Chinese e-commerce giant PDD Holdings, which owns Temu, has moved its official headquarters from China to Ireland in recent days. As aggression from communist China continues to inflame tensions with the West and liberal democratic nations, more and more Chinese companies are trying to downplay their China-ties amid increasing aversion to the Chinese Communist Party…
Chinese Owner of Temu Moves HQ to Ireland as Consumers Increasingly Wary of China
May 14, 2023
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Northern Ireland Tourists to Face Immigration Checks
Tourists crossing into Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland are set to be hit by immigration checks. The regulations, due to be rolled out by the Home Office next year, will mean those visiting the region from abroad will be legally required to hold an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA). The scheme will legally require…
Ireland’s Justice Minister Defends Hate Crime Law After Donald Trump Jr. Brands It ‘Insane’
Ireland’s justice minister Simon Harris on Friday hit out at Elon Musk and Donald Trump Jr., who have said the country’s new hate crime bill is “insane” and a “massive attack on freedom of speech.” Harris said the bill was passed through the lower house of Parliament with the support of all main parties, and that critics are…
Quirk and Craic: One Day in Dublin
It’s a city that looms large in the imagination—even if you don’t happen to be Irish. Leprechauns and shamrocks. James Joyce and Oscar Wilde, the River Liffey meeting the Irish Sea, U2 and The Dubliners. And of course pubs pouring Guinness, rollicking with song and energetic conversation and maybe a little dance, late into the…
Ireland Government’s Hate Speech Bill Promotes ‘Thought Crime Legislation’
Irish authorities are pushing forward a bill that will make it a crime to disseminate and possess content deemed to be hateful—a development Elon Musk warns is a threat to free speech in the country. The Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022 (pdf) seeks to “amend the law relating…
‘They’re Being Manipulated and Damaged’: Author Breaks Down Transgender Ideology’s Impact on Children
April 28, 2023
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Helen Joyce thinks she has partly solved a riddle that vexes millions of people worldwide: How can we make sense of the illogical debates swirling around transgenderism? Joyce and others seek to bring more reason–and solid research–into view at “The Bigger Picture,” the first international conference of Genspect, an organization that is bucking a trend….
Exploring Ireland’s Ring of Kerry, From Tetrapods to Lindbergh
Squinting into the wind and rain, we marched from a desolate parking lot on the southwest tip of Ireland down a slippery path. I turned a corner and the mean-looking surf was still a long walk away. Noticing my questioning look, my guide, Conner, egged me on. He was hell-bent on showing me “the tracks…
Alleged Underworld Boss Gerry Hutch Acquitted of High Profile Murder Amid Doubts About Key Witness
The alleged head of an Irish underworld family has been acquitted of murdering an associate of a rival gang at a boxing weigh-in event at a hotel in Dublin in 2016. The prosecution had claimed that on Feb. 5, 2016 Gerry “The Monk” Hutch was trying to kill his arch rival Daniel Kinahan, but the…
Former MI5 Agent Questions Police Secrecy Over Death of IRA Informer
A former MI5 agent has questioned why British authorities kept the death of a high-profile IRA informer secret for more than a week. Martin McGartland, who infiltrated the Provisional IRA during the Troubles, said police investigating Freddie Scappaticci had a duty to inform the public of his death “immediately.” The 76-year-old—believed to have been the…
Biden Says Optimism in Ireland Compells Him to Run Again in 2024
President Joe Biden said on Friday that he plans to run for president again in 2024 and will make an official announcement soon. “I’ve already made that calculus. We’ll announce it relatively soon,” Biden told reporters on the last day of his trip to Ireland. “But the trip here just reinforced my sense of optimism about…
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