How's Britain?
Short answer: Not great. Bit of a mess. Long answer:
David Cameron Resigns Following Brexit Vote
Prime Minister David Cameron, who led the failed campaign to keep the United Kingdom in the European Union, has announced that he will resign by October. His successor will have the responsibility of deciding when to authorize Article 50, initiating Britain’s departure from the EU.
Global Warming Exists Only On a Small Slice of Beachfront Property in Ireland Owned By Donald Trump
For all the ways in which Donald Trump supposedly represents the destruction of the Republican party, the presumptive presidential nominee has toed the line on global warming, deeming himself a nonbeliever even as he’s drifted away from the most hardcore anti-climate change rhetoric. Perhaps unsurprisingly, that all…
If Donald Trump Can't Build a Wall in Ireland How Is He Going to Build One on the Border With Mexico
The U.S.-Mexico border isn’t the only place Donald Trump wants to put up a wall: He also wants to build one to protect a golf course he owns in Ireland from storm damage, TheJournal.ie reports, but a planning board this week ruled against the proposal.
Court Rules Northern Ireland's Insanely Restrictive Abortion Law "Breaches Human Rights"
In a landmark ruling today, the Belfast High Court decided that Northern Ireland’s abortion law is “incompatible with human rights.” Currently, abortion is only legal in cases where the life of the mother is threatened or where there is a “permanent or serious risk to her well-being,” and hospital employees can face…
Medical Examiner: Aer Lingus Biter Died After Drugs Burst in His Stomach
The mysterious death of a man who bit a woman onboard an Aer Lingus flight from Lisbon to Dublin is no longer quite as mysterious. An autopsy found the man had 80 10-gram pellets of suspected cocaine in his stomach, and at least one of them reportedly burst, likely killing him.
It Begins
The online ecophages known as Minions have already conquered the internet, much of Iraq and death itself. Now, it seems, they are finally coming for the rest of the world, starting with Ireland.
New York Times Regrets Calling Dead Irish Students Drunk Party Animals
Yesterday, the New York Times published an article about a deadly balcony collapse in Berkeley that killed six college students from Ireland who had been partying on the structure. The victims had come to California on the J1 work-visa program—which, the Times noted in the second paragraph of the article, has become…
6 Irish Students Dead After Balcony Collapses at Party Near UC Berkeley
Six people were killed and seven more were injured when a fourth-floor balcony collapsed early this morning during a birthday party at a Berkeley, California, apartment complex. All five killed were Irish students, as were some of those injured.
Ireland Has Legalized Same-Sex Marriage
Though the official tally is still being taken, it appears that Ireland has voted overwhelmingly in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage, the Associated Press reports. Leaders from both sides of the debate have said that the “Yes” voters won—the only thing left to determine is by how much.
Historic Horndogs May Have Caused a Street to Collapse 200 Years Later
A two-foot-wide, six-foot-deep sinkhole appeared on the surface of Dublin's Dame Street this week, stopping traffic on the busy thoroughfare. The reason, according to one historian, may have to do with 200-year-old politicians who plunged incredible depths in a quest to get their antique rocks off.
Gov. Screw Up Temporarily Legalizes MDMA and Crystal Meth in Ireland
Good news, substance-dependent lads and lasses: For a limited time only, possession of your favorite embarrassing club drugs—including meth, ecstasy and ketamine—is legal in Ireland.
Car Thief Throws Brick at Car, Brick Bounces Off Car, Knocks Thief Out
A car thief threw a brick at the window of a car outside Gerry Brady's pub in Drogheda, but the brick bounced off the window and hit the car thief in the face, the Irish Independent reports.
Irish Man to Receive Pardon 74 Years After Hanging
Harry Gleeson, an Irish man hanged in 1941 for the brutal murder of Mary McCarthy the year before, will receive Ireland's first posthumous pardon in the coming weeks, The Irish Times reports.
Cranberries Singer Allegedly Attacked Flight Attendant, Headbutted Cop
The Cranberries—an Irish band you may remember for the song "Linger," but which has a wealth of other great songs, too!—are fronted by singer Dolores O'Riordan. According to the BBC, O'Riordan allegedly attacked a flight attendant and a police officer on Monday.
Mass Grave in Ireland Is Thought to Contain 800 Children's Bodies
Here's a heartwarming story from Ireland, stemming from the era in which children born out of wedlock (and their mothers) were thought disposable: A local historian from Tuam, Ireland, has documented almost 800 cases of children who died in a former children's home and are likely "buried" in a mass grave behind it.
Sinn Fein Leader Gerry Adams Arrested for Murder of Jean McConville
On Wednesday, police in Belfast arrested Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams for questioning in the 1972 kidnapping and murder of Jean McConville, an Irish widow believed by the Irish Republican Army to be a spy for the British Army.
Irish President Michael D. Higgins inspects a Guard of Honour at Windsor Castle in southern England on Tuesday. The Irish President and his wife Sabina are embarking on a four-day State Visit to Britain, the first by an Irish head of state. Image via Neil Hall, Pool/AP.
This Could Be a Baby Geep, a Rare Sheep-Goat Hybrid
An Irish farmer claims to have accidentally bred an unusual sheep-goat hybrid, commonly known by the much cuter name "geep."
An Irish Drag Queen Movingly Explains How it Feels to Be Gay and Hated
After a recent Dublin performance of The Risen People, a drama about the country's oppressed working poor in 1913, the audience got to hear about a very different kind of oppression–one the speaker accused them of acting out every day.
