A “porn workshop” featuring ‘porn alphabet games’ is being advocated by a leading campaigner for a new Sexual Education programme for school children. A selection of potential terms to be explained in workshops was posted by Kate Dawson of NUIG, a porn studies advocate and sexual educator, on her Twitter feed. In a tweet […]
At this point most of us are aware of the controversy surrounding the roll-out of the Public Services Card as well as the data protection and legality concerns that have been raised by Commissioner Helen Dixon. The figure of €67 million as the total cost to date of the entire farce has also been in […]
A well-known Belfast priest has won praise after he said that politicians who supported laws which foisted abortion onto Northern Ireland should be refused Holy Communion. Political campaigners sought to stir controversy about the priest’s comments, but he has been commended for showing leadership and courage by Catholics in Northern Ireland who feel betrayed by politicians who co-operated […]
The resolution was defeated by two votes, leading to considerable criticism of the four Fine Gael MEPs who helped to vote it down.
Pro-life politicians and campaigning organisations have said they will fight on to overturn the abortion law imposed on North of Ireland by the British Parliament. Speaking in Stormont this week, Arlene Foster, leader of the DUP said the failure of the other political parties to come to the devolved North of Ireland Parliament to prevent […]
More than 100 parents attended a meeting held by Aontú’s Edward McManus in Blanchardstown last night where proposals to introduce explicit sex-education to young children were described as a breach of parental trust and “deeply shocking and sexually inappropriate”. Parents at the meeting expressed anger and concern that the changes were being presented by government bodies […]
The village of Keel, on Achill island, has a population of just over 500 people. From later this week, that population will increase, overnight, to almost 600, as the Department of Justice confirmed yesterday that 70 migrants are to be housed in temporary accommodation on the island. This represents an immediate population increase of nearly […]
A 13-year old boy with a diagnosis of autism and a history of violent and aggressive behaviour has been stuck in Temple Street Children’s Hospital for almost seven months, because the HSE is refusing to fund a residential care place available for him. Daniel Hurley’s distraught parents say that keeping their child in Temple Street […]
Pro-life activists have protested the SDLP on the Ormeau Road, Belfast today, because of what they described as the party’s “betrayal” of voters on the abortion issue.
An independent survey, which aimed to determine the extent to which bullying and sexual harassment was prevalent within the Oireachtas, has shown that bullying and harassment, both verbal and sexual, of staff within the Oireachtas is common, with 1 in 5 of those surveyed saying they had been bullied or harassed, verbally or sexually, within […]
The Government has appointed Martina Fitzgerald, the former RTE political editor, to the National Screening Advisory Committee, according to the Irish Times. Ms. Fitzgerald left RTE after a bitter and public dispute over her role with the broadcaster, which wished to replace her, and advertised the role internally. She becomes the latest in a long […]
The SDLP have walked out of the Stormont Assembly and stymied an attempt by the DUP to introduce a bill preventing the British government from imposing abortion on the north of Ireland. Pro-life groups said that while Sinn Féín’s support for the extreme abortion law was already established , the actions of the SDLP were […]