Renua senator says there are no such things "as babies with fatal foetal abnormalities"
A Renua Ireland senator has argued that there are no such things as babies with fatal foetal abnormalities.
Paul Bradford says instead, those situations should be thought of as babies having "life-limiting conditions".
Senators were responding to yesterday's High Court ruling in Belfast, which said Northern Ireland was in breach of human rights law by not allowing abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormality.
Transport fares are changing today - here's what you need to know
Price increases for Dublin Bus, Luas, Irish Rail and Bus Eireann customers come into effect today.
On Dublin Bus those adults paying cash will see a 15 cent increase for the 4-13 stop band to €2.70. On the Luas one, seven and 30 day tickets will increase by up to four per cent.
There will also be increases on some Irish Rail and Bus Eireann services. Commuter train fares are increasing by between 1.8 and 2.1% for Leap cards and by up to 3.7% for cash fares.
One way intercity express fares will not increase but return fares are up just under 2% on average.
The hikes are in an effort to encourage more people to use Leap cards.
Here's everything you need to know about each increase.
On the 60th anniversary of her refusal to move, read the original press report of Rosa Parks' arrest
The world was a very different place on December 1st, 1955, particularly if you happened to be a black woman sitting on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. It was on this day, 60 years ago, that Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger, becoming in the process synonymous with one of the most infamous moments of the civil rights movement across the Atlantic.
Parks’ story was reported briefly the next day in the local newspaper, the Montgomery Advertiser, and again two days later when the paper expanded its story to cover the growing boycott by the city’s African-American population of its bus service.
Ryanair takes High Court action against Google and eDreams website
Irish airline Ryanair has launched High Court proceedings against Google and eDreams over claims they misled consumers.
The carrier claims they misled customers by advertising non-existent Ryanair fares via the eDreams website and Google search adverts.
Ryanair has also put the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on notice of the proceedings.
In its claim, Ryanair says eDreams "has been allowed by Google to use the misleading subdomains 'Ryanair Cheap Flights' and 'www.Ryanair.eDreams.com', and a copycat website with identical Ryanair branding, in order to deceive consumers into visiting the eDreams website, and booking with eDreams at inflated fares".
UK police investigates 'fat-shaming cards' handed out to London commuters
British police officers are investigating a number of incidents of full-bodied passengers on the London Underground being handed cards containing abusive messages, reportedly composed by a group that bills itself as Overweight Haters Ltd.
Those in receipt of the cards, as well as witnesses to the exchange, have said that members of the group, an organisation that “hates and resents fat people,” have been handing them out on London trains before immediately walking off as the train comes to a stop.
A Twitter user named Kara Florish shared a picture of one of the cards she had received while on the Tube, describing the message on the back as “hateful and cowardly.”
