Shutterstock/John Gomez Around 1 million visitors enter the UK parliamentary estate in Westminster every year. They go through airport-style security, and hand over any “restricted items” before they enter. Many of these “restricted items” are fairly obvious, like climbing gear and Swiss army knives. It’s fairly easy to understand whyContinue Reading
Around 150 people in west Dublin took part in a demonstration against racism on Monday night. It comes after a group of men attacked homeless migrants living in tents in Ashtown on Saturday. Speakers condemned the violence, urging residents to stand in solidarity with the most vulnerable members of society.Continue Reading
Kabukicho: Tokyo's main red-light district, where Chinese gangs have been active in recent years. Sean Pavone via Shutterstock On the afternoon of October 16 last year a brawl erupted between two groups of gangsters in a restaurant on the 58th floor of the Sunshine 60 high-rise building in Ikebukuro, aContinue Reading
Many midwives want to be prepared in how to care for all patients. Lookslikephoto.com/Shutterstock It’s been reported that NHS England has paused plans to deliver a training programme to improve inclusion of gender diversity in pregnancy services. This is following a reported “revolt” by midwives. However, our recent research suggestsContinue Reading
The 1990s are everywhere right now. From the fashion trends making a comeback in 2023 (I’m told), to the hotly anticipated return of the flashback mystery-box thriller Yellowjackets, it’s starting to feel like the millennium never happened. And where pop culture leads, politics inevitably follows. Events swirling around prime ministerContinue Reading
STEKLO Upwards of 2.8 billion people do not have access to safe sanitation. A third of the world’s population doesn’t have a toilet. This broad, international issue links to poverty, destitution and environmental risk. It also provides the backdrop to the struggles women and girls the world over face inContinue Reading
Gardaí in Co Clare are investigating after a body was discovery on a beach in the southwest of the county on Saturday afternoon. The alarm was raised at around 3pm when a couple out walking found the body at White Strand beach between Doonaha and Carrigaholt on the north shoreContinue Reading
The recent announcement that the South African, Russian and Chinese navies will conduct joint exercises off the east coast of South Africa between February 17 and 27, has alarmed the United States. Washington has condemned the decision as the exercises would appear to compromise South African neutrality in the diplomaticContinue Reading
The decision that Germany and the US will allow the export of M1 Abrams and Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, alongside the British Challenger 2 tanks promised in mid January is the culmination of Nato’s policy to assist Ukraine and an important symbolic step in the west’s response to Putin’sContinue Reading
What’s the difference between a state broadcaster and a public broadcaster? The dispute over the close relationship between the BBC chairman, Richard Sharp and the former prime minister Boris Johnson, has seen some people – including on one occasion a BBC presenter – refer to it as a “state broadcaster”.Continue Reading
