Neil Francis recently lost his job as a rugby columnist with the Irish Independent following comments he made about British and Irish Lions out-half Marcus Smith on a podcast in July. Francis described Smith as “a Harlequins out-half with a David Beckham haircut and an Oompa Loompa tan”. Smith was born in the Philippines to […]
A taste of the future?
Cancel Culture.
RTÉ Radio One made the restaurant-owner promise to give them an exclusive interview. RTÉ told restaurateur Paul Treyvaud they were “double-booked” this morning and could not conduct an exclusive interview the station had sought about his decision to open his restaurant on July 1 in defiance of any lockdown rules that will still be in […]
A spokesman for German leader Angela Merkel said the Chancellor found it “problematic” that Twitter had permanently suspended US president Donald Trump.
Rowan Atkinson, one of Britain’s most successful actors, has said online cancel culture is “the digital equivalent of the medieval mob.”
This is one of those stories that an awful lot of people will cheer, with very good reason. Regardless of your views on pornography in general, and whether it should be legal, or illegal, it shouldn’t be much of a matter of controversy to note that Pornhub, or, more accurately, it’s parent company, Mindgeek, is […]
The 2005 Booker Prize winner has launched a scathing attack on the “woke” movement, saying it has become a “religious cult”.
Just as slavery is the Achilles heel of 19th century institutions, eugenics is the weak point of abortion providers. The Black Lives Matter movement has unearthed links to slavery in public statuary and founders of American universities. Similarly, Planned Parenthood has had to distance itself from Margaret Sanger and the name of a former president […]
It is not unfair to say about Irish Times columnist Roisin Ingle that she is a doctrinaire progressive left winger on almost every issue under the sun. Those of you who followed the abortion referendum, for example, will recall that she was one of the leading campaigners, in the media, for a yes vote. To […]
A Limerick doctor, Patrick Morrisey, has become the latest medic to lose a job for disagreeing with the Government’s official line on Covid. Dr. Morrissey attended the health freedom Ireland/yellow vest protest in Dublin at the weekend, where he delivered a strong criticism of various aspects of the Government’s approach. A few days later, he […]
Credit to the Trinity News, the college’s student newspaper, for an immensely entertaining report about the thought process which has led to the College Historical Society to un-invite Professor Richard Dawkins, who was scheduled to give an address to students next year: The College Historical Society (the Hist) has tonight rescinded its invitation to Richard […]