In any other country, it is hard to imagine a situation where a cabinet minister – let alone the deputy Prime Minister – would remain in office while the subject of a criminal investigation into actions they took in the course of their duties. And yet, in Ireland, it seems to be viewed as a […]
This is so stupid that it’s going to be hard to get 700 words in, explaining exactly how stupid it is. But we’ll give it a go: A former TD says a derogation should be made for essential protests during the pandemic. It comes amid plans for protests demanding more be done to tackle violence […]
The waters off the coast of Kerry have been quieter in recent months, after the decision of Funghie the Dolphin to (ahem) retire after three decades of loyal service to the Kingdom. This hasn’t especially impacted the tourist business in Kerry, mainly because the Irish Government has made sure that there’s very little tourism business […]
Ireland has joined nine other European countries in suspending the administration of the Covid-19 AstraZeneca vaccine temporarily. The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) recommended suspension of the use of the jab after Norwegian authorities moved to investigate cases of blood clotting after the vaccine was received. Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn said the […]
HSE CEO Paul Reid has issued a correction after having incorrectly claimed that 600,000 “of the most vulnerable” had been vaccinated. The correct figure, as of the last day of publicly available data we have available to us, is 409,662. It would appear that Mr Reid mistook the total number of vaccine doses administered for […]
The European Commission has exported more than 34 million doses of covid-19 vaccines outside the bloc, sending jabs to Mexico and Saudi Arabia even as Ireland struggles to acquire its own. According to figures released by the European Commission this week, Brussels has authorised more than 249 vaccine export requests to 31 countries outside the […]
The High Court has fixed a date for an action being brought by the parents of an unborn child who was aborted after doctors mistakenly insisted the baby had a condition which they described as a “fatal abnormality”. The 15-week old baby was aborted in the National Maternity Hospital just months after abortion was legalised in Ireland […]
Countries across Europe have stopped administering the AstraZeneca vaccine, or specific batches of the jab, over blood clot fears although the EU’s medical regulators say there is no evidence of any link. Yesterday evening, Thursday, Denmark, Norway and Iceland suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine entirely. Denmark halted the shots for two weeks following […]
“Asylum seekers”, you might note, is not a phrase that ever appears these days, in most of the media. And it certainly does not appear in Government news releases. Instead, the new, PR-friendly term is “international protection applicants”. And said international protection applicants got good news yesterday, courtesy of Roderic O’Gorman and Simon Harris: Today, […]
Hairdressers will be closed until May, the Taoiseach said yesterday, meaning that those of us who survive lockdown will emerge, eventually, into the sunshine, with hair and beards flowing like the cavemen of yore. But that’s only if we survive what NPHET says is the latest “dangerous moment” of the never-ending pandemic: Ireland could be […]
Professor Oran Doyle of TCD has said that the list of prohibited “relevant events” does not include events “held for religious reasons”.
Social Democrat election candidate, progressive activist, and podcaster Linda Hayden has issued an apology following the discovery of divisive tweets she had sent. Speaking of the tweets Hayden said that “I wasn’t always a good person…I was an asshole who had no exposure to people of colour or the Travelling community”, but added she was […]