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The Finance Minister has ruled out abolishing inheritance tax, saying it would not be fair. Former Justice Minister Alan Shatter has launched a campaign to abolish the tax. Children can currently inherit €335,000 from their parents before they have to pay tax, but anything above that rate is taxed at a rate of 33%. Jack Chambers said he thought “having capital acquisitions tax is important in a balanced economy in terms of fairness and equity.” …

SNIP “Cuomo’s going for mayor. Can’t stop Cuomo from going for mayor. And no matter what anyone says about our current mayor he has done some good things. Could happen a candidate is some rich man — big money, wants importance, do good, get his name around — like maybe Ron Lauder. Or underestimated Long Island congressman Lee Zeldin. I’m more behind the scenes. I don’t get credit for things.” SNIP “Listen,” she told me, “My mother’s mother was abused. My mother uneducated. Raised three kids, some half siblings. Mom met dirt poor dad in Ireland in eighth grade. Life...

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly is to seek approval to the Government to bring dozens of children from Gaza to Ireland for medical care. The initiative follows months of work across Government departments, along with the input of medical doctors and the Irish Red Cross. The Cabinet is meeting this morning ahead of the return of the Dáil later today after the summer recess. This plan is aiming to evacuate around 30 children from Gaza before the end of the year in what would be the first phase of the program. …

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has said she wants legislation in place as soon as possible to ban the wearing of masks and balaclavas during protests. The concealment of identities is instilling fear and intimidation and is making the job of the gardaí more difficult, Ms. McEntee said. The proposal comes in response to a rise in violent protests over the past year where some attendees covered their faces with balaclavas and masks. The minister said she is working closely with the Attorney General and the Garda Commissioner to draft legislation. “My priority now is to make sure that the...

The Irish government has promised to set up an official investigation to examine historical abuse in religious-run day and boarding schools in light of “appalling” abuse accounts. The announcement comes as an initial 802-page, five-volume Scoping Inquiry report from the Irish government revealed that 2,395 allegations of abuse had been made in 308 schools between 1927 and 2013. The total number of allegations is believed to be far higher. The allegations were made against 884 abusers. It is believed that half of them have died. The Scoping Inquiry was set up in the aftermath of a 2022 radio documentary called...

Ireland needs to do more to adapt to climate change, according to the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC) which says investment is urgently needed to avoid the worst damage and higher costs that it can bring in future years. The council published its annual progress report on how Ireland is preparing for the impacts of climate change. It said coastal erosion and flooding are the biggest risks. The report suggests part of the budget every year should be ring-fenced for adaptation measures, including making road and electricity networks more resilient to climate change. It predicts coastal flooding will cost €2...

Apple has been ordered to pay Ireland €13bn (£11bn; $14bn) in unpaid taxes by Europe’s top court, putting an end to an eight-year row. The European Commission accused Ireland of giving Apple illegal tax advantages in 2016, but Ireland has consistently argued against the need for the tax to be paid. The Irish government said it would respect the ruling. […] A separate European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling on Tuesday also brought a long-running case with Google to a close, with the company ordered to pay a €2.4bn (£2bn) fine for market dominance abuse. […] Apple said in a...

“Once they give the Pakis passports and badges, it’s all over for the Old Country, boy-o” my Irish-Catholic Midwestern grandmammy once lamented to me over her morning ritual prune juice-Jameson cocktail. It kept her regular. This turned out to be another of her Nostradamus moments, as the diversity fire raging in Ireland is not likely to be quenched by hordes of new deputized “migrants” that the government is for some recruiting directly from places like Pakistan. This story is absolutely insane, such that initially I could not believe it was true. Alas, it is. Not only does Ireland recruit police...

US Central Command announcing a joint operation against ISIS in Western Iraq said to have killed...unofficial reports 6-7 members of the US military wounded... An explosion at a gas station in Yemen's port city of Aden causing deaths and injuries... The commanding officer of the USS John McCain guided missile destroyer fired... Police in Germany saying the stabbing attack that injured five people on a bus this evening was not a 'terrorist act'... Tensions in the Balkans as Kosovo authorities raided Serbian minority government... Two missiles exploding near a merchant vessel off the south coast of Yemen... In Ireland today...

