Yes, the Government could ignore NPHET, on paper. But why would they?
The Belgian government has withdrawn the right to residency from the Imam of the country’s largest mosque after dubbing him a “threat to national security.” According to Belgium’s oldest English-language newspaper, The Bulletin, Imam Mohamed Toujgani from Morocco became a figure of controversy in 2019 after a 10-year-old video surfaced of him calling for Jews […]
What we have in Ireland is a plainly political lockdown, not a scientific one.
Under President Trump, bad news for the American President was regularly amongst the top stories in Ireland. Under President Biden, who has just had one of the worst weeks in living memory for an American President, such news struggles to make it into the top twenty stories in the Irish media.
In the wake of the senseless and tragic killing of 23-year-old Offaly native Ashling Murphy, there has understandably been a viscerally emotional reaction from people the length and breadth of the country. Naturally, we all want to ensure that something this awful can never happen again, and most people (myself included) agree that new systems […]
In 1922, Ireland was torn in half by a terrible civil war that scarred our nation and its politics for a century. After winning the War of Independence, and striking a major blow for the freedom of the whole island, our victory should have been a time of celebration. Instead, it was a time of […]
It strains credulity to believe that the hospital situation changed so markedly in just two weeks.
Chaos in NHS?
Sharon Keogan speaks her mind
What’s the risk?
We live in hope that one day Kinzen might voluntarily disclose the content of those contracts.
Here’s a funny question for you; what exactly is the HSE? That seems like a silly thing to ask, I know. “The Health Service Executive,” you say. “Ireland’s public healthcare system. Duh.” Of course, if you consult the HSE’s “About Us” tab on their website, they say that “The HSE provides all of Ireland’s public […]