A fairly extraordinary letter, sent to Limerick Independent Councillor Elisa O’Donovan: Today I received notice that the waiting time for a routine diabetes appointment for @ULHospitals is 5 years.This is simply not acceptable @roinnslainte. We need staff and resources for the thousands living with this chronic condition in the Mid-West #diabetes pic.twitter.com/NOUfQZAdHl — Cllr Elisa […]
Last week’s entirely stupid rule: You cannot have any more than six people in your own home. This week’s somehow even stupider rule: You can go to a music concert with hundreds and hundreds of people, but only if you don’t drink: Musical events and gigs may be allowed to go ahead if alcohol is […]
They took our football matches. They took our restaurants. They took our nights out in the pub. And now, say the Vintners, it’s time to take away alcohol altogether: THE CEO OF the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland (VFI) has said restrictions on the sale of alcohol should be considered if clusters of Covid-19 are being […]
The ministers are meeting today to discuss giving special powers to the Gardaí allowing them to break-up groups of pub-goers and house parties that fail to comply with the government’s covid-19 measures. It’s been proposed that, under the new regulations, it would become an offence to attend a function of six or more people in […]
Great news for anti-social people-haters like me who like to find any excuse to avoid human company. But the rest of you must be wondering what on earth he’s thinking: Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has warned the State is at a “tipping point”, and that the coronavirus pandemic is “close to having us lock […]
The fifteen year old who was gang-raped by a bunch of older men in a Dublin hotel is, the Irish Times and Irish Independent told us yesterday, “troubled”: A 15-YEAR-OLD girl deemed at high risk of sexual exploitation was reported to have been “coked out of it” while spending the night at a Dublin city […]
“So will they be sent home if they refuse to wear the mask?”, asked Richard Downes on Prime Time last night. “Yes absolutely, everybody is expected to wear the mask” replied the Minister for Education, Norma Foley. Good news, if, like me, you are the husband of a teacher, or indeed if you are a […]
Ireland has failed to apply for the EU’s €100 billion SURE scheme due to the long delays in forming a government after the general election, the Irish Times has reported. The EU Commission’s SURE scheme was proposed in April, and would offer up to €100 billion in affordable loans to EU countries so that they […]
To lose one agriculture minister might be regarded as a misfortune. To lose two, the IFA might have said to the Taoiseach last night, is just rank carelessness: Cullinan said: “We are very concerned about the disruption caused by the loss of two Ministers for Agriculture since the new government was formed, and reports that […]
On Saturday Gardai seized 32 dogs that are believed to have been stolen from their owners. The seizures came after searches at Stockhole, Cloghran, and Swords. The 32 dogs, consisting of 3 Chihuahuas, 4 Pugs, 1 Jack Russell and 24 Dachshunds, were then delivered by dog wardens to Ashton Dog Pound in Castleknock. An investigation […]
Thousands of people from across the country have attended a rally in Dublin city centre where speakers called for an end to the lockdown and said that citizens should have freedom of choice in relation to the covid-19 restrictions. They also said that the government needed to provide transparency in relation to evidence-based decision making. […]
They’ve all gone mad, haven’t they? Just think: there’s an alternative universe out there somewhere in which Fianna Fáil members had sense and told Micheál Martin that going into coalition was a dumb idea. In that universe, Dara Calleary is presently leader of Fianna Fáil, and leader of the opposition, watching his poll numbers grow […]