Unchecked mass immigration has radically transformed and destabilized the author's home country; America should take heed. Close your eyes and picture Ireland. You’re probably imagining lush green fields, charming villages, and thatched cottages. Now, open your eyes and acknowledge reality. Nearly one in five people living in Ireland wasn’t born there. In Galway, a city that’s a stone’s throw from where I grew up, Muhammad recently surpassed Michael and Martin as the most popular name for newborn boys. That’s right — Muhammad, a name synonymous with Islamic tradition. This is not the Ireland you know or thought you knew. It’s...

Almost two-thirds of people, 64%, agree that Ireland should welcome people who move here to make a better life for themselves or their families, according to a new survey. The study, which was conducted by Ireland Thinks for the Migrant Rights Center Ireland (MRCI), showed that 18% of those surveyed disagree that Ireland should welcome people who move here. Asked what Government policy should be towards undocumented migrant workers, 25% of respondents said they should be required to leave the country immediately, while 69% said they should be given the opportunity to come forward and legalize their status, provided they...

Taoiseach Simon Harris has said he is seeking information on reports that Israeli operated aircraft carrying weaponry from the United States to Israel flew through Irish airspace. Speaking in Government Buildings, he said there are very clear consent protocols that would need to be followed for that to happen. He said his understanding from the Department of Defense and the Department of Transport is no such consent was sought and he is expecting to hear an update from the relevant Government departments. …

A London rabbi charged with performing an illegal circumcision on a baby boy in Dublin has been granted bail and has been allowed to return to the UK pending trial after a judge ruled that he was not a flight risk.

A Dundalk restaurant visited by US President Joe Biden during his trip to Ireland last year has closed its doors. In a post on Facebook, McAteers The Food House said that it has ceased trading as of today. The business said that it was “impossible for us to continue trading”, and that, after a difficult few years, it had become “harder by the day to keep the ship afloat”. The restaurant cited numerous factors, including high costs, as being behind its decision. …

History is a nightmare from which Northern Ireland is trying to awake. The hundreds-of-years-old rift between nationalist Catholics -- who want a united Ireland -- and Protestant Unionists -- who wish to remain part of the United Kingdom -- has its origins in the Ulster Plantation when England divvied up land in the northeast of the island to loyal subjects from northern England and Scotland to help mollify the historically quarrelsome region. Most are familiar with the most recent flareup in the region, the 30 years of conflict known as The Troubles, which formally ended in the late nineties, but...

Visegrád 24 @visegrad24 · Follow Media silence after Islamist terrorist stabs Catholic priest in Ireland Last Thursday, a 16-y-old boy stabbed Fr Paul Murphy multiple times at Renmore Barracks in Galway, where he serves as an army chaplain Severly wounded, he was saved by soldiers who overpowered the attacker.

The decline in electric vehicle sales is “very worrying” from a climate perspective, an expert has said. The latest figures from the Central Statistics Office show that 12,765 EVs were licensed in Ireland between January and July of this year, a decline of nearly 25% compared with the same period last year. The total number of EVs on Irish roads is now around 125,000. However, the target outlined in the Government’s Climate Action Plan is to have 845,000 electric vehicles by 2030. Professor of Transportation at Trinity College Brian Caulfield said that trend is “very worrying” as the country has...

A 61-year-old professor born in Phoenix, Arizona, believes he is the first person to gain Irish citizenship solely based on the results of a DNA test, the Irish Times reported.John Portmann, an author and professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia, took an Ancestry.com test in 2019 at the behest of his adopted sister. Portmann was cared for by nuns in Phoenix before being adopted and grew up not knowing anything about his background.When he received his DNA results, he was shocked to find out he was full-blooded Irish...he couldn't stop thinking about Ireland and about his biological...

Sectarian violence was rekindled in Northern Ireland on Saturday night as police were attacked with petrol bombs following a pro-unionist demonstration that took place in the city. At least 10 police officers were injured in Londonderry on Saturday evening after they came under assault by a reported group of Irish nationalist youths during “several hours of disorder” on Nailors Row.

President Michael D. Higgins has said there is “no room anymore for anyone to avert their gaze" from Gaza. His comments come after an Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza city that had been used to house people displaced by the war. The attack on the compound housing displaced families (and) killed around 100 people, the Hamas-run Gaza government said, while the Israeli military said it had targeted Hamas militants and cast doubt on the Palestinian death toll. President Higgins said that airstrike will be “condemned by all those seeking to find peace in what is a continuing horrific...