New figures released by the Irish health authorities show that 94% of those who died with Covid-19 had an underlying condition. The epidemiology report prepared by HPSC on September 7th, looked at data around confirmed COVID-19 cases notified in Ireland up to midnight on September 5th. It revealed that of the total number of 1,777 […]
Victoria police have arrested a 27-year-old former soldier for allegedly promoting anti-lockdown protests in Melbourne, Australia.
Hardly a surprise. There are a few certainties in life: the sun rises in the east, sets in the west, and the Labour Party is always in favour of the next lefty social change thing, whatever that might be. And predictably enough, this time, it’s euthanasia: The Labour Party has thrown its support behind the […]
The Journal.ie, a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network’s [IFCN] code of principles and the only Irish media organisation recognised as a fact-checker by Facebook, appears to be having trouble sorting fact from allegation in some of their latest articles. The Week in Quotes, a regular fixture where the Journal.ie, as you probably guessed, go […]
It is a fact that yesterday, a significant number of Irish students were awarded results in their leaving certs that their own teachers did not think they deserved. To some extent, this happens every year. Yours truly, for example, fluked a B1 in biology that was thoroughly undeserved, and passed higher level maths when honestly, […]
Almost all babies diagnosed with Down Syndrome in Denmark are now being aborted, the latest published numbers suggest, as the lowest number of babies born with the condition was recorded in 2019. Just 18 children with Down Syndrome were born in the country last year according to a new report from the Danish Central Cytogenetic Registry (DCCR), a national […]
The Rural Independent Group is set to move a motion this Wednesday calling on Dáil Éireann to rescind the new regulations for pubs and restaurants that were introduced by the Minister for Health through Statutory Instrument last week. The regulations have been widely criticised for requiring pubs and restaurants to a record of the meals […]
Police in Hong Kong have arrested 289 people and used pepper spray and pepper balls to disperse pro-democracy demonstrators. Amongst those caught on camera being brutalised by the police was a 12 year old girl who was said to be shopping for crayons. The demonstration was called Sunday to challenge the postponement of elections, and the imposition of […]
A leading medical expert has criticised the reporting of rising cases as being used to ‘terrorise’ people with visions of hundreds of people now sick when that’s not the case. Consultant physician in Geriatric and Stroke medicine in Tallaght hospital, Professor Rónán Collins, told RTÉ’s Prime Time that “Cases are positive swab results. Many of […]
For several weeks now Ireland has been in a strange place with Coronavirus, wherein the numbers of people with confirmed cases has been consistently creeping up, but the number of people in hospital and intensive care has remained flat, and there have been barely any deaths. This has exposed a real tension at the heart […]
If you’re reading an Irish newspaper or listening to an Irish radio station this morning and wish to get a brief summary of what the latest developments in Brexit mean then you’re almost certainly getting one side of the story, and getting it endlessly. Witness this extraordinary piece of “journalism” from our friends over at […]
A motion calling on Fingal County Council to review the operation of Ashton pound passed with the unanimous support of Councillors yesterday. The motion was brought forward by Cllr Tania Doyle (IND). The pound, which has received millions of euro in public funding, is currently under investigation following allegations of animal cruelty. Neither that investigation, […]