Since Charles Darwin came up with the theory of evolution in the middle part of the 19th century, explanations for the physical differences between men and women have been relatively constant. Thousands of years of evolution, it is generally posited, explain the differences between the sexes, because of the different roles to which our bodies […]
Ireland has the highest rate of families with three or more children in the EU, a report has found. Despite this, our fertility rate is now below replacement level. The study found that in 2017, 7 per cent of Irish households had three or more children. This was more than twice the average across the 28 member […]
I am wondering what to do with my copy of a 2003 photograph of Mary Lou McDonald standing next to the statue of Nazi collaborator Sean Russell in Fairview Park. The picture has possibilities. Not that either Fine Gael or Fianna Fail had the wit to grasp the possibilities during the election. But I have […]
Between 5pm and midnight this evening, while you were enjoying your pancakes, two flights arrived at Dublin Airport from Milan, Italy. A third arrived from the southern Italian city of Bari. A commercial flight usually carries between 150-200 passengers. In other words, about 450 people arrived into Ireland from a country where thousands of people […]
Aontú Councillor Denise Mullen who represents Moy in County Tyrone has revealed that she has been victim of an intense campaign of threats since last May’s local elections. She believes the threats began when her tormentor saw her private phone number on her election material. She says that she has received around 900 phone calls […]
When US Marines invaded Osama Bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 2nd 2011, they brushed past his wife and children, moved upstairs to where the 9/11 mastermind was hiding, and shot him in the face. They then took his body with them to the USS Carl Vinson, the closest available aircraft carrier. There, […]
A video posted by a lesbian you tuber which explains why she is leaving what she describes as the “INSANE progressive left” has gone viral, with more than 1.6 million views in just over 24 hours. “Hi, I’m Arielle, I’m a lesbian. And I don’t think gender is a social construct,” the video begins. “I […]
Harvey Weinstein, one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, has been convicted of rape and sexual assault by a jury in one of the most high-profile trials to take in New York this past year. The disgraced movie mogul was found guilty on two of the five potential criminal charges he faced during the […]
Tyson Fury was not the only one getting ready for action this weekend.
Newly elected TD Holly Leah Cairns is the latest politician to fall foul of her Twitter activity.
There are, at the time of writing, 150 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Italy. Three people have died to date. The numbers are likely to rise, as well. It is estimated that the Coronavirus has an incubation period of at least two weeks – that is to say, you could be walking around feeling in […]
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters on Friday that “this outbreak could go in any direction.”