Attempts by Sinn Féin and left-wing TDs such as Bríd Smith to include amendments to the Emergency Measures legalisation which would allow abortion pills to be taken without a face-to-face consultation have been slammed as the “worst kind of opportunism” by the Life Institute. “While the rest of the country battles to save lives in the […]
The U.S. Ambassador to the Britain, Woody Johnson, has blamed China for the spread of the coronavirus, saying it ‘tried to suppress’ the emergence of the bug and accusing the Chinese government of seeking to “stonewall international health authorities that were offering assistance, requesting access and seeking more information”. “[T]he People’s Republic of China has […]
The leader of Aontú Peadar Tóibín TD has expressed dismay that the British government in London have introduced abortion on demand in the north of Ireland. An Teachta Tóibín stated: “At a time when so many people are struggling to save lives in the north of Ireland we see the Tories in London introduce a […]
With reports emerging in recent days of gangs of little hoodlums roaming the streets coughing in people’s faces as part of the so-called “Corona Challenge”, the Gardai are getting new equipment, according to the Daily Star’s crime correspondent, Michael O’Toole: @@gardainfo purchases 16,000 spit hoods to be distributed to officers around the State during #Covid19Ireland […]
We missed out, the other day, on an absolutely fascinating and contrarian report from the Financial Times, featuring a new Oxford University study that says, in effect, that the nations of the world might be engaged in a mass act of self harm….. for nothing: “The new coronavirus may already have infected far more people […]
One of the more inspiring things about moments like the present national crisis is watching the way people from all parts of society are willing to work together to solve big problems. For example, in the past few days, doctors and nurses across the country have been making it known that the biggest problem they […]
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland (ASI) says it is facing a sudden and severe shortfall in funding to provide vital supports for those with dementia as a result of the Coronavirus crisis. The organisation was forced to announce the postponement of its largest annual fundraising campaign Alzheimer’s Tea Day due to Covid-19 and has launched […]
More than 55,000 people have contracted the disease in the US, with 802 fatalities.
India yesterday entered a 21-day lockdown of all its 1.34 billion citizens, despite only recording 606 confirmed cases and ten deaths.
UPDATE: Yasmin Noble has been found safe and well. Police would like to thank the public for their help in finding her. Gardaí are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of Yasmin Noble, 17 years of age, who is missing from Palmerstown, Dublin 20 since Monday 23th March, 2020. Yasmin was last seen […]
A petition calling for the resignation of the Director-General of the World Health Organisation [WHO], Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has now been been signed by over 500,000 people. Update: The petition has now been closed at 1,025,402 signatures. The petition was creating following criticism of the manner in which the WHO has dealt with the […]
A general practitioner living in Dublin has accused the HSE of failing to acknowledge the alleged death of a healthcare worker due to the coronavirus outbreak in Ireland.