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 […]
Clinical trials in Brazil have shown China’s Sinovac vaccine, called CoronaVac, to be only 50.4% effective against Covid-19, and not 78.4% effective, as had initially been claimed. Brazil had agreed to buy 100 million doses of CoronaVac, despite Brazilian President Bolsonaro’s initial criticism of the vaccine. Brazil has had 8.2 million cases of Covid-19 amongst […]
At some point in the 20th century history of Ireland, it was decided that the single worst thing you could be was an unmarried mother. It was so bad, in fact, that the words themselves were rarely spoken. Daughters – some of them still of childbearing age today – were warned not to “get into […]
Whatsapp, Facebook and Twitter have all been affected by the shut down.
Both Twitter and Facebook have seen sharp falls in their share price as the controversy over Big Tech muzzling Donald Trump continues. Twitter plunged almost 9% since it banned the U.S. president on Friday, and embarked on what conservatives described as a “purge” of users, with many others leaving the platform in protest. Facebook slumped more than […]
The test proving the traveller does not have Covid-19 must be taken within 72 hours prior to arriving in Ireland.
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD has said that survivors of Mother and Baby Homes have not had all their questions answered today, while lambasting the “insensitive” approach the government has taken. Deputy Tóibín said: “The report on Mother and Baby Homes has been published today, and it does make for distressing reading. Survivors have been […]
Not especially newsworthy in and of itself, but certainly newsworthy in terms of what it might mean for Ireland: Chancellor Angela Merkel has told lawmakers in her conservative party that she expects a lockdown in Germany to curb the spread of the coronavirus to last until the start of April, top-selling Bild daily cited participants […]
Three Waterford men standing outside the doors of the city’s Most Holy Trinity cathedral were arrested on Sunday.
A spokesman for German leader Angela Merkel said the Chancellor found it “problematic” that Twitter had permanently suspended US president Donald Trump.
Der Spiegel, the German newspaper, has reported that tensions are growing within the EU over the EU vaccine programme over the percentage of vaccines that are set to be given to Germany. The programme saw the European Commission source vaccines for all member states, and these vaccines are meant to be distributed to each EU […]
Big Tech – the handful of powerful companies who have a near-monopoly on social media and many avenues of public speech – moved in concert last week to ban or severely restrict Donald Trump from communicating with his followers. Mr Trump received 74 million votes in the US Presidential election in November, with some 47% of voters […]