The headline in other newspapers is that he resigned, of course, but even their coverage has to tell you what really happened, down in about paragraph five: Dr Martin Feeley’s views that coronavirus is “much less severe” than the flu for most people and that restrictions were no longer justified caused a furore after they […]
If, like me, you’re just a casual follower of the Brexit news, then it’s likely that all you take in on a given day is a lot of roaring and shouting and talk of “no deal”. So what’s this latest row about Britain breaking the withdrawal agreement all about? Here are some questions and answers: […]
Éamon Ó Cuiv here, with, you’d have to say, a compelling argument: Éamon Ó Cuív says Fianna Fáil needs a change of leader. So it begins. — Hugh O'Connell (@oconnellhugh) September 15, 2020 And DCU boffin Eoin O’Malley here, with a slightly more compelling argument: This is why Micheál Martin is safe… pic.twitter.com/GVSpuujTNM — Eoin […]
2FM have caved, naturally: 2FM is no longer holding a discussion on face masks this morning. There was backlash when Jennifer Zamparelli tweeted about the segment idea yesterday. In the show intro, she says “It’s been an emotional 24 hours”. — Hannah Murphy (@hanelizamurphy) September 15, 2020 The backstory to this is that 24 hours […]
Extraordinary: A poll released today has seen support for Fianna Fáil slump to just 10%. Fine Gael remains the most popular party in the country on 35%, this is up from 21% they received in this year’s General Election. Support for Sinn Féin has remained more or less static at 27%. However, the Red C […]
At nearly every protest in every western country, the attendees can be broadly divided into two groups of people. One group is the people who are there because they feel very strongly about the particular issue being protested. Some of them may never have protested before, and may never protest again. They may be there […]
Possibly a misleading headline, knowing the border counties as I do. Not quite “Northern Ireland’s youngest driver” – more “Northern Ireland’s youngest driver recorded on video so far”. Warning, mute the volume if you don’t like bad language: Jokes aside, this is, of course, both a disgrace, and a crime. The PSNI are investigating: The […]
Two cases of “what was he thinking??”, here: First, what was he thinking when he actually downplayed the risks of Coronavirus? Even if you’re a big Covid sceptic, surely the low-risk play back in March was to go all out and warn people that the virus was potentially deadly, and to stay at home and […]
Democracy, as some of you will know, is a Greek word which means “rule by the people”. “Irish Democracy”, on the other hand, is an English phrase which means “rule by the right sort of people”: Quotas for young people in politics, similar to gender quotas, and lowering the voting age to 16, were among […]
If and when you finally snap and murder that annoying neighbour of yours who won’t stop playing house music into the early hours of the morning, you have a new defence at the ready when you go before the judge: “I didn’t murder him, m’lud, I just assisted him to die” Anyway, that’s what euthanasia […]
This poll, it should be stressed, is from the UK, and not Ireland. But do we really think public opinion here would be drastically different? 62% of Britons – and all ages ranges – say they would support the introduction of a curfew between 10pm and 5am as a measure to prevent a second coronavirus […]
Credit to Hugh O’Connell in the Independent for this scoop, though some readers may have missed it since it is near the end of his report: The Nphet advice was given to the Government last Thursday and included new guidelines for pubs to follow when they reopen. This includes a ban on any live music […]