In a move that has raised eyebrows amongst political commentators, Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden has announced that Kamala Harris will be his running mate for the impending US election. This is surprising for a wide variety of reasons: from her poor overall performance in the Democratic primaries, to her very public disagreements with Biden […]
Alliance Councillors in Lurgan are facing a backlash on social media after posing for photos while removing information notices about Stanton Healthcare, a free service offering support to women with unexpected pregnancies. Both Cllr Peter Lavery and Cllr Eoin Tennyson posed for photos while wielding scrapers to remove stickers advertising services offered by Stanton Healthcare, […]
A Fianna Fáil TD has acknowledged that “gang violence” is causing mayhem in the north Dublin suburb of Ballbriggan, saying that organised gangs are engaging in “stabbings, arson attacks” and that “a shopping centre was effectively taken over at the weekend”. Darragh O’Brien, a TD for the Fingal area, told the Adrian Kennedy Show that […]
As Ireland undergoes new regional lockdowns around the midlands to help tackle the spread of covid-19, the situation in Sweden could be looking somewhat more optimistic. The Swedish government raised eyebrows around the start of the pandemic when they decided not to implement the same lockdown measures as many other Western countries. They didn’t shut […]
A much-admired Catholic priest has said an “Account Warning” he received from Facebook was most likely prompted by his pro-life posts to his personal page. Fr Paddy McCafferty, who is parish Priest of Corpus Christi, in Ballymurphy, West Belfast, is an outspoken pro-life advocate, who has addressed the March for Life in Belfast and spoken […]
For the last two days, Balbriggan has been trending on Twitter, with dozens of videos and photos circulating on social media of a house reportedly on fire, and gangs of young people fighting nearby. Most of the mainstream media, with a few exceptions, have chosen to ignore what’s happening in Balbriggan. This seems strange: suspected […]
There has been an overwhelming increase in County Waterford’s migrant population over the last two and a half decades, the local council has heard. According to Ivan Grimes, Director of Services for Waterford County Council, the proportion of migrants living in Waterford has increased from 1 in 20 in 1995, to 1 in 7 today […]
The security law imposed by China on Hong Kong has been used to arrest media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who has been a critic of Chinese oppression. Mr Lai’s newspaper offices were raided by police over allegations of collusion with foreign forces, and he and other employees were arrested, including two of his sons according to […]
NASA has announced that it will be examining the unofficial nicknames given by the scientific community to “cosmic objects” such as planets, galaxies, and nebulae. They say that they must do this as it has become clear that “certain cosmic nicknames are not only insensitive, but can be actively harmful.” Even seemingly innocuous nicknames, they […]
Independent Clare TD Michael McNamara has said that the Irish Government’s failure to forcefully condemn the actions of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the Xinjiang province of China “lessens us as a people”, and that “by failing to do everything we can to condemn what is happening in Xinjiang we are condoning it.” Speaking […]
The HSE paid out €2.9 million in fees to doctors providing abortions in 2019 alone, a sum described by Independent TD Carol Nolan as “staggering”. The sum only covers the cost of abortion in a community setting – usually GPs – and does not cover the cost of aborting babies in hospitals. 6,666 abortions took place […]
Drogheda photographer, Conor O’Dowd, has won the People’s Choice Award in a major international competition organised by the Down’s Syndrome Association. Conor faced stiff competition against other talented photographers from the USA, Asia, New Zealand, UK and Europe before scooping the top prize. In announcing the winner, actor Peter Davison (star of Dr Who and […]