Almost 700 million metric tonnes.
Our borders will remain safe and inviolable,” he told reporters.
PODCAST: Listen to John Aidan Byrne, Irish commentator based in New York, talk with CHUCK COLLINS, on his new book on The Wealth Hoarders, How Billionaires Pay Millions to Hide Trillions. Collins has just ripped the lid off this secret industry, laying out how the super wealthy hide their fortunes and escape tax liability. Chuck […]
PODCAST: Listen to John Aidan Byrne, Irish commentator based in New York, talk with conservative activist, AUSTIN RUSE, on his new book on why loyal CATHOLICS in US face a brutal assault because of their faith. Despite that, it’s a great time to be a faithful Catholic, Ruse says. UNDER SIEGE: Conservative activist, […]
“So, I have to conclude that it happened because I am a woman. Would this have happened if I had worn a suit, and a tie?”
PODCAST: Listen to John Aidan Byrne, Irish commentator based in New York, talk with Michael Churchward, mega yacht captain, author God Waits Outside, recalls moment he was sent to prison in Turkey for crimes he never committed. PRISON HELL: After docking in Turkey, Michael Churchward, a celebrated mega yacht captain, was in for […]
The Grey Wolves, an ultranationalist Turkish group loyal to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, could soon be banned by French authorities.
The Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus for the first time. The bridge extends between Ortaköy (in Europe) and Beylerbeyi (in Asia). Upon its completion in 1973, the Bosphorus Bridge had the fourth-longest suspension bridge span in the world, and the longest outside the […]
Turkey is a young country with a quickly growing population. Nearly a quarter of Turkey’s 84 million people are children, below the age of 15, while less than 9 per cent are elderly (over the age of 65). Turkey’s population is also a quickly growing one: in the last fifty years it has nearly trebled […]
Europe is filled with great Gothic churches, but for me Vienna’s St. Stephen’s Cathedral has always been one of the greatest. Not because her soaring bell tower and serrated steeples are so much more beautiful than those of other cities, but because it was St. Stephen’s that presided over some of Europe’s most consequential battles, […]
Whats happening over in Turkey and Greece and are we seeing a new crisis where migrants are used as a political weapon? #gript
The scale of the migrant crisis on the Greek border with Turkey is hard to put into context for an Irish audience. Already there are mumblings and grumblings of discontent in Ireland about the number of Asylum seekers, and controversy about their housing. 10,000 homeless people, when the country hit that milestone figure, was regarded […]