The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), an international cross-party group of parliamentarians, yesterday launched a global campaign calling on the World Health Organisation (WHO) to invite Taiwan to participate in the World Health Assembly planned for next month. The campaign, titled Let Taiwan Help, argues that Taiwan’s response to COVID-19 was “a great example to […]
Monday the 26th, the last day we have information for, saw 18,369 vaccines administered, more than twice the number vaccines administered on Monday the 19th. The number of vaccines administered per week has increased week-ok-week for the past three weeks, increasing from 125,302 at the start of the month to 183,102 at the end of […]
Sunday the 25th, the last day we have data for, saw 8,824 vaccines administered – the highest number ever administered on a Sunday. It ended a week which saw us administer 182,065 vaccines – the highest number of vaccines we have ever administered in a single week, and an increase of roughly 30,000 over the […]
Government regulations introduced this year will make the tradition of offering a bride-to-be a free glass of champagne as she gets fitted for her dress a criminal offence. The regulations have been branded “extremely petty” and “joyless.” The Government has advised businesses that this regulation, which prohibits the “sale or supply of an alcohol product […]
Between Monday the 19th and Saturday the 24th, the last day we have data for, we administered 170,757 vaccines. This is the highest number of vaccines we have ever administered in a single week, and an increase of roughly 30,000 over the week before. The total number of doses administered, as of the 24th, was […]
On Thursday, the 22nd, the last day we have data for, we administered 39,778 doses of vaccine. This is the largest number of vaccines we have ever administered in a single day. The total number of doses administered, as of the 22nd, was 1,317,165 with 934,980 of those being the 1st dose, and 382,185 of those […]
Éirénne Carroll, CEO of the Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI), has claimed in a series of tweets that Liveline presenter Joe Duffy is “contributing to [sic] assault and harassment of trans women” and asking “how do you look at yourself in the mirror at night knowing you contribute to trans assault?” The comments were made […]
On Wednesday the 21st, the last day we have data for, we finally administered over 1,250,000 vaccines – hitting the target we were meant to hit on the 31st of March. Given that we’ve only just hit our target for March it seems safe to say the Government probably isn’t going to hit the target […]
Minister McEntee today announced proposals for a scheme which would allow illegal immigrants to “regularise” their immigration status and “begin the path to citizenship.” The Department of Justice say they expect to begin accepting applications for the scheme by the end of the year. The proposals laid out by the Minister would allow those living […]
As of Tuesday the 20th, the last day we have data for, we were only 9,035 vaccines away from hitting the vaccination target we were meant to hit on the 31st of March. Given that we’re likely going to hit our March target on Wednesday, the 21st of April, it seems safe to say the […]
Having recently made it illegal to attend nearly every form of religious service, including accidentally making it illegal to attend your own wedding, the state has developed a new and innovative programme which will allow citizens to express their religious rights in a controlled and legal fashion by replacing priests with gardaí. Gardaí in Arklow […]
Monday the 19th, the last day we have data from, saw 8,309 vaccines administered, 2,549 less than we administered last Monday. We are now 30,513 vaccines away from hitting the target we were meant to hit on the 31st of March. We’ll likely hit that target on Wednesday the 21st. The total number of doses […]