Bishop of Ferns, Dennis Brennan, has become the latest Catholic clergyman to openly defy the government on its ban on sacraments. The Bishop declared that he would be giving individual parishes the right to decide whether to allow sacraments such as first holy communion and confirmation, even despite the government’s ban on such practices. “The […]
Responding to the latest defence by Leo Varadkar to the Zappone Gig, Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín said that Ireland had “entered the twilight zone” and that “like Dallas and Bobby Ewing we are being told Covid guidelines were all a dream.” “Ireland has entered the twilight zone in relation to what was the law for […]
Politicians and Governments have had it in for cash for quite a while, for a whole range of reasons, but one above all others: It is, by and large, untraceable. This makes it perfect if you want to hide your wealth from the Government, or engage in crime, or avoid taxes like VAT, or do […]
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Former Minister, Katherine Zappone, held a party for 50 friends, including Leo Varadkar, in a 5 star hotel in Dublin just days before her controversial appointment to a new UN position, the Irish Independent reports. Ms Zappone hosted around 50 friends and former colleagues at a private outdoor function in one of the country’s most […]
A new report has warned that the Government’s relationship with NPHET “lacks transparency” and that “sweeping statutory powers” were unofficially delegated to NPHET. The report, Public Health Law During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ireland, was released today by the COVID-19 Law and Human Rights Observatory in Trinity. The report argues that interactions between NPHET and […]
If you go on to the HSE’s information page about abortion services in Ireland, and into the section advising people about what to expect after an abortion, one of the first lines you will read advises you that “around 2 or 3 out of every 100 people who have an abortion at less than 9 […]
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This is one of those stories that functions as an almost perfect Rorschach test: If you side with Donnelly here, chances are you’re not a fan of the church and would cheer almost anything said about them. Because there is literally no other reason to indulge this nonsense: “When you’re dealing with a deadly virus, […]
The Pandemic has been very bad news for some people – restaurateurs, publicans, students, anybody working part time in hospitality, and so on, but it has been absolutely superb news for some others. Mainly, of course, the media: Our subscriber numbers jumped by nearly 50 per cent last year to 126,000 – a great performance, […]
These large, prehistoric looking sharks typically inhabit deep, dark waters off the continental shelf (at depths of 200-2,500 m). However, there are a few special sites discovered off Co. Clare, by local charter skipper Luke Aston, where these apex predators can be found in relatively shallow water (50-60 m). Video of the shark (Credit Trinity […]