The country’s private hospitals are empty, and the owners of those hospitals are being paid one hundred and fifteen million euros a month, by you, the taxpayer, to keep them that way. Meanwhile, 2.2million Irish people are paying private health insurance so that they can avail of these private hospitals if, and when, they fall […]
A very good question by the interviewer here, and a very bad answer from the putative politician. Have a listen to it yourself. She basically says “I denied that I believe in a world with no borders even though I absolutely believe that the world should have no borders”: https://twitter.com/gearoidmurphy_/status/1262753866686193665 The problem with this sort […]
An Oireachtas committee has heard that the cost of large projects could rise by up to 40% due to Covid-19 restrictions.
There was a time when Youtube and other big tech companies justified their censorship of various opinions and views on the basis that unqualified people really shouldn’t be challenging scientists. That has now been taken a step further: Scientists shouldn’t be challenging science. Dave Cullen, the Youtuber who interviewed Cahill in the first place, is […]
On the one hand, it’s good news that more people will be getting the flu vaccine, full stop, for the simple reason that the more people who are vaccinated, the harder it will be for flu to spread, meaning we’ll have fewer cases of flu overall, even in people who are not vaccinated. On the […]
Last week, it was revealed that taxpayers are still funding ministerial allowances for politicians who lost their seats in the February 9th general election, to the tune of an additional €40,000. The list includes Transport Minister Shane Ross, Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty, and Minister for Children Katherine Zappone – all who lost their seats […]
Tipperary TD, Mattie Mc Grath has slammed the government’s Covid-19 actions in a hard-hitting Dáil speech addressing concerns regarding testing and other issues. “The gloss and the sheen has gone off the spin, and people are asking serious questions,” the Independent TD said, pointing to deficiencies in how the government dealt with nursing homes and […]
The convicted rapist told the High Court via video link on Friday that he did not want to die, but was “put in an impossible situation.”
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak we’ve been hearing more and more in the news about Taiwan, a small island nation about 200 km off the south-eastern coast of mainland China. Mostly we’ve been hearing about the geopolitical significance of Taiwan, its history with the Communist Party of China, and the failure of the […]
Defending the Swedish government’s more lenient approach to the virus, he said the UK was an example of where lockdowns had failed to achieve lower death rates than his own country.
Pathologists who analyse cancer samples have been told not to run tests on any biopsies sent by private consultants if those consultants have not signed a new contract for the covid-19 response with the HSE. The claim was made by Stephen Donnelly TD who said an email sent by the State Claims Agency instructed that biopsies […]
Two things are presently certain: First, that while we might argue about the precise timing and mechanisms of easing the Coronavirus lockdown and getting back to some semblance of normal life, we will, ultimately, end the lockdown and get back to normal life. It’s just a question of timing. A debate about opening the Schools […]