South Dublin County Council (SDCC) has awarded the dog pound tender previously held by Ashton Dog Pound to Midlands Animal Care. The awarding of the tender to Midlands comes after a year which saw Ashton raided by police amidst accusations of animal neglect and revelations by Gript that hundreds of dogs had been improperly put […]
“We are developing a digital green certificate vaccine pass, so you’ll be able to prove that you’re fully vaccinated,” he confirmed.
A non-denominational Christian pastor has been given a prosecution notice and threatened with up to six months in prison by Gardaí for opening her church on Easter Sunday. Pastor Sharon Perry of the Abundant Grace Christian Assembly in Ringsend, Dublin, said her congregation were upset and anxious after Gardaí took action when she opened her […]
The president of the GAA has said vaccine passports might be needed to allow crowds attend matches in the near future.
An interesting move, on a number of levels: We are delighted to announce that @colettebrowne will be joining the #SocDems as our Communications Director pic.twitter.com/1fZpWA4cOE — Social Democrats (@SocDems) April 2, 2021 On one level, it’s a really excellent career move by Browne. The Soc Dems are, for better or ill (let’s face it: ill) a party on the […]
Rarely has a news story been more perfectly calibrated to appeal to the various prejudices of Ireland’s media class than the news this weekend that two young women had absconded from their mandatory appointments with two-week detention, having returned from Dubai, where they had gone to have cosmetic surgery. The women in question, we are […]
Dublin’s O’Connell Street locked down on Easter Sunday Photo credit: Krzysztof M
Good Friday Procession in the Phoneix Park Photo credit: Krzysztof M
A Campaigner and former councillor has said that an anti-lockdown event planned for Easter Saturday will go ahead despite his arrest at a protest yesterday in Cork city centre. Diarmaid Ó Cadhla was one of three men arrested on St Patrick’s Bridge yesterday afternoon while holding banner saying “No to Lockdown”. They were taken to […]
A 74-year old grandmother who flew from New Zealand to live with her family in Ireland, says that she feels “a prisoner” after being forced to stay in a Dublin quarantine hotel – even though her country of origin has an exceptionally low rate of Covid infection and is not on Ireland’s “high-risk” countries list. Elizabeth Malcolm […]
The Taoiseach was visibly annoyed by Peadar Tóibín TD’s request that the government guarantee the immediate return of “full cancer services.”
An online HSE system used for staff vaccination has allegedly been widely abused by non-healthcare workers, with many individuals jumping their place in the queue for the vaccine. According to the Irish Daily Mail, the HSE’s online page for arranging vaccinations does not ask individuals to provide identification before offering them the jab. A whistleblower […]