Labour leader Alan Kelly called the situation “embarrassing”.
The HSE appears to have reversed its requirement for student nurses to receive the covid-19 vaccine before taking up clinical placements. In a letter seen by Gript, the Chief Clinical Officer now says the new directive supersedes previous correspondence which said students would be prevented from being assigned to placements in HSE facilities unless they […]
According to a recent report, China built enough coal power plants to increase global capacity even despite other countries closing down power stations across the globe. The report, entitled “Boom and Bust: Tracking the Global Coal Plant Pipeline”, and published by the Global Energy Monitor, a US-based NGO, says that China commissioned 38.5 Gigawatts of […]
People on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent have been told by their Prime Minister that they won’t be rescued from an erupting volcano unless they’ve had the covid-19 vaccine. In recent weeks a number of cruise ships have been dispatched to evacuate the island after a 4,000-foot high volcano, named La Soufrière erupted last […]
The director of the Chinese Centre for Disease Control & Prevention, Gao Fu, has admitted that the country’s vaccine effectiveness remains low compared to other jabs. To date, China has developed a total of 5 vaccines, ranging from 50% (below the World Health Organisation’s threshold) to 79% effectiveness. This compares to the Pfizer, AstraZeneca and […]
Singer and former MEP, Dana Rosemary Scallon, has received substantial damages and an apology from the Sunday World newspaper in settlement of a defamation claim. Dana, a former Eurovision song contest winner, who also held a seat in the European Parliament as an Irish MEP and is a prominent values campaigner, said that the paper had published […]
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has announced that professional and elite athletes will be excluded from hotel quarantine requirements when they arrive in Ireland.
54 per cent of Britons would vote to maintain Brexit if asked today, with one in five former Remain voters now wanting to stay out of the EU and only 9 per cent of Leave voters regretting their decision.
Independent TD for Laois Offaly Carol Nolan has said she has written to the Minister for Culture Catherine Martin in an effort to investigate if traditional turf cutting practices can be protected under EU or international conventions. She said that turf cutting could be protected under cultural heritage rights. Deputy Nolan said that she would […]
Note: The ILGA has now released a statement which states that “ILGA World categorically, and in no uncertain terms, does not advocate to eliminate or lower the general age of consent, nor supports paedophilia in any way, shape or form – and never has.” We have requested clarification from the ILGA as to why they […]
The majority of alleged asylum seekers in Ireland who have no identification will soon be able to open Irish bank accounts using State-issued documents. Bank of Ireland has agreed to accept these documents starting from next month, following over three years of negotiation between the bank and the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. “The […]
According to newly released figures from the Department of Transport, almost 200,000 passengers have entered Ireland since the start of the year. The figures have revealed that over 188,000 entered through Dublin airport, while 1,000 came in through Shannon airport and another 4,000 through Cork – a total of 193,000. On Friday the government added […]