sinn Fein leadership, which yesterday sought, and received, the resignation of the Derry-born senator over the mysterious diversion of ten thousand pounds of UK taxpayers money, which ended […]
Two homeless people were found dead in Dublin over the bank holiday weekend, bringing to “over 50” the number of those found dead while homeless in the first ten months of 2020. Independent Councillor Anthony Flynn told the Irish Times that the number of deaths of homeless people had increased from 37 at this point […]
The Irish government will not be lifting a ban on public worship services over the coming weeks after five Catholic bishops met with Taoiseach Micheál Martin last night.