The lead singer of the Italian band who won the 2021 Eurovision has denied taking cocaine after fans noticed footage of him lowering his nose towards the table during the contest. https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1396430814137790468 Damiano David of the winning Italian band Måneskin vehemently rejected the allegation during a press conference, saying “I don’t use drugs. Please, guys. […]
RTÉ has been slammed for seeming to call for online censorship and asking for more State funding during an Oireachtas Committee meeting. RTÉ’s Head of Strategy, Rory Coveney (who is the brother of Fine Gael Deputy leader Simon Coveney) spoke to an Oireachtas committee meeting last week about what he called “online harm,” and welcomed […]
A flotilla of Irish fishermen are set to descend on Cork port in protest of new EU regulations which have been dubbed “unmanageable”. The protest, which is scheduled for 7 a.m. on Wednesday the 26th of May, will begin in the harbour and proceed up the river in what organisers call a “show and tell” […]
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said that it is “distasteful” that law firms are “licking their lips” at the idea of suing the State after stolen patient records have begun to be found leaked onto the dark web. Speaking to Newstalk breakfast, Donnelly described the ransomware attack as “extensive” and “despicable”, adding that it […]
Going to a large gathering without social distancing or masks is no more dangerous than going to a shopping centre or a restaurant, according to the latest UK government trials. The results were found after the British government piloted a few mass events including the World Snooker Championship, three Wembley matches, and the Brit Awards. […]
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has said that Taoiseach Micheál Martin and his government have become an “existential threat to democracy,” in response to the announcement that the government’s emergency powers would be retained for a further six months. “I am very concerned by the leaks from the Cabinet yesterday regarding the extension of the emergency […]
Fine Gael Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has said that Ireland needs to “build back better” in regards to the climate crisis, echoing the words of the World Economic Forum, US President Joe Biden, and others. Speaking on Wednesday the 19th to the Dublin Climate Dialogues, Donohoe said: “The pandemic has progressed our understanding of the […]
Defence Minister Simon Coveney spent all last week obsessing over a conflict halfway across the world that most people couldn’t find on a map. Meanwhile, our own country was rocked by massive cyber attacks, and he’s been notably less vocal. Although Coveney supposedly fills the role, you’d be forgiven for thinking that we had nobody […]
In the next few days it is expected that both the Johnson & Johnson and the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines will be approved by NIAC for those aged 40-49 in Ireland. Reportedly, this new approval has been backed by Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan, and once approved, the HSE will announce that people in the 40s age […]
According to Communications Minister Eamon Ryan, cyber attacks on the Irish State are “commonplace” and happen on a regular basis, despite the country’s main cybersecurity role being unfilled for over a year due to low pay. “This is very commonplace unfortunately…our systems are always under attack,” said Ryan. Despite these apparently regular attacks, the job […]
Táinaiste Leo Varadkar has admitted that his lockdown “curtailed people’s freedom,” and told his political colleagues that he is surprised at how extreme his own lockdown has ended up being. Speaking in the Dáil last week, Varadkar spoke about the “extraordinary” laws passed regarding covid-19. “We have passed some extraordinary laws in this House and […]
From the 1st of June, following a brief moratorium during the covid lockdown, gas & electricity companies will once again be able to disconnect their customers if they fail to pay their bills. From March 2020, at the start of the first lockdown, companies were banned by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) from […]