Our economy is crippled, and we’re facing into an expected surge of non-Covid deaths – everything from cancer to heart disease – because of the restrictions placed on our heath service for the past year. But is this never-ending lockdown actually following the science? A growing number of leading experts don’t seem to think so, […]
UPDATE, 1.25pm: Newstalk, since this story was published, appear to have re-instated the original interview with Ewan MacKenna in full. This poses several questions that are quite serious: If, for example, the defamation lawyers working for Newstalk had insisted that the section be removed, there would be no reason to re-instate it. The decision to […]
Many Irish people may be frustrated at the length of time they are waiting to get their Covid vaccine, but that’s not where the delays end. Gript can reveal that there are extensive – and inexplicable – delays in approving qualified people to administer the vaccine to the public, with one Pharmacist’s application to become […]
One year on, close to our national holiday, how’s Ireland doing? Not good. We remain on course for the longest and potentially most fiscally and socially damaging lockdown in Europe – and we have some stiff competition there. A lot done; more to do. Last autumn, to justify requesting our second lockdown, NPHET modellers predicted […]
Chuir na Sasanaigh tús le córas oideachais do pháistí na tíre ag tús na 1830idí. Ba í an phríomhchúis leis ná aigne na ndaoine a chur faoi smacht agus an Ghaeilge a bhriseadh in Éirinn. Bhí ar na páistí ‘an phaidir’ seo a rá ag tús gach lá scoile, ‘I thank the goodness and the […]
Last night (Monday) the Stormont Assembly voted 48 to 12 in support of a Democratic Unionist Party Bill that would ban abortion of unborn children with ‘non-fatal’ disabilities. There were 27 abstentions including all of the Sinn Féin MLAs. One wonders what the party bosses in the “core group” would have ordered the sheep to […]
Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, the Greens, Sinn Féin, People Before Profit, as well as Social Democrats and Labour TDs have all declared that Ireland should lower the voting age to 16 – an idea so bad it’s almost difficult to put into words. But let’s try anyway, since you won’t find much opposition to it […]
It’s hard to put into words just how remarkably bad this situation with the AstraZeneca vaccine is, but they pay me the big bucks to try. So here goes. Let’s start with the Irish Times: A string of countries across Europe have temporarily halted AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccinations until reports of blood clots are reviewed, a […]
Let me begin by making a statement of the obvious. If you are a third level student from a disadvantaged background, then the chances of you having to work part time and during your holidays are significantly higher than if you were a student from one of the more economically privileged social groups. Of […]
“Who’s your sexy Taoiseach?” is a non-quote regularly and hilariously attributed to former Taoiseach Enda Kenny by Oliver Callan on his politician-lampooning radio show, Callan’s Kicks. Conjuring images of a Mr September some people never knew they wanted, the slogan caricatures Enda’s supposed 10-pints-in-each-hand machoness and magnetism by juxtaposing it against his familiar, austere, Weshthrun […]
In any other country, it is hard to imagine a situation where a cabinet minister – let alone the deputy Prime Minister – would remain in office while the subject of a criminal investigation into actions they took in the course of their duties. And yet, in Ireland, it seems to be viewed as a […]
This is so stupid that it’s going to be hard to get 700 words in, explaining exactly how stupid it is. But we’ll give it a go: A former TD says a derogation should be made for essential protests during the pandemic. It comes amid plans for protests demanding more be done to tackle violence […]