Government Chief Whip Jack Chambers has just published the Legislative Programme for the summer 2021 Oireachtas session. The programme contains 43 bills for prioritisation by Government ministers and has been approved for publication following a meeting of the Cabinet. According to Mr Chamber’s the list of Bills been published following consultation with all government departments, […]
The European Commission has issued a ruling that Ireland can’t be trusted to police its own fishing quotas under the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy, and the fishing sector will face significant Brussels-imposed penalties. The ruling will remove a special law granted to Ireland that allowed fish to be weighed at Irish factories and not at […]
Government regulations introduced this year will make the tradition of offering a bride-to-be a free glass of champagne as she gets fitted for her dress a criminal offence. The regulations have been branded “extremely petty” and “joyless.” The Government has advised businesses that this regulation, which prohibits the “sale or supply of an alcohol product […]
An Evangelical Christian pastor has said he will “apologise to nobody” for exercising his constitutional right to worship God in public, holding a socially-distanced Sunday service in the Phoenix Park. “This may be a short message, but I believe it’s a message that needs to be given”, said Pastor John Aherne of the All Nations […]
Catholics in various parts of Ireland are gathering on a weekly basis to pray outside the doors of local churches as the ban on public worship persists.
The Government is in the process of legalising the use of body cams for gardaí, and intends to give gardaí powers to use other recording devices, including phones, cameras and drones in the line of duty. The Garda Síochána Digital Recording Bill which is currently underway will be brought before cabinet tomorrow by Justice Minister […]
Caitlyn Jenner has filed the paperwork to run for governor of Democrat stronghold California as a Republican, “fiscally conservative and socially liberal” candidate. California faces a potential “recall” election, after a petition against the current Democrat governor, Gavin Newsom, reached the required number of signatures to trigger a vote. Jenner – a former Olympic athlete […]
Three Catholic clergy kidnapped by a gang in Haiti earlier this month have been released. However, seven other people, including a French nun and a priest, remain captured. According to local police, the gang, known as 400 Mazowo, kidnapped 10 individuals earlier this month – 5 clergy and 5 lay people – in the town […]
The International Olympic Committee has confirmed that Rule 50 forbids any kind of “demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda” during ceremonies, including taking a knee for Black Lives Matter or raising a Black Power fist. As more and more athletes are seen as politicising sports by signalling their sport for Black Lives Matter on […]
The Chinese Communist Party has begun a heavy online crackdown of feminists online after recent indications that the country’s birth and marriage rate have dropped significantly. “In recent days, more than a dozen accounts used by feminists were deleted from the Weibo social-media platform as well as cultural-discussion site Douban.com,” reported the Wallstreet Journal. Weibo […]
If you were scouring the Sunday Newspapers yesterday for a word of criticism of the Government’s plan to give an amnesty, and path to citizenship, to thousands of illegal immigrants, you will have been disappointed. Pieces like that do not tend to make the Irish newspapers. Part of it, of course, is the fear that […]
This is the moment a car being chased by Gardaí careered through the village of Muff, Co. Donegal and hit five vehicles, including a Garda car blocking the way.