The sixteen were discovered in the container of a lorry aboard a Stenaline ferry that had departed Brittany, France and is due to arrive in Rosslare at 3pm today.
New figures released by the National Cancer Registry of Ireland show that Breast Cancer patients treated in a private hospital have a significantly greater chance of survival than women who are treated in public hospitals. The annual NCRI report is the most authoritative source for information on cancer survival rates in Ireland. It shows that […]
It’s good advice in life to try and find yourself something that you are as passionate and excited about as Jo Swinson, the leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrats, is, about pushing the nuclear button and causing a nuclear holocaust: Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson says she would use nuclear weapons and answers other quick questions […]
The US Senate has passed legislation supporting “human rights and democracy” in Hong Kong – and also threatening to revoke the territory’s special economic status, in a clear message to Chinese authorities about its brutal crackdown on protests in the region. The bill – theHong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act – will update the original […]
Ever since notorious paedophile, and regular guest of the Royal Family, Jeffrey Epstein, did away with himself in prison on August 10th of this year, the conspiracy theory about his death has become one of the most popular on the internet. Right up there with the notion that the moon landings were faked, or that […]
The University and Colleges Union (UCU), which represents over 100,000 lecturers and staff in third level institutions throughout the UK, said they would not only support transgender theory, but also claimed that white people could “self-identify” black, and that non-disabled people could “self-identify” as disabled.
Sky News is reporting that there were over 84,000 repeat abortions in Britain last year.
The eight short videos, aimed at children aged 9-12, cover topics such as masturbation and transgenderism, with a sex researcher and sex educator leading children throughout.
The decision by the Dublin Town business group to coin a new moniker – the ‘Grafton Quarter’ – for Grafton Street and its environs attracted some controversy recently. However, most reporting missed what is, to me, the bigger story: the decision to ditch the much-loved Nollaig Shona Duit signage as part of the Grafton Street Christmas lights. […]
Students at at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University have been told by police that live bullets will be used against pro-democracy protesters who have been under siege for a week at the college. This morning, police broke through the makeshift barricades erected by students, who had held out against against tear gas, water cannon and police trucks for the […]
The final Compass event of 2019 is taking place on November 26th, and will involve a discussion around the title: ‘Is feminism vital in Ireland today?’ The panel-based discussion will be taking place in Buswell’s in Dublin city centre at 7pm, and features The Irish Independent journalist Barbara McCarthy, the independent Senator and academic Marie […]
A newspaper editor has accused former President Mary McAleese of “trying to give him a belt of her crozier”, after the former President wrote to the owner of his newspaper to complain that an article about her was “fake news”. Irish Catholic editor Michael Kelly revealed in his newspaper this week that McAleese had taken […]