It is the second such march since the controversy began, and other villages in Galway have this week been sending messages of support to the people of Oughterard.
One of the doctors involved, GP Andrew Cupples, said that they were concerned for both pregnant mothers and their unborn children, and, as medical professionals, it was their firmly held belief that abortion was the “unjust and violent taking of human life”.
The Government has announced ‘stringent new building regulations’ which will drive up the cost of new builds and renovations of existing builds. Under the new regulations all new builds will have to have an A2 energy rating and be ‘near-zero energy buildings’, and existing builds, undergoing major renovations, will have to be brought up to […]
Some are predicting that it may well be a ‘yellow vest’ moment, in reference to the massive public protests in France which forced Macron’s government to reverse carbon tax hikes.
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has told Minister for Health Simon Harris that “safe access” abortion legislation is not needed
Irish Ministers have taken 30 trips on the Government Jet this year, new figures reveal. The Jet has been in use for 125 hours, at an approximate cost to the taxpayer of just under half a million euros. The Jet has been used exclusively within Europe, with Ministers apparently preferring commercial travel for longer journeys […]
Hundreds of medical professionals have signed letters opposing a proposed abortion law in Northern Ireland, saying abortion is the unjust taking of a human life. They also insisted that the right to conscientious objection be upheld, and that healthcare professionals should not be forced to participate in or assist with abortions. More than 700 doctors and other healthcare workers […]
Former head of the GPs Association, Dr Maitiú Ó Tuathail, predicted that it was going to be a “bad winter”, because Emergency Departments and ICUs in Irish hospitals were already at capacity.
Yesterday on these pages I asked, I think reasonably enough, whatever happened to “peak oil”?. Today, it’s time to revisit a much more important question. Whatever happened to the 2004 top secret pentagon report on Climate Change? You know the one; it made a few, small, conservative predictions about the impacts of Climate Change: A […]
The IFA has said farmers whose land has been designated as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) are not being properly compensated by Minister Josepha Madigan at the Department of Heritage.
TDs in the Rural Independents Group will see their motion supporting the Agri-Foods sector pass through the Dáil this evening, after the government decided at this mornings Cabinet meeting not to oppose it. The group said that “major disruption to Agri-Food sector could have been minimised or avoided,” and challenged the government on its role in […]
Minister Bruton made the announcement this afternoon, using the Government’s favourite form of communication, the tweet: We will accept the advice of the Climate Advisory Council and end the exploration of oil in Irish Waters #ClimateActionSummit @LeoVaradkar pic.twitter.com/Ekj20mOhl7 — Richard Bruton (@RichardbrutonTD) September 23, 2019 What’s notable here is that the Irish Government is not […]