A taste of the future?
The great resist?
Jon Williams, the Managing Director of RTÉ News, has apologised for RTÉ’s reporting of climate change, saying that the broadcaster was wrong not to more strongly link extreme weather, such as the recent heatwave across Ireland, with climate change. This is despite Williams having previously pointed out, correctly, that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change […]
Covid-19 deaths are “incredibly rare” in children.
Irish tech entrepeneur Declan Ganley has hit out at Ireland’s “vulnerable” cybersecurity infrastructure, and dubbed the recent HSE ransomware attack an act of terrorism. Ganley, who is a CEO of communication giant Rivada Networks, spoke frankly during an exclusive interview with Gript. “It’s been widely reported just how under-resourced the NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) […]
Tanaiste Leo Varadkar has admitted that at least some Covid-19 hospital cases were from patients admitted to hospital with totally unrelated conditions, and called for greater accuracy in reporting from NPHET. Up until now, if someone is admitted to hospital for a non-virus related condition – for example, a broken leg – but tests positive […]
More segregation?
CAB strike again.
Scary.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Dublin today to protest the Covid-19 lockdown and the introduction of domestic vaccine certs. The protest march, which started at the Customs House Quay and finished at Merrion Square outside Leinster House, was organised in solidarity with similar anti-lockdown protest marches happening in cities around the world […]
2,500 objections have been lodged against a proposed Bord na Mona wind farm in Offaly on the Leamonaghan Bog, according to TD, Carol Nolan. The independent TD said the wind farm project would be “tantamount to cultural and historical vandalism“ and that locals had rallied to make almost 2,500 submissions under the public consultation process opposing […]
Aontú Leader, Peadar Tóibín TD has criticised the ongoing crisis faced by the indoor dining and the hospitality sector and has raised over concerns over the long-term recovery of the sector. The Meath West TD accused the government of keeping the sector trapped in a never-ending “hospitality guessing game”. Indoor regulations are only being finalised […]