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โ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑโ Click on headline/Image to read more.
๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ด๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ Anna Kavanagh talks to Pat Kent former President Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association, Cllr Dan McCarthy Kenmare Co-Op Mart and Liam Minehan. Click Headline/Image to watch video.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ง๐๐ง? ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ค ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐. ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ง๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ค.
๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ โฌ๐ญ.๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐๐, ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐ โฌ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ,๐ญ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐. ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐. Click on headline/Image to read more.
ย An ERSI report published last week indicates that a substantial number of businesses in Ireland are refusing to comply with state-imposed COVID regulations.
The report found that 37% of indoor diners questioned stated that they had not been asked for proof of โvaccine passportsโ before being seated. Click on headline/image to read more.
The Government may be considering U-turning on itโs long-held opposition to the extended use of Antigen testing as a means of controlling the spread of COVID-19 whilst allowing society to re-open. Click on headline/image to read more.
‘Roadshow’ to attract โCuckoo Fundsโ, or foreign investment bulk-buying and letting of residential homes.ย Click headline/image to read more.
Earlier this week, most main-stream media outlets carried stories of a Russian Military build-up on Ukraineโs Borders. The sources of such reporting can be traced back to NATO statements, which are in turn relying on US espionage assets in Russia and Ukraine.
(Opinion) Sinn Fein has formally voted to abolish the Special Criminal Courts as they stand, and if in government, to replace them with courts that will continue to hold non-jury trials. The vote by the membership of Sinn Fein at their Ard Fheis on Saturday (31st October 2021) has brought to an end eighty years of opposition to criminal courts and non-jury trials by Sinn Fein.
As the first conference of Irish Nurses for Transparency and Openness (INFTO) concluded on Saturday the 30th of October (2021). Anna Kavanagh spoke with their spokesperson Paddy Hennessy. They spoke about health staff concerns around the suppression of data and information, the neglect of patients, and the future plans of the INFTO.
Dr. Anthony Fauci is coming under increasing pressure around his repeated denial that the science research Institute he heads (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases – NIAID), was involved in โGain-of-Functionโ research involving Corona Viruses in Wuhan, China. Click Headline/Image to read more.
Palestinian mother tries defend her sonโs grave as Israeli forces attempt to bulldoze it and the rest of the graves in al-Yousefiyah cemetery, al-Quds.
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has suspended monitoring operations in the two Independent Donetsk Regions (Donetsk Peopleโs Republic and Luhansk Peopleโs Republic) bordering East Ukraine. Click headline/image to read more.
Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and the defence arm of Boeing โ have all appointed women as their CEO, and in some twisted logic it is a sign of the times, a key indicator that women are experiencing opportunity like never before, at least in terms of highly-skilled posts. Click headline/image to read more.
Anna was a central figure in the fight against evictions in Ireland in the second half of the 19th century. Side-lined by the male-dominated ‘Land League’ led by her brother Charles Stewart Parnell, Anna Parnell died in anonymity. Anna Kavanagh speaks with Lucy Keaveney about her work in raising up the memory of the great Anna Parnell.
COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer Pfizer is accused of hiding behind a veil of secrecy to profiteer during the “worst public health crisis” in over 100 years.โ Click on headline/image to read more.
A six month long investigation by the Irish Times in partnership with 16 other newsrooms examined a huge leak of documents, related to a fraudulent financial trading scheme that siphoned billions from EU countriesโ tax authorities. Click on headline/image to read more.
Through a series of parliamentary questions in the Dรกil, it has been revealed that government policy will produce a paltry 8 affordable homes and 115 cost-rental homes by the end of 2021. Click headline/image to read more.
US researchers have published a paper indicating that vaccinating children, especially boys, may pose a greater danger than COVID19 itself. Click headline/image to read more.
ABC (Alliance Birthmothers Campaigning for Justice) a leading advocacy group for Birthmothers who are having difficulties with Tusla, the Family Courts and to a lesser extent with the Gardai have issued a statement welcoming the publication of a tender to provide a support service for the parents of children in care. Click headline/image to read more.
Efforts by the United States over the last number of weeks to broker agreements with Russia and China on numerous issues have fallen flat. ย Instead, Russia and China pressed ahead with the largest combined war-games of their kind ever conducted between the two countries. Click headline/image to read more.
An important new Harvard study, published at the US National Institutes for Health (nih.gov) has cast serious doubts on the dependence of vaccines to defeat the COVID19 pandemic. The study shows that in areas with high uptake of vaccines, the virus appears to be as contagious if not more virulent and contagious. Click headline/image to read more.
A Junior Doctor facing an Irish Medical Council Fitness-to-Practice Committee hearing has been accused of knowing โnear-nothingโ by a witness, and having to ask what an Obstetrician was. Click on headline/image to read more
โThe only security of all is in a free press.โ
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Thomas Jefferson