A tale of two countries. First, the United Kingdom: A FOUR-STAGE plan could see England’s coronavirus restrictions completely lifted by 21 June, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced. And now, the place that was once part of the United Kingdom, and where at least one writer for a website you are currently reading is […]
Whatsapp groups have, for many people, been a vital social outlet during the long months of the Covid era. One of mine is quite eclectic: There’s a Corkonian, a Galwegian, a Cavanman, and various Dubs. So it was interesting to see the Cavan man – an avid walker – start a conversation over the weekend […]
There’s some consternation in the media this morning that the Taoiseach would make such an important and newsworthy announcement in an exclusive interview with, of all papers, the Irish Mirror. But while our friends in the Irish Times and the Independent might be a little sniffy that they didn’t get the scoop, my own view […]
It’s really awe-inspiring how so many of Ireland’s most beautiful churches and religious houses were built so soon after the devastation of The Great Famine in the 1840s. St Mel’s in Longford was completed in 1856, St Patrick’s cathedral in Dublin underwent a major renovation in 1864, and the Redemptorist church in Limerick was built […]
‘It’s not the end of the world… It’s only three hours on the plane’ I remember myself telling my parents when I started thinking of moving to Ireland. I have always wanted to live here, ever since I was seven years old and heard for the first time Sinead O’Connor singing on the LP my […]
People with disabilities and their families have reacted with shock and anger to a report which has found that people with learning disabilities in Britain were told they would not be resuscitated if they were taken ill with Covid-19. Mencap, a charity which advocates for people with learning disabilities, said that even in January 2021, it was still receiving […]
A fascinating clip from the United States, over the weekend, which should raise real questions about the management of Covid in Irish nursing homes: https://twitter.com/ZacBissonnette/status/1360982497769775104 In Florida, says that state’s Republican Governor (and, by the by, future Presidential candidate), Ron DeSantis, the medical experts told him that if he kept patients from nursing homes in […]
Sports stars in Northern Ireland have called for a “re-opening” of children’s sports, after a top expert confirmed that he was “not aware” of any cases of Covid-19 being transmitted between children playing football outdoors. More than 50 top players from GAA, soccer, rugby and more, signed a letter urging the Northern Ireland Executive to give […]
A Kildare doctor who is refusing to give patients the Covid-19 vaccine is standing his ground despite criticism from the HSE and negative media attention. Dr Gerard Waters based in Celbridge, Co Kildare, argues that the Covid vaccine has been rushed to market, and says that he won’t be administering it. He told RTÉ’s Liveline […]
You could be forgiven for thinking the first two lockdowns have failed. They have not achieved what they were for. We were told they would protect the HSE from excessive demand, and prevent deaths. Now with recent rises in hospitalisations and deaths, a third lockdown to control the virus is attempted. Last year officials in […]
Technically, of course, it’s not a proposal to send people to jail for going on holiday. But taken in the round, the intended effect of it is to scare the living daylights out of any Briton who fancies a week or so of debauchery in Santa Ponza: Failing to quarantine in a designated hotel after […]
Yesterday Leinster House hosted yet another festival of virtue signalling or what was billed as a debate on the Labour Party’s proposal to pursue a “national aggressive suppression strategy” to bring about Zero Covid. This is something many experts believe is impossible – and in any event is that not what the much heralded vaccine […]