The Government says it wants the Electric Picnic to go ahead, but the matter is up to Laois County Council. The council says it would be open to letting the event go ahead, but the Government must change the law first. The truth is that neither of them probably want the event to go ahead. […]
Unvaccinated patients on the organ waiting list have been told “your current status on the kidney transplant waiting list is not altered.”
We discussed this briefly in my other piece this morning, but it deserves a story of its own. There are two points here: The first is that it demonstrates that even the King himself is not immune to political pressure. The second, obviously, is the question of how long this discrimination on the basis of […]
Meanwhile, Irish citizens remain in Afghanistan.
He’s previously said that political correctness is “stifling” creativity and that there’s no such thing as a “woke joke”.
Her face is not on the cover of a national daily, and her name is not trending on social media.
He’s quite right, too. Partying in the street like common gougers. Properly civilised people have their parties with a glass of wine in one hand, and some tasteful finger-food in the other, in the more refined surroundings of somewhere like, say, the Merrion Hotel: Scenes outside Croke Park last Sunday were unacceptable and lessons need […]
“After all, the taxpayers will foot the bill for the Minister’s intervention”
At this stage, it’s hard to know whether Australia is a real country, or an imaginary place invented by NPHET to make the Irish Government seem like a benevolent and kind alternative: Fifteen rescue dogs, including 10 puppies, have been shot dead by a rural Australian council under its interpretation of coronavirus restrictions. Bourke Shire […]
It’s difficult to know what to think about this one: On the one hand, fewer organisations have had a more abysmal record in the pandemic than the World Health Organisation. First, they did not recognise the danger of the virus. Then, they actively helped China play down the danger of the virus. Then, they studiously […]
The Immigration notice also refers to those seeking to bring an elderly dependent to live with them in the state.
Our borders will remain safe and inviolable,” he told reporters.