Bad weather, covid curfews and other factors have led to the “worst ever” shortage of marijuana in Jamaican history, locals say. Marijuana fields were reportedly damaged by heavy rain last year during the hurricane season, followed by an extreme drought, which led to an enormous loss in profits in sales of the drug. This was […]
Two men have been arrested in the port town of Larne following the discovery of graffiti opposing the post-Brexit border checks in Northern Ireland. The graffiti, which was found on the town’s Main Street, mirrors other signs and graffiti which have been found around the town in the past week, with anonymous locals indicating their […]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has agreed to entertain a complaint by a double murderer currently serving life in prison, who claims that his “human rights” were violated when prison authorities confiscated his pornography. According to the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ), the prisoner is alleging that his privacy and right […]
A Cork mother and her 31-year-old son were forced to barricade themselves inside their own home against a drug-fueled intruder wielding a hatchet, a court has heard. Detective Sergeant Kieran O’Sullivan reported that Gardaí had responded to calls of a home invasion from a 58-year-old mother and her 31-year-old son. After reportedly hearing the sound […]
Germany’s finance minister, Olaf Scholz, has described the EU’s vaccine rollout as “really shit” during a recent cabinet meeting. According to German newspaper Bild, Scholz, of Merkel’s Social Democratic Party, took particular aim at EU Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen, saying that he did not want “this shit” to be repeated. German chancellor Angela […]
Newly released government figures indicate that almost 111,000 air passengers entered Ireland through Dublin airport last month, with as many as 61% of these journeys being classed as “non-essential”. Thousands more reportedly entered through Shannon and Cork airports. According to the figures, which come from the Department of Transport, the main bulk of the flights […]
A GP located on the Aran Islands, Co. Glaway, has said that the island’s population – particularly the elderly – should not be expected to travel to the Irish mainland to be vaccinated against covid-19. Dr. Marion Broderick, based in Inis Móir, said that rural GPs “expect the HSE to meet the challenge” of transporting […]
Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tony Holohan has expressed his sympathies and “huge regret” for the women victimised by the CervicalCheck scandal, but stopped short of offering an apology. “I certainly have huge regret about what’s happened to women in this situations,” he said, and that he “of course” had sympathy for those involved. “I do […]
As many as 54% of Irish people have said they have some privacy concerns about the covid tracker app, according to a survey conducted by the PRIVATT research project team. The survey, taken with a sample of 1,000 people across Ireland, reported that 13% of participants are “extremely concerned” about data privacy regarding the HSE’s […]
Last April, in 2020, I wrote an article claiming that the year of the lockdown presented an unprecedented opportunity to finally test the claims of the climate lobby. A year later, the evidence is not looking good for our green friends. In the article, entitled “Covid-19 shutdown could be a chance to test man-made climate […]
Belgian regulators are the latest in a list of European countries who have advised against giving the AstraZenenca vaccine to older people because of insufficient data about its effectiveness. Belgian health minister, Frank Vandenbroucke, said that Belgium’s Superior Health Council had suggested that the jab should be given only to people under 55 for the […]
The cabinet has approved Climate Minister Eamon Ryan’s suggestion to add a provision to the Climate Action Bill which would ban all oil and gas exploration in Ireland, despite the country facing a potential energy crisis post-Brexit. This was a previous commitment from the initial Programme for Government agreement last year, and one of the […]