The headline to this piece is not, in fact, what the HSE said. In truth, because the HSE must (you’d nearly think there was a law mandating it) present all data in with the most depressing possible spin, they pointed out that 5% of new cases are people who have been vaccinated: #NEW HSE says […]
Poor old Ireland: Varadkar says he believes “we need to get through at least another winter before we can say the pandemic is behind us” – he says vaccinating all adults might not be enough to bring about herd immunity, and teenagers being vaccinated may also be required before any full reopening pic.twitter.com/6hkymiVyIx — Gavan […]
Tech giant, YouTube, has been fined more than $100,000 by a German court over the removal of a video showing a protest against COVID-19 restrictions. The German paper Welt am Sonntag said the Higher Regional Court of Dresden ordered YouTubetp pay the hefty fine last week, with the court ruling that the platform was given the […]
Here is the full list of how TDs voted on the domestic vaccine passport bill last night, broken down by constituency. The Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021, which pertains to vaccine passports needed for indoor dining, ultimately passed in the Dáil last night by 74 votes to 68, despite large protests outside the Convention […]
Discrimination?
A contract notice issued by RTE says the organisation is willing to pay half a million euro for Dublin-based taxi services over the next 36 months. The tender only covers taxi services within “the Greater Dublin Area,” and it is unclear what the organisation expects to pay for taxi services outside that area. RTÉ has […]
To be fair, they won’t have much choice in the matter. If Ireland keeps spending money like a drunken sailor, then sooner or later, Brussels will step in and tell them that they have to stop, for the sake of the wider eurozone. That might suit Irish politicians just fine, though, since they’ll be able […]
It goes without saying that the big problem with Northern Ireland is that almost everything in it is, or has been, completely corrupted by tribal politics and whataboutery. A wrong committed by one “side” can, and will, inevitably be matched by a wrong committed by the other. The history of that place is alive, and […]
Thousands of protesters gathered outside the Convention Centre in Dublin to protest a government bill on domestic vaccine passes. According to reports, busloads of protesters were arriving from around the country, and the entire event was organised in under 24 hours. https://twitter.com/Ben_Scallan/status/1415442014452260865 The crowd chanted phrases such as “Shame on you” and “Freedom”, while posters […]
No more prosecutions for murders during the Troubles?
Michael McNamara TD has asked the Taoiseach at what point civil disobedience becomes legitimate “if democracy is reduced to a tyranny of a narrow majority?” The remarks were made by the independent Clare TD in the Dáil earlier today, with the Deputy slamming the Taoiseach’s repeated curtailment of parliamentary debates. I asked the Taoiseach when […]
A new RedC poll, commissioned by the feminist group The Countess, has shown that only 17% of Irish people support Ireland’s current gender change laws and believe that people should be able to legally change their sex on their birth certificate “as soon as they self-identify as or believe that they are a member of […]