We have looked before at the huge part which the ‘Third Sector’ of Non Governmental organisations plays in the economic and social life of the Irish state. At present there are around 173,000 people employed in more than 32,800 entities which accounts for 7.5% of the work force with income of €14 billion including €5.9 […]
On Thursday, the Dáil passed a law giving the Gardaí the power to visit licensed premises to ensure that they are complying with the existing regulations regarding the need to serve food, social distancing and others. The Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid – 19) Bill 2020 was passed by 127 votes to 12. All of […]
It would appear that the plans to build a new city in Ireland, as reported here last on July 28, are not quite as dead in the water as some suggested. The Hong Kong property developer Ivan Ko of the Victoria Harbour Group is to visit Ireland within the next few weeks to focus on […]
The longer the rioting and looting goes on in America the more irrational and random it becomes. Not only are the icons celebrated by the ultra-left and CNN clearly not the sort of characters that anyone with pretensions to a “better world” would want to be seen next nor near – regardless of how they […]
If reports are to be credited, British intelligence appears to have successfully moved against one of the aspirant IRAs – namely those claimed to be in the New IRA and those in the left-wing grouping, Saoradh. The scuttlebutt is that MI5 recruited a leading member of the organisation in question who embarrassingly it would seem […]
At a press conference on Sunday evening President Donald Trump announced that the Food and Drink Administration (FDA) has given its approval for the use of high antibody plasma from recovered Covid19 patients to treat those currently diagnosed. That followed a Presidential tweet on Saturday in which Trump accused the “deep state or whoever at […]
The Democrats virtual convention was a bit of a damp squib despite the effusive coverage not least from our own Brian O’Donovan the RTE correspondent in Washington who must be due a Consular post in Andorra or Tierra del Fuego if Biden wins. Just 6.1 million viewers bothered to tune into the TV coverage last Tuesday […]
Offaly TD Carol Nolan has said that NPHET is to recommend not extending the lockdown in Offaly and Laois after August 22. However, in response to a question from a constituent, she said that “Kildare may well remain in lockdown.” The recommendation still has to be signed off by the Government which is expected to announce […]
I do not recall hearing of any Bacchanalian scenes at the many sports events held over last weekend, but it would seem that the outrage expressed at such behaviour in the Berlin Bar on Dame Lane has been one of the factors in a notable tightening of restrictions connected to the Coronavirus panic. Of course, neither the […]
Just when it seemed that President Donald Trump was heading for an inevitable defeat to Joe Biden, there are signs that he may indeed be turning things around. The polls following the Democrat convention which began on Monday evening will be interesting, as will those in the week after the Republican convention next weekend. As […]
John McIntyre had an interesting piece in the Connacht Tribune on Thursday. He was comparing the packed beaches at Salthill during the brief heat wave to the restrictions placed on GAA and other sports. The reductio ad absurdum of all this was perhaps the Garda enforced prevention of people climbing Croagh Patrick on Reek Sunday […]
Having spent several days ignoring the violence in Balbriggan last weekend that included the burning of a house, Sinn Féin has been forced to respond to other people breaking the conspiracy of silence (that includes the national broadcaster) on the issue. Louise O’Reilly the Sinn Féin TD for Fingal has come under strong pressure from […]