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This constituted a fivefold increase in the number of applications when compared to 2019.
Screen Ireland – a public body – gave €150,000 of taxpayer funds to make The 8th
Last week, RTÉ apologised to Minister Paschal Donohue because they asked him a slightly difficult question around children’s shoes. The apology, and the speed with which it was delivered, does not bode well for the future of robust journalism in this country – and should give pause to the headlong rush to ensure taxpayer funding […]
Parents at the Holy Family School for the Deaf in Cabra have launched an Open Letter addressed to the Government and the HSE urging that the threatened removal of the school’s on-site Speech and Language Therapist be reversed. The open letter, addressed to the Head of Disability Services in HSE as well as Ministers for […]
Rural Independent Group TD’s Carol Nolan and Mattie McGrath have both outlined their concerns around RTE’s decision to air a controversial New Year’s Eve programme that portrayed God as the rapist of a young middle eastern immigrant. Carol Nolan went on to say that she has also written to RTÉ Director Dee Forbes. Speaking to […]
A priory of monks who turned to coffee production to support not just themselves, but a convent of nuns, and pro-life causes have been so successful that they are now looking at expanding their coffee-roasting operations by 600%. According to Life Site News the Benedictines of Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery near Silver City, New […]
The author, John Hamill, is Co-Host of The Free Thought Prophet Podcast Last week, the Seanad debated the Electoral (Civil Society Freedom) (Amendment) Bill 2019, which proposed to remove several restrictions on the influence of money within our political process. Currently, the Electoral Act places limits on the value of individual donations made for political purposes. This new […]
There is a continuing lack of access to basic therapeutic services for thousands of children in this state. This is not only manifestly unjust, it is also a betrayal of enormous proportions. Indeed, the tragic reality is this; the problems being faced by some of these children now will almost inevitably lead to unnecessary levels […]
The porn industry is a deeply misogynistic and exploitative business which uses women to make money, lots of money, mostly for ruthless, creepy men. The same could be said for the abortion industry which profits men, in every sense, by exploiting women in crisis – but which has managed, with the help of financial backing and an […]
Human Rights Watch is one of the most prominent and influential human rights advocacy groups in the world. It is particularly influential in the United States where it is headquartered. It describes itself as “roughly 450 people of 70-plus nationalities who are country experts, lawyers, journalists, and others who work to protect the most at […]
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland (ASI) says it is facing a sudden and severe shortfall in funding to provide vital supports for those with dementia as a result of the Coronavirus crisis. The organisation was forced to announce the postponement of its largest annual fundraising campaign Alzheimer’s Tea Day due to Covid-19 and has launched […]