Arlene Foster has announced her support for a return to power-sharing in Stormont, a move echoed by the leaders of the four main churches in the north who say politicians must stop an “almost unregulated abortion regime” being imposed on the province by Westminster on October 22nd.
A pro-abortion rally which was billed as drawing a “large crowd” only managed to muster several hundred people in Dublin today. The annual ‘March for Choice’ was supported by Amnesty Ireland and the Abortion Rights Campaign as well as political parties including Labour and People Before Profit, but failed to attract the crowd it had expected. The Journal.ie posted […]
Thousands of people have joined a second silent march in Oughterard, Co Galway, as local opposition to a direct provision centre being imposed on the small town grows.
It is the second such march since the controversy began, and other villages in Galway have this week been sending messages of support to the people of Oughterard.
One of the doctors involved, GP Andrew Cupples, said that they were concerned for both pregnant mothers and their unborn children, and, as medical professionals, it was their firmly held belief that abortion was the “unjust and violent taking of human life”.
The Government has announced ‘stringent new building regulations’ which will drive up the cost of new builds and renovations of existing builds. Under the new regulations all new builds will have to have an A2 energy rating and be ‘near-zero energy buildings’, and existing builds, undergoing major renovations, will have to be brought up to […]
Some are predicting that it may well be a ‘yellow vest’ moment, in reference to the massive public protests in France which forced Macron’s government to reverse carbon tax hikes.
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has told Minister for Health Simon Harris that “safe access” abortion legislation is not needed
Question marks remain however over the safety of the HPV vaccine Gardasil, with the 49 victims of the vaccine awarded $5,877,710 dollars by the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
Irish Ministers have taken 30 trips on the Government Jet this year, new figures reveal. The Jet has been in use for 125 hours, at an approximate cost to the taxpayer of just under half a million euros. The Jet has been used exclusively within Europe, with Ministers apparently preferring commercial travel for longer journeys […]
Hundreds of medical professionals have signed letters opposing a proposed abortion law in Northern Ireland, saying abortion is the unjust taking of a human life. They also insisted that the right to conscientious objection be upheld, and that healthcare professionals should not be forced to participate in or assist with abortions. More than 700 doctors and other healthcare workers […]
Former head of the GPs Association, Dr Maitiú Ó Tuathail, predicted that it was going to be a “bad winter”, because Emergency Departments and ICUs in Irish hospitals were already at capacity.