Parents and a significant number of those who contributed to the public consultation process on radical changes to sex-education have given a cautious welcome to the recommendation that school ethos continue to be protected, but say they are still in the dark in relation to the content of what will be introduced in schools. The […]
Independent TD Carol Nolan has described proposals aimed at banning the use of peat, wood and other fuels in family and home fires as misguided and regressive, adding that a prohibition would increase energy poverty. Deputy Nolan was speaking after it was confirmed that the Minister for the Environment, Richard Bruton, is to submit the […]
New legislation will seek to introduce a common sense approach to accidents in the school yard, addressing concerns that schools are being compelled to introduce a “no-running” policy because of fears of litigation. Independent NUI Senator Rónán Mullen is introducing the bill to give legal reassurance to schools and teachers assisting after schoolyard accidents. The […]
There’s always a sense of anticipation around Christmas as people wait for the special story-telling adverts rolled out by huge brands like John Lewis and Marks and Spencer. This year, however, the amazing JJ Hough’s singing pub in Banagher, Co Offaly has shown the competition how its done. The hilarious take on rural versus city life, virtue-signalling, electric cars […]
Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has announced his intention to arm 4 million socialist militiamen that will be loyal to the embattled president as he seeks to prevent another coup attempt.
Voters in the Derry constituency of Foyle are preparing to choose, on Thursday, their new MP. A solidly nationalist seat, the winner is predicted to come from one of the two large nationalist parties, incumbent MP Elisha McCallion for Sinn Fein, and the leader of the SDLP, Colum Eastwood. Peadar Toibin’s Aontu is running councillor […]
Vegan influencer Alyse Parker has said her secret 30 day carnivore diet saw her “feeling more mentally clear, focused, wholesome and healthy” than she had felt in years of strictly adhering to her vegan diet. Parker told her 200,000 Instagram followers and 700,000 YouTube subscribers she made the switch after listening to friends who eat […]
You’d best get the weekly shop done today if you want fresh stuff in for the rest of the week, because SuperValu might not have their normal range of fresh food tomorrow: Day 4 of the @IFAmedia beef price protest. A blockade has been placed outside the Musgraves distribution centre in Kilcock this morning pic.twitter.com/n0CP96or5o […]
A new report has said that Irish transgender legislation was passed ‘under the radar’, and that Irish transgender advocacy groups heavily lobby politicians but keep press coverage of their activities to a minimum in order to avoid a public backlash. The report also says that laws requiring parents to consent if their young children want […]
We’ve stayed away from the UK election on this site because, let’s face it, it’s impossible to escape it at the moment, but this has some relevance to Ireland, given the well-known problems at RTE. Boris Johnson says this morning, in Sunderland, that he may take the opposite route to that being proposed by the […]
Riots broke out and public transport came to a halt in much of France over the weekend in a strike that looks set to continue as protesters prepare for another major demonstration tomorrow in Paris.
The important thing to note here is that there has been no “cure” discovered for Downs Syndrome. It’s not that medicine has gotten better at preventing Downs Syndrome, it’s that doctors have gotten better at identifying those children before they are born, and eliminating them: “The number of babies born with Down’s syndrome has fallen […]