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France's "yellow vest" movement demonstrated against alleged police violence in rallies across the country Saturday, as nearly 60 lawyers denounced the treatment of protesters in the courts. The latest marches came a day after France's top court threw out a bid to ban weapons that shoot 40-millimeter rubber projectiles blamed for a number of serious injuries. Thousands of protesters took part in a "march of the injured" in Paris calling for a ban on the weapons. One of the movement's leading figures Jerome Rodriguez, who was hit in the eye at last Saturday's demonstration, was greeted warmly by fellow demonstrators. The marchers gathered for a rally at Place de la Republique in the city centre, where police used tear gas and water cannons to force demonstrators to keep their distance and clashes broke out with some protesters, some hooded or masked. A police estimate put the turn-out at 10,500 in Paris, but an independent count carried out for the media, including

At a packed AGM which proved the old Renua was underselling itself, the new Renua finally confounded its mainstream critics and found a focus and identity. The Irish Identity and the Irish People - a niche that should be the mainstream, which could drive Renua into the limelight! At the AGM held in the Maldron Hotel, Renua discovered that the addition of "Nation State" to its "Six Pillars" in their constitution  was more popular than they expected, as many had to crowd standing into the back of the room. This change to their steering document was accompanied by the announcement of 20 Candidates for the Local Elections in May 2019, with many more to come as they continue their recruitment drive. They had already previously announced an MEP candidate. Leader John Leahy asked members present to get people interested in running in local elections to contact them. Members also voted on a new Chairman and Treasurer with the newly elected Chairperson Neil O Mahony f

Irexit Freedom to Prosper protest the proposed Carbon Tax on Ireland, outside Leinster House on 31st January 2019 Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IrexitFreetoProsper/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/IrexitFreedom Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/irexit_freedom_party/ Website: http://www.irexitfreedom.ie

After more than two months of Yellow Vest protests against the economic policies of the French government, President Emmanuel Macron claimed that he too could be a ‘yellow vest’ if the movement stands for higher salaries. “If being a yellow vest means wanting fewer parliamentarians and work being paid better, I am a yellow vest, too!” Macron said on Thursday in an attempt to align with the grassroots movement against economic injustice, which was born as a protest against the French government’s policies. In an interview with several French journalists (BFM TV, Paris Match, Le Figaro) he described the Yellow Vests as a social and political movement without “a fixed claim and leader,” as well as saying that it has “mutated” since its inception and has been “infiltrated by 40,000 to 50,000 militants who want the destruction of institutions.” Macron also spoke about the RIC – the “Citizens’ Initiative Referendum” – a referendum demanded

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has confirmed that the Government is taking legal advice as to how sanctions may be used against striking nurses, including docking their pay. Mr Coveney said the Government does not want to be at odds with nurses but called on unions to live up to their part of the national pay agreement. “They are great people, doing very difficult work, often in very pressurised circumstances. We want to be working with nurses, with the INMO and with the psychiatric nurses to build a better health service that can attract many young people into this profession,” he said. “What the Government has said is that we are taking legal advice in regard to the options that are available to us, consistent with the pay agreement that everybody signed up to with their eyes open," he told the Dáil. There is a responsibility on the Government to deliver on that, and that involves hundreds of millions of euro of extra pay across the public sector. There is also a

Violent clashes between the police and yellow vests since the start of the movement have caused many injuries including the loss of eyes and hands and led to claims of police violence. Here are the latest statistics. Less than three months since it kicked off, the Yellow Vests movement has turned into one of the longest and most violent social protests in modern France. Hundreds of protestors and police alike have been injured since the start of the protests with claims of police violence over the controversial use of rubber-bullets and stun grenades by French security forces have been gaining ground. Here's a look at the numbers. 1,700 people According to government figures, 1,700 people have been injured and 1,000 policemen or gendarmes have been hurt in the 11 weeks of conflict. Out of those injured, 100 have been seriously hurt and 11 people have now died. Most of those casualties resulted from road accidents at blockades in the early days of the protest. The

37,000 nurses and midwives have taken to the picket line outside hospitals and HSE facilities. They are demanding pay increases and government action on staff shortages. Margaret Frahill, Nurse Manager at Mercy Hospital, Cork, says that when students reach their fourth year in college they are already considering either leaving the country or leaving the profession. She also says that more experienced nurses are leaving due to stress and burnout. "The HSE aren't listening," said Ms Frahill. "They know the salary doesn't relate to other countries. They know we're leaving in droves. "Yet they are recruiting from abroad. They are spending €10,000 on a nurse to come in from abroad, from the Philipines or India." People are also being advised to only attend emergency departments if it is essential. "We have to do it. Enough is enough," said one of the nurses picketing outside Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown in Dublin. "It's time that we got

