Claim – Minister Regina Doherty personally ensured that tips in our hospitality sector are paid to employees and not withheld. Verdict – Untrue. Background to the Claim Minister Regina Doherty has been distributing leaflets which say that the Minister has personally “ensured that tips in our hospitality sector are paid to employees and not […]
Horrifyingly, but almost predictably, there are apparently videos circulating on some social media platforms showing the last, terrible, moments of Keane Mulready-Woods, as monsters take away his life. And horrifyingly, but almost predictably, people are watching these videos, and sending them on for other people to watch. In a way, it’s hard to condemn. Plenty […]
Are these her “golden years”. A photo of a homeless elderly lady eating her dinner at a window sill on the streets of Dublin has revealed the extent of the crisis in Ireland. The particular frailty of elderly people is often overlooked in the discussion, those working with homeless people said. The image moved them […]
This is the kind of thing now that Mary Lou McDonald would be hopping mad about, if it was said by someone in any other party, but because it was a Sinn Fein Councillor, she’ll stay nice and quiet. One rule for the likes of you, another for party members in good standing, like Councillor […]
At the Farmers Protest in Dublin City Centre 14th January 2020
Free speech activists are slamming a civil liberties group for calling for restrictions on the right to protest and assemble and also for legislation which would likely be used to curtail freedom of expression. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has called on candidates in the upcoming general election to commit to a list […]
“We’ve one Garda station for an area the size of Limerick,” Edward McManus of Aontú told over a hundred residents of the Dublin suburb of Castleknock who turned out to attend the latest in a series of public meetings on tackling crime in the area. Describing the current bail laws as a ‘joke’ and calling […]
Anger and upset is being expressed on social media this morning after it was reported that a homeless man had to undergo surgery for “life-changing injuries” after his tent was removed by “an industrial vehicle”. The man is now in a serious condition in hospital. He was sleeping in a tent near the Grand Canal […]
Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan has called on Catholics to “wake up” to a new culture trying to “undo the truths tuths of the entire Judeo-Christian system from the ground up.” The Bishop of Waterford and Lismore said that efforts were being made to redefine “the meaning of personhood, of marriage, of the family, and classifying people […]
A Wexford Councillor has accused “Dublin-centric politicians” of encouraging “misinformation and anti-farmer propaganda” at a time when farmers are struggling. Sharing a photo of the controversial Go Vegan billboards which have been seen throughout the country in the past few months, Codd said: “while our farmers are watching their livelihood and rural Ireland’s way of life desecrated, […]
There’s been some scary footage of Storm Brendan going around, but it’s great to see the lighter side of storm life coming through in Limerick.
On the one hand, this can’t be right, can it? On the other hand, Dr. Brendan McCann is just applying the available figures to the situation in his own hospital, and the results of that are, well, not pretty: “In a series of private emails before Christmas, the Service Lead in UHW’s emergency department, Dr […]