Richard Bruton, Minister for Communications, has announced changes to the €40 million Sound & Vision scheme which will see broadcasters who focus on climate change awareness being financially rewarded. Minister Bruton, as reported by the Irish Times, has said that “Climate disruption will be a focus of this year’s scheme. It is the defining issue […]
Aontú has joined doctors in calling for people who attended the Cheltenham racing festival this week to be tested for the Coronavirus at the airport. Dr Melissa Corbally, the Assistant Professor of Nursing at Dublin City University says that it would be “prudent and responsive if all passengers returning from Cheltenham related flights were tested […]
If you’re on social media, and you want to keep abreast of the news from the health service, it’s a very good idea to be following the Sunday Business Post’s health correspondent, Susan Mitchell, who can generally be trusted to provide you with the stark, blunt, news free of spin. Last night, she shared this […]
Lawyers for “Boy B”, one of the two children convicted of the murder of teenager Ana Kriegel, have launched a formal appeal against his conviction. Boy B was convicted of Kriegel’s murder in June last year, along with Boy A, who was also convicted of the additional crime of aggravated sexual assault. During the original […]
This morning, the Taoiseach and his Government announced a national shutdown of Schools and other public places for an initial period of two weeks, along with a nationwide programme of social distancing. It was the right call. But it’s worth asking: How long could this shutdown actually last? Does the Government have some benchmarks for […]
Michelle Byrne, Deputy President / Vice President of Campaigns for the Union of Students in Ireland, has resigned following the release of recordings which show she had agreed to pass the names of students on to a group claiming to be a part of the extremist, far-left Antifa movement. Initially the USI had said it […]
An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has announced that all schools, colleges and childcare facilities are to close from 6pm today until 29th March.
Several GPs have criticised Health Minister Simon Harris following what they call “misleading” comments he made on RTÉ’s Prime Time regarding the covid-19 virus. Referring to the virus, which has infected at least 61 people on the island of Ireland and claimed its first death on Irish soil last night, the Fine Gael health minister […]
An interesting, even fun, conundrum for us all to ponder while we spend our days in Coronavirus induced isolation – is this card received by Newstalk’s Dr. Ciara Kelly yesterday creepy and sinister, or well-intentioned and nice? Is she over-reacting absurdly, or is she right to be a bit perturbed? https://twitter.com/ciarakellydoc/status/1237746828264771584 Let’s consider the evidence. […]
An interesting email into us yesterday from Hermann Kelly, leader of the Irish Freedom Party, raised the question of why the Taoiseach and the Government appear to be persistently providing false information about the amount of money the Government sends to the EU annually. Speaking in Trinity College last week, the Taoiseach gave his usual […]
A High Court judge has been criticised by protesters after they alleged that she threatened to involve “outside agencies” relating to their children during a hearing into a housing case. The case involved a building firm which has taken a High Court proceeding against protestors involved with the ongoing “House the Irish First” demonstration in […]
The lady is thought to have been an older person and was being treated in hospital.