The push from several quarters to start tearing down statues of Irish historical figures and rename GAA clubs has come under fire from a TD who said “it’s like the Black and Tans controversy all over again”. Mattie McGrath, the independent TD from Tipperary, hit out at calls from left-wing politicians and agitators – and also […]
New figures released from the British Department of Health show that abortion rate in England and Wales is at its highest since the 1967 Act was introduced. There were 207,384 abortions for women resident in England and Wales, and 98% of abortions were carried out under ground C, considered social abortions. Most of the abortions […]
The latest from the never-ending talks to form a new Government, courtesy of Pat Leahy, who listens to this nonsense so the rest of us don’t have to: Talks on forming a government were continuing on Monday night with senior figures in all three parties involved admitting privately that the coming days represent a “do-or-die” […]
While Ireland deals with a deadly pandemic, Fine Gael propose legal gender changes for children under 16. Ben Scallan comments. #gript
In today’s Irish Independent, Philip Ryan is reporting that “children under the age of 16 would be able to legally change their gender under plans being discussed by Fine Gael.” Ryan goes on to note that: “A Fine Gael policy paper drafted for the government formation talks recommends changing laws to allow all children change […]
The coronavirus in Ireland has claimed the lives of 1,650 people, a large majority of whom were those confined in nursing homes and unceremoniously left to meet their fate. For the rest of us, the last several months have been about making unprecedented personal and collective sacrifices in order to save as many lives as […]
A stunning report from Pat Leahy in the Irish Times this morning: “The future of a proposed ban on the importation of Israeli goods produced in Palestinian territories has emerged as a sticking point in the talks on government formation. The Occupied Territories Bill 2018, proposed by Independent Senator Frances Black and supported by Fianna […]
There are several ways by which a person might illegally immigrate to Ireland. They might, for example, come here on a temporary work visa that entitles them to be in the country for a period of time, and then stay here long after that visa has expired. They might simply sneak in on the back […]
Trouble in, well, not paradise, but certainly trouble in whatever lifeless room the negotiations for a new Government are taking place in: A senior Fianna Fáil negotiator involved in the talks to form a government has accused Fine Gael of selfishness and of putting their party before the country. Barry Cowen made the charge after […]
Statistical evidence has played a central role in our society’s response to Covid-19. We gather and publish data on so many aspects of this epidemic – the number of deaths, the number of cases, the number of tests, the number of intensive care units available, the recovery rates among hospital admissions, the number of clusters […]
This article is co-authored with Dara J Clooney Since the foundations of the state, our country has been ruled by two dominant parties. These parties are historically distinguishable only by their loyalty to two different men in the bitter division over the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 and many often say, Fine Gael and Fianna […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed startling failures of leadership across much of the Western world but could the increasingly harmful strategies abopted by various Western nations be redirected to achieve a sustainable response? It is perhaps time to accept that the proverbial horse has bolted, with the near certainty that tens of thousands having […]