The Labour Party has refused to condemn comments made by Councillor Pamela Kearns that babies masturbate “for pleasure”.
Let’s all just make our peace with it now to save being shocked later: She’s going to get away with it. After all, it’s happened to us all, hasn’t it? You’re a trained soldier who openly admires ISIS, and you head off on your own to the territory they control, after they call all for […]
In terms of the arithmetic that governs the balance of power within Leinster House, the results of the four by-elections make little difference. The only way in which the Government can be forced into calling an early election is if Fianna Fáil support a motion of no confidence, and there was little evidence that even […]
Aontú has accused Sinn Féin of distributing a bogus sample ballot paper in advance of today’s by-election in Wexford.
Already this morning, you’ll find, if you look for them, tweets from journalists about how the turnout is low in Ireland’s four bye-elections, which are taking place today, and will be counted tomorrow. Conventionally, the media does not discuss the specific issues around a campaign on, or before, polling day, and even though no such […]
This was buried away at the very tail end of this morning’s programme, but it was there nonetheless, and it is very important to highlight it. Here is what Bryan Dobson (who did not work for Morning Ireland at the time of the defamation) had to say: “On July 31st, 2017, Morning Ireland introduced an […]
200 people have attended a public meeting in Templeogue expressing opposition to radical changes being proposed to the RSE curriculum for both primary and secondary schools. Many of the parents attending said they were concerned about proposals they described as extreme, and contributing to the over-sexualisation of children. Organized by Let Kids Be Kids, a […]
It was a glorious day at Crumlin Children’s Hospital recently, when staff and patients were honoured by an impromptu visit from Her Serene Highness the Princess Rathgar herself: “A high-profile Government TD has admitted she was embarrassed to witness the overflowing A&E in Crumlin Children’s Hospital when she attended at the weekend with her sick […]
Before we get in to the rights and wrongs of this, it’s worth looking at what the state’s equality commission believes is a racist comment: “It points to recent examples which have caused it concern, including ….. Galway West TD Noel Grealish’s description of refugees from Africa as “economic migrants” seeking to “sponge off the system here in […]
There’s been a lot of discussion over the last few years about so-called “fake news”, which is, for those of you who don’t know, the distribution of knowingly false material dressed up as news. Think about stories like “Barack Obama was born in Kenya”, or “The Lisbon Treaty is vital for jobs and growth”. That […]
Labour Party Councillor Pamela Kearns shocked attendees at a public meeting about sex-education on Tuesday night when she informed the crowd that “babies do actually masturbate”. The packed meeting, held in Templeogue and open to the public, was organised by LetKidsBeKids, a group of parents concerned about proposals to radically change sex-education in primary and […]
Over 245 million Christians are living in places where they experience high levels of persecution, while 4,305 Christians were killed because of their faith from 2017 to 2019, and 1,847 Churches and other Christian building were attacked in that period. They are just some of the figures being highlighted by the Persecuted and Forgotten report from Aid to the Church […]