Scepticism about the Covid vaccines, and unwillingness to take them, is vastly higher in the United States than it is in Ireland. So, you’d think, wouldn’t you, that those in power would be using every carrot available to try to entice the recalcitrant into getting their immunity jab so that we can all forget this […]
A tale of two countries. First, the United Kingdom: A FOUR-STAGE plan could see England’s coronavirus restrictions completely lifted by 21 June, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced. And now, the place that was once part of the United Kingdom, and where at least one writer for a website you are currently reading is […]
Twitter has blocked a Catholic Bishop from posting after he wrote a tweet opposing Assisted Suicide, but he says he believes the ban will be lifted. The issue of Assisted Suicide has come to public prominence since the People Before Profit TD, Gino Kenny, introduced a bill, currently before the Oireachtas Justice Committee, which seeks […]
Facebook has shut down numerous social media accounts advertising a “lockdown rave” on St. Patrick’s Day, at the request of Fine Gael. According to the event’s social media accounts, the rave is to be held somewhere around the Kildare-Dublin area on March 17th, with the location set to be revealed 12 hours before it begins […]
Around 160,000 hospitality workers have been “devastated” by the news that they will not be able to return to work until mid-summer, according to Irish hoteliers. Taoiseach Micheál Martin dropped the bombshell announcement over the weekend, stating that around mid-summer the government would simply give consideration to the easing of lockdown restrictions on the hospitality […]
Ireland’s vaccination numbers continue to rise with 71,730 vaccines administered between Saturday the 13th and Friday the 19th of February – the last day we have data for. 36,267 of those were first doses, with 35,463 being second doses. The average number of doses administered per day has nearly doubled since the it first became […]
These are tough times for everybody in Ireland, and indeed, in many countries around the world. Many businesses are shuttered. Many people, having seen their jobs rendered too dangerous by covid legislation, are not working, and are on income supports. Governments themselves, in fact, are having a tough time of it: With the collapse in […]
Justice Minister Helen McEntee has ruled out the idea of making treatment programmes for prison sex offenders mandatory, despite previously supporting sexual consent classes for primary school students. According to the Irish Prison Service, just one out of eight (12.5%) jailed sex offenders avail of the Irish prison service’s treatment programme. From 2016 to the […]
Whatsapp groups have, for many people, been a vital social outlet during the long months of the Covid era. One of mine is quite eclectic: There’s a Corkonian, a Galwegian, a Cavanman, and various Dubs. So it was interesting to see the Cavan man – an avid walker – start a conversation over the weekend […]
Northern Ireland’s First Minister Arlene Foster has said that the DUP will be launching a legal challenge to the Northern Ireland protocol of the EU-UK Brexit deal. The North’s First Minister said that she would be joining ranks with “like-minded” unionists, including Brexit Party MEP Ben Habib, Labour party’s Kate Hoey, and Jim Allister, for […]
On Friday, the government, after a week of confused and mixed messaging, announced another nine weeks of a level 5 lockdown. One man’s frustrated reaction has gone viral, with his video message racked up more than 800,000 views in a couple of days. Gary Dempsey is a former professional footballer who has played for Aberdeen and Dunfermline. […]
“It will be slow, we’ll be cautious, because we have to monitor the effect on the virus,” he said.