Give a lot of credit to the University of Southern California: It’s not often you see a major public polling outfit release a lengthy analysis of why its opinion polls might be wrong, but they’ve just done exactly that. For background, USC has been doing a daily tracking poll of the American Presidential Election. So […]
In a move likely to anger Beijing Young Fine Gael has called on the Irish Government to build its relationship with Taiwan by formally establishing a representative office in Taiwan, saying that “Ireland must be stronger in our support to fellow liberal democracies like Taiwan in the face of rising authoritarianism.” The move came after […]
Justice Amy Coney Barrett was sworn into the US Supreme Court last night by Justice Clarence Thomas at the White House.
A video made by an Irish commentator which targets alleged scaremongering in media discussions of Covid-19 has gone viral racking up more than 150,000 views across social media problems. Ivor Cummins, a bio-engineer, took issue with what he described as a “tale of terror” being told on the Tonight Show on Irish Virgin Media where […]
We should be wary of spending too much time analysing daily case numbers, but since we all do it anyway, here’s an interesting observation here from HSE supremo Paul Reid: The positivity rate in testing has now come down over the past 8 days. The number of close contacts is now down to an avg. […]
Who’s going to win the American election? With a week to go, the polling and the data all point in one direction, and yet the lessons of 2016, alongside the enthusiasm for President Trump’s campaign, all point in another. Losing campaigns, of course, always point to polling errors and massive enthusiasm for their side right […]
The three individuals are reported to be Anthony, David and Geraldine McGann, siblings who were evicted from their house in Strokestown two years ago.
15,000 pills and 4kg of cannabis were found by police when they arrested Gilligan, his son and four others in connection with alleged arms and drug trafficking.
Is professor John A. Lee an expert in infectious diseases? Not quite. He’s a pathologist – he studies causes of death and the effects of diseases and injuries. He’s pretty qualified, but by no means a world leading expert. Still, he was more than qualified enough, apparently, for a guest slot on Prime Time last […]
A senior Catholic Bishop has said that the Government’s dismissive attitude to the desire of Catholic to attend Mass is not good enough, and that the Catholic Church has taken the restrictions “far too easily”. Reverend Alphonsus Cullinan, the Bishop of Waterford and Lismore was responding to the government’s announcement that religious services would have to take […]
The Government has passed legislation which critics say will ensure that records of controversial mother and baby homes will remain sealed for 30 years. The Bill was passed by 78 votes to 67, despite strong opposition in the Dáil. Minister for Children, Roderic O’Gorman, refused to take amendments to the bill. The Commission of Investigation […]
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has given an impassioned speech in the Dáil where he said the Irish people would rise up against tyranny. “Come back Seán Treacy and Dan Breen and the magnificent men of Tipperary,” he said, claiming Ireland needed that leadership now. The Tipperary TD said the government was making a […]