On September 13th, Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former Mayor of New York and former Democrat candidate for US President, made a big announcement: He was going to spend one hundred million dollars of his own money to swing the state of Florida for Joe Biden. Last night, President Trump won Florida going away, significantly increasing […]
Two brothers have been sentenced to two years in jail each for forcing an elderly and vulnerable woman to pay an “extortionate price” for chainsaws, power washes and generators she had no use for and did not want. An Garda Síochana report that “the men called to an elderly lady’s home in West Cork, uninvited, and […]
Whilst the pendulum has swung back and forth all night, Joe Biden’s road to 270 electoral votes certainly seems easier at this point, given the figures emerging from Wisconsin and Nevada.
An alarming rise in stillbirths in the UK between the months of April and June have sparked a safety review by one of England’s top patient safety organisations. The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) has identified that during that three month period, which saw the peak of coronavirus cases, 40 UK women experienced stillbirths, compared […]
Gardaí have launched an investigation into the conduct of anti-mask protestors on the Luas Red Line yesterday. The group, who had attended a city-centre rally yesterday against the lockdown and mandatory face-mask regulations, told other passengers to take off their masks whilst on board the Luas. Transdev, the Luas operator, said it has passed on […]
The Irish-American priest who founded the Knights of Columbus, one of the biggest charitable Catholic organizations in the world, has been beatified and is one step from canonisation as a saint. Fr McGivney’s process of canonization was begun in 1997 by Archbishop Daniel A.Cronin of Hartford. A miraculous cure for a child diagnosed with a fatal condition in […]
The Grey Wolves, an ultranationalist Turkish group loyal to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, could soon be banned by French authorities.
At 11.30pm Irish time, the polls will close in Indiana and Kentucky, and counting will begin in a US Presidential Election that has been ongoing now for 18 months. Joe Biden announced his candidacy for President on April 25th, 2019. Tonight, voters will render a judgement both on him, and on the incumbent President, Donald […]
Gunmen described as “Islamist terrorists” have killed at least four people and left another 17 injured in Vienna, in a night of terror where gunfire could be heard across the city centre. The attacks began in the Jewish quarter in central Vienna at 8pm Monday evening. Austrian police said they believed the attacks had a […]
The Rural Independent Group has called on the current Taoiseach, Michael Martin, and the leader of the Green Party, Eamon Ryan, “to emerge from hiding and earnestly address” the controversy surrounding the actions of the Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar, who shared information on a GP contract with the IMO with a rival organisation. Commenting on the […]
Irish rugby star Conor Murray has been announced as a new Ambassador for Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI) and he is urging his fans to get active and challenge themselves to run, jog, walk, cycle or swim a distance of 100 kms in 21 days – all while raising vital funds for the charity. DSI’s 21 day challenge […]
The family of a Derry teenager has hit out at headlines claiming their son was the ‘youngest person dying with Covid’ in the region, when their son had, in fact, tested ‘Covid negative’ when he died. Teenager Aaron Doherty was recorded as dying with Covid-19 because he had previously tested positive for the virus some […]