On the face of it, the idea that an abortion might be “reversible” is a hard thing for people to get their heads around, and that’s probably because it’s not really a very accurate phrase. It is, of course, impossible to reverse an abortion once one has happened. You cannot recreate a life that has […]
Social media giant, Facebook, is under fire again for using biased ‘fact-checkers’ to label reporting as ‘fake news’. The New York Post, one of the most long-established newspapers in the U.S., hit back at Facebook this week saying that the platform’s “‘fact-checkers’ are the real fake news after censoring Post story”. As the newspaper explained: […]
Regina Doherty claimed that under Simon Harris we had got 1000 more GPs in the last 5 years. But what do the figures show?
As far as we know, the idea of “fact checking” was invented a few years ago, as a way to find jobs for those annoying people you meet at a party, or down the pub who have to butt into every conversation with “well, actually….”. Jokes aside, the concept is very simple. You take a […]
“‘Entirely inappropriate’ – anger as Fine Gael Youth leader attends US right-wing conference” This was the headline that greeted the group of 11 students and young professionals shortly after landing in Dublin Airport recently on a crisp Monday morning at 6 am. They had set off from Washington Dulles over 6 hours before and had […]