From the government to Sinn Féin and the hard-left: all the parties who cheered on the lockdown are equally to blame for the mounting job losses and rapidly-approaching economic devastation caused by their unquestioning approach to the Covid crisis, where the only challenge put by most of the Opposition was usually for even more stringent, […]
As we all know, the impact of Covid-19 on the delivery of health services in the State has been catastrophic. We also know that waiting lists across nearly all medical specialties have increased significantly and that it will be years before we can finally determine the real magnitude of the crisis that has been […]
Minister Roderic O’Gorman met with the Garda Commissioner this week to discuss the death of George Nkencho, and heavily implied, without evidence, that his death was a result of racism. Following the meeting, O’Gorman, who is the Green Party Minister for Children and Equality, said: “I was very pleased to meet with Commissioner Harris today. […]
What was the justification for exterminating a family of wild boar that was discovered in county Kerry? Well, the answer, as usual, is based on agriculture: The notion that if this “invasive species” was allowed to take hold in Ireland, it might pass diseases on to our poor domestic pigs, and, in the final analysis, […]
Straightforward question, really, and one worth talking about a little bit. Fans of football will have tuned in, last night, to the European Championship clash between Denmark and Belgium in Copenhagen, and seen the host nation lose 2-1. They will also have seen a live, in person, outdoor attendance of some 40,000 football fans. Why, […]
Can animals be victims of hate speech? Yes, according to a recent article in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. Two academics from Sheffield University, in England, invoke heavy-hitting hate-speech theorists to argue that arguments which apply to humans must also apply to animals. “There is no in-principle reason to support the censure of racist hate […]
It’s been well established now that both the Minister for Children and Equality, Roderic O’Gorman, and Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien, have expressed their desire to have the State Housing Agency provide own-door accommodation to asylum seekers after only 4 months of being here. As O’Brien himself said: “We are well advanced on a new phase […]
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At the same time Ireland hears about the serious risk of the Delta variant, with the Irish government prolonging various covid-19 restrictions, we are apparently giving away heaps of our life-saving equipment in the form of donations abroad. Yesterday the Irish state loaded up a plane in Shannon Airport with copious amounts of vital medical […]
Watch the whole video here, so you can be sure that we’re not being unfair to Aodhán O’Riordáin, Labour TD, and, apparently, staunch opponent of owning your own home: During today's debate @AodhanORiordain raised the issue of changing the way we view housing and put a bigger emphasis on creating diverse communities creating a better […]
Giving Tony Holohan the Freedom of the City of Dublin is significant in one way: At least one person, now, has freedom in Dublin: CHIEF Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has officially accepted the Freedom of the City of Dublin. Dr Holohan met with Lord Mayor Hazel Chu at the Mansion House in Dublin on […]
I had a lightbulb moment regarding the current thinking of NPHET the other day following two conversations with academics here and in the UK on the subject of vaccinating children against Coronavirus. You may have read my previous thoughts on vaccinating young people generally on this platform. Both of them make the same argument. We […]