A group of Irish citizens who arrived in Malta for their holidays have been forced to enter Mandatory Hotel Quarantine after their HSE-issued vaccine certs were rejected. Many Irish travellers who were fully vaccinated had not yet received their digital covid certificates in the post. However, Junior Green Party Minister Ossian Smyth, who is responsible […]
When we think of “covid cases in hospital”, the average person probably assumes, through more than a year of exposure to talk of covid, that they refer to people who have contracted covid 19, developed symptoms, and gotten so sick that they needed to be admitted to hospital for treatment. And indeed, in many cases, […]
No vaccine, no money?
Transfer “would destroy innocent life.”
Data centres, much like cars, air conditioning, farting cows, home heating, air travel, global shipping, and making anything out of wood, are fast becoming a bete noir for Ireland’s climate movement, summed up by an official denunciation of the fast-growing sector in the pages of the Irish Times yesterday, penned by Una Mullally. Here is […]
The movies do a strange thing to the human mind. All our lives, we have been taught that the good guys eventually triumph. The stories we tell, the books we read, the legends we pass down from generation to generation mostly have within them a comforting lie: That the heroes succeed. Movies like “Independence Day” […]
Famed singer Paul Brady has come out in support of the families seeking 100% compensation for extensive damage caused to their homes by the use of Mica in building materials. Joined by renowned fiddle player, Ciaran Tourish, before launching into ‘The homes of Donegal’, Brady said that he wanted to give his ‘support for the campaign for […]
Quietly, this is one of the most scandalous episodes in Irish journalism for long and many’s the year. And rather than being appropriately embarrassed, the editor was out over the weekend, bragging about it. “An absolute box office piece”, says he, without shame: Sunday Independent P1– Gardai probe sinister calls to Nphet chiefs– Sinéad O'Connor […]
The Leas Ceann Chomarile, Catherine Connolly TD, has said that the government’s handling of vaccine certs has made her “lose all trust in the democratic system.” The remarks were directed at Health Minister Stephen Donnelly this week during a debate on the Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2021, where Connolly slammed the Minister’s failure to carry […]
Four people, and a commercial entity, have been charged with animal cruelty offences after an investigation into the euthanasia of dogs at a dog pound. One of the individuals has also been charged with a number of offences related to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 and the European Community (Animal Remedies) Regulations 2007. The […]
A few caveats here: First, Behaviour and Attitudes has consistently found Sinn Fein support higher, and other party support lower, than other pollsters. That does not mean they are wrong, but it is worth noting. Second, they were not hugely accurate at the last general election, though that also does not mean they are wrong […]
An Irish ice hockey player, who is a member of the National Team, says he has resigned in protest at the rollout of so-called vaccine passports saying he “can no longer represent a country that has approved of the discrimination and segregation between vaccinated people and unvaccinated people.” Niall McEvoy has represented Ireland for the […]