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There were sharp exchanges in the Dáil last night in the debate on the Climate Bill, as rural TDs railed against the Minister for the Environment, Eamon Ryan, for what they described as a “complete attack on rural Ireland”. Kerry TD, Michael Healy-Rae, said that the Minister was “ecstatic with himself when he announced the shutting down of […]
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There have been few major electoral contests in the western democracies in the Age of the Lockdown. The Madrid regional elections held yesterday are the most significant, and were regarded as partly a referendum on how the Covid panic has been handled nationally by the left PSOE/Podemos government. If that was the case, the election […]
It’s been a few years now since the 8th amendment was repealed from the Irish constitution, which brought in one of the most radical and liberal abortion regimes in the world. And so, in hindsight, now that we’ve seen the reality of it, the question must be asked; were the Irish people lied to about […]
The European Parliament this afternoon approved a proposed regulation from the Commission for the introduction of vaccine certification across all member states. The approval by the majority of MEPs means that the Commission can bypass the normal legislative process. It will be known as a Digital Green Certificate. Contrary to the impression given by some […]
A Swiss campaign group has gathered enough signatures to trigger a referendum on Covid-19 restrictions in the country. The Friends of the Constitution organisation collected 86,000 signatures which sparked a legal procedure under Swiss law to initiate a national vote on whether or not to repeal the 2020 Covid-19 Act. Switzerland has an usually devolved democratic system […]
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The latest and most serious attempt to overturn the referendum which overwhelmingly approved changes to the criteria governing eligibility for Irish citizenship in 2004 comes before the Seanad on Wednesday. There have been, as we have noted before, several other Private Members Bills tabled by communist TDs, but this one in the name of Labour […]
As everyone knows, people with disabilities are being wiped out by abortion. The most lethal form of discrimination is being openly practised in many supposedly civilised countries, with up to 90% of babies diagnosed with Down syndrome now aborted before they are born. Meanwhile, the world stands idly by and talks about equality and inclusion while ignoring the elephant […]
The recent passing of yet more “emergency” legislation under the Covid-19 exemption has led to some criticism with regard to the implications that it might have for those in danger of home repossession if their mortgage has been sold to one or other of the ubiquitous vulture funds. Many billions of such debt has already […]
There are times when I have to pinch myself, when I read the concerns of journalists as expressed in our mainstream media, about the interaction between religion and politics in Ireland – and contrast it with the actual relationship between religion and politics in this country, as evidenced by social surveys. A recent survey, carried […]
The Deputy leader of Fianna Fáil, Éamon Ó Cuiv, has said the party’s vote is “collapsing” and that it will become “irrelevant” if it enters into government under the programme currently being put to the vote by the party members. Responding to an opinion poll published in the Irish Mail on Sunday which showed Fianna […]
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