The number of patients in Irish hospitals with covid-19 has dropped to 59 – the lowest number since September. Comparatively, at the peak of the third wave on the 18th of January, there were 2,020 people in hospital being treated with covid-19 in hospitals across Ireland. HSE Chief Paul Reid hailed the development. “Covid-10 inpatients […]
ISAG’s Professor Anthony Staines has said that the “open-air party” scenes in Dublin city centre in recent weeks have not resulted in a spike in covid-19 cases, despite the CMO’s concern. Health officials reported 271 new covid-19 cases on Tuesday – the second lowest figure this year, even after large crowds were seen celebrating in […]
“Do not provoke the host.”
A contestant in the Rose of Tralee has said she will not take part in the 2022 festival if she is forced to get the Covid-19 vaccine. Christine Smyth was selected as the Ohio Rose just before this year’s festival was cancelled for a second year in a row because of the ongoing Covid-19 shutdown. […]
A man who pleaded guilty to sexual assault was still working as a taxi-driver sixteen months after he assaulted a woman outside her home at the end of a cab ride. Kusika Kudia (55) told gardaí in an interview that he had kissed the woman without her permission but he suggested she was “looking for […]
Regular readers will be familiar with Dr. Michael Mina, the Harvard expert on antigen testing who pronounced himself feeling “sorry for Ireland” a few weeks back, after listening to Stephen Donnelly play down the benefits of antigen testing on the radio. Dr. Mina paid a visit to Dublin yesterday, presumably to see for himself the […]
“This is a common part of election practices,” Ó’Broin claimed.
Six of Ireland’s top universities have fallen significantly in the QS World University Rankings for 2022. QS’s overall rankings are based on factors such as academic and employer reputation, the ratio of staff to students, citations per faculty and more. According to the data, the drop in Irish universities’ ranking is down to a decline […]
A man with 161 previous convictions who robbed a café twice while out on bail for stealing from a whiskey museum has had his jail term reduced from 6 years to 4. 33-year-old Jonathan Grimes was out on bail for burglarising the whiskey museum when he robbed Bewley’s café in Dublin city centre, not once, […]
The High Court has approved a hearing for an action by a couple who claim their unborn child was aborted after they were mistakenly told by doctors that he had a fatal foetal abnormality. The couple have filed separate lawsuits seeking damages against Merrion Foetal Health and five of its medical consultants, Dublin Private Clinic, […]
The great paradox of modern Ireland is that the more power Irish liberals acquire, the more illiberal they become. We had, yesterday, a collection of taxpayer funded NGO’s in to visit the Oireachtas committee on Housing and Local Government, which is responsible for how Ireland runs its elections, amongst other things. Kitty Holland picks up […]
Ten days ago, panicked by scenes of revelry in Dublin’s South William Street area, the Chief Medical Officer, Tony Holohan, sent the tweet heard around the country: Drove into Dublin City Centre to collect someone from work at 815 PM. Absolutely shocked at scenes in South Great George’s St, Exchequer St, South William St area. […]