“Paltry and tokenistic” is how Labour’s health spokesperson Alan Kelly has described proposals by Minister for Health Simon Harris and Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe for new talks on resolving the nurses dispute which should focus on issues relating to staffing levels and working conditions but not pay. He told Newstalk Breakfast that the offer was in fact “kind of insulting” and that be believed there would be a compromise eventually and that both sides should “sit at the table and talk.” Mr Kelly said he believed there will be compromise eventually and he asked why the Government could not come up with a solution now without putting the public through a long strike and hardship. He denied that if Labour were in Government the situation would be the same, “fiscally we didn’t have the same space, there is more elasticity now. If we were in Government we wouldn’t have gotten to this place.” The Tipperary TD said he had

Four years after leaving Germany to live under the Islamic State group, 19-year-old Leonora has fled the jihadists' last bastion in eastern Syria and says it's time to go home. "I was a little bit naive," she says in English, wearing a long billowing black robe, and a beige headscarf with white spots. US-backed forces are fighting the last IS jihadists in a final shred of territory in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border, causing thousands of people to flee. Just beyond the frontline village of Baghouz, Leonora and her two small children are among the thousands of men, women and children to have scrambled out this week. The young German woman says she first came to Syria aged 15, just two months after converting to Islam. "After three days, I married my German husband," she tells AFP, at a screening centre for the displaced run by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces. Leonora says she became the third wife of German jihadist Martin Lemke, after he travelled to S

In the latest frustrated comment from the EU as Brexit dealings crumble, European Commission boss Jean-Claude Juncker said his job in Brussels was “hell.” The quip came after another top EU official spoke of a hell for Brexiteers. The Devil’s domain was first mentioned by EU Council president Donald Tusk, when he lambasted the UK authorities over their attempts to change the already negotiated withdrawal agreement with the bloc. “I have been wondering what the special place in hell looks like for those who promoted Brexit without even a sketch of a plan to deliver it safely,” Tusk said. Juncker was next to appear before the cameras in Brussels on Wednesday. The fun-loving EC chief, who was previously filmed mocking UK PM Theresa May’s dancing moves, just couldn’t let such a fiery comment as Tusk’s lie. “I’m less Catholic than my good friend Donald. He strongly believes in heaven and by opposite in hell. I believe in heaven and I’ve never seen

So-called “white monkeys” are working illegally outside major Chinese cities, exhibited to be gawked at and photographed, like a monkey in a cage, according to media reports. New arrivals in smaller provincial cities appear at bizarre promotional events derisively called “monkey shows”, the South China Morning Post reported. Those whose English is too accented or not fluent enough to teach are taking part in monkey shows in order to provide for themselves. English-speaking local agents act as intermediaries for the “monkeys” and Chinese clients, for a cut of their fees of 20 to 30 percent. The best agents reportedly also protect their clients from the worst excesses of small-town Chinese businesses, and are often willing to deal with their landlords and banks. “Most are here on student visas to learn Chinese, but they never go to class,” said Alice, one of those agents, who didn’t want to have her Chinese name published. According to Alice, most o

Exactly 69 years ago, on February 8th, 1950, the fledgling German Democratic Republic(GDR) officially debuted its security service, dedicated to monitoring and preventing outside influences - particularly from the West. While the many crimes of Nazism still loom large in the popular imagination, we must never forget that for almost 40 years, many East Germans lived in terror of the Ministerium Staatssicherheit - more commonly known as the ‘Stasi’. With close links to the Russian intelligence services - specifically the KGB - the new organization was provided with training and equipment by the Soviets. This was in order to root out sources of dissent and identify supposed ‘subversive individuals’ who might work against the ‘socialist dream’. The Stasi employed thousands of soldiers, analysts, officials and technical specialists as part of its apparatus across East Germany, and as a consequence nearly every workplace, public venue and educational institute

Knife homicides in England and Wales hit a record high during the 12 months up to March 2018, with the deaths “destroying lives and shattering communities.” 285 killings were committed, the biggest number since records began. The report, released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS), shows that homicides caused by a knife or sharp instrument, increased by a whopping 73 on the same period for 2016-2017. The previous high was recorded in 2008 when 268 victims died. The figures from the Homicide Index data reveal that the highest increases occurred within the 16 to 24, and 25 to 34 male age groups. White victims of fatal stabbings made up around two thirds of the total at 179, the highest for a decade. Meanwhile, 70, a quarter of those killed, were black. It is the highest number and proportion of black victims since the year ending March 1997. David Lammy, the Labour MP for Tottenham, blamed poor government policy and its failed war on drugs, which has allo

South Africa’s offshore has just yielded a massive natural gas and condensate find that could open a new exploration province for oil majors and change the energy fortunes of the country. France’s major Total said that it had made a significant discovery on the Brulpadda prospects off the southern coast of South Africa. “With this discovery, Total has opened a new world-class gas and oil play and is well positioned to test several follow-on prospects on the same block,” said Kevin McLachlan, Senior Vice President Exploration at Total. According to Total’s chief executive Patrick Pouyanne, the discovery could hold 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent of gas and condensate resources. The operator of the license, Total, and its partners Qatar Petroleum, CNR International, and South African consortium Main Street, now plan to acquire 3D seismic data this year, followed by up to four exploration wells on the license. “It is exciting for our country that this

