The Journal.ie, a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network’s [IFCN] code of principles and the only Irish media organisation recognised as a fact-checker by Facebook, appears to be having trouble sorting fact from allegation in some of their latest articles. The Week in Quotes, a regular fixture where the Journal.ie, as you probably guessed, go […]
It is a fact that yesterday, a significant number of Irish students were awarded results in their leaving certs that their own teachers did not think they deserved. To some extent, this happens every year. Yours truly, for example, fluked a B1 in biology that was thoroughly undeserved, and passed higher level maths when honestly, […]
The Rural Independent Group is set to move a motion this Wednesday calling on Dáil Éireann to rescind the new regulations for pubs and restaurants that were introduced by the Minister for Health through Statutory Instrument last week. The regulations have been widely criticised for requiring pubs and restaurants to a record of the meals […]
A leading medical expert has criticised the reporting of rising cases as being used to ‘terrorise’ people with visions of hundreds of people now sick when that’s not the case. Consultant physician in Geriatric and Stroke medicine in Tallaght hospital, Professor Rónán Collins, told RTÉ’s Prime Time that “Cases are positive swab results. Many of […]
For several weeks now Ireland has been in a strange place with Coronavirus, wherein the numbers of people with confirmed cases has been consistently creeping up, but the number of people in hospital and intensive care has remained flat, and there have been barely any deaths. This has exposed a real tension at the heart […]
If you’re reading an Irish newspaper or listening to an Irish radio station this morning and wish to get a brief summary of what the latest developments in Brexit mean then you’re almost certainly getting one side of the story, and getting it endlessly. Witness this extraordinary piece of “journalism” from our friends over at […]
A motion calling on Fingal County Council to review the operation of Ashton pound passed with the unanimous support of Councillors yesterday. The motion was brought forward by Cllr Tania Doyle (IND). The pound, which has received millions of euro in public funding, is currently under investigation following allegations of animal cruelty. Neither that investigation, […]
A leading medical expert has said that the Covid-19 lockdown may be leading older people to feel life might not be worth living – and he criticised the reporting of rising cases as being used to ‘terrorise’ people with visions of hundreds of people now sick when that’s not true Consultant physician in Geriatric and […]
Couple of things here by way of simple explanation, before we get into it: Lots of people, very reasonably, don’t understand the difference between debt and deficits. Put simply, debt is what you owe – what’s left on your mortgage. Deficit is the gap between your income and expenditure – the amount that has to […]
A former Mayor of Tuam has said that there are serious questions to be answered regarding a house fire which occurred in county Galway yesterday. Martin Ward, the Aontú representative for Tuam, who previously served two terms as Mayor of the town, was speaking today after it was announced that Gardaí are investigating following a […]
Tipperary TD Mattie McGrath says that rural pubs are being destroyed by the continued lockdown, and that people were “tired, fatigued and quite angry” at the mixed messaging from the government. He said that the country was on an “uncharted course” and that publicans felt that they had been walked on and their businesses destroyed. “The […]
A petition calling on Fingal, South Dublin, and Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Councils, and Dublin City Council, to re-tender for their dog pound and warden services has garnered nearly 20,000 signatures. The Councils currently pay over one million euro to Ashton Dog Pound, which is currently being investigated by Gardai for animal cruelty, for those services […]