A stunning story from Ben Haugh in the Times at the weekend: Six locations in Ireland were discussed by government officials as possible sites for a new autonomous city named Nextpolis proposed by a wealthy Hong Kong businessman, The Times can reveal. The Department of Foreign Affairs has been in contact with the Victoria Harbour […]
Ten men, mostly Syrian refugees but also including one German national, have been found guilty over the gang rape of a woman outside a nightclub in Freiburg, a southern city of Germany, the BBC reports. The woman, who was 18 at the time of the attack, was drugged by a group of men in the […]
A very rare victory for common sense, these days, so naturally it didn’t happen in Ireland: Nick Buckley MBE, who was ousted as chief executive of his own charity last month following some mild criticisms of the Black Lives Matter manifesto, is back in charge thanks to the Free Speech Union. As of today, the […]
Tipperary TD, Mattie McGrath, has strongly criticised the government for what he described as its failure to fight for Ireland when negotiating the European Covid-19 recovery deal “We’re the good boys in Europe. We’re the lackeys. We accept everything and nod” Deputy McGrath told the Dáil. He said that other countries had demanded write downs […]
Yes, this would be the same Michael Lowry who, according to the Moriarty Tribunal, made untrue statements in the course of its investigation, which found that he corruptly secured the largest single contract in the history of the state for Denis O’Brien, and received bribes for doing so. Still, it is never too late to […]
You might recall that she actually promised to do this during the long and often torturous debate about whether the Green Party would enter Government, if her side did not prevail. Well, her side lost. The Greens entered Government, and today, at least one Green is keeping their promises: Thread on leaving the greens:I have […]
The Minister for Health has said that the arrangement allowing abortions to be carried out at home with pills during the Covid-19 lockdown will be reviewed – but he has not confimed that the changes will be reversed. Independent TD Carol Nolan asked Minister Stephen Donnelly if the change would be permitted beyond the Covid-19 […]
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín has spoken out against the Government’s new deal with the European Union, saying that Ireland’s record contribution to EU funds amounts to “supporting everyone’s recovery except our own”. The Government signed off on the deal in Brussels yesterday, and it will see Ireland becoming the fifth largest net contributor to the […]
The report on this morning’s EU recovery deal in the Irish Times is very comprehensive, reporting all of the issues in detail, except for one, which is, very strangely, totally left out of the coverage: The 27 member states of the European Union this morning signed off on a €1.8 trillion package to fund the […]
The British Parliament is to consider debating if China should face sanctions over its treatment of the Uyghur people after a petition was signed nearly 125,000 times. Under the British system petitions which are signed 10,000 times will receive a response from the Government and petitions which are signed at least 100,000 times will be […]
An attack on the New Jersey family home of US federal judge Ester Salas has left her son dead and her husband in critical condition. Update: Reports now say that the suspected gunman has been found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The suspect is said to be an attorney who had a case before […]
The Minister for Education, Norma Foley, and the Minister for Children, Roderic O’Gorman, have been asked by an Independent TD to clarify if controversial activist Peter Tatchell has had any role in influencing sex-education programmes or other policis involving children in Ireland. “Given the extremely disturbing nature of the writings and commentary of the activist Peter Tatchell presenting […]