Let’s face it: they’re not wrong. If ever there was going to be a time to legalise drugs, it’s now, right? We can all forget about this blasted pandemic and get high: Drugs could be decriminalised under the current government if all parties work together to help those with addiction issues, Labour said. Aodhán Ó […]
A social media account operated by the man behind the “Leo the Leak” scandal repeatedly shared extreme pro-Russian propaganda, praised Russian President Vladimir Putin, and called for Russia to invade Ukraine.
An interesting, but ultimately certain to be futile, move: NEW: Sinn Féin have put down a motion of no confidence in Leo Varadkar over the leak controversy. Will be debated next week — Seán Defoe (@SeanDefoe) November 6, 2020 With all the noise around the US election, the Varadkar/Maitiu O’Tuathail scandal has sort of faded […]
Galway businessman Declan Ganley is taking a constitutional challenge against the government’s Covid-19 restrictions on public worship.
A 15-year-old boy who developed an incurable sleep disorder and a debilitating auto immune condition after being given the swine flu vaccine has won a settlement in the High Court ten years later.
Two brothers have been sentenced to two years in jail each for forcing an elderly and vulnerable woman to pay an “extortionate price” for chainsaws, power washes and generators she had no use for and did not want. An Garda Síochana report that “the men called to an elderly lady’s home in West Cork, uninvited, and […]
Gardaí have launched an investigation into the conduct of anti-mask protestors on the Luas Red Line yesterday. The group, who had attended a city-centre rally yesterday against the lockdown and mandatory face-mask regulations, told other passengers to take off their masks whilst on board the Luas. Transdev, the Luas operator, said it has passed on […]
The Irish-American priest who founded the Knights of Columbus, one of the biggest charitable Catholic organizations in the world, has been beatified and is one step from canonisation as a saint. Fr McGivney’s process of canonization was begun in 1997 by Archbishop Daniel A.Cronin of Hartford. A miraculous cure for a child diagnosed with a fatal condition in […]
The Rural Independent Group has called on the current Taoiseach, Michael Martin, and the leader of the Green Party, Eamon Ryan, “to emerge from hiding and earnestly address” the controversy surrounding the actions of the Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar, who shared information on a GP contract with the IMO with a rival organisation. Commenting on the […]
Irish rugby star Conor Murray has been announced as a new Ambassador for Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI) and he is urging his fans to get active and challenge themselves to run, jog, walk, cycle or swim a distance of 100 kms in 21 days – all while raising vital funds for the charity. DSI’s 21 day challenge […]
The family of a Derry teenager has hit out at headlines claiming their son was the ‘youngest person dying with Covid’ in the region, when their son had, in fact, tested ‘Covid negative’ when he died. Teenager Aaron Doherty was recorded as dying with Covid-19 because he had previously tested positive for the virus some […]
Leo Varadkar has been finding allies in unusual places, this morning, following last Friday’s publication in Village magazine of allegations that he had acted unlawfully by sharing details of a draft contract for GPs with a rival group of GPs: Former minister for agriculture Barry Cowen has said Leo Varadkar is “entitled to make a […]