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American Tax Dollars Fund Laundry List of Left-Wing Books

May 30, 2024 Virginia Star Staff

American tax dollars are funding an array of book projects covering topics like “trans reproduction” and the “neglected queer history” of homosexuality in post-colonial Ireland, federal records show.

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) spends hundreds of thousands of tax dollars a year funding academics to write full-length books on a variety of subjects, according to grant records. While many of the books center on innocuous topics, like the history of criminal procedure in China or philosopher Immanuel Kant, others the NEH funded in 2023 and 2024 veer into left-wing topics.

Ireland, Norway, Spain to Recognize a Palestinian State

May 22, 2024 Just the News

Ireland, Norway and Spain say they will formally recognize a Palestinian state.

Commentary: 10 Things to Know About the Real St. Patrick

March 17, 2024 Virginia Star Staff

On March 17, people around the world will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by parading in green hats, sporting images of shamrocks and leprechauns – tiny, grinning, fairy men – pinned to their lapels. Patrick’s picture will adorn greeting cards: an aged, bearded bishop in flowing robes, grasping a bishop’s staff and glaring at a coil of snakes.

The icon refers to one of Patrick’s legendary miracles in which he is said to have prayed to banish all snakes from Ireland. However, as a historian of medieval Ireland, I can assure you that the real St. Patrick, who lived and worked in the fifth century, never saw a snake or wore a shamrock.

Irish Government Suffers Big Constitutional Referendum Defeats: ‘Walloped’

March 10, 2024 Just the News

Irish voters went to the polls on Friday, where they rejected proposals backed by the prime minister to replace constitutional references to the makeup of a family and a mother’s “duties in the home,” in a major defeat for the government.

‘Ireland is a Powderkeg:’ Steve Bannon Reacts to Dublin Riots in Episode 41 of ‘Tucker on X’

November 28, 2023 Kaitlin Housler

In episode 41 of his newest production, “Tucker on X,” host Tucker Carlson interviewed Former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon on the riots unfolding in Dublin, Ireland following a recent stabbing incident that took place outside of a school.

From Prisoner to Saint: The Unexpected Path of Ireland’s Best-Known Missionary

March 17, 2023March 16, 2023 CBotteri

Saint Patrick’s Day is here, and so it goes we join millions across the globe to don our best green garb and imbibe in a panoply beverages from the unnaturally verdant Shamrock Shake to the local pub’s green draft – all in a joyous tradition to cheer one another in the name of a spiritual hero of Ireland.

Ireland Jails Teacher Who Won’t Use Students’ Preferred Pronouns

September 11, 2022September 10, 2022 Virginia Star Staff

Irish authorities have arrested a teacher for violating a court order preventing him from teaching or appearing at a Westmeath school.

A court prohibited Enoch Burke from teaching at Wilson’s Hospital School after the administration placed him on leave following his refusal to address a student by his preferred pronouns, according to the New York Post.

European Country Fines Instagram $400 Million

September 7, 2022September 6, 2022 Virginia Star Staff

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Instagram €405 million ($403 million USD) Monday over child privacy violations, according to Business Insider.

The fine for failing to protect the privacy of minors stemmed from a variety of default settings for minor-operated accounts that the data watchdog considered improper, according to Business Insider. Children were allowed to operate business accounts, receive messages from adults and had their accounts set to “public” by default, according to Business Insider.

Commentary: The History of How Saint Patrick’s Day Played a Key Role in Irish Nationhood

March 17, 2022March 16, 2022 Virginia Star Staff

Traditionally, March 17 was a day to remember St Patrick, who ministered Christianity in Ireland during the 5th century. But over time, the day has evolved to represent a celebration of Irish culture more generally. Today, as with Halloween and Christmas, the true meaning of the celebration has been watered down even further. Now, it is just as likely to be marked by non-Irish people who use it as an excuse to consume large quantities of alcohol and dress as leprechauns.

Commentary: The History of How Saint Patrick’s Day Played a Key Role in Irish Nationhood

March 17, 2021March 16, 2021 Virginia Star Staff

Report, Based on Unverified Documents, Claims Irish Subsidiary of Randy Boyd’s Company Is a Tax Haven

July 3, 2018July 3, 2018 Star News Staff

The Tennessean reported on Monday that the Irish subsidiary of Radio Systems Corporation, the company founded and majority controlled by Republican gubernatorial candidate Randy Boyd, is a tax haven that enables Boyd’s Knoxville-based company to significantly diminish its U.S. tax obligations. The report is based on documents The Tennessean says…

Ireland ‘Approved Grant Assistance’ to Randy Boyd’s Radio Systems Corporation

June 20, 2018June 20, 2018 Chris Alto

When Republican gubernatorial candidate Randy Boyd’s Knoxville based company, Radio Systems Corporation, announced in 2012 that it would be locating its European headquarters in Dundalk, Ireland, press reports at the time indicated that the government of Ireland would be providing financial incentives to the company as part of the deal.…

Google Suspends Advertising Related to Irish Abortion Referendum

May 10, 2018July 18, 2018 Admin

Google is suspending all advertising connected to Ireland’s abortion referendum as part of moves to protect “election integrity,” the company announced Wednesday. The move came a day after Facebook banned foreign-backed ads in the Irish campaign, amid global concerns about online election meddling and the role of internet ads in…