Southend-on-Sea is to be accorded the status of city in honour of David Amess. On October 18, 2021, three days after the Conservative MP was murdered in his constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Boris Johnson announced the Queen had agreed to the grant. Seeing Southend acquire this new label had longContinue Reading
The Government is concerned about the trajectory of Covid-19 heading into the winter months, the Taoiseach has said. Speaking on the fringes of the EU summit in Brussels on Friday, Micheál Martin said the country is beginning to witness the “seasonal backdrop” to the disease. Many virologists have suggested thatContinue Reading
As military tensions run high once again between China and Taiwan, The Conversation Weekly podcast talks to two experts about China’s longer-term strategy – and what that means for Taiwan. And we hear about North Americans who pretend to have Indigenous identity. In mid-October, the US and Canada each sentContinue Reading
Over the past three years, children have increasingly used their voice to protest against their governments' inaction PETER FOLEY | EPA-EFE The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has determined that a government can, in theory, be held to account for the impact its country’s carbon emissions haveContinue Reading
Hungary’s parliamentary elections in spring 2022 will give illiberal Prime Minister Viktor Orbán a chance to continue his Fidesz government for a fourth term. An unlikely opposition candidate could disrupt these plans. Orbán will face Péter Márki-Zay, mayor of the Hungarian county town of Hódmezővásárhely. Márki-Zay’s win in the oppositionContinue Reading
The horrific case of Sarah Everard raises many questions about our society – not least what her killer’s behaviour says about workplace cultures, and the role of organisations in preventing men’s violence against women. Investigations are underway over allegations that the murderer engaged in a range of sexist and abusiveContinue Reading
Enforcement of vaccine passes in nightclubs and music venues will be a legal requirement, but gardaí will have a limited role in its enforcement. On Tuesday, the Government announced late-night venues will be permitted to reopen under strict conditions, including that customers produce a valid document showing they have hadContinue Reading
A high-profile legal dispute between Amazon and Reliance Industries looks set to forever change the shopping habits of more than a billion peopleContinue Reading
Celebrity met statesmanship in the form of Arnold “the Governator” Schwarzenegger, and more recently, in the presidency of former reality star Donald Trump. Celebrities entering politics is an international pasttime. Brazilian footballer-turned-senator Romário de Souza Faria, singer Bobi Wine as runner-up in the (contested) Ugandan presidential elections, and comedian VolodymyrContinue Reading
Most of us have dreamt about winning big in the lottery – I know I have. This dream came true for a French ticket-holder, who won the record £184 million EuroMillions jackpot. A sudden income of £184 million would no doubt be life-changing. But what do we actually know aboutContinue Reading
