On the one hand, this can’t be right, can it? On the other hand, Dr. Brendan McCann is just applying the available figures to the situation in his own hospital, and the results of that are, well, not pretty: “In a series of private emails before Christmas, the Service Lead in UHW’s emergency department, Dr […]
A video posted by the Irish Coast Guard warning people not top approach breaking waves along the coast during Storm Brendan has gone viral, racking up 200,000 views in a matter of hours. The video shows walkers on Redcar beach in Britain getting into difficulty as powerful breaking waves on the coast start to drag them away. […]
Airbus SE has given the UK’s economy a significant vote of confidence ahead of Britain’s official departure from the EU.
An arson attack on a pro-life journalist has been condemned by a right to life group as “menacing” and unacceptable. Right to Life UK reported that a German pro-life journalist was targeted by extreme abortion advocates because he promoted the country’s March for Life. The group Feministische Autonome Zelle set Gunnar Schupelius’s car on fire and […]
If your New Year’s resolution was to look for a new job, this might be of interest. The Blasket Islands are described as “fantastically beautiful” on Trip Advisor – and might be the ideal place to live for someone looking for a new position with a difference. As the Twitter post from Great Blasket Island says: […]
“The Dáil will return next week”, announced the Taoiseach this morning, which is slightly different from his position yesterday, which was that the Dáil might not, in fact, return next week, because Fine Gael is so ready for a General Election. It’s good that the national parliament is returning for at least one more week, […]
A US Department of Justice investigation into alleged wrongdoings by then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has “largely finished” after the lead investigator reportedly “found nothing worth pursuing.”
What is it with the British and being desperate to leave reasonably successful, if controversial, institutions? “The Royal Family are said to be “hurt” at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s announcement they will step back as senior royals. Prince Harry and Meghan did not consult any senior royal about making the statement, it is […]
Finally, a real alternative to RTE: “A mysterious radio signal is coming from a nearby galaxy, scientists say. And that galaxy looks surprisingly like our own, the astronomers have announced. The newly discovered source, named FRB 180916, is only half-a-billion light years from Earth and much nearer than other bursts that have been found in the […]
The New York Times commentator, and Nobel Prize winning economist, Paul Krugman has claimed on Twitter that “’I’m on the phone with my computer security service, and as I understand it someone compromised my IP address and is using it to download child pornography”.
President Donald Trump appeared to back away from renewed military attacks on Iran yesterday after rockets fired at two Iraqi army bases housing US personnel failed to inflict any injuries. “Iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world,” Trump told […]
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has said that there is now a full scale health emergency in Irish hospitals and that the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, is an “absolute disaster” for the health service. The Tipperary TD said that Leo Varadkar needed to step in and relive minister Harris from the role. Last week, the Irish Nurses […]