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The Northern Irish party propping up Theresa May’s minority government has threatened to vote down the budget if she breaches its “red lines” on the Irish border in the Brexit talks.

“Exciting news for the women of Ireland!” Planned Parenthood tweeted Thursday over news that Irish women can now legally kill their unborn children.

The European Union (EU) is preparing to make concessions, allowing the Irish border to be kept open using technology, as many Brexiteers have urged.

An Irish woman has withdrawn the “pussy hat” knitting pattern which she had posted online as a service to fellow female protesters preparing for President Trump’s visit to Ireland in November: woke activists had pointed out to her that some women have penises, not vaginas.

Pope Francis has rebuked the Irish people over a recent referendum legalizing abortion, suggesting that a widespread “throwaway culture” leads people to deprive the unborn of “the very right to life.”

Pope Francis once more condemned clerical sex abuse Saturday, as well as the “failure of ecclesiastical authorities” to adequately address what he called “repellent crimes.”

As a number of priests and bishops denounce the homosexual culture at the root of recent clerical sex scandals, Jesuit Father James Martin addressed the World Meeting of Families in Dublin on Thursday, urging greater “openness and respect” toward gays.

Ireland’s Leo Varadkar had said he will challenge Pope Francis on the ‘equality’ of same-sex families on his upcoming visit, with the establishment demanding the pontiff scrap the church’s “evil” teachings on homosexuality.

Britain could be trapped in the European Union (EU) for even longer than the four years and nine months since the vote to leave that has already been agreed, it has emerged Wednesday.

Contents: Britain’s government in chaos as no-deal ‘hard Brexit’ looms; Ireland border problem continues to be insurmountable; IMF warns of harsh economic effects of no-deal Brexit

Ireland’s feminist culture minister is pushing a policy to ensure that half of all plays staged in Ireland are written by women within five years as part of a broader “gender equality” campaign.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned that the United Kingdom’s soft border with the Irish Republic is being exploited by people smugglers, as Prime Minister Theresa May “sells out” Brexit in order to keep it as open as possible.

Leo Varadkar has declared that the crisis facing the EU is not mass immigration but European resistance to importing large numbers of migrants from the third world.

Israel should host Eurovision 2019 without being impeded by those calling for a boycott of the Jewish state, according to the editorial board of the the Irish Examiner.

The ever more unhinged former president of Ireland, Mary McAleese, railed against the Catholic Church in an interview with the Irish Times this week, denouncing infant baptism and praising gay rights.

Europe needs more mass migration from the Global South because it “enriches our cultures and societies”, according to Leo Varadkar, who announced he will import more asylum seekers to Ireland after meeting Hillary Clinton.

The European Commission President has opened a speech to the Irish Senate by saying he was “not drunk” but would prefer to be, before warning of a “no deal” Brexit.

Most British voters believe technology can be used to keep the Irish border open after Brexit, and more than 60 percent say Brexit talks are moving too slowly, a new poll has revealed.

(AFP) — French president Emmanuel Macron and British prime minister Theresa May — both childless — have put out statements celebrating Ireland’s pro-abortion vote.

Several famous personalities have spoken up on social media in support of #RepealThe8th — the vote in Ireland to repeal the Eighth Amendment, which bans abortion.

An Irish Times exit poll suggests Ireland has voted overwhelmingly to repeal its constitutional ban on abortion. The survey by pollster Ipsos-MRBI says 68 percent of voters backed repeal of the ban and 32 percent opposed it in Friday’s referendum.

Today, Friday, May 25th, the people of Ireland are voting to decide whether the unborn’s right to life should be repealed from the Irish constitution.

After receiving threatening phone calls, the owner of the field hosting a giant sign opposing the repeal of Ireland’s eighth amendment decided to remove the sign Wednesday “for the sake of his wife.”

A spokesman of Ireland’s Save the 8th campaign approaches the referendum on his country’s pro-life amendment by warning fellow citizens that, as has happened in the U.K., abortion will change the culture in the worst way possible.

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster has slammed pro-Brussels campaigners like Tony Blair and John Major for “using” Northern Ireland politically, as well as those propagating “myths” about a hard border after Brexit.

Numerous Catholic prelates and priests have issued last-minute appeals to Irish citizens to retain the eighth amendment to the constitution, in the lead-up to a critical referendum on abortion.

The Irish Premier called for the UK to remain tied to the European Union’s (EU) Customs Union, as Theresa May prepares new Brexit proposals that she says will keep the bloc happy and the Irish border open.

Homeowners in Ireland have been asked to pledge spare rooms or vacant properties to house migrants for periods of up to a year as part of the government’s Irish Refugee Protection Programme.

A delegation of pro-life Irish Americans met with the Irish Consul Monday in New York City to express concerns about the effort to repeal Ireland’s Eighth Amendment that assures equality for both mothers and their unborn babies.

Tech giants Facebook and Google have banned advertisements related to Ireland’s upcoming abortion referendum this month.

Ireland’s “Save the Eighth” campaign has accused Google of attempting to silence pro-life voices prior to the upcoming national referendum on abortion by banning advertising on its platforms.

LONDON (AP) — Google is suspending all advertising connected to Ireland’s abortion referendum as part of moves to protect “election integrity,” the company announced Wednesday.

Irish actor and abortion advocate Liam Neeson has published an open letter in the Irish Independent urging citizens to overturn Ireland’s constitutional amendment that recognizes the right to life of unborn children.

The popular Irish rock band U2 tweeted their support for legalizing abortion in Ireland on Tuesday and received a tidal wave of reactions from pro-life fans dismayed with the group’s support of killing the unborn.

The Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI) is urging Irish citizens to “honour the sanctity of human life” in the lead-up to the country’s national referendum on abortion.

The Irish Catholic Bishops seem to have found their voice—and their nerve—in the lead-up to a national referendum that could repeal the constitutional amendment recognizing the rights of the unborn. In a well-financed campaign, abortion supporters have set their sights