Christmas is over, and it’s that time of year when we reflect on the year that has just passed, and what happened in it. In that spirit, here are the five politicians who we think had the best 2019, and the five who had the worst. Note: We’re primarily concerned with Ireland here, but of […]
This business of demanding that social media censor every opinion that we don’t like just isn’t going to end well. Here’s another press hit this morning for the Minister for blaming everybody but himself for Health: “HEALTH MINISTER SIMON Harris is to meet with a number of social media companies today to discuss the spread […]
Last night, Fine Gael members in her Dun Laoghaire constituency voted, in effect, to boot Maria Bailey from the Fine Gael ticket for the next General Election, whenever that might come: The meeting last night heard from Deputy Bailey and her detractors, with some calling for her removal from the party ticket. A majority voted […]
A 13-year old boy with a diagnosis of autism and a history of violent and aggressive behaviour has been stuck in Temple Street Children’s Hospital for almost seven months, because the HSE is refusing to fund a residential care place available for him. Daniel Hurley’s distraught parents say that keeping their child in Temple Street […]
The family of Emma Mhic Mhathúna have remembered her as “beautiful and brave” on the first anniversary of her death, and have said that they hoped “something positive will come from her journey and her passing”. Mrs Mhic Mhathúna, a mother of five, was one of 221 women given incorrect smear test results by the […]
I was trying to think this morning what this was like, and it occurred to me that the thing it’s most like is when the players on a Premier Division Football team let it know that they have lost confidence in the Manager. “He’s lost the dressing room”, the pundits would declare, and a sacking […]
Minister for Health Simon Harris acknowledged that there was a breach of the abortion law in the case where a healthy unborn baby was aborted in the mistaken belief that it suffered a terminal illness, Peadar Tóibín has told the Dáil. Earlier this year, it was revealed that a healthy baby boy was aborted after […]
WATCH: “Minister Harris has brought in exclusion zones for unborn children, with 10,000 to be killed, so it’s not surprising he would bring them in for us” – Charles Byrne talks about the Garda Commissioner’s advice that no exclusion zones are necessary for protests outside abortion centres. #gript
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has told Minister for Health Simon Harris that “safe access” abortion legislation is not needed
As George Hook said the other day, here he is again, trying to run the country by twitter: Harris today said that social media platforms should ban certain accounts and consider giving “badges” to accounts that are reputable and provide authentic information about vaccinations. “These are matters that I want to discuss with them, but […]
Once a staunch Fine Gael supporter, George Hook says he could not bring himself to vote for them in the last election. #gript
A doctor or medical practitioner who believes abortion is morally wrong and has no wish to be involved in an abortion, will nonetheless be compelled to refer a pregnant woman to a doctor who will carry out the procedure, according to new medical council guidelines. The guidelines, in relation to conscientious objection, are as follows: […]