Prominent Irish Comedian David Reilly has been publicly accused of rape, emotional abuse, and the secret recording of his sexual partners, and has publicly responded to the claims of emotional abuse and the secret recording of sexual partners by saying that the claims had a “huge amount” of truth to them. Mr Reilly is well known in the world […]
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill that would allow him to impose sanctions on China for its involvement in the mass incarceration of people of faith in Xinjiang. Almost a million Uighur Muslims are in what have been described as concentration camps in the region, according to the United Nations. China […]
OH NO IT’S NOT happening, says Green Dun Laoghaire TD Ossian Smyth: Green Party's Ossian Smyth TD says M20 will not happen within the next five years, says it is not in favour of increasing capacity between Cork and Limerick #iestaff — Daniel McConnell (@McConnellDaniel) June 18, 2020 OH YES IT IS, says Fine Gael […]
Two ways of looking at this: On the one hand, it’s the personification of the electoral price the Greens will pay for entering coalition. If Saoirse McHugh, of all people, can’t support them, then how likely is your average suburban dripster to do so? On the other hand, given her record of contradicting the party […]
There’s not much reason for the average person outside of Cavan and Monaghan to know the name of Shane P. O’Reilly, or to raise much of an eyebrow about his abrupt resignation of the Fianna Fáil whip yesterday, but that doesn’t mean it’s not exceedingly noteworthy. Cllr. O’Reilly is a well known and popular figure […]
Fallon Fox, the first openly transgender MMA fighter, took to Twitter yesterday to explain that she “enjoyed” fracturing the skull of one of the first woman to fight her, and that she loves, “smacking up TERFs in the cage…it’s bliss!” Fallon, who was previously a member of the US military, came out as transgender in […]
Please note: This story was edited – unilaterally – at 2.26pm on Wednesday June 18th to reflect the fact that the initial version of it was much too definitive in concluding that Mr. Varadkar had broken the rules, when, in fact, there is some evidence that he did not, and the original story should have […]
Tributes have been paid to Detective Garda Colm Horkan, who lost his life last night after being shot during an altercation in Castlerea. Gardai say they are appealing for anyone who was in the Castlerea Town Centre area between 11pm and 12:30am last night, particularly any road users who may have dash cam footage, to […]
Fianna Fail TD, and party education spokesperson, Thomas Byrne has been left embarrassed after Twitter investigated his claims that “Russian bots” were promoting the account of Fairer Future, a group set up by FF members who argue that FF should reject the proposed coalition deal with Fine Gael and the Green Party, and found that there was […]
A meme showing political party leaders as the opposite gender is going viral on Twitter today. There were plenty of comments: Micheál is your mother saying, 'Now, I told you so.' — Kim V Porcelli 🌱 (@kimvporcelli) June 17, 2020 Eleven out of ten for that — Andy Reid (@andybramble70) June 17, 2020 I'm […]
A group of 50 Fianna Fáil Councillors have been joined by 1,000 party members to launch a campaigning group to Vote No to the Programme for Government (PfG) negotiated by Fine Gael, the Green Party and the leadership of Fianna Fáil. The dal agreed by the three parties must now be ratified by members. The new organisation, […]
Here’s a free idea for the publicans of Ireland: Start advertising your once in a lifetime special offer deal now: Two free pints with your €9 packet of taytos: Pubs will be allowed to reopen on 29 June if they serve "substantial" meals costing not less than €9, according to new guidelines being prepared by […]