Fianna Fáil senator Malcolm Byrne has told the Seanad that “unqualified people” should not be allowed to spread anti-vaccination information online.
Donegal residents living near the scene of a major peat landslide have expressed disappointment that another windmill development is being planned in the area.
What must poor Dara Calleary be thinking, having resigned his job as minister for agriculture for the crime of having eaten a few spuds? And Seán O’Rourke, you’ll recall, has been blacklisted from RTÉ for attending the same dinner. It’s one rule for those two, and another for other people, apparently: Some of RTÉ’s top […]
A woman whose family’s history puts her at high risk from breast cancer was refused her mammogram appointment in Waterford because she was wearing a visor instead of a mask – despite having a severe allergic reaction to masks previously treated by a doctor. The woman, identified as Mary, spoke to the Niall Boylan Show on […]
This week, a group of young people from the ‘We Need Worship’ campaign released a video calling on the government to consider reopening churches and places of worship. It comes as businessman Declan Ganley launches a case in the High Court seeking to overturn the ban on worship currently in place under level five restrictions. Following […]
A Co. Cavan priest has been threatened with prosecution for holding a number of public Masses in violation of Covid-19 laws.
Irish Equity has welcomed the proposal to introduce a basic income scheme for workers in the Arts sector. The scheme is among a range of supports for artists and performers which are proposed in the report of the Arts and Culture Recovery Task Force and which was accepted by the Government today. It will provide […]
Dublin Zoo is urgently appealing for public financial support after the Government’s lockdown resulted in a 90% loss in revenue, it says. The Zoo – which is a registered charity – has running costs of about half a million euro per month. But most of this money is generated by gate receipts. On Wednesday October […]
The Workers’ Party councillor Éilis Ryan has said Ireland should consider making the Covid-19 vaccine mandatory.
Aontú will introduce a Bill to the Dáil today seeking to make the online provision of pornography by internet companies to children illegal. The party leader says that some 60% of teen boys are now seeing porn before the age of 13. Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín said the Bill will be introduced and discussed […]
What’s the point of this, exactly? GOVERNMENT WILL TODAY move to introduce a regulation that will give gardaí the power to fine people who gather outside to drink alcohol. The new fines will be separate to existing laws which already state it is an offence to consume alcohol bought in a closed container (like a […]
In the midst of a housing crisis that dominated the General Election earlier this year, and in a country with – at last count – ten thousand homeless people, Dublin City Council was last night presented with a plan to build 850 new homes in Coolock. 250 of these would have been social housing. The […]