HUNGARY’S GOVERNMENT IS greatly increasing financial aid and subsidies for families with several children, the country’s prime minister said yesterday. The measures announced by Viktor Orban during his “state of the nation” speech are meant to encourage women to have more children and reverse Hungary’s population decline. The benefits include a lifetime personal income-tax exemption for women who give birth and raise at least four children; a subsidy of 2.5 million forints (€7,817) towards the purchase a seven-seat vehicle for families with three or more children; and a low-interest loan of 10 million forints (€31,271) for women under age 40 who are marrying for the first time. Orban, who has made “zero tolerance” for immigration his main theme in the past four years and was elected to a third consecutive term last April, said the initiative is meant to “ensure the survival of the Hungarian nation”. “This is the Hungarians’ answer, not imm

On Friday, in a moment of predictive insight, Bank of America correctly warned that the greatest threat to EPS - i.e., markets - in the next 3 years "is an acceleration of global populism via taxation, regulation & government intervention." Just one day later, this warning to the financial establishment was starkly manifest in that ground zero for Europe's populist revolt, Italy, where the country's coalition government hinted at where the global populist wave is headed next when he slammed the country’s central bank leadership and stock market regulator, escalating its attacks on establishment figures ahead of the European parliamentary vote in May. Matteo Salvini, the outspoken head of the anti-immigrant League party, said the Bank of Italy and Consob, the country’s stock market regulator, should be "reduced to zero, more than changing one or two people, reduced to zero", or in other words eliminated, and that “fraudsters” who inflicted losses on Itali

It is clear from this footage that the execs at BBC Panorama know they are screwed after viewing Tommy's undercover footage... The stone cold silence at the end shows you they are in deep and caught out! [embed]https://youtu.be/Q5WMbSHanyU[/embed] Join Tommy at BBC HQ, Salford, Manchester on Saturday the 23rd Feb to play the full footage and expose the lies and underhand tactics of the establishment. Share the footage should the establishment try to remove Tommy's social media.

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Any mistaken ideas that Ireland is an Independent Nation have been quickly dispelled by Leo's most recent statement: "I am the European Union when it comes to these matters. The Irish Government and EU are all one when it comes to #Brexit. If people haven't realised that over the past three years, they are coming to realise it now. " [embed]https://youtu.be/9bbT_A5T6qg[/embed] This despite the fact that we do more trade with UK than EU and that we have a historic freedom of movement agreement with UK going back to 1922 This from someone who earns one of the biggest salaries in any European "nation" yet being one of the smallest "nations"... ...only 37% of Deputies voted for him yet he is the Leader of Ireland... Selling kith, kin and country for coin... Don

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Is Iran Europe's Future? - We ask an ex-Iranian ("Elvis"), who fled Iran to UK via Turkey after the Islamic Revolution, how Left Wing Socialists helped the Totalitarian Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979 and who were then subsequently executed by the Islamic leader Khomeini that they helped! Islamic Socialism is a deadly cocktail of socialism and islam - both Totalitarian genocidal ideologies - and we see it appearing in Europe where the far left is joining up with and aggressively defending Islam even as it commits vile violent crimes. Islam offers The Left the perfect totalitarian tool for complete domination and control... The Left is the Hammer and Islam is the Sickle... [embed]https://youtu.be/KsRpBQBBoyU[/embed] Prior to the Islamic revolution in Iran most universities were full of communist and socialist clubs... much like our Western universities are today... It was in fact the left wing, communists and even muslim communists who helped bring about the Is

Allastriona interviews Paul Golding from Britian First for an update and look at what 2019 has in store for Patriots. "Conservative" white Councilor in Worcester calls black Britain First activist a racist... The entire political establishment, biased media and left wing apologists are dead quiet about it and quietly allowing it to go ahead... [embed]https://youtu.be/eUjGM-6kS2s[/embed] Wake up and start fighting back - we will need to make sacrifices... so that we can hand down the heritage we inherited to our children... Telling it like it is.... Listen in every week night to hear Alastriona Nic Arcail's Banríon Show where she says it like it is, on Irish News Radio at 8PM Links to listen on mobile: Android: http://173.192.207.51:7063/;stream.mp3 BlackBerry: http://173.192.207.51:7063/;stream.mp3 Iphone: http://173.192.207.51:2199/tunein/saf... Or tune in on www.IrishNews.net (Player top right). http://173.192.207.51:7063/;stream.mp3 In order to remain ful

Islam says "Smile while in your heart you know Christians and Jews are your enemies". People keep quiet because are afraid of Islam and afraid of being accused of racism which is a big hole they will fall into, which is exacerbated by the violent rhetoric of Islam. Islam has even hijacked and captured Hyde Park corner effectively preventing the freedom of speech that it is famous for... So there are many marriages that are not in the system in UK, but are official for Muslims, so there is no telling what happens. So a man can have 4 wives yet each women gets single mother welfare / allowance. Muslim women have to pay 300 pounds for a divorce. A man just has to say the word divorce three times! [embed]https://youtu.be/uun1-ye5s7A[/embed] A man can remarry a women, but before a women can re-marry the same man, she first has to sleep with another man, but if that other man refuses to divorce her again, the first man loses out. Marriages can last even a few

The current generation is not the lost generation, they are the created generation that has been bred and raised to betray their own country, betray their own culture, betray their own heritage, betray their own ancestors, betray their own descendants and even their own race. The occupation Irish government is using fake indignation and false flags to scaremonger people out of BRexit. Freedom of movement between Ireland and UK was established in 1922 - it has nothing to do with the EU! https://youtu.be/O6Fh4VOL29A UK voted to leave, not to negotiate or ask permission, Leave means leave. Ireland should be leaving with the British (their second largest trading partner after USA) and not becoming an EU inserted thorn in Britain's side. Who do the EU officials think they are interfering with UK politics by calling for a second referendum? Hopefully it will backfire like it did when the traitor Obama tried to tell the British what to do. There is no cavalry, YOU are th