The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has voted 16 to 1 to uphold a decision in the Czech Republic which banned unvaccinated children from attending school. The court on Thursday found that this decision was legally valid, as its goal was “protective” for other students, as opposed to a “punitive” measure against the unvaccinated. […]
When it comes to explaining, for an Irish audience, the nature of the Popular Mobilization Forces, as Iraq’s Iran-backed Shia Muslim paramilitary force call themselves, it’s quite hard to know where to begin. The first thing to say, probably, is that as an Iranian-backed, explicitly Shiite organisation, you have to be a Shia Muslim to […]
Joe Biden wants a global minimum corporate tax, as you may have heard. Here’s the summary from the Financial Times: The Biden administration is calling for the world’s biggest multinational companies to pay levies to national governments based on their sales in each country, as part of an ambitious proposal for a global minimum tax. […]
The first Irish case of a rare blood clot arising after vaccination with the AstraZeneca jab is being investigated by the Irish regulator. State watchdog, the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), said it had received “a case of interest associated with the AstraZeneca vaccine, which describes CVST, an unusual clot in the brain.” The 40-year-old […]
The Irish government has stated that they may be re-opening non-essential retail shops and services, including hairdressers in mid-May – but only for fully vaccinated people. The so-called “vaccine bonus” will be extended to those who have received the jab, and will extend to many areas of life as the government say they will slightly […]
Tipperary Deputy Mattie McGrath has strongly criticised the government decision to appoint a former Labour Minister, Kathleen Lynch, to lead a task force and publish yet another report on mental health. Speaking from his Tipperary constituency, Deputy Mattie McGrath said: “Ireland currently has one of the highest levels of mental illness in the EU. It […]
Minister Stephen Donnely has said he would support allowing fully vaccinated people to attend concerts in Ireland.
As a Monaghan native, let me reassure the rest of the country of one thing: All this additional training will not make too much of a difference. We’ll still likely get dumped out of the championship by Cavan at the first hurdle: Video footage has emerged purportedly showing members of the Monaghan senior football team […]
Student nurses who have been told that they must take a Covid 19 vaccine in order to begin their work placements in Irish hospitals are considering legal action to vindicate what they say is their right to refuse consent to be vaccinated, a source has told Gript. The move comes as a group of student […]
Ireland is the only EU member state which has failed to submit excess mortality figures from 2020 to the EU’s official statistic body, Eurostat. In place of any monthly data, the row for Ireland simply includes a series of colons, which stands for “not available” according to the key provided. https://twitter.com/Ben_Scallan/status/1376900625011777536 According to Eurostat, the […]
Ah come on now: Scientists say surfaces such as park benches are less of a transmission route for Covid-19; likewise picking it up from a passing jogger, although it is best to avoid their slipstream https://t.co/ekTcnyabwA — RTÉ News (@rtenews) April 6, 2021 Scientists say surfaces such as park benches are also less of a […]
Our dear friends over at the Journal.ie reported yesterday that the Phoenix Park will shortly have its old, ornate gates restored, three years after they were taken down to facilitate the visit of Pope Francis. It’s good news, for sure, but with all the respect in the world to the good people at the Journal, […]