Musician Jim Corr has taken legal action against Twitter after they suspended his account of almost 50,000 followers for what they called “misleading information” on covid-19. Corr, who is a guitarist and member of the band The Corrs, claims that this is an unlawful violation of his free speech rights, and his lawyers are seeking […]
Finland’s Foreign Minister has warned that conflict in Ethiopia appears “out of control”, and could lead to a new refugee crisis for Europe. Pekka Haavisto of Finland’s Green party, who was sent by Brussels to investigate the ongoing conflict in the Tigray region, reported his findings on Tuesday. “You have come to the situation which […]
NPHET has said that vaccines are unlikely to eliminate the virus, and that covid-19 will probably be with us for years to come. “Eliminating the virus or reaching herd immunity from vaccination alone is unlikely to be possible,” the group said, referring to the long-term trajectory of covid-19 and “future pandemics.” “It would require very […]
According to data from Oxford University, Ireland has had “non-essential” businesses locked down for a whopping 163 days since last January, which is longer than any other country in Europe. By comparison, Germany was closed for 34 days, Denmark for 15 days, and Estonia for 45 days. https://twitter.com/Ben_Scallan/status/1364873772617064450 Meanwhile, Ireland had 857 deaths per million, […]
Ireland is currently under one of the most restrictive covid-19 lockdowns in the world, and the worst in Europe, according to analysis by Oxford University. Ireland’s Level 5 restrictions ranked near the top of the global “stringency index” which has been developed by the university, and which records the strictness of lockdown policies across more […]
Several of the world’s biggest media and tech companies, including Microsoft, Intel, the BBC, Adobe, Arm and Truepic, have announced that they will be partnering up to combat what they call “misleading content.” The Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity, or “C2PA”, will work together to develop “technical standards for certifying media content’s source, history […]
Facebook has shut down numerous social media accounts advertising a “lockdown rave” on St. Patrick’s Day, at the request of Fine Gael. According to the event’s social media accounts, the rave is to be held somewhere around the Kildare-Dublin area on March 17th, with the location set to be revealed 12 hours before it begins […]
Around 160,000 hospitality workers have been “devastated” by the news that they will not be able to return to work until mid-summer, according to Irish hoteliers. Taoiseach Micheál Martin dropped the bombshell announcement over the weekend, stating that around mid-summer the government would simply give consideration to the easing of lockdown restrictions on the hospitality […]
Justice Minister Helen McEntee has ruled out the idea of making treatment programmes for prison sex offenders mandatory, despite previously supporting sexual consent classes for primary school students. According to the Irish Prison Service, just one out of eight (12.5%) jailed sex offenders avail of the Irish prison service’s treatment programme. From 2016 to the […]
Northern Ireland’s First Minister Arlene Foster has said that the DUP will be launching a legal challenge to the Northern Ireland protocol of the EU-UK Brexit deal. The North’s First Minister said that she would be joining ranks with “like-minded” unionists, including Brexit Party MEP Ben Habib, Labour party’s Kate Hoey, and Jim Allister, for […]
Táinaiste Leo Varadkar has denied that Michéal Martin said the Level 5 restrictions would last until May, in an apparent contradiction of the Taoiseach’s Irish Mirror interview last night. Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has claimed that Taoiseach Micheál Martin “did not say” that Level 5 restrictions would last until April or May. Speaking on RTÉ radio’s […]
Ireland imported a little over €3.5 million euros worth of peat and peat products in 2020, while exporting almost a million tonnes abroad, according to new figures revealed to Gript. The figures, which came from the Department of the Taoiseach, revealed that in 2020 Ireland imported a total of €3,552,000 euros worth of peat and […]