It is the second such march since the controversy began, and other villages in Galway have this week been sending messages of support to the people of Oughterard.
Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín is to launch a bill to ban below-cost selling in the beef industry. Speaking from the Ploughing Championships, the Aontú leader said the measure is needed to tackle the “dysfunctional” beef market.
Priory School in East Sussex locked its gates after over 150 parents and pupils protested new unform rules in which pupils are sent home if they are wearing a skirt instead of “gender neutral” trousers #gript
A pro-life rally in Belfast on Saturday drew such a huge crowd that the police had to ask organisers to re-route the march to accommodate the estimated 20,000 people who attended. The rally, billed as March for Their Lives, was organised by Precious Life and Youth for Life NI to protest the decision by the British parliament […]
As they struggle for independence from China, thousands of protestors in Hong Kong sing this hymn. #gript
Marking the fifth anniversary of a Chinese ban on fully democratic elections in the region, Hong Kong protests escalated for the 13th week in a row this weekend as demonstrators rallied with Christian groups outside the headquarters of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.
Two meat processors, ABP and Dawn, were granted temporary High Court injunctions yesterday prohibiting blockades by beef farmers, whilst the Beef Plan Movement has threatened expulsion for any members who protest at meat factory gates
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has said he supports the decision of some beef farmers to re-commence protests outside processing plants and factories.
Beef farmers who say they are being treated like slaves on their own farms tell Tim Jackson they won’t back down from protesting, despite threats of an injunction. The farmers say that the prices they are getting for beef are less than the cost of raising the animal.
Leo Varadkar acknowledges that the government is “running into real difficulties around restricting peaceful protest and restricting free speech” in regard to banning protests or outreaches at abortion centres.
Niamh Uí Bhriain of the Life Institute said that it was absolutely extraordinary that the Dáil was discussing how best to ban peaceful protests simply because abortion centres wished to maximise the number of babies being killed.
“The right to free speech and to peaceful protest are the cornerstones of democracy and it’s appalling to see so-called liberals like Louise O’Reilly of Sinn Féin seek to limit the right to people to reach out to women in crisis and offer them a better alternative than abortion,” she said. “The Taoiseach has now acknowledged that these are peaceful protests, so why are his government trying to censor its own citizens at the behest of the abortion industry?”
BARRED because she had Down Syndrome. Campaigners protested a decision by New Zealand to refuse Bumikka Suhinthan, an Irish resident, entrance to New Zealand because she has Down Syndrome.
Michael O’Dowd, a candidate in the European elections, and a disability campaigner handed in a letter explaining the decision was in breach of international human rights conventions.