Love him or loathe him, he’s right here: “The WHO really blew it,” Mr Trump said in a Twitter post. “For some reason, funded largely by the United States, yet very China-centric. We will be giving that a good look. “Fortunately I rejected their advice on keeping our borders open to China early on. Why […]
After more than 400 days in prison Pell said he considered his time behind bars as a “a long retreat”, but that he was now looking forward to celebrating a private Mass for the first time in over a year.
If one was to sit down and draw up a list of things related to the Coronavirus for which somebody in Ireland should be arrested and prosecuted, there are a few things you might put on it. For starters, there was the decision to allow flights from Northern Italy to keep landing in the country […]
Aontú leader Peader Tóibín TD has condemned Revenue’s decision to excuse tax exiles from their liabilities due to “extraordinary natural occurrences.”
Fascinating stuff here from noted stats nerd David Higgins: I should have made a chart of this days ago! The numbers new cases admitted to hospital with COVID-19 in Ireland peaked over a week ago. 30 March – 13131 March – 9801 April – 10702 April – 7903 April – 8504 April – 62#FlattenTheCurve pic.twitter.com/VlEARoWjtp […]
Australian Cardinal George Pell has been released after his 2018 conviction was quashed in a 7-0 decision by the High Court of Australia. The Cardinal had spent roughly 400 days in prison after being convicted in 2018 of the sexual assault of two 13 year old boys in the mid 1990s. Cardinal Pell, who was […]
Donegal Aontú representative Mary T Sweeney has called on the IDA to join with Donegal County Council and others to use the facilities of closed factories in the county to make personal protective equipment for healthcare workers. The shortage of personal protective clothing is a serious concern for frontline and other medical staff as the coronavirus pandemic intensifies. Ms Sweeney told Highland […]
Healthcare workers have hit out at government plans to have people submit recordings of Ireland’s call to help front-line staff deal with the coronavirus crisis. Lat week, Tania Banotti, head of Creative Ireland, said the online initiative would show appreciation and help to inspire medical staff on the frontline. However, the response from many of those frontline […]
This, from the US Surgeon General (their top medical officer) is so easy and helpful that it’s amazing that we haven’t seen something like it from Irish authorities. Watch, it’s literally 30 seconds that could, if you’re an at-risk person, save your life: #DYK? CDC’s recommendation on wearing a cloth face covering may help protect […]
Credit to whatever low-paid research nerd at C-Span who is spending the crisis sitting at home and watching old political clips for coming up with this gem: President George W. Bush in 2005: "There is no pandemic flu in our country or in the world at this time. But if we wait for a pandemic […]
Top work from Niamh Horan at the Sunday Independent yesterday, reporting that one of the biggest potential problems with the Covid-19 outbreak is being addressed: Irish billionaires who were in Ireland the day the lockdown came into place will get a free pass to stay here for as long as it lasts. The Sunday Independent […]
With churches on lock-down during the Coronavirus pandemic, one idea to connect people on Palm Sunday is gaining traction. The Deacon’s Bench shared this idea from Missionaries of the Holy Spirit and it has now gone viral on Facebook. How can we publicly acknowledge this important day on our calendar when so many of us will be […]