Here’s what the publicans, from Monaghan, have to say for themselves (emphasis mine): For months pub owners across Ireland have borne the costs of this pandemic, and we have done so largely without public complaint. But that ends today. “Across Europe, the pubs are open. Pubs in Northern Ireland can serve outdoors. As publicans in […]
Couple of things here by way of simple explanation, before we get into it: Lots of people, very reasonably, don’t understand the difference between debt and deficits. Put simply, debt is what you owe – what’s left on your mortgage. Deficit is the gap between your income and expenditure – the amount that has to […]
If this decision cheers you for whatever reason, you may as well enjoy it while it lasts. While you’re asleep in your bed tonight, there’ll be a hundred thousand trans activists worldwide searching for everyone involved in making this decision and sending them mean tweets, as well as organising boycotts of sponsors, and harassing players, […]
49-47 to Biden, says Emerson College Polling, which is significant for two reasons. First, there’s an awful lot of crappy polling in American elections – if you want an opinion poll to show your guy winning, then you’ll usually be able to find someone who’ll produce one for you. But Emerson College isn’t a crappy […]
A fairly extraordinary letter, sent to Limerick Independent Councillor Elisa O’Donovan: Today I received notice that the waiting time for a routine diabetes appointment for @ULHospitals is 5 years.This is simply not acceptable @roinnslainte. We need staff and resources for the thousands living with this chronic condition in the Mid-West #diabetes pic.twitter.com/NOUfQZAdHl — Cllr Elisa […]
Question: What could cause a house that hasn’t been occupied for several years to spontaneously burst into flames mere days before a traveller family were due to move in? Gardaí in Galway are investigating a fire which extensively damaged a house which had been recently purchased to accommodate a Traveller family. The fire at the […]
This was the top trending story on social media all weekend, and with some good reason, too. Depending on your point of view, it was either a case of the country’s most prominent conspiracy theorist finally meeting a member of the Gardai who wasn’t going to put up with her, or evidence of the tyrannical […]
Last week’s entirely stupid rule: You cannot have any more than six people in your own home. This week’s somehow even stupider rule: You can go to a music concert with hundreds and hundreds of people, but only if you don’t drink: Musical events and gigs may be allowed to go ahead if alcohol is […]
They took our football matches. They took our restaurants. They took our nights out in the pub. And now, say the Vintners, it’s time to take away alcohol altogether: THE CEO OF the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland (VFI) has said restrictions on the sale of alcohol should be considered if clusters of Covid-19 are being […]
Last week, Joe Biden spoke for 24 minutes and declared that the “President’s character is on the ballot”. Last night, President Trump got his go at making a pitch to America, and declared that the Democratic agenda would all but end America as we know it. Trump took a bit longer than 24 minutes, too: […]
Great news for anti-social people-haters like me who like to find any excuse to avoid human company. But the rest of you must be wondering what on earth he’s thinking: Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has warned the State is at a “tipping point”, and that the coronavirus pandemic is “close to having us lock […]
The fifteen year old who was gang-raped by a bunch of older men in a Dublin hotel is, the Irish Times and Irish Independent told us yesterday, “troubled”: A 15-YEAR-OLD girl deemed at high risk of sexual exploitation was reported to have been “coked out of it” while spending the night at a Dublin city […]