On the one hand, good. There’s not much point keeping a law on the books that’s been transparently flouted by most EU countries for years: EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday that proposed new migration reforms would replace the so-called “Dublin Regulation”, which governs which member state handles a new arrival’s asylum […]
Despite making up over 60% of the Ethopian population, Christians living in the southern Oromia state have faced a dramatic escalation in attacks by Islamist gangs pillaging villages.
Left to its own devices, Coronavirus kills people one at a time. When it’s got the helping hand of Government and NPHET, on the other hand, it can wipe out whole cities: The Cabinet are to meet this morning where they will decide on the latest NPHET recommendations. The public health experts met on Thursday […]
Dublin City Council have passed a motion to list the home of 1916 hero The O’Rahilly on the Register of Protected Structures, pending examination of the issue. This means that the house cannot be demolished in the while it remains on the Register. The success of the motion, proposed by Sinn Féin’s Micheál Mac Donncha comes after […]
Cork County Council has responded to a recent Gript story ,which showed that the Council was linked to a Chinese province which has been using forced labour sourced from “re-education” camps, with a statement saying that they are “aware of differences in values between Ireland and China.” We had reported that that the Chinese Communist […]
Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín has revealed that he has asked three separate Taoisigh over a period of 5 years to meet with victims and survivors of the notorious Glenanne Gang. The loyalist gang, who are estimated to have carried out the sectarian killings of 120 Catholics was the subject of a documentary “Unquiet Graves” broadcast […]
Broadly amusing, mainly because of how the American left spends so much of its time, in normal times, accusing people who oppose it of being anti-vaxxers. How times change: “With deaths from the coronavirus nearing 200,000 in the United States, Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Wednesday assailed President Trump for playing politics with a potential […]
“What simpering, shallow wokeness”, wrote one critic yesterday. “Possibly the worse tweet ever sent by an Irish public representative.” Can anyone, in good faith, disagree? Keeping 'To Kill A Mockingbird' and 'Of Mice and Men' on the JC syllabus isn't worth the hurt they are causing. Dept should see sense here. "Government urged to drop […]
Reports show that Jiangsu province in China, which Cork County Council has a formal Friendship Agreement with, makes use of forced labour drawn from the “re-education” camps which at least one million Uighurs and other ethnic minorities have been forced into by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). These camps are a core component of what […]
A leading medical expert has said that the Assisted Suicide bill ignores the better option of good palliative care, and pointed to a High Court ruling saying that it would be “impossible” to ensure that older and more vulnerable people would be protected from coming under pressure to end their lives. Dr Anthony O’Brien, Clinical […]
Popular podcaster and MMA commentator Joe Rogan has offered to host a 4-hour live debate between US president Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden. The offer came during an interview with former UFC fighter Tim Kennedy, during which Rogan said: “I would want [to host the debate]. First of all, I’d want no one […]
The headline in other newspapers is that he resigned, of course, but even their coverage has to tell you what really happened, down in about paragraph five: Dr Martin Feeley’s views that coronavirus is “much less severe” than the flu for most people and that restrictions were no longer justified caused a furore after they […]