Dull but safe?
2021 was the year of the great Irish vaccine culture war. And, in a sane world, 2021 is where that great vaccine culture war would stay. We now know the facts about the Covid 19 vaccines, and what they do, and do not, do. We know, for example, that the vaccines confer some important benefits. […]
Under the restrictions, restaurants and bars stayed open with some limitations, and Christmas markets continued
And a Lesson from History
Shocker
We have all heard about the deaths, the lockdowns and the business closures but have there been any actual winners in Ireland’s ongoing Covid-19 pandemic? Strange to say but there have been plenty of winners although most of them prefer not to talk about it. Instead, the view appears to be that their good fortune […]
Happy Christmas!
For many people, amongst our readership, 2021 has been a year that will not soon be forgotten. It was, for long time, the year that promised an end to Covid 19, yet failed, in the end, to deliver. It was also a year of major changes: A new American President took office. The war in […]
Friendly fire.
What’s remarkable about all of this is that for a man so different in tone and temperament to Donald Trump, Biden has made very similar mistakes.
But data can be accurate, and misleading, in a number of ways.
The vice-president of the European Central Bank has said that the record levels of inflation that the Euro is currently experiencing are “not as temporary” as previously believed. Luis de Guindos, who was previously Spain’s economy Minister, has said that the inflation Europe’s currency is feeling may last longer than the ECB had expected. Eurozone […]