The Taoiseach, asked about an Austrian lockdown for the unvaccinated, did not quite rule it out. Therefore, a journalist can quite honestly write a piece saying “Taoiseach refuses to rule out lockdown for the unvaccinated”.
EU Statistics show that Ireland has 278 hospital beds for every 100,000 people. Poland, a much poorer country, has 473 beds for every 100,000 people. Bulgaria has 624 such beds, for every 100,000 people.
More and more voters are coming to the conclusion that change is required.
“What are the Labour Party for?”, asked a colleague who shall remain nameless, yesterday, as we were deciding who would write about this weekend’s party conference. “After all, what’s unique about them is not popular, and what is popular about them is not unique”. It’s hard to argue with that. The Labour Party is in […]
China has not pledged to reduce emissions by one single tonne.
The unspoken part of “protect the vulnerable” is, and ever has been, that there is a big chunk of society which is not vulnerable.
Here are the cold facts: Government policy forced Eddie Rockets to close. Government policy forced it to lay off staff. Even when Government policy allowed it to re-open, Government messaging continued to scare customers away.
Over the past decade, Ireland has embraced just about every left wing, anti-landlord, pro tenant, measure it could think of
There used to be a concept western society understood inherently: Proportionality.
20 months on, and we’re now reduced to having politicians urging citizens to root out a fifth column that threatens the national struggle.
If you’re one of the unjabbed, and awaiting a similar ruling from an Irish court, my advice is to settle in for the very long haul, unfortunately.
basic maths say that Eamon Ryan’s second – negative – test was one hundred and fifty times more likely to be wrong than his first – positive – test.