A retired Chicago firefighter has said online accusations that he killed a policeman on Capitol Hill last week has “f***ed my life up”.
Good news from Fine Gael, everybody: Ireland is presently coming second in a snail race: It's official: Ireland is the 2nd HIGHEST in the European Union for #Covid19 vaccinations. Thank you to all the amazing frontline workers who are making this happen. pic.twitter.com/WNKOhs0nkl — Fine Gael (@FineGael) January 14, 2021 To get to the ranking […]
Parler, a social media platform which some conservatives see as an alternative to Twitter, has urged the U.S. Western District Court to order Amazon to restore its service online. Parler also accused Amazon of being “motivated by political animus” and of acting “to reduce competition in the microblogging services market to the benefit of Twitter”. Amazon Web […]
Archaeologists have found the world’s oldest recorded animal cave painting yet discovered, depicting a wild pig, believed to have been drawn over 45,500 years ago in Indonesia. Painted with dark red ochre in the Leang Tedongnge cave in a remote valley on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the image is of an almost life-sized representation […]
With the noose of tech censorship rapidly tightening across the world, everyone remotely critical of wokeness is being banned, and, if the President of the United States himself being digitally taken down is anything to go by, it appears that nobody is truly safe. Here’s a quick guide to some of the more secure, free […]
The population of the Republic of Ireland, these days, is about four million, nine hundred and four thousand. So, vaccinating four million people by September means vaccinating in excess of 80% of the population. Given that vaccinated people, in theory, at least, don’t get Covid symptoms, or need to go to hospital, that should mean […]
Abolishing the Angelus on RTE is one of those perennials that pops up in the pre-occupations of Ireland’s dominant cultural class a few times a year. Sometimes it’s in silly season, when the press are looking for a story, but more commonly it’s when news stories about the nation’s past surface which tend to inflame […]
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD has again called for clarity from the government regarding the ‘Be on Call for Ireland’ database as the situation in hospitals and nursing homes across the country spirals out of control. The Meath West deputy revelaed that he has been told that some desperate nursing homes are texting families and […]
The impeachment vote passed by 232 votes to 197.
Customers without masks will not only be refused service by HSBC, but could also have their bank accounts terminated by the biggest bank in the UK.
Results from clinical trials of two anti-inflammatory drugs used to treat Covid-19 show that the treatment reduced the death rate and boosted recovery. The two drugs, called tocilizumab and sarilumab, are currently prescribed to reduce inflammation in patients who suffer with arthritis. Patients inflicted with Covid-19 often die as a result of hyper-inflammation, where the […]
The Rural Independents have accused the government of being “haphazard” in its approach to Covid-19 testing for incoming travellers saying it represents “a knee-jerk half-baked plan”. Reacting to the announcement the leader of the Rural Independents, Deputy Mattie Mc Grath stated: “We are pleased to hear that the government have finally taken the advice of […]