While the Government decision to “postpone” re-opening of the hospitality sector was the talk of the country, where was the main “opposition” party? That would be Sinn Féin, in numbers at least. But the party whose press office is a veritable incontinent atm of statements on everything from how much people ought to stake on […]
As the citizens of the Republic appear to be faced with another prolonged period of restrictions, with a few minor concessions thrown in as a distraction, some questions have been raised regarding the model which NPHET and therefor the state is basing its gloomy predictions on. That model is predicting a “worse case scenario” of […]
Winston Marshall deserves credit for standing up to the crazed mob Younger folk among you may be familiar with Mumford & Sons, the English folk rock band popular on the festival circuit. Anyway, they are not bad, but this is not a musical review. It concerns rather the resignation from the band of banjoist, Winston […]
A report on housing published this morning by Davy’s estimates that 200,000 new houses will have to be built over the next three years. That will require an average annual new build of 66,600 Less than 21,000 were built in 2020, with an even smaller number of completions projected for 2021. This will be to […]
June 21, 1798 was the day on which the Irish insurgents were defeated at the Battle of Vinegar Hill. The British forces numbering up to 18,000 under the command of General Lake had been engaged in a sweep through Wexford that had forced the rebel army to muster its forces, to the number of up […]
According to what was first reported in the South Korean media, the socialist state in North Korea is facing yet another food crisis. One reason is the perennial failure of the collectivized agricultural sector to produce enough basic foodstuff such as rice. Another is that the situation has been compounded by the regime’s apparent pursuit […]
June 20 marks a strange anniversary in Irish history. On that date in 1631, north African corsairs, or pirates, raided the village of Baltimore on the west Cork coast and took at least 107 of the villagers captive to be sold as slaves in Algiers. Most of those abducted were part of an English settlement […]
United States sources have reportedly revealed the identity of the Chinese defector who has been at the centre of revelations regarding what took place at the Wuhan virology institute. His information has, as previously reported, re-opened the investigation into the origin of Covid 19. The information comes from a tweet by another defector, Han Lianchao, […]
ON THIS DAY: 17 JUNE 1871: The Westmeath Act and the unbroken resistance offered by secret Catholic societies against colonialism in Ireland. The Protection of Life and Property Act in Certain Parts of Ireland was passed by the House of Commons in June 1871. It was also known as the ‘Westmeath Act’ as it came […]
During this, the year of the 40th anniversary of the H Block hunger strikes, attention has once again focused in a small way on the unhealthy relationship between Sinn Féin and the Communist dictatorship in Cuba. There has been a persistent attempt to link the Irish hunger strikes with the Cuban regime, as epitomised in […]
In reaction to the growing controversy regarding the origin of Covid 19, the Chinese scientist who was in charge of the Wuhan virology lab has given an interview to the New York Times. The report was syndicated across much of the western media late last night in what might be regarded as a co-ordinated attempt […]
The defector reportedly has intimate knowledge of the Chinese development of bioweaponry.