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A Northern Ireland MP is set to issue legal proceedings against controversial online influencer Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan, over social media posts. KRW Law said the posts were made on Friday, the day after Sorcha Eastwood of the Alliance Party said she was a "survivor of abuse" in the House of Commons. During a debate on violence against women and girls, Eastwood said she was once approached by a member of the public who told her that he wanted to rape her. Her solicitors confirmed that they had been instructed to issue legal proceedings and that correspondence with...

Cuba has officially declared its intention to join South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the court announced on Monday. “Cuba, invoking Article 63 of the Statute of the Court, filed in the Registry of the Court a declaration of intervention in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip,” the court stated. With the move, Cuba joined Nicaragua, Colombia, Mexico, Libya, Bolivia, Turkey, the Maldives, Chile, Spain, Ireland and the Palestinian Authority, all of which had previously joined the South African...

From tomorrow, the minimum wage will increase by 80 cent to €13.50 per hour, directly benefiting an estimated 195,000 workers. However, many small businesses are warning it will be the latest in a series of cost increases and that ultimately it could be the consumer that will have to pay in the form of higher prices. Mark O’Keeffe runs the Brown Sugar hair salons in Dublin. “This is another increase in the minimum wage and it means it has gone up by 36% since 2020,” Mr. O’Keeffe said. “It’s becoming very challenging for us to absorb because to have deal...

The head of the Garda National Immigration Bureau has said that there is no such thing as “an unvetted migrant” to this country, and that everyone coming to Ireland seeking international protection is fingerprinted and identified. Detective Chief Superintendent Aidan Minnock also rejected claims, most notably by the far right, that asylum seekers are criminals who pose a threat to public safety. He said the vast majority are economic migrants seeking a better life and that the few who have criminal records are detained before being removed from the country. However, he also said that Albanian, Romanian and Chinese organized...

Relations between Israel and Ireland have been marked over the years by ongoing tension, harsh criticism from Dublin, and a growing sense of alienation. This has culminated in the recent decision of Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar to shutter Israel’s embassy in Ireland — a rare move that underscores a deep crisis in the diplomatic relations between the two countries. This decision does not stand in a vacuum. It stems from Ireland’s longstanding antisemitic and anti-Israel policies, which include legislation supporting the Palestinian struggle and harsh statements against Israel by Irish politicians. […] Dublin views the Palestinian struggle for “liberation”...

This is what autogenocide looks like ... Deliberate demographic replacement is considered a form of genocide. But genocide is generally carried out by one group against another. What does it mean when a group carries out genocide against itself? In politics, a ‘self-coup’ or ‘autocoup’ is a seizure of power by the existing government. Mass migration is an autocoup or an ‘autogenocide’ which, rather than seizing power by armed force, corrupts democracy by importing millions of enemy voters to seize the ountry ‘democratically’. ... In the last 20 years, Ireland, a small nation of millions, has been overwhelmed by a...

It’s not Israel that it needs to be worried about.The obsession of the Irish government with falsely accusing Israel of genocide is only equaled by its determination to commit an actual genocide against the Irish people.In its latest move, the Irish government has called for watering down the definition of genocide to be able to apply it to the Jewish State, but there is no need to water down the formal definition, the “intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group”, to charge Ireland’s government with ‘self-genocide’ or ‘autogenocide’ against its own people.In...

The Central Bank has warned of the risks to the economy from the Trump administration imposing tariffs and tax changes which would affect US multinationals in Ireland. In its Quarterly Bulletin, the bank said any changes could affect employment in companies here, hit future investment decisions and corporation tax. “As the US is Ireland’s largest bilateral trade partner, the direct exposure of the economy and public finances to changes in US economic policy is material,” it said. It added Ireland was “particularly susceptible to changes in US policy”. It said there has been a dependence on the “substantial corporation tax...

As everybody knows, the Irish Times is about as close as it gets to being the house journal of official Ireland, which makes this paragraph of its breaking news story this afternoon about the Israeli decision to close the Dublin Embassy particularly hilarious:“To date, Israel has not applied similar measures to other countries, including Egypt, Spain, and Mexico, which also joined the petition accusing Israel of genocide..”The subtext is obvious: The perfidious Israelis have unfairly singled out little old Ireland again. Why, we’ve been unfairly treated!In reality, the reasons why Ireland would be treated differently to those three countries are...

Dec 15 (Reuters) - Israel said on Sunday it would close its Dublin embassy due to the Irish government's "extreme anti-Israel policies" including recognition of a Palestinian state and support for international legal action against its war in Gaza.

