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New figures released today by FraudSMART, a fraud awareness initiative led by the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI), show that over €5 million was moved by money mules in the first half of 2021. The vast majority of incidents involved people aged between 18 and 24. BPFI CEO Brian Hayes said that “criminals are […]
Stunning figures here, courtesy of the Iona Institute, which has been commissioning regular polling on Mass attendance throughout the pandemic: A new Amarach Research poll commissioned by The Iona Institute shows that 46pc of Catholics who were going to Mass on a regular basis before the pandemic began last year have returned to Mass since […]
Bishop of Ferns, Dennis Brennan, has become the latest Catholic clergyman to openly defy the government on its ban on sacraments. The Bishop declared that he would be giving individual parishes the right to decide whether to allow sacraments such as first holy communion and confirmation, even despite the government’s ban on such practices. “The […]
Responding to the latest defence by Leo Varadkar to the Zappone Gig, Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín said that Ireland had “entered the twilight zone” and that “like Dallas and Bobby Ewing we are being told Covid guidelines were all a dream.” “Ireland has entered the twilight zone in relation to what was the law for […]
Politicians and Governments have had it in for cash for quite a while, for a whole range of reasons, but one above all others: It is, by and large, untraceable. This makes it perfect if you want to hide your wealth from the Government, or engage in crime, or avoid taxes like VAT, or do […]
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“Friends” star gets frosty.
Recent Israeli research has returned the spotlight to the use of ivermectin, a drug used to fight parasites in third-world countries, as a treatment for those infected with Covid-19. The Jerusalem Post reports that a trial conducted at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashome found that using ivermectin could help reduce the length of […]
Former Minister, Katherine Zappone, held a party for 50 friends, including Leo Varadkar, in a 5 star hotel in Dublin just days before her controversial appointment to a new UN position, the Irish Independent reports. Ms Zappone hosted around 50 friends and former colleagues at a private outdoor function in one of the country’s most […]
A new report has warned that the Government’s relationship with NPHET “lacks transparency” and that “sweeping statutory powers” were unofficially delegated to NPHET. The report, Public Health Law During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ireland, was released today by the COVID-19 Law and Human Rights Observatory in Trinity. The report argues that interactions between NPHET and […]