Police in Hong Kong have confirmed that nearly 200 people in the region have been arrested less than 24 hours after the new National Security Law was imposed on Hong Kong by China. The law, which aims to clamp down on the protests that have been occurring in the city over the last year, was […]
A member of the Together for Yes campaign which worked to repeal the 8th amendment has been criticised for saying that the 6,666 abortions that took place in Ireland in 2019 were “6,666 small victories”. Bernie Linnane, a spokesperson for Leitrim Together for yes, yesterday posted that ‘repealers’ should be ‘celebrating’ the number of abortions which took place, […]
Reddit’s new policy on hate speech says that the rules won’t protect “groups who are in the majority.” Reddit has purged about 2,000 sub-reddits, essentially smaller forums on Reddit loosely themed around a particular topic or group, and adopted a new content policy they say will crack down on hate speech. The new policy says […]
A new strain of swine flu that has the potential to spread from animals to humans and lead to another pandemic has been identified by scientists in China. The virus – named G4 EA H1N1 – is carried by pigs, but it can infect humans, the researchers from Chinese universities and China’s Centre for Disease Control […]
A Catholic priest who stood with members of his flock to defend a statue of a saint in St Louis, Missouri, was shouted down and told the crowd was coming for the cathedral next. Fr. Stephen Schumacher, a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, endeavoured to speak to the crowd who had come to […]
A new report, based on leaked Chinese government documents, has said that the Chinese government has been systematically sterilizing women from ethnic minorities. According to the report the Chinese government has also put in place mandatory birth control and forced abortions for women from certain ethnic backgrounds. According to Dr Adrian Zenz, the author of […]
The government is coming under fire after appointing former TD for Meath Regina Doherty as leader of the Seanad, although she had previously led Fine Gael’s campaign to abolish the lower house. “Politicians often wonder what makes people cynical about politics…it’s strokes like the appointment of Regina Doherty,” wrote Irish Catholic Editor, Michael Kelly. […]
Voters and activists in the north and west of the country reacted with disbelief today at the failure of the new government to appoint a single Senior Minister to the entire North-West of the country. An infographic highlighting the situation is going viral on social media. Connaught and most of Ulster have been left without representation at the […]
After a storm of local protest, Wexford County Council have withdrawn a plan to sell the National 1798 Rebellion Centre in Enniscorthy to a private company, acknowledging that it would not be now likely to get the support of councillors for the proposal. The 1798 Centre welcomes thousands of visitors every year, and commemorates one of the most significant […]
A former spokeswoman for the environmentalist group Extinction Rebellion now says that her fellow environmentalists should join her in embracing nuclear power. Zion Lights is now director of Environmental Progress UK, but was formerly a leading spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion UK and the founder of its newspaper, The Hourglass. Her decision to campaign for nuclear energy will have […]
A great scoop in the independent by privacy reporter Ken Foxe: Details of the lump sums, pensions and termination pay for individual TDs and senators will no longer be made public following a decision by Oireachtas authorities. The payments have been published by Leinster House for more than a decade without issue. However, the Oireachtas […]
Fine Gael headquarters secretly recorded the serial numbers printed on ballots provided to its TDs, Senators, and MEPs who were casting votes on the programme for Government, Gript can reveal. While FG members were under the impression that the vote on the programme for Government would be decided by secret ballot, the party’s head office […]