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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 […]
ISME, the organisation representing small and medium enterprises in Ireland, has written to the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly to express their concern with recent health authorities’ dismissal of rapid antigen testing, arguing that their objections are “not based on science.” In the letter, ISME hit out strongly at assertions made by Chief Medical Officer […]
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has ripped “feeble” Irish leaders, and said they will not stand up to “diabolical” measures like the green travel passport because they want to be “the good boys of Europe.” Speaking in the Dáil on Europe Day this week, Deputy McGrath from Tipperary slammed the government’s love-affair with the European Union. […]
The High Court has ruled that a woman in her 20s, known as “Katie”, who has been in a vegetative state for 10 years, should be allowed to die at the request of her mother. Reportedly, the woman’s mother and the family, who sought the order to remove the life support, shed tears as the […]
Average monthly rents in Ireland have effectively doubled since 2011, according to a new report from Daft.ie. According to the new report’s figures, in the first quarter of 2021, rental prices outside Dublin soared to 7.1% higher than in the same period last year, costing renters an eye-watering €900 more annually. Comparatively, rent costs in […]
Aontú leader Peadar Toibín TD has hit out at the UK’s Tory government for offering amnesty to British soldiers over killings carried out in Ireland. Speaking about the acknowledgment of the Ballymurphy victims by the British state for the first time, Toibín welcomed the development. “It was a wonderful day for the families of Ballymurphy,” […]
Senator Ronan Mullen has said that he “would support” those who choose not to pay their TV license fee, arguing that the State broadcaster’s bias on the issue of abortion would warrant it. Speaking in the Seanad on Tuesday, Senator Mullin spoke about the dramatic surge in abortions that took place since the 2018 8th […]
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