Leaving the family home when children are involved brings psychological and practical barriers. fizkes | Shutterstock For anyone aware of someone – a friend, a colleague, a family member – experiencing abuse and violence at home, one of the biggest questions is often why don’t they just walk away? ItContinue Reading
When Lisa Smith arrived back to Ireland from Syria in 2019, Gardaí had concerns for her safety due to comments on local media suggesting the Islamic convert “shouldn’t be back in the country,” the Special Criminal Court has heard. Detective Garda James Kilgannon told Justin McQuade BL, for Ms Smith,Continue Reading
Digital twins, virtual copies of everything from bridges to aeroplanes, are coming for healthcare. A European project, called Neurotwin, now wants to digitally clone brains.Continue Reading
JLco Julia Amaral / Shutterstock Over the last few decades, legal reform and evolving attitudes towards LGBTQ+ people have significantly changed family demographics in the UK. Prior to 2005, children in England could not be adopted by people in a relationship who officially identified as being gay or lesbian. InContinue Reading
The main issue highlighted by the crisis on the Ukraine borders over the past few months has predominantly focused on the role of Nato and the friction over the eastward expansion of the alliance. This has been a constant message emerging from the Kremlin: that the Nato membership of manyContinue Reading
In what have been a turbulent few weeks for Boris Johnson, the imminent release of Lord Ashcroft’s biography of the prime minister’s wife is adding to his woes. Extracts published from the book “First Lady: Intrigue at the Court of Carrie and Boris Johnson” accuse the prime minister’s wife ofContinue Reading
Air Protein is transforming carbon emissions into delicious cuts of meat, with the helping hand of bacteria.Continue Reading
The Irish Government does not believe that war in Ukraine is inevitable, Simon Harris has said. But the Minister for Further and Higher Education said the situation in the country was being monitored on an “hourly basis” amid fears of a Russian invasion. On Saturday, the Department of Foreign AffairsContinue Reading
This UK company has taken fighter-jet sim tech and created a motor racing system that beats most F1 team setups. And you can buy it (if you can afford it).Continue Reading
Throughout the 1980s, some local councils in Britain attempted to provide positive representations of gay people in schools. Some quarters of the national press described such councils as “loony”, and also printed scare stories about gay men and HIV/Aids. In 1987, a survey indicated that 64% of the British publicContinue Reading
