Promises, promises. But RTE is convinced, naturally: Senior Democrats in the US have claimed that Joe Biden will be a friend to Ireland if elected US president. The Biden Campaign held a virtual rally for Irish-American voters and Democratic Congressman Brendan Boyle told the event that the Brexit process had put hard won peace and […]
A TD has claimed that he is personally aware of eleven pubs that will close permanently as a result of the Government’s decision not to allow the phase four national re-opening, which included the re-opening of all pubs, to proceed. Richard O’Donoghue TD, from Limerick, is part of the rural independent group, along with the […]
Kudos to the Gardai, who have responded to an apparent wave of dog thefts in recent weeks by raiding a property in Rathkeale, Co. Limerick, where they recovered ten very good boys who had been stolen from their owners by thieves. Gardai are now seeking the public’s assistance in re-uniting the poor doggies with their […]
The Daily Mail has acquired a significant portion of the bodycam footage taken by police officers during the arrest, and subsequent death, of George Floyd. The footage shows officers approaching Floyd, his attempts to resist arrest, and his subsequent death from cardiopulmonary arrest. The leaked footage came from the bodycams of officer Thomas Lane and […]
With Irish schools set to re-open in less than a month, and concern about the recent rise in the number of Coronavirus cases in the country, some welcome good news has emerged from an Australian study which suggests that the risk of virus transmission in schools is very low – as long as counter measures […]
The Government has asked a lot from the people during the Coronavirus pandemic. Thousands have lost their jobs. Young people have forfeited months of their education. Twenty-somethings have lost their nights out. Restaurants and bars have lost their customers. And the HSE, it turns out, have lost their minds: Young people are being asked to […]
A student who was the subject of what he described as a “vile and hateful” Twitter pile-on has charged the Independent’s Ellen Coyne with “rank hypocrisy” for deploring criticism of Senator Fintan Warfield, which was centred on personal photos posted on social media. Student Gavin Boyne said that Ms Coyne was one of several journalists […]
Former leader of the SDLP, John Hume, has died, his family have announced in a statement. He was 83 years old, and passed away after a short illness. He had lived with dementia for several years and was rarely seen in public in recent years. Hume led the SDLP from 1979 to 2001, and won […]
A leaked “urgent” email sent by a senior chief midwife at the NHS in England has warned that two women have died after taking abortion pills at home. The email warned of the “escalating risks” of the trend towards home abortions – using the ‘pills in the post’ service that is run by UK abortion […]
The politicians have headed off on their holidays for the next six weeks, which would, in normal circumstances, be a cause for populist annoyance: it’s well for them heading off on six weeks of holidays with the country in the state it is, etc etc. But this year, the public should breathe a sigh of […]
If you know the name “Virginia Roberts” or “Virginia Giuffre”, but don’t know where from, exactly, here’s a reminder, courtesy of the Irish Times, from last December: Giuffre’s recollections of Prince Andrew are as vivid (in her accounts of his dancing and profuse sweating, and her clinical description of “the whole, entire procedure”), as his […]
The world is reacting with indifference to the horrific and escalating violence against Christians in Mozambique, a local Bishop has said. He made his comments after extremist violence in northern Mozambique escalated, with insurgents beheading 15 people in a week in June, multiple churches burnt, and young girls frequently kidnapped. The Catholic News Agency reports […]