Israel has closed its embassy in Dublin as it accuses Ireland of having 'extreme anti-Israel policies' and of crossing 'every red line'. Gideon Saar - Israel's foreign minister - declared the closure of the Irish residence of its ambassador whilst claiming Ireland had an 'anti-Semitic rhetoric'. Irish premier Simon Harris said he was 'deeply disappointed' by the move, whilst 'utterly rejecti[ng]' allegations that Ireland was against the Middle Eastern state. Despite Saar's most recent move, deputy premier Micheal Martin has made it clear there are no plans to close the Irish embassy in Israel. The closure of the embassy comes...

The Climate Change Advisory Council has said it is an absolute imperative that fossil fuel usage in Ireland must be phased out in 15 years or people and the economy will face profound costs. It says by 2040, Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions must be down to one third of the amount emitted in 2018. For this to happen, emissions will need to be cut by at least 6.3% every year out to 2040. Publishing its final carbon budget proposals today for the period from 2031 to 2035, the Climate Change Advisory Council said Ireland has not risen to meet its...

Tánaiste (deputy PM) and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin has secured Government approval for Ireland to intervene in two cases currently before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), at the Cabinet’s first meeting since the General Election. Firstly, South Africa’s case against Israel, initiated following the launch of military operations in Gaza after the 7 October 2023 attack. This concerns breaches of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in Gaza. By filing a declaration of intervention, Ireland is not joining either side in the case. Mr. Martin proposed to intervene to promote a...

Dr. Mike Yeadon has published a video message for the Northern Ireland Assembly in response to the proposed Public Health Bill.The people who created the covid scam are going to do it again, he said. “If you’re frightened about what happens if you speak out, you should be absolutely terrified about what’s going to happen if you don’t .”Dr. Mike Yeadon is probably the most qualified former pharmaceutical company research executive speaking out about the dangers of the covid so-called “vaccines.” He is trained in toxicology and has a PhD in respiratory pharmacology and has had a 30-year career spanning...

Could DNA findings answer long-held questions regarding a possible link between ancient Egyptians and the Emerald Isle? Legends, myths, and intriguing archaeological finds suggest ancient Egyptians once visited Ireland. Could DNA findings answer long-held questions regarding a possible link between ancient Egyptians and the Emerald Isle? To begin with, there is the legend of Scota, an Egyptian princess who fled from Egypt with a large group of followers, arriving in Ireland in 1700 BC. It is believed Scota, whose descendants are said to have become high kings of Ireland, was killed in battle by the Tuatha De Danann (the tribe...

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his eight-year-old daughter and the attempted murder of her mother in County Wexford. Malika Al Kattib died following an incident at her home in New Ross on Sunday night. Her mother, Aisha Al Kattib, was also injured in the incident and was hospitalized with injuries that are not life-threatening. 34-year-old Mohammad Al Shaker Al Tamimi, with an address at Lower William Street in New Ross, was brought before Gorey District Court this evening. […] An Arabic interpreter translated court proceedings for Mr. Al Tamimi. …

Ireland’s election looks set to have secured victory for the incumbent center-right parties which have dominated the country’s politics for nearly a century, signaling continuity for the business community but belying broad dissatisfaction with many social issues. Fianna Fáil, led by Micheál Martin, and Fine Gael, helmed by Simon Harris, by midday Monday appeared able to form a coalition just shy of a parliamentary majority in the 174-seat Dáil, and are widely expected to seek backing from one or two smaller opposition parties to form a government. A key question will be who takes on the role of taoiseach, the...

WASHINGTON (WJLA) - A 33-year-old man required medical treatment at a Dublin, Ireland hospital after he repeatedly injected himself with his own semen in an unusual attempt to treat his lower-back pain. The man, after injecting the semen in his arm, developed a subcutaneous abscess on his right arm, where he had been injecting himself on a monthly basis for 1.5 years. A radiograph also revealed an excess watery under his skin.

Ireland is set to become the next country to face a major threat to its power grid due to the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence. Dublin has emerged as the heart of Europe’s data center hub, and hyperscale cloud providers have quickly become a pillar of the country’s economy. But powering the data centers that house the cloud has become a monumental task with the runaway growth of AI.Artificial intelligence requires a stunning amount of energy to train and power its complex computation systems. Currently, the approximate amount of energy needed to sustain the sector’s growth is doubling every 100...

Met Éireann has said that temperatures will drop next week, becoming “significantly colder”. In an advisory, the forecaster said that from next Tuesday, an Artic (sic) airmass will cover the country from the north, resulting in daytime temperatures ranging around 2° to 6°C. (35.6°–42.8°F) Night-time temperatures are expected to fall below freezing, bringing widespread frost and ice. Met Éireann said that there will be persistent rain over much of the country with the possibility of some sleet and snow over Ulster on Monday. It also advised that from Monday onwards, there will be frost, ice and showers which will be...