If you go on to the HSE’s information page about abortion services in Ireland, and into the section advising people about what to expect after an abortion, one of the first lines you will read advises you that “around 2 or 3 out of every 100 people who have an abortion at less than 9 […]
As always, it is useful to begin these stories by noting what Michael Osterholm, senior Covid advisor to President Biden, and expert in infectious diseases, is not saying in the clip below. He is not saying that all facemasks are useless. Nor is he saying that we should all stop wearing them. What he is […]
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Republican members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee have released an 83 page report which says that, based on “the preponderance of evidence,” they believe that the COVID-19 outbreak began after the virus was “accidentally released from Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) laboratory sometime prior to September 12, 2019.” The report says that the virus, […]
Vaccine suppliers Pfizer and Moderna have raised the prices of their COVID-19 vaccines in the contracts made with the European Union, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The newspaper said it had seen part of the new supply contracts showing a price hike for the Pfizer shot to 19.50 euros from 15.50 euros previously. The […]
The American Medical Association is not some sort of pound-shop outfit. If you have never heard of it, then know this: It is the largest association of doctors and medical practitioners in the United States. It has almost a quarter of a million members, and annual revenue of about $350million. For decades, it has been […]
This is one of those stories that functions as an almost perfect Rorschach test: If you side with Donnelly here, chances are you’re not a fan of the church and would cheer almost anything said about them. Because there is literally no other reason to indulge this nonsense: “When you’re dealing with a deadly virus, […]
The Pandemic has been very bad news for some people – restaurateurs, publicans, students, anybody working part time in hospitality, and so on, but it has been absolutely superb news for some others. Mainly, of course, the media: Our subscriber numbers jumped by nearly 50 per cent last year to 126,000 – a great performance, […]
Fascinating, and interesting, on a number of levels, this story: Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton suffered from dizziness after the Hungarian Grand Prix and said “everything got a bit blurry on the podium”. The seven-time world champion said he was “just so exhausted afterwards” and said it was “one of the weirdest experiences I’ve […]
The veteran LGBT campaigner Peter Tatchell has told Gript that he wishes to “apologise unreservedly” for putting his name to a review of a book which promoted sexual relationships between children and adults. The review was published in a June 1987 edition of 7 days, the newsletter of the Communist Party of Great Britain. The […]
These large, prehistoric looking sharks typically inhabit deep, dark waters off the continental shelf (at depths of 200-2,500 m). However, there are a few special sites discovered off Co. Clare, by local charter skipper Luke Aston, where these apex predators can be found in relatively shallow water (50-60 m). Video of the shark (Credit Trinity […]