Dublin City Council have passed a motion to list the home of 1916 hero The O’Rahilly on the Register of Protected Structures, pending examination of the issue. This means that the house cannot be demolished in the while it remains on the Register. The success of the motion, proposed by Sinn Féin’s Micheál Mac Donncha comes after […]
Cork County Council has responded to a recent Gript story ,which showed that the Council was linked to a Chinese province which has been using forced labour sourced from “re-education” camps, with a statement saying that they are “aware of differences in values between Ireland and China.” We had reported that that the Chinese Communist […]
Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín has revealed that he has asked three separate Taoisigh over a period of 5 years to meet with victims and survivors of the notorious Glenanne Gang. The loyalist gang, who are estimated to have carried out the sectarian killings of 120 Catholics was the subject of a documentary “Unquiet Graves” broadcast […]
“What simpering, shallow wokeness”, wrote one critic yesterday. “Possibly the worse tweet ever sent by an Irish public representative.” Can anyone, in good faith, disagree? Keeping 'To Kill A Mockingbird' and 'Of Mice and Men' on the JC syllabus isn't worth the hurt they are causing. Dept should see sense here. "Government urged to drop […]
Reports show that Jiangsu province in China, which Cork County Council has a formal Friendship Agreement with, makes use of forced labour drawn from the “re-education” camps which at least one million Uighurs and other ethnic minorities have been forced into by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). These camps are a core component of what […]
A leading medical expert has said that the Assisted Suicide bill ignores the better option of good palliative care, and pointed to a High Court ruling saying that it would be “impossible” to ensure that older and more vulnerable people would be protected from coming under pressure to end their lives. Dr Anthony O’Brien, Clinical […]
The headline in other newspapers is that he resigned, of course, but even their coverage has to tell you what really happened, down in about paragraph five: Dr Martin Feeley’s views that coronavirus is “much less severe” than the flu for most people and that restrictions were no longer justified caused a furore after they […]
If, like me, you’re just a casual follower of the Brexit news, then it’s likely that all you take in on a given day is a lot of roaring and shouting and talk of “no deal”. So what’s this latest row about Britain breaking the withdrawal agreement all about? Here are some questions and answers: […]
Éamon Ó Cuiv here, with, you’d have to say, a compelling argument: Éamon Ó Cuív says Fianna Fáil needs a change of leader. So it begins. — Hugh O'Connell (@oconnellhugh) September 15, 2020 And DCU boffin Eoin O’Malley here, with a slightly more compelling argument: This is why Micheál Martin is safe… pic.twitter.com/GVSpuujTNM — Eoin […]
Minister for Foregin Affairs Simon Coveney has said the Government will consider banning protests following a large demonstration against the compulsory use of masks in Dublin over the weekend.
There have been incredulous and angry reactions today on social media to news that the Department of Education is considering banning classic novels ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and ‘Of Mice and Men’ from schools because of submissions which claimed that the books were not “acceptable reading material” in “light of the Black Lives Matter protests”. […]
Extraordinary: A poll released today has seen support for Fianna Fáil slump to just 10%. Fine Gael remains the most popular party in the country on 35%, this is up from 21% they received in this year’s General Election. Support for Sinn Féin has remained more or less static at 27%. However, the Red C […]