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An estimated 500 people attended an anti-lockdown demonstration in Eyre Square, Galway, in particular to protest against domestic vaccine passports. The protest, which featured live music and which organisers described as “family-friendly,” was said to be a weekly event, taking place every Saturday. Numerous posters criticised the government’s announced policy of bringing in domestic vaccination […]
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that Ireland should step up its role in the European Union, and supported the EU receiving more money, as well as more powers in the area of health. The remarks were made in an address to Fianna Fáil party members this week. “I believe that the union must be able […]
Michael McNamara TD has slammed the government for failing to significantly expand the country’s ICU capacity in over a year since the pandemic began. The Independent Clare TD made the remarks yesterday in the Dáil during leader’s questions. Michael McNamara on the government's insistence on putting all their eggs in the vaccine basket, while failing […]
A top UK doctor and public health consultant told an RTÉ panel that “we have no evidence of the effectiveness of masks in a community setting,” and said that masks have been rolled out without proper evaluation. Dr. Allyson Pollock, who was formerly the Director of the Institute of Health and Society at Newcastle University, […]
Fianna Fáil senator Robbie Gallagher has accused the government of “cutting off our environmental noses to spite our face” when it comes to climate policy and the banning of peat harvesting. The remarks were made as the senator spoke in the Dáil to Green Party senator Pippa Hackett about Ireland’s native mushroom horticulture industry. “The […]
Mattie McGrath TD has said that vaccine passports will create a “medical apartheid” and turn families against each other in a blistering Dáil speech this week. Speaking during the Order of Business on Tuesday, the Independent Tipperary TD had strong words for the government on the lack of debate regarding the certs. Mattie McGrath demands […]
The Bank Bar in Dublin has issued a mea culpa for sharing accurate information about Ireland’s excessive lockdown, after a gang of left wing activists online falsely called the information “far right.” Speaking on Twitter, the bar said: “This is not acceptable anymore, we’ve done all that was asked of us. Let us live again. […]
Green Party Climate Minister Eamon Ryan has indicated that indoor dining may not fully open until August, beyond the already-delayed 19th of July date previously given. Speaking this morning, Ryan said that while he expected digital travel certificates to be implemented on July 19th as previously outlined, other elements of re-opening would likely not be […]
While super-polluter China is training their soldiers to be hardened, cold blooded killers, Ireland’s Defence Minister has a different goal – spending millions to make our troops carbon-friendly environmentalists. To be honest, I’m not sure I want my military to be “friendly” anything. That word shouldn’t even be in a soldier’s lexicon. Speaking in a […]
Senator Michael McDowell has hit out at the government for a lack of “economic reality” on green policies, and called on Eamon Ryan to clarify his stance on nuclear power. Speaking in the Dáil today, the Senator explained Ireland’s precarious situation when it came to energy generation and the scaling up of Ireland’s famous data […]
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has expressed his “disappointment” and “discomfort” with the way in which members of the public have been critical of NPHET online. When they say they’re “all in this together,” they aren’t joking. Speaking in the Dáil last week, Donnelly went to bat for everyone’s favourite unelected body of government advisors. […]
The government is reportedly planning to potentially use rapid antigen testing to allow indoor dining and drinking by the end of July, in defiance of NPHET. Government officials and representatives of the hospitality industry will be meeting today to discuss the re-opening of the sector, and according to several senior cabinet ministers, antigen testing is […]
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