Tributes are being paid to soccer legend and former Republic of Ireland manager Jack Charlton who has died at the age of 85. Mr Charlton had been diagnosed with lymphoma last year and was suffering with dementia. Beyond sad to have to say goodbye to my beloved Grandad, Jack Charlton. He enriched so many lives through […]
Up to a thousand people have attended a ‘Hands Off Our Kids” rally at Dáil Éireann today, where speakers demanded “zero tolerance” from policy makers and politicians in regard to child sex abuse and the sexualisation of children. The rally was called in response to the ongoing controversy surrounding the British activist Peter Tatchell […]
The actor and activist John Connors has become the target of racism and threats of cancellation after he spoke out on parents’ concerns regarding the Peter Tatchell controversy. Mr Connors is due to speak at a ‘Hands off our Kids’ rally at the Dáil at 2pm today. The Cardboard Gangster star and award-winning actor and […]
Today FM presenter Matt Cooper has come under fire for his softball interview with controversial activist Peter Tatchell, whose comments on paedophila and sex with children have come under the spotlight again after photos of the campaigner emerged with the Minister for Children and other people of influence in Irish society. Cooper opened the sympathetic segment on The […]
Surely, not since Marshall Nugent* liberated Rome from Napoleon has an Irishman won such an impressive victory on the continent: “The 19 finance ministers of the euro zone have elected Paschal Donohoe to be the president of their influential Eurogroup, giving Ireland a significant platform as the European Union debates how to handle the economic […]
While many Government TDs are shredding each other to pieces over who got jobs and who didn’t, Fine Gael’s Jennifer Carroll MacNeil is quietly continuing to build a reputation as one of the more diligent and effective new members of the Dáil. Last night, the Dun Laoghaire TD took to social media to deliver a […]
Last night, the Minister for European Affairs, Thomas Byrne, went on the Tonight Show on Virgin Media to defend Barry Cowen, the Minister for Agriculture, after the stories in recent days about Cowen’s drink driving offence four years ago, and absence of a full driving licence. While Byrne was on the programme, Ken McFadden, a […]
Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín TD has called on the government to allow children their childhood, and not drag children as young as 5 years old into adult gender politics. “The new Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman seeks to change the law to allow for 16- and 17-year olds self-declare their gender possibly without parental consent. The […]
An SDLP Councillor in Coleraine has announced she is leaving the party as a result of its changed stance on abortion. Stephanie Quigley said she had come to the decision as the issue of the right to life was at the core of her politics. “As we journey through life there are always ‘crossroads’ moments […]
This might be the classic Irish scandal. Here’s the update from the Independent’s Philip Ryan: PARC road safety group chair Susan Gray says Barry Cowen told her he never sat a driving test before his drink driving ban in 2016. — Philip Ryan (@Philip_Ryan) July 8, 2020 We don’t know how long the Minister for […]
Parents of 670 teenage students with Down syndrome have won a battle to ensure they can be enrolled in a summer education programme for children with special needs. Draft guidelines published by the Department of Education last month indicated that the students would not be eligible for the summer tuition, causing much distress to parents and […]
Organisers of the online Rally for Life say at least 40,000 people tuned in to watch rally events live last week, and that they aim to grow that audience tenfold online given the success and popularity of the virtual rally. The Rally for Life is Ireland’s largest pro-life event and took place online this year […]