The Minister for Health, Simon Harris, appeared to contradict the official advice given by the HSE on abortion pill provision during a debate on the Emergency Measures legislation in the Dáíl yesterday. Sinn Feín and left-wing TDs including Bríd Smith and Paul Murphy had sought amendments to the emergency legislation which would permit a doctor or nurse to […]
A very significant majority of the public submissions made to a consultation on abortion in Northern Ireland organised by the British government opposed any changes to the abortion law. 79% – almost four out of every five submissions – “registered their general opposition to any abortion provision in Northern Ireland beyond that which is currently […]
Late last night Gardaí in Limerick arrested a man after a high-speed chase through Limerick. Gardaí attempted to stop a car in the Ballynanty area of Limerick but the vehicle drove away at high speed through a number of housing estates before eventually being stopped with the assistance of the Armed Support Unit (ASU), a […]
This will drive the conspiracy theorists mad: “Gordon Brown has urged world leaders to create a temporary form of global government to tackle the twin medical and economic crises caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The former Labour prime minister, who was at the centre of the international efforts to tackle the impact of the near-meltdown […]
Attempts by Sinn Féin and left-wing TDs such as Bríd Smith to include amendments to the Emergency Measures legalisation which would allow abortion pills to be taken without a face-to-face consultation have been slammed as the “worst kind of opportunism” by the Life Institute. “While the rest of the country battles to save lives in the […]
The leader of Aontú Peadar Tóibín TD has expressed dismay that the British government in London have introduced abortion on demand in the north of Ireland. An Teachta Tóibín stated: “At a time when so many people are struggling to save lives in the north of Ireland we see the Tories in London introduce a […]
With reports emerging in recent days of gangs of little hoodlums roaming the streets coughing in people’s faces as part of the so-called “Corona Challenge”, the Gardai are getting new equipment, according to the Daily Star’s crime correspondent, Michael O’Toole: @@gardainfo purchases 16,000 spit hoods to be distributed to officers around the State during #Covid19Ireland […]
We missed out, the other day, on an absolutely fascinating and contrarian report from the Financial Times, featuring a new Oxford University study that says, in effect, that the nations of the world might be engaged in a mass act of self harm….. for nothing: “The new coronavirus may already have infected far more people […]
One of the more inspiring things about moments like the present national crisis is watching the way people from all parts of society are willing to work together to solve big problems. For example, in the past few days, doctors and nurses across the country have been making it known that the biggest problem they […]
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland (ASI) says it is facing a sudden and severe shortfall in funding to provide vital supports for those with dementia as a result of the Coronavirus crisis. The organisation was forced to announce the postponement of its largest annual fundraising campaign Alzheimer’s Tea Day due to Covid-19 and has launched […]
UPDATE: Yasmin Noble has been found safe and well. Police would like to thank the public for their help in finding her. Gardaí are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of Yasmin Noble, 17 years of age, who is missing from Palmerstown, Dublin 20 since Monday 23th March, 2020. Yasmin was last seen […]
A general practitioner living in Dublin has accused the HSE of failing to acknowledge the alleged death of a healthcare worker due to the coronavirus outbreak in Ireland.