Táinaiste Leo Varadkar has warned that a potential fourth wave of covid-19 could jeopardise the re-opening of the economy. Speaking on RTÉ’s This Week programme, the Táinaiste stated that “this Indian variant or even the Vietnamese variant which we’re reading about now” could result in a fourth wave of covid-19, going on to speak critically […]
Gardaí are threatening to cordon off entire streets in the capital city after large crowds were seen socialising during the good weather last weekend, and Taoiseach Micheál Martin has warned that the government may reconsider opening the economy if individuals don’t follow lockdown measures. According to the Taoiseach, the planned easing of lockdown for July […]
The Far-Right Observatory (FRO), an anonymous collective of activists which came together in November 2018, has been granted €112,500 from the Dormant Accounts Fund. The public money makes up half of a €225,000 grant that has been awarded to the FRO, over three years, by Rethink Ireland’s Equality Fund. It is understood that a portion […]
The Rural Independent Group has slammed the government for failing to create an independent beef regulator to protect the sector, claiming farmers have been “let down” by a lack of action on the “broken” beef system. The remarks came following a Dáil motion by the group calling for better regulation of what they called “Beef […]
As bad as the new Red C/Sunday Business Post opinion poll is for Fianna Fáil the headline figures are not actually that obviously terrible. 14% nationally is still the stuff of nightmares for the party that has dominated Irish politics since the 1930’s, but it actually represents a slight increase on the previous version of […]
Look at the headline on this RTE News story from yesterday: RTE’s headline claims that Professor Luke O’Neill has said that it “might be time to slow down the re-opening”. There is only one problem, and that is as follows: O’Neill said nothing of the sort. What did he say? Well, you have to dig […]
Peadar Toibín TD has expressed his “vehement opposition” to the government’s emergency power extension bill, and slammed the opposition for what he called “collaboration” with the government on lockdown. “My political party, Aontú, is vehemently opposed to this Bill and I will be voting against it, as I did in its previous incarnation,” the Deputy […]
Irish fishermen say that a Spanish boat attempted to ram their vessel yesterday in Bantry Bay in what was seen as an attempt to intimidate Irish fishing vessels as tensions escalate around fishing rights off the Irish coast. Fishermen called for The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service to take action to protect […]
Statistics released this morning by the Central Statistics Office show that the number of registered deaths in the state in 2020 was 31,765. That represents an increase of 631 or just over 2% year on year. The number of deaths with Covid as an “underlying cause” was 1,672, the CSO said. The number of registered deaths […]
The enormous cumulative drop in the Irish birth rate was revealed in figures from the Central Statistics Office today, which will add to concerns about a shrinking and ageing population leading to a fall off in economic growth and an inability to meet future pension and healthcare needs. The number of babies born in Ireland fell […]
Sinn Féin’s Health Spokesperson, David Cullinane TD, has boasted in the Dáil that the opposition have given FFG “remarkable” support as regards covid-19 and the State-imposed lockdown, even despite the “huge difficulties” for workers and families caused by those policies. David Cullinane, Sinn Féin, boasting about how remarkable the opposition parties in the Dáil have […]
“So relationships are really, really bad for the Irish government as a consequence.”