MEPs have asked the European Commission to launch proceedings against Ireland, saying GDPR rights were not enforced in a significant privacy case against Facebook, the Irish Independent reports. They want the EU to punish Ireland for what they believe was a failure to ensure privacy rights – and mishandling a high profile case taken by activist Max Schrems […]
The European Medicines Agency has said that while the Johnson and Johnson one-dose vaccine may be linked to rare blood clots, the benefits, they say, still outweigh the risks. The vaccine’s use was halted temporarily in the US amid blood clotting fears, after 8 people out of almost 7 million reportedly had unusual and serious […]
Richard Dawkins, the noted evolutionary biologist and atheist, has been stripped of his Humanist of the Year Award by the American Humanist Association (AHA). The AHA cited a tweet sent by Dawkins, which the AHA said “implies that the identities of transgender individuals are fraudulent, whilst also simultaneously attacking Black identity as one that can […]
Professor Oran Doyle from the Covid-19 Law and Human Rights Observatory at Trinity College has said that under the government’s new covid-19 lockdown rules, attending Catholic confession, even socially-distanced outdoors, is now a criminal offence. Speaking during an interview on RTÉ Radio 1 this week, Professor Doyle was asked if even outdoor religious events had […]
In February a 16-year-old boy came forward to claim Charles had pressured him into exchanging sexual photos on Snapchat, prompting another three males to claim they had experienced unwanted sexual advances from the influencer as well.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has called on all 50 Muslim-majority nations around the world to boycott trade with Western countries that fail to punish critics of Islam. The comments come following a series of significant violent anti-French demonstrations across Pakistan, after the French government indicated it will support the right of magazines like Charlie […]
Chairman of the IFSA Cormac Burke told Gript.ie that large quantities of fish will be “ruined” if the SFPA implements new quay-side weighing methods following the EU Commission’s removal of Ireland’s weighing derogation.
Minister Simon Harris yesterday announced that the Government’s new Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021–2025 will “positively discriminate” against men. The move, he said, is necessary as there are too few female apprentices in the country. .@SimonHarrisTD speaking on @RTERadio1 about how is his new 5-year apprenticeship plan will help increase the amount of female apprentices.#ApprenticeshipForAll […]
Ceferin also labelled Man Utd’s chairman Ed Woodward and the Juventus chairman as “liars”, saying UEFA now knows they have “snakes close to us”.
The good news here, you might say, is that at least Paschal Donohoe seems to envisage Ireland being fully out of lockdown by 2023. He’s going to get into hot water with the Zero Covid people, who markedly do not share that assumption. But that’s sort of where the good news ends: Paschal Donohoe said […]
In recent weeks, as we’ve covered the effect of Texas lifting its facemask mandate, and all Covid lockdown restrictions, some people who are cautious about the results have said “but what if Texas is just an outlier”? It’s forty days now since the facemask mandate was lifted. Cases remain…. Stunningly low: But it’s not just […]
Donald Trump has said he is looking “very seriously, beyond seriously”, at the prospect of running in the 2024 US election race, only months after vacating the White House for Democratic president Joe Biden.