The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has repeatedly called for pro-life protests to be banned, even though it states that the right to protest is “a fundamental part of our democracy”.
Iranian officials have labelled last night’s airstrike on senior generals as an “act of war”, promising “harsh revenge” for the attack on a military convoy at Baghdad airport that killed eight people in total.
A consequence of the way society has changed over the course of most of our lifetimes is that fewer and fewer of us live close to our parents. The increase in university education, and careers that take us away to Dublin, or London, or further afield has meant, amongst other things, a collapse in the […]
Dr. Mary Higgins, a consultant at the National Maternity Hospital, has been criticised after photos emerged of her standing at a protest of “Abortion Angels” outside the building where she condemned a group of pro-life protestors for congregating yesterday.
Dr. Ebun Joseph is a Career Development Consultant at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, but also a prominent campaigner against racism, describing herself as “a race relations consultant, Career specialist & Life Coach who addresses Social Justice issues and advocates for equality.” If you’re one of those people who regularly listens to Irish […]
Senior gynaecologist Dr. Aoife Mullally has been appointed as the HSE’s clinical lead for abortion services in Ireland, having previously acted as Lead Consultant in the labour ward of the Coombe Hospital.
US soldiers are currently firing tear gas and stun grenades from the rooftop of the US embassy after hundreds of Shia protestors stormed the Baghdad compound following airstrikes on pro-Iranian Hezbollah forces which killed 25 militants on Sunday.
Minister for Health Simon Harris has only met with the board of the controversial Children’s Hospital twice in three years, it has been revealed.
Whilst Vox is being encouraged by its base to push for an exit referendum in Spain, Poland’s ruling party Law and Justice has remained silent after Supreme Court judges warned them of their apparent collision course with Brussels.
Offaly councillors have clashed over the issue of immigration and asylum at their December meeting, with housing emerging as a key difficulty for some representatives. The Offaly Express reports that the exchanges arose over the adoption of Offaly’s new migrant integration strategy for 2020 to 2024. Cllr John Leahy (IND) thanked staff for work on the […]
A new study has found that the number of abortions on babies with life-limiting conditions has doubled since abortion legislation was introduced in Ireland in January of this year. The Irish Independent reports that a conference of the Irish Congress of Obstetricians, Gynaecology and Perinatal Medicine heard that the new law saw an increase in the number […]
There are two things about modern politics that are depressingly true. The first is that “our” side is always right, regardless of the facts. The second is that inflicting harm on the other side is often more important than getting something useful done. Both truths have their origins in the politics of the United States […]