This is the kind of thing now that Mary Lou McDonald would be hopping mad about, if it was said by someone in any other party, but because it was a Sinn Fein Councillor, she’ll stay nice and quiet. One rule for the likes of you, another for party members in good standing, like Councillor […]
At the Farmers Protest in Dublin City Centre 14th January 2020
Free speech activists are slamming a civil liberties group for calling for restrictions on the right to protest and assemble and also for legislation which would likely be used to curtail freedom of expression. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has called on candidates in the upcoming general election to commit to a list […]
“We’ve one Garda station for an area the size of Limerick,” Edward McManus of Aontú told over a hundred residents of the Dublin suburb of Castleknock who turned out to attend the latest in a series of public meetings on tackling crime in the area. Describing the current bail laws as a ‘joke’ and calling […]
Anger and upset is being expressed on social media this morning after it was reported that a homeless man had to undergo surgery for “life-changing injuries” after his tent was removed by “an industrial vehicle”. The man is now in a serious condition in hospital. He was sleeping in a tent near the Grand Canal […]
Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan has called on Catholics to “wake up” to a new culture trying to “undo the truths tuths of the entire Judeo-Christian system from the ground up.” The Bishop of Waterford and Lismore said that efforts were being made to redefine “the meaning of personhood, of marriage, of the family, and classifying people […]
A Wexford Councillor has accused “Dublin-centric politicians” of encouraging “misinformation and anti-farmer propaganda” at a time when farmers are struggling. Sharing a photo of the controversial Go Vegan billboards which have been seen throughout the country in the past few months, Codd said: “while our farmers are watching their livelihood and rural Ireland’s way of life desecrated, […]
There’s been some scary footage of Storm Brendan going around, but it’s great to see the lighter side of storm life coming through in Limerick.
On the one hand, this can’t be right, can it? On the other hand, Dr. Brendan McCann is just applying the available figures to the situation in his own hospital, and the results of that are, well, not pretty: “In a series of private emails before Christmas, the Service Lead in UHW’s emergency department, Dr […]
A video posted by the Irish Coast Guard warning people not top approach breaking waves along the coast during Storm Brendan has gone viral, racking up 200,000 views in a matter of hours. The video shows walkers on Redcar beach in Britain getting into difficulty as powerful breaking waves on the coast start to drag them away. […]
If your New Year’s resolution was to look for a new job, this might be of interest. The Blasket Islands are described as “fantastically beautiful” on Trip Advisor – and might be the ideal place to live for someone looking for a new position with a difference. As the Twitter post from Great Blasket Island says: […]
“The Dáil will return next week”, announced the Taoiseach this morning, which is slightly different from his position yesterday, which was that the Dáil might not, in fact, return next week, because Fine Gael is so ready for a General Election. It’s good that the national parliament is returning for at least one more week, […]