The Government says it wants the Electric Picnic to go ahead, but the matter is up to Laois County Council. The council says it would be open to letting the event go ahead, but the Government must change the law first. The truth is that neither of them probably want the event to go ahead. […]
At first blush, you might think this headline relates to Australia’s inexplicably slow vaccine rollout, compared to the rest of the western world. If they can’t get people jabbed, they may well have to rely on other measures. But no, you’d be wrong. Masks for years even after 80% of people are jabbed, she says: […]
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Collateral damage ‘huge’
There was a time, not so long ago, when big tech companies asserted that they were committed to freedom of speech, with reasonable limits on things like inciting hatred, or being overtly racist. If that was true, and all that they did, there would be very little controversy about so-called “big tech censorship”. But of […]
This is one of those figures that sounds shocking, but is actually objectively good news: #LATEST HSE tells @VirginMediaNews that 20% of Ireland’s new confirmed cases are people who are fully vaccinated. “Vaccinated people are reporting very mild illness” – @NiamhOBeirne @VirginMediaNews #Covid19Ireland — Zara King (@ZaraKing) August 9, 2021 According to the most recent […]
In the middle of the European Cup, one wisecrack commented on the surprising health of the Swedish football team who managed to field a full 11 despite the reported plague winds howling through each and every Swedish hamlet. AdzStats???? ????????/???????? on Twitter: “I’m confused. Watching Sweden vs Ukraine, but I’m not sure how it’s possible […]
This is one of those stories that functions as an almost perfect Rorschach test: If you side with Donnelly here, chances are you’re not a fan of the church and would cheer almost anything said about them. Because there is literally no other reason to indulge this nonsense: “When you’re dealing with a deadly virus, […]
Another study has shown that immunity to Covid in those who have been infected and recovered is long-lasting, “broad and effective” – raising questions about the Irish government’s decision to limit recovery certificates to just six months after being tested positive for the virus. A new paper published as a preprint in the scientific journal Cell found […]
Fascinating, and interesting, on a number of levels, this story: Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton suffered from dizziness after the Hungarian Grand Prix and said “everything got a bit blurry on the podium”. The seven-time world champion said he was “just so exhausted afterwards” and said it was “one of the weirdest experiences I’ve […]
As draconian restrictions on people’s capacity to live their lives persist, as Ireland is now segregated according to your private healthcare choices, as Lockdowns haunt every day like a spectre and as the silver lining of freedom after vaccination is turning out to be more of a mirage in the dessert, I grow increasingly concerned […]
What does it say about a country when its people are forced to go to the High Court to seek an inquiry into the appalling mismanagement of state support for nursing homes during the Covid crisis? The horrendous consequences for elderly people from the State’s inexplicable and unaccountable inactions are stark and harrowing. More than 2,000 […]