Remember when this guy was the super-macho, helicopter flying, hard-man bad boy of the British Royal Family? What happened? “At the end of the day, nature is our life source,” the red-headed royal rebel said in a recent interview for WaterBear, a streaming platform dedicated to environmental documentaries. The Duke of Sussex also described the […]
To be honest, it’s hard to understand where the present panic in some quarters about mandatory vaccinations for Covid 19 has come from. No elected Government, facing into an election at some point in the next five years, is going to want images on the television of policemen dragging four year old girls from their […]
“It has not yet been decided how many people can visit each other at Christmas.” So read a recent Irish Times report on the imminent scaling back of Covid restrictions. Many of us have become so accustomed to being instructed by government officials how to conduct our private life that this sort of statement, instead […]
The United Kingdom will become the first country in the world to start a programme of mass coronavirus vaccination, with 800,000 doses to be available from next week, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced: The Pfizer/BioNTech jab is the fastest vaccine to go from concept to reality, taking only 10 months to follow the same […]
Aontú Rep for Cork North-West, Becky Kealy, has critiqued the government’s continued abandonment of rural pubs, and the return of arbitrary regulations of the pub trade which has already been through so much this year. Ms Kealy said that “In Cork, rural Pubs were waiting in anticipation for the government announcement regarding restrictions for the […]
“The issue of indemnity”, Taoiseach Micheál Martin told reporters last week, “is under discussion”. If you’re not familiar with what he meant by the issue of indemnity, here’s a quick refresher: In August, media outlets reported that vaccine makers were lobbying the EU for an indemnity in return for providing the vaccine: The European pharmaceutical […]
Hoo boy: 🚨POLL🚨 Sunday Business Post / Red C % who believe that the COVID-19 vaccine should be made compulsory for people to take: All Adults: 47% By Age:18-34: 42%35-54: 41%55+: 59% By Party: FG: 61%FF: 59%GP: 43%I/O: 38%SF: 38% 29th November 2020 — Ireland Votes | #Vote2024 (@Ireland_Votes) November 29, 2020 The numbers rise […]
We’re going to let you have turkey but there’ll be absolutely no hugging, says Nphet and their fellow Scrooges. ‘Maybe one glass of wine but inspectors will be calling to check on the seating”. It’s all for our own good, the government agrees, though Golfgate and and then RTEgate has led many to question whether […]
If we are to have Christmas this year, according to the World Health Organisation, it should be “risk free”. And they are worried, would you believe, that this might not be possible: THE WORLD HEALTH Organization (WHO) has said that avoiding family gatherings would be “the safest bet” over Christmas, insisting there is no zero-risk […]
Well, this will cause a ruckus: #BREAKING: QANTAS CEO confirms that proof that you've been vaccinated for COVID-19 will be compulsory for international air travel onboard his aircraft. #9ACA pic.twitter.com/dhk3Hsnxn9 — A Current Affair (@ACurrentAffair9) November 23, 2020 QANTAS is just one airline, of course, and there’s no guarantee that others will follow – but […]
What must poor Dara Calleary be thinking, having resigned his job as minister for agriculture for the crime of having eaten a few spuds? And Seán O’Rourke, you’ll recall, has been blacklisted from RTÉ for attending the same dinner. It’s one rule for those two, and another for other people, apparently: Some of RTÉ’s top […]
A woman whose family’s history puts her at high risk from breast cancer was refused her mammogram appointment in Waterford because she was wearing a visor instead of a mask – despite having a severe allergic reaction to masks previously treated by a doctor. The woman, identified as Mary, spoke to the Niall Boylan Show on […]