Anger and frustration have been widely expressed on social media at the decision of thousands of people to ignore social distancing restrictions and march through Dublin city centre yesterday. Many commentators were also critical of news outlets who covered the protest without any critical observations of the breach of the lockdown which has seen people being unable to attend funerals […]
Independent TD for Laois-Offaly Carol Nolan has said she will be engaging with the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, and the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, to seek clarification on why some mass gatherings are being approved while others remain severely restricted. Deputy Nolan was speaking after being contacted by several constituents who felt deeply frustrated at […]
The coronavirus in Ireland has claimed the lives of 1,650 people, a large majority of whom were those confined in nursing homes and unceremoniously left to meet their fate. For the rest of us, the last several months have been about making unprecedented personal and collective sacrifices in order to save as many lives as […]
In most other western countries, the release of this HSE memo by former Simon Harris appointee Dr. Marcus De Brun would be leading the news everywhere. Not in Ireland, though, where the top story everywhere is about schools re-opening in September, which is almost four months away. And poor Dr. De Brun’s tweet of the […]
Aontú leader, Peadar Tóibín, has said that after 10 years of Fine Gael government the historical Moore Street battle site where the final battles of the 1916 Rising took place is shrouded in grime and dereliction. “The most important battle field site of the republic is now a place where people urinate and defecate and traders are assaulted,” […]
The largest representative student organisation in Ireland, the Union of Students Ireland, has re-elected Lorna Fitzpatrick as president. Fitzpatrick, 26, was elected yesterday with 193 votes after running unopposed for the position. Her re-election comes mere months after the Burkean’s “Antifa Project” exposé, where student journalists posed as members of a radical Left group, Irish […]
It’s one thing, you know, for politicians to lie to you and me. We’re used to it. We don’t expect any better. We’re so used to it that we can actually translate them automatically. For example, “well Miriam, I’m glad you asked me that” means “I am now going to answer a totally different question”. […]
Here’s the Chinese Embassy in Ireland, reporting on today’s events in China, where the Government is proceding with its efforts to crush democracy in Hong Kong: “China’s parliament has overwhelmingly approved directly imposing national security legislation on Hong Kong to tackle secession, subversion, terrorism and foreign interference in the city. The National People’s Congress voted […]
A new campaign is seeking to make Irish women aware that a medical abortion can be reversed and the life of their baby saved. The Second Chance awareness campaign from the Life Institute explains how the effects of the abortion pill can be safely reversed for mother and baby. “Abortion pill reversal offers women a choice […]
You may remember, last week, that the Chinese Embassy in Ireland took out a full page advert in the Irish Independent on the issue of the Coronavirus, to tell us all how splendid China is, and how magnificent their response to the Coronavirus has been. A member of the public made contact with the Standards […]
Aontú leader, Peadar Tóibín has said that 10,000 extra abortions have taken place because of the repeal of the 8th amendment – and that the government had refused any proposals to make the legislation “even more marginally humane” in recent formation talks. The Southern Taskgroup on Abortion and Reproductive Topics an organisation claiming to represent […]
The Taiwanese community in Ireland yesterday continued their campaign of donations to long-term care facilities in Ireland with the donation of a shipment of PPE to Cheshire Limerick. The donation consisted of 350 medical masks, 5,000 pairs of medical gloves, 200 pairs of googles, 200 pieces of protective clothing, and 10 infrared thermometers. Since March the […]