It would seem that the good people of the counties of Kildare, Laois and Offaly are not pleased with what many regard as a panicked response to the increase in Coronavirus cases there. There have been over 200 cases of Covid in the last fortnight. This has led to the closure of all indoor public […]
The world population will peak and then decline by the end of this century, according to a new study. Countries with low fertility rates will suffer economically. A new major study published by The Lancet, one of the most prestigious scientific journals, presents a new model to forecast the changes in the world population. The […]
“Regional lockdown” is the buzzword in the media this morning, in response to the new outbreak of Coronavirus, which seems to be centered on meat factories in the eastern midlands: HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE said they cannot rule out a regional lockdown in Kildare, Laois and Offaly after a significant rise in the number of confirmed […]
Promises, promises. But RTE is convinced, naturally: Senior Democrats in the US have claimed that Joe Biden will be a friend to Ireland if elected US president. The Biden Campaign held a virtual rally for Irish-American voters and Democratic Congressman Brendan Boyle told the event that the Brexit process had put hard won peace and […]
Yesterday (Wednesday) evening, Facebook and Twitter forced the Trump campaign to remove an interview with the President in which he said, of coronavirus: “If you look at children, children are almost – and I would almost say definitely – almost immune from this disease.” Facebook claimed that the interview contained “harmful Covid misinformation.” Did it? […]
A three day hunger strike of residents at the Cahirsiveen Direct Provision centre ended with Minister for Justice Helen McEntee promising that they would all be re-located, beginning this week. She has promised them “permanent accommodation” which seems a bit previous given that none of them have been granted a permanent right to stay in […]
Barclay’s Bank’s logo these days is printed in rainbow bands, indicating its full compliance with the demands of woke culture. But not just content to re-paint its old logo, Barclay’s is prepared quite literally, to put its money where its mouth is to prove its commitment to the cause. Specifically, it has closed the account […]
For some strange reason the League of Ireland Professional Players Association has decided that all players will “take a knee,” before all games until the end of September. I will give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that they don’t do this during Amhrán na bhFiann.
The PFA’s statement said that this is to “mark the untimely death of George Floyd and stand in strong solidarity with fellow professionals, civil society and the world wide campaign for equality and fair treatment in life and sport.” Perhaps they should agree to have all games end in a draw so?
It’s sort of easy to forget, at this stage of the Coronavirus nightmare, that the purpose of the vast array of restrictions that we have all been living under for the past few months was very clearly articulated at the time of their introduction: To “flatten the curve”. Not to eradicate the virus, but to […]
The annual Desmond Greaves summer school is normally held in late August or early September. It is probably unlikely to go ahead this year with the current restrictions in place, but it has been for long a key event in the calendar of the Irish left. One wonders what Greaves himself might have thought of […]
Imagine, for a moment, if you can, the reaction in Ireland’s newspapers and radio programmes if somebody like Micheal Healy-Rae, or Mattie McGrath, or Noel Grealish, or Ronan Mullen announced on social media that they had tastefully redecorated their Leinster House office with a calendar featuring scantily-clad, sexually appealing young women. Just take a moment […]