Some necessary background, before we get into the story: Yesterday, an advert appeared in the Irish Times, setting out some facts and figures in relation to Covid 19 in Ireland. The advert did not provide all the facts, nor did it seek to put them in context. As an advert, it was very clearly trying […]
The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, did not have any “meetings or discussions” with the medical experts who wrote to him opposing assisted suicide, before he voted in favour of Gino Kenny’s bill seeking to make the procedure legal last month. Doctors have come out strongly against the Assisted Suicide Bill, and made submssions to […]
“Government ban household visits”, blared the Irish Examiner, last night, as the latest round of futile covid restrictions were announced: Government ban household visits – except for compassionate or essential reasons https://t.co/WSRGeVB06R — Irish Examiner (@irishexaminer) October 14, 2020 Futile is a good word, here. The “restrictions” announced last night are not really restrictions at […]
The Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival will see Trócaire partner with Amnesty International, the National Women’s Council of Ireland, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties and other groups in an event hosted by Smashing Times and Front Line Defenders, an offshoot of Amnesty International.
A teenager was asked to read previously unseen sexually explicit material when auditioning for the National Youth Theatre in front of a panel of adults, a mother has told RTÉ’s Liveline. The script, from the play Wild Horses by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth, had not previously been seen by the teenagers, who were auditioning to become […]
A mother of a child with a life-threatening illness says she has received “a lot of hate tweets” after speaking out with concern about the assisted suicide bill. Miriam Colleran, a doctor who works in palliative care, posted previously that “as the mother of a daughter with a life threatening illness,” she was “very sad […]
Schools in Northern Ireland will close for two weeks from Friday under a new “circuit breaker” lockdown to be announced by First Minister Arlene Foster today. The closure of schools is part of a range of new restrictions that the Northern Irish Government is introducing: Here it is: I've obtained a copy of the new […]
What’s the point of giving every student in the country €250 in the budget? The pubs are closed, after all. But nonetheless, that’s what the Government is doing, apparently: NEW: In budget third level students to be given €250 each to help meet the cost of this year. Total cost €50m. Details to be worked […]
The militant far-left group Saoradh, who were investigated in relation to the murder of journalist Lyra McKee, joined with masked and hooded men at the weekend to instigate violence against an anti-lockdown protest in Dublin. Police say that Saoradh is the political wing of the New IRA, who took responsibility for the killing of Ms […]
A former employee of Fianna Fáil Senator Lorraine Clifford Lee has taken to twitter to note that her time working as the Senator’s parliamentary assistant left her with post traumatic stress disorder, and knocked her self-confidence, self worth, and self-esteem completely out of her: The darkest few months of my life were spent working for […]
“The timing of Dr. Nabarro’s statement is very appropriate, and hopefully it won’t be dismissed or discounted as NPHET and the government weigh up the current situation,” McGrath said.
Our latest progressive reform only applies, it should be noted, to those schools which are fully under the control of the state. If your child attends a diocesan school, then he or she will still be able to learn in a classroom adorned with religious symbols, and will still have a graduation mass, and all […]