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 […]
The foundations of a 5,700-year-old Neolithic house, along with evidence of Bronze Age burials and Iron Age smelting have been discovered by archaeologists in Co Cork. Eight separate excavations were carried out after the county council undertook two road alignment projects on the N73, close to the villages of Shanballymore and Kildorrery. On one of the sites, archaeologists […]
Thousands of people have gathered for a second major public protest against the continued Covid-19 lockdown, and against mandatory mask wearing and mandatory vaccines. Crowds gathered at the Custom House in Dublin’s city centre on Saturday, September 12, for a march called by Yellow Vest Ireland, who said the event was also being supported by […]