Despite laicizing McCarrick in 2019, the report is unlikely to be the final word on the question of how much and when Pope Francis knew about the crimes.
A Romanian man who was collecting €3000 a month in benefits scammed two elderly pensioners of more than €300,000, cleaning out their life-savings, the Cork Criminal Circuit Cork heard. Brudut Iosca (38) of Relic Road, Kilbeggan, Co Westmeath conned two separate pensioners after he told them various sob stories and repeatedly preyed on their good nature and […]
Over 17 million mink are being culled in Denmark following the discovery of a new strain of Covid-19 that is thought to pass through the animal.
The publication, last evening, of letters between the Chief Justice, Frank Clarke, and Mr. Justice Seamus Woulfe, in which Clarke tells Woulfe that, in his opinion, Woulfe should resign, have caused a major political headache for the Government. On the one hand, the politics of this situation are fairly straightforward: Woulfe is a villain, who […]
To be fair, they didn’t say the first bit. But it’s hard to argue that politics didn’t influence the timing, for reasons we’ll come to shortly. But first, the news: As I type these words, stock markets are surging globally. And why wouldn’t they? A 90% effective Coronavirus vaccine means, well, the end of the […]
Nothing congeals in Ireland quite so quickly as conventional wisdom, and in the days since Joe Biden was declared President Elect by the US media, the conventional wisdom in Ireland has hardened like concrete: He’s going to shaft the British on Brexit and plant his flag firmly in the old sod of Ballina – take […]
An Aontú representative for Cork North West says she welcomes the High Court challenge to open up churches, as the closure of religious services is a ‘restriction of human rights’. Becky Kealy was part of an initiative led by young people which sought to keep churches open for Mass during the restrictions. She presented a […]
Let’s face it: they’re not wrong. If ever there was going to be a time to legalise drugs, it’s now, right? We can all forget about this blasted pandemic and get high: Drugs could be decriminalised under the current government if all parties work together to help those with addiction issues, Labour said. Aodhán Ó […]
A stark image here, via Gavan Reilly: pic.twitter.com/QxyaTuWiLy — Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) November 7, 2020 This is, of course, an absolutely terrible development, but most people seem incapable of understanding why. That’s largely because attitudes to Trump fall into two camps, and they are almost irreconcilable. The first camp includes almost every Irish journalist, and […]
A social media account operated by the man behind the “Leo the Leak” scandal repeatedly shared extreme pro-Russian propaganda, praised Russian President Vladimir Putin, and called for Russia to invade Ukraine.
Joe Biden has overtaken President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania and Georgia today, coming ever closer to securing his route to winning the electoral college.
An interesting, but ultimately certain to be futile, move: NEW: Sinn Féin have put down a motion of no confidence in Leo Varadkar over the leak controversy. Will be debated next week — Seán Defoe (@SeanDefoe) November 6, 2020 With all the noise around the US election, the Varadkar/Maitiu O’Tuathail scandal has sort of faded […]