“We are moving away from describing these variants as the Brazilian variant or the South African variant.”
Greene drives northbound on the M50 towards the M1 as she is chased by several Garda cars.
The Government appears likely to miss its target of administering 100,000 vaccine doses this week due to a poor showing on Monday. Between Monday and Friday 69,180 doses were administered, a daily average of 13,836. The daily average would see 96,852 doses administered if it could be kept up over the weekend, but vaccination numbers […]
To put this weekend’s Sunday Business Post/Red C Opinion Poll in context, remember two things: first, Fianna Fáil is the leading party of Government, led by the Taoiseach. And second, Fianna Fáil is the leading party of Government, led by the Taoiseach. They may as well enjoy that status while it lasts: 🚨POLL🚨 Red C […]
It is not especially surprising that there was a large protest in Dublin City Centre at the weekend. It is, in fact, vastly more surprising that there have been so few protests like it. When you stop staring at the tree, stand back to take a look at the woods, what you see in Ireland […]
An estimated 4,000 people attended anti-lockdown rallies in Dublin city centre, which resulted in some clashes between Gardaí and demonstrators. The protest, which was set to begin at 2:00pm outside St. Stephen’s Green Saturday the 27th, was organised online, but was preempted by Gardaí, who barricaded off the area and several surrounding streets. Protests and […]
Daily vaccination numbers have continued to increase after having sharply declined over the weekend. Wednesday saw 17,182 doses administered, an increase of 12,723 on Monday. The increase puts the Government on track to hit its target of administering over 80,000 this week, a target which will require them to administer 11,429 doses a day. We […]
Musician Jim Corr has taken legal action against Twitter after they suspended his account of almost 50,000 followers for what they called “misleading information” on covid-19. Corr, who is a guitarist and member of the band The Corrs, claims that this is an unlawful violation of his free speech rights, and his lawyers are seeking […]
Daily vaccination numbers have started to pick up again after having sharply declined over the weekend. Tuesday saw 12,776 doses administered, an increase of 8,335 on Monday. Having vaccinated only 4,441 might make it difficult for the Government to hit its target of vaccination over 80,000 people this week, given that hitting this target requires […]
There’s only really one question to ask here, about this tweet last night from Zero-Covid advocate (and, you’ll remember, advocate of looking for ways to increase anxiety and insecurity in the population) Professor Anthony Staines: Has….. has he ever actually met a six year old? Let's also bring in the wearing of masks in primary […]
Is the tide of public opinion…… finally turning? There is strong support for reopening society and the economy as soon as possible, according to the latest Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI opinion poll, with only a minority favouring a long lockdown until the virus has been eliminated. The poll also shows that the zero-Covid approach is not […]
Daily vaccination numbers have decreased sharply since Wednesday of last week, the 17th, with the daily number of vaccine doses administered now having fallen from 16,747 to 4,424. The previous Monday, the 15th, had seen 8,165 doses administered. Between Tuesday the 16th and Monday the 22th of February, the last day we have data for, […]