On Monday, October, 13, Dutch Health Minister Hugo de Jonge announced that the Dutch government will amend its euthanasia law to permit child euthanasia — an announcement that came only three days after the news that the issue of child euthanasia had divided the Netherlands coalition government. The NL Times reported that de Jonge said the new law […]
Look, maybe it’s just me being a sap, but there has been something wonderfully moving about the efforts of the people of Dingle to find their friend, mascot, and tourist-friendly local attraction over the past few days. Nothing less than a naval task force was assembled at the end of the Dingle Peninsula to search […]
It is estimated that the number of people who will be in the 60+ age group will reach 2 billion by 2050. The resulting demographic imbalance that this will create will have a major impact not just on economic growth but on all areas of public and private health care. Many of these issues have […]
An interesting bit of polling courtesy of Ireland Thinks and the Mail on Sunday: 🚨Poll🚨Ireland Thinks/Mail on Sunday Question: Should the country move to Level 5 restrictions? Yes: 51%No: 41%Undecided: 9% (Yes I know that it adds up to 101%, but that is what is reported. 🙃) 17th October 2020 — Ireland Votes | #Vote2024 […]
Like a lot of centre left parties around the world, Jacinda Ardern’s New Zealand Labour Party entered the recent New Zealand election pledging to raise taxes on the rich. At first glance, New Zealand Labour and it’s leader is everything the Irish left dreams of having here in Ireland – a young, unabashedly liberal, female […]
A poll published in the Daily Mail this weekend shows that a majority of Irish people support moving to level five restrictions now. Do you agree? VOTE in our Poll below and leave your comments here and on social media.
On Friday, Jack Lambert, who is professor of medicine and infectious diseases at the Mater and UCD School of Medicine, was sharply critical of the actions of the government who are now being guided to a Level 5 lockdown by the National Public Health Advisory Team (NPHET). Prof Lambert was the latest in a growing number […]
Senator Ronan Mullen’s motion calling on the Irish state to condemn Chinese treatment of the Uyghur Muslim people and to use its position on the United Nations Security Council to that end was passed without opposition on October 8th. Credit is due to the Senator for his initiative, and Aontú for protesting against the effective […]
Kanye West stepped up his 2020 US presidential election campaign this week by releasing his first advertisement, posting the video ad to Twitter. https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/1315766834046541825 Having established himself as one of America’s most renowned musical artists, and marrying into the famous Kardashian family, Kanye West originally signalled his intention to run for president in 2015, […]
Recently, myself and my daughter have started to help put mother and baby packs together for the women who contact Gianna Care when faced with an unplanned pregnancy. Everything you could possibly think of and more is included in the maternity bag that volunteers provide to women as part of the Gianna Care service. I’m a single […]
Some necessary background, before we get into the story: Yesterday, an advert appeared in the Irish Times, setting out some facts and figures in relation to Covid 19 in Ireland. The advert did not provide all the facts, nor did it seek to put them in context. As an advert, it was very clearly trying […]
The 2020/ 2021 Budget is not behind us. It’s what we’re facing into, in its impact on our society, our politics – now irrevocably changed – and our world. The world seems very close, pressing in on us, spooked by uncertainties and fear. Economic fears, certainly. But also deeper fears that, somehow, what is happening […]