One of the stranger little Coronavirus culture wars that’s been ongoing in recent months has been the great struggle between those who are convinced that Hydroxychloroquine, a medicine usually used to treat Malaria, is an effective treatment for Covid 19, and those that aren’t. Much like all the great culture war fights of our time, […]
Keelings employs over 2,000 people. Over the past century it has transformed from being a prosperous north county Dublin family farm which in 1926 began to concentrate on fruit and veg wholesale and export. It is now a vast enterprise with branches in 42 countries. One of its successful ventures has been to buy fruit, […]
One of the most remarkable achievements of the Irish government in the Covid-19 crisis has been its ability to avoid almost any hard questions for any of its actions, even when they’ve made clearly terrible decisions that would end up costing lives. Most media outlets have simply fallen into line and become mouthpieces for the […]
It has come to light that seven residents of a nursing home in in Navan have lost their lives after contracting Covid-19. The Milbury Nursing Home had its first case just a month ago. Local TD Peadar Tóibín said he extended “deepest sympathies go to the family and friends of all those who have lost […]
I haven’t written much about Keelings here mainly because I’m a bit of a heretic on the subject, and my views on the underlying issue are totally at odds with those of Ben, and, let’s face it, most of you, the readers. But my own views on the matter aren’t that important. What’s more important […]
77 deaths were reported in Ireland yesterday, comfortably our highest daily total, and, on a per capita basis, almost twice as many deaths per head of population yesterday as reported in the United Kingdom. Their death rate is slowing; ours is accelerating. Amateur statistician Keith Mills has the figures: Following today's awful Irish news, we […]
We have no way of knowing what the final outcome of the Covid–19 Pandemic will be for national economies, for the global economy. Nor do we know the likely impact on freedoms, including freedom of worship and freedom of movement which, until recently, we took for granted. Talk of “Exits” and even the accelerated testing […]
This article will consider the potential for political and public-health mismanagement of the Covid-19 crisis, since confirmation of the first case in Ireland on 29/2/2020 to the time of writing 12/4/2020. I will begin with a brief outline of some of what is known about the Covid-19 virus, and what is known about Coronaviridae in […]
BEN SCALLAN: With Keelings fruit company importing Bulgarian workers while Irish people lose their jobs, it’s time to put Ireland First. #gript
Social media giant, Facebook, is under fire again for using biased ‘fact-checkers’ to label reporting as ‘fake news’. The New York Post, one of the most long-established newspapers in the U.S., hit back at Facebook this week saying that the platform’s “‘fact-checkers’ are the real fake news after censoring Post story”. As the newspaper explained: […]
A Spanish fishing trawler was prevented from landing a catching in Dingle during the night after local fishermen mounted a blockade at the port. Up to 40 fisherman lay on the ground to block a truck from the Spanish trawler from collecting the fish. The fishermen say they acted to protect the town from the […]
An eminent doctor appointed by Simon Harris to the Medical Council two years ago has resigned in protest at the government’s alleged “blunder” in regard to nursing homes. Dr Marcus de Brun, who runs the Rush Family Practice in Co Dublin, also holds a degree in Microbiology from Trinity College Dublin. His letter of resignation accused the […]