“A moment of madness, which I will spend the rest of my life paying for.” That was the quote provided to the media yesterday by racehorse trainer Gordon Elliot: Tonight in an interview with the Racing Post, Elliott has spoken further about the incident and stated ‘it is indefensible’. “It is indefensible. Whether alive or […]
Gript has spoken to a number of parents who say that their children were sent home from school yesterday after the parents failed to fill in a “back to school” form provided by the HSE which asked parents to certify that their children were free of infectious diseases. The form asks parents to declare that […]
“We are moving away from describing these variants as the Brazilian variant or the South African variant.”
Greene drives northbound on the M50 towards the M1 as she is chased by several Garda cars.
“We will submit a legislative proposal in March.”
The Government appears likely to miss its target of administering 100,000 vaccine doses this week due to a poor showing on Monday. Between Monday and Friday 69,180 doses were administered, a daily average of 13,836. The daily average would see 96,852 doses administered if it could be kept up over the weekend, but vaccination numbers […]
To put this weekend’s Sunday Business Post/Red C Opinion Poll in context, remember two things: first, Fianna Fáil is the leading party of Government, led by the Taoiseach. And second, Fianna Fáil is the leading party of Government, led by the Taoiseach. They may as well enjoy that status while it lasts: 🚨POLL🚨 Red C […]
It is not especially surprising that there was a large protest in Dublin City Centre at the weekend. It is, in fact, vastly more surprising that there have been so few protests like it. When you stop staring at the tree, stand back to take a look at the woods, what you see in Ireland […]
An estimated 4,000 people attended anti-lockdown rallies in Dublin city centre, which resulted in some clashes between Gardaí and demonstrators. The protest, which was set to begin at 2:00pm outside St. Stephen’s Green Saturday the 27th, was organised online, but was preempted by Gardaí, who barricaded off the area and several surrounding streets. Protests and […]
Daily vaccination numbers have continued to increase after having sharply declined over the weekend. Wednesday saw 17,182 doses administered, an increase of 12,723 on Monday. The increase puts the Government on track to hit its target of administering over 80,000 this week, a target which will require them to administer 11,429 doses a day. We […]
Musician Jim Corr has taken legal action against Twitter after they suspended his account of almost 50,000 followers for what they called “misleading information” on covid-19. Corr, who is a guitarist and member of the band The Corrs, claims that this is an unlawful violation of his free speech rights, and his lawyers are seeking […]
Finland’s Foreign Minister has warned that conflict in Ethiopia appears “out of control”, and could lead to a new refugee crisis for Europe. Pekka Haavisto of Finland’s Green party, who was sent by Brussels to investigate the ongoing conflict in the Tigray region, reported his findings on Tuesday. “You have come to the situation which […]