Italy's interior minister Matteo Salvini said on Sunday he was gathering legal evidence against the crew of a Dutch-flagged rescue ship as calls grew for 47 migrants to be allowed to land. "We have concrete elements to declare that the captain and crew of the Sea Watch 3 have put the lives of those on board at risk by disobeying precise directions days ago to disembark them in the nearest port, not Italy!" he said. "The evidence will be handed to the judicial authorities," he said, accusing captain and crew of "a crime and a clear desire to use these immigrants in a political battle". Salvini has refused to open the ports to the mainly sub-Saharan African migrants rescued in the Mediterranean over a week ago, saying the ship had had a chance to make port as it sailed through Libyan, Tunisian and Maltese waters. "The interior minister is gathering elements to evaluate whether to press charges against the entire Sea Watch crew for favouring illegal immigration," the

The president of the Irish Association of Emergency Medicine, Dr Emily O’Connor is calling on the HSE and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) to “reach a solution in a sustainable fashion.” The health system is already overstretched and there needs to be immediate action, she told RTE’s Today with Sean O’Rourke show. The association’s concerns were addressed in a letter sent to both the HSE and the INMO. “We wanted to flag the effects that a strike is going to have on emergency departments.” Dr O’Connor pointed out that emergency departments typically see between 3,500 and 4,000 patients over any 24 hour period. “We will do our best,” she said, but she is concerned that nurses who are trained in the Manchester Triage method will not be available. Under the Manchester Triage system nurses are able to identify who needs to be treated first. Doctors are not trained to do this, she said. We are concerned we won’t have

AMERICAN RAPPER Azealia Banks has launched a fresh attack on Ireland, branding Irish people “inbred leprechauns” in a series of explosive Instagram comments. The 27-year-old made the statements  just a day after performing in Dublin in a show the musician dedicated to “all the beautiful Irish women that are here.” However, within hours of the gig, Banks was once again courting controversy. Responding to a series of critical remarks posted on her Instagram account, Banks let loose all over again with a series of stinging anti-Irish remarks. In one instance, she asked an Irish commenter: “Don’t you have a famine to go die in?” while in another Banks branded Irish people "inbred leprechauns who have ZERO global influence." The 212 star went on to say she was thankful that Irish people are "quarantined on an isle" later adding that they were "jealous" of her beauty. These controversial remarks come just days after Banks chose to remove herself from a f

Yesterday (22/01/2018) the leaders of France and Germany met at the small town of Aachen to sign the Franco-German Treaty on Cooperation and Integration. The mainstream media have been largely silent on this event for two reasons; firstly, they’re aware that it’s unpopular and confirms the fears of Euroskeptics within and without, and; secondly, other European and global issues, depending on where you get your news, have dominated the landscape, conveniently burying what is a great stride towards total European integration. President Macron and his apparent new political guru, Chancellor Merkel, have declared to the public that this treaty builds on the Elysee Treaty, signed by Chancellor Adenauer and President de Gaulle in 1963. Their words, in public at least, have attempted to frame this as part of the long-term reconciliation process between the two European giants – but in reality, this is nothing of the sort. This treaty, which has been dubbed the Aachen

A 17-year-old girl was seriously injured in Minden, Germany after a drunk Afghan refugee dragged her off a bus by her hair, causing her to be run over while trying to escape the man. According to a police statement, the girl was repeatedly harassed by the 22-year-old Afghan refugee while she waited at a bus terminal in Minden, near Hanover, with her 14-year-old friend just before 9pm local time on Saturday. The girl and her friend sought safety from the man, and his 21-year-old friend, by running to a nearby vehicle, where the driver let them on. However, the persistent pair also got onboard and the 22-year-old dragged the girl from the bus by her hair – after it had started to move. The girl slipped and fell beneath the bus, which ran over her legs, leaving her with “severe injuries,” police said. As bystanders rushed to help the teen, the driver chased the men hoping to get a picture of them. He was reportedly slapped in the face by the 21-year-old. Police

For years, Rachel Dolezal led a secret life in the Pacific Northwest. Her friends believed she was a black woman with a passion for African-American issues. Others saw her as a vocal civil rights leader who later became the local N.A.A.C.P. president in Spokane, Wash. She was also a liar, her parents said. Estranged from their daughter, her parents came forward in June 2015 to out her as a white woman who had carried on a giant ruse, exposing her in what quickly morphed from a local story into an international sensation.

Yet another teenage German girl has been found murdered by a migrant and this latest case has rocked the quiet Western town of Saint Augustin. German media reports that the suspect (19) who was in possession of both German and Kenyan passports was arrested after the girl’s body was discovered at a refugee and homeless shelter in Bonn.

Matteo Salvini, Italy’s opinionated deputy PM, said that he hopes the French people can rid themselves of the “terrible” leadership of President Emmanuel Macron. Salvini’s jibe is the latest salvo in an ongoing feud with Paris. "I hope that the French will be able to free themselves from a terrible president," the populist leader said in a Facebook video posted on Tuesday. "The opportunity will come on May 26 [the European Parliament elections] when finally the French people will be able to take back control of its future, destiny, pride, which are poorly represented by a character like Macron.” While French voters will not be exactly replacing Macron in the upcoming elections, his En Marche! movement is expected to lose ground to right-wing rival Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party. The more nationalists France sends to the European Parliament, the bigger the blow to Macron’s Europhilic ambitions, which include sharing of sovereignty with France’s n