The list is an attempt to promote gender-neutral language, helping to “create a more equal world”, according to the UN.
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.
A new study has found that those who were given a combination of hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin and zinc sulfate were 1.5 times more likely to recover and be discharged, and 44% less likely to die. Researchers at the New York Grossman School of Medicine looked at 932 covid-19 patients hospitalized between March 2nd and April 5th. Half were […]
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 […]
Honestly, did we all miss the bit where Bill Gates headed off to university and spent a decade studying to become the world’s leading expert on infectious diseases? Because it sure seems that way. As Tim points out this morning, there’s an unfortunate habit in the press of giving more space to non-scientists who support […]
Two babies who had been abandoned at a New Jersey recycling center in February have been buried with dignity by the Catholic Diocese of Metuchen. Last Friday, a graveside committal service laid the bodies of the two infants to rest in St. Peter’s Catholic Cemetery in New Brunswick. Because of covid-19 restrictions, the small number of mourners […]
The Chinese Communist Party [CCP] is continuing to put economic pressure on the Australian Government as part of an escalating campaign seemingly designed to stop the Australian Government from continuing to push for an investigation into the crucial early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak. This week has already seen the CCP threaten tariffs of 80% on Australian […]