An Irish senator has warned that the government is making people’s fundamental freedoms reliant on the consumption of a private product, adding that people’s money is being “siphoned into the pockets of pharma and tech giants.” The remarks were made this week by Senator Sharon Keogan during a Seanad debate on the government’s extended Covid […]
When anti-capitalist Marxists and big corporate lobbying groups are campaigning for the same policies, you know a wire is after getting crossed in your political system. Chambers Ireland, the biggest business lobbying organisation in the country, has praised the government for giving amnesty to tens of thousands of illegal immigrants, and urged more of the […]
Seven tourists have tested positive for the Omicron variant in South Africa, despite all of them being triple-vaccinated. The group of young Germans, between the ages of 25 and 39, were reported to have contracted the Omicron variant in South Africa despite receiving their booster vaccination. All symptoms reported are mild. The finding was reported […]
If you watch RTÉ at all, you’ll know that one of their favorite hobby-horse issues to discuss is that of climate change. In an article yesterday (which you can read below) I went through how RTÉ is partnered with a climate activist group called Covering Climate Now. Attempts to pin any weather remotely outside the […]
Despite environmentalist warnings of “overpopulation,” a Lancet study last year predicted that the world’s population will decline significantly in the coming decades for the first time in centuries. Yesterday Gript reported on the fact that Iran has enacted new legislation aimed at encouraging more births. Iran’s new “Law on Family and Youth Support” is part […]
Now I know what you’re thinking, and yes, that headline does sound like a crap new spin-off book in the Harry Potter series. But please, hear me out. Several weeks ago, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar made a bombshell announcement which got almost no media coverage at the time. It should have been front page news across […]
As soon as I heard that there was to be a significant storm passing over Ireland, I immediately had one thought: “I bet groups like the Greens will try to link this to man-made climate change somehow.” And as sure as night follows day, our salad-eating friends did not disappoint. First thing this morning, Climate […]
Irish MMA two-weight world champion Conor McGregor has dubbed the Irish government “lapdogs” of the EU, adding that Ireland has “stockholm syndrome” to the bloc and that “economic partnership should not mean political surrender.” Last week, McGregor tweeted that it was “time to talk about Ireland leaving the European Union.” This prompted Fine Gael TD […]
By closing down nightclubs just weeks after re-opening them, the government has tacitly admitted that vaccine certs don’t work. But don’t worry – the policy’s abject failure won’t stop them from doubling down on it. It’s rapidly becoming clear that Irish politicians have a favourite sport, and that sport is boxing. To be precise, boxing […]
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has said that “NPHET lost the support of the public a long time ago,” and has failed in its duties. The remarks were made this week in the Dáil as the government moved to implement new Covid restrictions. “People were spending a little for Christmas,” the Tipperary TD said. “Deposits have […]
The World Health Organisation has said that the Omicron variant, which has been detected in at least 38 countries, has not caused any reported deaths since its discovery. The variant appears to be highly infectious, and the WHO predicts that it could account for half of all Europe’s cases in the next few months. However, […]
A TD has told the Dáil that “we are witnessing the end of democracy as we know it,” and claims that the government is “talking about restricting essential freedoms forever.” The comments were made by Independent Clare TD Michael McNamara in the Dáil this week during a debate on the government’s extension of emergency Covid […]