A pro-life rally in Belfast on Saturday drew such a huge crowd that the police had to ask organisers to re-route the march to accommodate the estimated 20,000 people who attended. The rally, billed as March for Their Lives, was organised by Precious Life and Youth for Life NI to protest the decision by the British parliament […]
I know we’re all donning the green jersey, ready to fight a second war, if necessary, against the hated Brits, and lining up to denounce the fluffy-haired charlatan they have chosen as their Prime Minister, but, come on, was anyone really offended by the phrase “dead in a ditch”? Apparently we were, according to the […]
Tens of thousands of protestors took to the streets of Belfast today to protest the imposition of UK abortion laws on Northern Ireland by the dysfunctional Westminster Parliament. The protest was met by a small counter-protest of pro-choice activists who support the move to introduce abortion, for any reason, up to 24 weeks of pregnancy […]
The poet here is Kevin Higgins, a life-long socialist activist, who has a decently profitable sideline in the kind of to-the-barricades socialist poetry that the average Irish journalist finds deeply moving. The poem itself is, at face value, a eulogy for what might have been, had Mugabe not turned into one of the most destructive […]
Sometimes when RTÉ News covers a protest it deems worthy, the camera work gives the game away. Amnesty’s cringe-worthy disco to protest against Mike Pence was a case in point this week. Despite plenty of advance notice of this marvellous opportunity to protest the awfulness of the Trump administration, almost no-one bothered to show up. […]
Eamon Martin, the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, has challenged Catholic politicians to defend the right to life of every person from conception to natural death. Archbishop Martin made the call while giving a keynote address at the Kennedy Summer School in New Ross, Co Wexford. “Catholic politicians, in particular, have […]
The new Compass series of discussion events is launching in Buswell’s Hotel on September 17th. Compass is a programme of events aimed at young adults between the ages of 18-35. Panel-based discussion events on a wide range of topical issues in Irish society – including the role of the State, the importance of feminism and […]
A response from well-known Belfast priest Fr Paddy McCafferty to Sinn Féin’s attempts to reassure voters angry at the party’s support for abortion has gone viral. Thousands have liked and shared the priest’s open answer and praised his honesty at a time when the North is facing the imposition of abortion from Westminster. He […]
The Dawn Meats Factory outside Slane in County Meath is to close at 6pm tomorrow, Saturday, in an agreement made with beef farmers this morning after weeks of protests. Aontú TD Peadar Tóibín who witnessed the agreement confirmed that “a deal was agreed in Meath between factory management and farmers.” The primary points agreed were: – […]
The US Vice President, Mike Pence, has tweeted a strong pro-life comment on his visit to Ireland. Mr Pence paid a two day visit to Ireland this week, and wasn’t shy about making his pro-life convictions clear. “America & Ireland are prospering because our nations are bound together by the connections of family & […]
Gript News: Beef farmers continue their protests; Hong Kong Leader Carrie Lam withdraws extradition bill; more news on Brexit and Matteo Salvini is out of the Italian government after 5 star movement form new coalition
Adrian Weckler in the Independent has the scoop: A combination of scandals and competition has hit Facebook usage in Ireland, new figures suggest. The online giant has seen the departure of as many as 300,000 people from its Irish user base in the last nine months, according to the company’s own sales statistics. 2.9 million […]