John McGuirk

Wake-up call on Newstalk Breakfast as inflammatory language on immigration goes mainstream

Radio: Shane Coleman and Ciara Kelly run the gamut from children’s sleepovers to John McGuirk’s bellicose language

Fri Apr 19 2024 - 05:00

Web Summit co-founder facing lawsuit over alleged defamation

Proceedings lodged in the High Court last week against Paddy Cosgrave

Mon Feb 28 2022 - 01:00

Facebook ‘looking into’ link between Irish website and firm that breached privacy laws

Gript’s arrangement with Cambridge-Analytica-linked business is under scrutiny

Fri Jan 24 2020 - 00:01

News website defends links to data firm that broke privacy laws

Gript site, which is backed by anti-abortion lobby, says AggregateIQ is helping to ‘profile’ readers

Thu Jan 23 2020 - 18:47

Amnesty decision spurs move to set up electoral commission

Calls for definition of ‘political purposes’ to be clarified in law following court ruling

Wed Aug 01 2018 - 01:37

Una Mullally: Referendum shows us there is no Middle Ireland, just Ireland

‘The fiction of Ireland as a conservative, dogmatically Catholic country has been shattered’

Mon May 28 2018 - 08:59

Ireland's abortion referendum result in five charts

The highest, the lowest, the most and the least of the Eighth Amendment referendum

Sun May 27 2018 - 17:44

Abortion referendum: Yes secures landslide victory

Government hopes legislation on abortion will be implemented by the end of the year

Sat May 26 2018 - 19:17

One of the most ‘liberal abortion regimes’ if vote passes

No campaign warns proposals are an excuse to do nothing else to help women

Wed May 23 2018 - 15:32

Maria Steen will take part in TV3 debate having previously pulled out

Move comes as Love Both representative Cora Sherlock pulls out of RTÉ debate

Wed May 23 2018 - 14:11

Cora Sherlock pulls out of TV abortion debate

Love Both spokeswoman says she is unavailable; RTÉ declines Steen as replacement

Tue May 22 2018 - 21:04

Two sides prepare for frantic final days of a long campaign

Turnout crucial to outcome of the referendum on the Eighth Amendment

Mon May 21 2018 - 05:00

No campaign defends booklet resembling official publication

Booklet warns unborn babies will have no rights, ‘and you will never have a say on this again’

Tue May 15 2018 - 19:27

A livid John McGuirk has all the nuance of a grenade attack

Radio review: Presenter Matt Cooper has fractious exchanges with anti-abortion campaigner

Sat May 12 2018 - 05:00

Referendum advertising rules hit strategies for final fortnight

No side claim Facebook and Google announcements are the result of Yes lobbying

Sat May 12 2018 - 01:00

Una Mullally: What was No side up to online that was so crucial?

Reaction to Facebook and Google referendum ad ban is tactic straight out of Trump playbook

Fri May 11 2018 - 12:59

Donegal anti-abortion group asks schools to show graphic video

Video featuring images of aborted foetuses suitable for senior students, group says

Thu May 10 2018 - 20:11

Google abortion-vote ad ban unprecedented, so why did they do it?

Social media companies have declined to explain decisions behind move

Thu May 10 2018 - 01:00

Fact check: Will abortion be legalised up to the sixth month of pregnancy?

Save the 8th campaign has claimed abortion will be legalised up to six months

Wed May 09 2018 - 11:42

Rising number of unregulated online ads in abortion campaign

Government may need to seek change in law to govern online campaigning – McEntee

Thu May 03 2018 - 01:20

Save the 8th campaign denies any conflict over late abortions

Group has difficulty with ‘vague wording in legislation’ concerning mental health

Thu May 03 2018 - 01:00

Fact check: Does one in every five pregnancies in England end in abortion?

Save the 8th makes claims about English abortion regime on posters

Tue May 01 2018 - 18:30

‘Inconsistencies’ in Malone’s story – Save the 8th group

Claire Malone feared her pregnancy could kill her

Fri Apr 27 2018 - 18:43

Repeal of the Eighth ‘will constitute consent’ for liberal abortion regime

Save the 8th claims most voters unaware of Yes vote’s implications

Wed Apr 18 2018 - 20:00

Men are from Mars, women are from Venus. But what planet is David Quinn from?

Radio: The columnist find it strange he is ‘not allowed to say something good about men’

Sat Apr 14 2018 - 05:00

Repeal campaigner accuses anti-abortion campaigner of ‘sustained attack’

Janet O’Sullivan issues statement to the media in relation to Save the 8th spokesman

Fri Apr 13 2018 - 21:52

Retired doctor says 8th Amendment did not stop him carrying out abortion

Former obstetrician says primary responsibility is to mother ‘even if life of baby at risk’

Tue Apr 10 2018 - 18:36

Abortion referendum: money pouring in from small donors, both sides claim

Together for Yes raises €200,000 in a day; Save the 8th generates €100,000 at rally

Tue Apr 10 2018 - 15:42

Alarm at apparent lack of urgency in repeal campaign

Well-organised anti-abortion campaign is weeks ahead in its postering and canvassing

Tue Apr 10 2018 - 00:27

Social media to play pivotal role in Save the 8th campaign

Several young women outline opposition to abortion at official launch of campaign.

Thu Mar 29 2018 - 20:40

Victims of rape and incest should carry babies to full term, say campaigners

‘Save the 8th’ group predicts referendum will not be passed

Thu Mar 29 2018 - 14:44

Fintan O’Toole: Abortion fake-news firestorm heading our way

Why has Save the 8th hired consultant at heart of Trump-Mercer-Brexit data nexus?

Tue Mar 27 2018 - 05:00

Door wide open to Cambridge Analytica-style political messaging in Ireland

Analysis: Very little regulation against data-driven campaigning techniques here

Wed Mar 21 2018 - 01:00

Government to consider introducing free contraception for all

Simon Harris says Government must do more to reduce crisis pregnancies

Sat Mar 10 2018 - 01:00