Boris Johnson’s two chief scientific advisors, Professors Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance, were in front of the media yesterday to face a grilling on Johnson’s plans to fully re-open the UK next week. The assembled media (doing their job, to be fair) were very eager to poke holes in the plan, and extract quotes about […]
Some people, including many readers, will be downcast by this, or angry, or feel that their suspicions have been validated. Personally, though, it is not something that overly concerns me, for reasons set out below. If it is necessary, then sign me up: Pfizer says it plans to meet with top U.S. health officials Monday […]
105 minute time limit for dining.
The European Commission has drafted a plan to set a minimum tax rate for aviation fuels across all EU member states, supposedly to combat climate change. However, private jets will be exempt from the tax. To date, aviation fuels have not been saddled with carbon tax under EU law. However, the Commission said that this […]
Senator Rónán Mullen (Ind) has said that Sinn Féin is acting to deliberately prolong the housing crisis for political gain. The comments were made during a recent Seanad discussion of the Land Development Agency Bill 2021. Senator Mullen said that there were “two primary reasons” for the failure of local authorities to address housing needs […]
Undermining biology lessons?
In 1962, President John F Kennedy committed to “an across-the-board, top-to-bottom cut in personal and corporate income taxes.” The tax system, he argued, “exerts too heavy a drag on growth; it siphons out of the private economy too large a share of personal and business purchasing power; it reduces the financial incentives for personal effort, […]
It would not really be accurate to say that Mayo played Leitrim in a Connaught Championship game yesterday afternoon. It would be more accurate to say that Mayo held a training session, while 15 Leitrim men stood on the pitch, and admired them. At half time, the score was Mayo 3-11, Leitrim four points. Sport […]
Anti-lockdown protest at Dáil Éireann 10th July 2021 Photo credit: Krzysztof M
An estimated 500 people attended an anti-lockdown demonstration in Eyre Square, Galway, in particular to protest against domestic vaccine passports. The protest, which featured live music and which organisers described as “family-friendly,” was said to be a weekly event, taking place every Saturday. Numerous posters criticised the government’s announced policy of bringing in domestic vaccination […]
“Very rare” events more common in younger males.
Right, cards on the table, and feel free to boo at the screen if you are so minded: This writer is backing England on Sunday. Not quite to the extent of wearing an England shirt (in the part of Monaghan were I grew up, that would invite a bullet, and to the kneecap only if […]