This was the top trending story on social media all weekend, and with some good reason, too. Depending on your point of view, it was either a case of the country’s most prominent conspiracy theorist finally meeting a member of the Gardai who wasn’t going to put up with her, or evidence of the tyrannical […]
Last week’s entirely stupid rule: You cannot have any more than six people in your own home. This week’s somehow even stupider rule: You can go to a music concert with hundreds and hundreds of people, but only if you don’t drink: Musical events and gigs may be allowed to go ahead if alcohol is […]
The tragic and unjust death of George Floyd reignited two discussions that had long been had right the way across the Western World. The first was how to deal with the supposed ‘systemic’ racism that existed within our society? And the second – and what some people see as the root of all evil in […]
A continent-sized land mass on the other side of the world might not seem like an obvious target for a comparative analysis. Australia’s glorious weather and the diversity of its often-terrifying wildlife also set it apart. As does the bloody-minded optimism of its natives which, while perhaps an evolved response to both of the aforementioned […]
To date, 165 pubs across Ireland have been placed under Garda investigation for selling alcohol without providing food to their customers. Entitled “Operation Navigation”, the police have been scouring the country’s pubs since July, and have carried out thousands of investigations so far. The Garda Headquarters has announced that files on each of the various […]
Not so many years ago, ‘political correctness’ was an eye-rolling description of our culture’s tendency to self-censor in polite company, and to shame those who wouldn’t play along. Soon after, the culturally observant noted the ascent of ‘identity politics’ — a growing pattern of pitting aggrieved minority groups against each other on the basis of […]
Care homes were told to impose a blanket ‘do not resuscitate’ order on all of their residents during the peak of the UK’s coronavirus outbreak, according to a major study. The survey, undertaken by the Queen’s Nursing Institute, found that while care homes were put under “constant” pressure to accept patients with Covid-19, they were […]
This week Phil Hogan resigned for not complying with the Government’s Covid Regulations. Do you think you’ve complied with all the regulations? VOTE in our Poll below and leave your comments here and on social media.
They took our football matches. They took our restaurants. They took our nights out in the pub. And now, say the Vintners, it’s time to take away alcohol altogether: THE CEO OF the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland (VFI) has said restrictions on the sale of alcohol should be considered if clusters of Covid-19 are being […]
Last week, Joe Biden spoke for 24 minutes and declared that the “President’s character is on the ballot”. Last night, President Trump got his go at making a pitch to America, and declared that the Democratic agenda would all but end America as we know it. Trump took a bit longer than 24 minutes, too: […]
“Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die,” the saying goes. Today fewer people seem to care about heaven; and as for dying, the euthanasia movement aims to make that nice and easy. One thing most of us would agree on, however, is that we do not want to spend our old age in […]
Great news for anti-social people-haters like me who like to find any excuse to avoid human company. But the rest of you must be wondering what on earth he’s thinking: Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has warned the State is at a “tipping point”, and that the coronavirus pandemic is “close to having us lock […]