It is quite the spectacle, for those interested, to observe the current row between Ireland’s two largest political parties. Fianna Fáil, as anyone who has not spent the last week on a hillside in the remotest part of Mongolia will know, have been uncovered taking part in what appears to be a widespread practice of […]
Creaven was arrested on Wednesday morning in Dublin under the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act and spent some 18 hours in custody before being released.
An Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said that Maria Bailey TD should “be allowed to move on” after “paying a “very heavy price for making a mistake”, following renewed criticism of the Fine Gael TD as it emerged that she was forced to hand back expenses to the Dáil. The Dun Laoghaire TD grabbed the headlines […]
Sinn Féin leader, Mary Lou McDonald, has been slammed for hypocrisy after she said Brexit was being foisted on the north while her party works to enable Westminster in forcing abortion on the region. Yesterday, Deputy McDonald said: “There is no such thing as a good Brexit. Brexit is being foisted on the north of […]
300 people packed a meeting in Borrisokane in north Tipperary last night to hear that accommodation for 84 migrants and asylum seekers was being made available in the town under a “done deal”. Residents and local representatives at the meeting were critical of the “secrecy” surrounding the move by the Department of Justice, who had […]
ISIS member Lisa Smith is being held with her child in a north Syrian safe house controlled by the Syrian National Army.
A public meeting in Ballinamore, Co Leitrim has heard that up to 130 refugees and migrants will be given accommodation in new apartments in the town, with 100 arriving within two weeks. Just 914 people live in the small Leitrim town, but the Department of Justice will make 20 three and four-bed apartments made available to refugees […]
Screenings of Unplanned have been extended once more in Dublin cinemas in response to public demand. The pro-life box office hit was initially scheduled to show for just one week in October, but was extended to a second week in cinemas around the country after large numbers of people went to see the movie. Now cinemas in […]
Family carers are protesting outside the Dáil today to voice their upset at the Budget’s failure to deal with what they term as a “home care crisis”. They point out carers are saving the State some €10 billion in costs annually, but say those providing care are not getting the support they need. “Family carers feel […]
You won’t see much criticism of this proposal from Sinn Fein in the rest of the Irish media, but it’s the height of hypocrisy, not to mention a very bad idea: “A NEW BILL to prevent broadcasters from banning journalists from appearing on their airwaves because of their employer will be brought forward in Dáil […]
Our colleagues in the rest of the Irish media have adopted an approach to covering extinction rebellion which can at best be described as friendly, and at worst be described as outright propaganda. This article in the Irish Independent over the weekend certainly falls into the latter category. The fear is that asking hard questions […]
The man is already under investigation for an alleged rape at a south Dublin hotel late last year, with the DPP yet to decide whether he should be charged.