Nadine Maenza, vice chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, a non-partisan organisation which works to protect religious freedom across the globe, has said that China is harvesting the organs of political and religious prisoners to treat COVID-19. đŽPREMIERE 7pm ET: https://t.co/EOp0uyk5RU China's state-run media have touted double lung transplants for #CCPvirus […]
Taro Aso, Japanâs Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, last week said that the World Health Organisation (WHO) should start calling itself the âChinese Health Organisationâ. Japan's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Thursday that the petition came as many people worry the World Health Organization may have to change […]
In the midst of terrible unemployment news, and rising death tolls, and a shortage of testing, and a shortage of protective equipment, and general awfulness, itâs actually a relief to know that some things are as stupid as they normally are. Hereâs the latest row, courtesy of Virgin Mediaâs Gav Reilly, who really does an […]
A group of nurses and midwives have written to the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, to sharply criticise efforts by some TDs to use the coronavirus crisis to further liberalise Ireland’s abortion laws. They say the push was made even as medical professionals are fighting a crisis “some say has not been seen since World War II”. Last […]
The unemployment figures for March are out, and theyâre not pretty. Basically, unemployment has more than doubled: âThe unadjusted Live Register total for March 2020 is 205,209. When seasonal effects are taken into account, the seasonally adjusted Live Register total for March 2020 was 207,200 which was an increase of 24,400 from February 2020. Outside […]
Weâre obviously all looking for some good news and there is in fact some good news here, but as with all good coronavirus news, it should be treated with extreme caution, unfortunately. The American Federal Drug Agency (FDA) has approved the use of two anti-malarial drugs, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, for the treatment of Coronavirus after […]
Director of the RCM Karen Murray said she was “broadly welcoming” of the regulations, saying the numbers of abortions after 24 weeks is “miniscule.”
Families who lose a loved one during the Coronavirus crisis should be offered the opportunity of a church funeral under strict conditions, a senior church figure has said. Bishop of Derry, DĂłnal McKeown, also told the Irish News that churches should be allowed to open for places of private prayer during the coronavirus crisis, saying […]
A Scottish church is to sue the City of Edinburgh Council after it cancelled the congregation’s three-day conference because of a keynote speaker’s views on homosexuality and abortion.Â
Our sympathies to the people at TheJournal.ie, who are amongst the first in the national media industry to feel the bite of the coming recession/depression. They probably wonât be the last: Digital publisher Journal Media is to close its business site Fora.ie, scale back its sports website the42.ie and cut staff pay by between 5-20 […]
Growing up as a small boy in County Monaghan, the divide in our school was never between Manchester United and Liverpool, or Manchester United and Chelsea (who were a rank mid-table team in those days), or even Manchester United and Arsenal. No, it was between Manchester United, and Leeds United. Leeds were a big team […]
A fascinating yarn this morning out of Harvard: Two decades ago Dolly the Sheep changed the way we look at science. Now, using similar technology, scientists at the world-renowned Harvard University have successfully modified the genes of an American Bison calf so that it breathes in CO2, and excretes Oxygen through its lungs, in a […]