When a snail is threatened, it has one response, and one response only. It cannot run, because it is a snail. It has no weapons, because it is a snail. Unlike some tropical animals that can change colour, or confuse or dazzle a predator, a snail has no ability to use subtlety or disguise or […]
Good news from a new study which shows that a “cheap, antiparasitic drug” has been shown to have a significant effect in reducing mortality in patients with moderate to severe Covid-19. The drug, Ivermectin, is approved in many countries, and has been in use and off-patent for years. The preliminary findings suggest it could make […]
Some of the UK’s top experts in child health have said that anxiety, self-harm and suicidal thoughts are at “frightening levels” among children because of the continued Covid-19 lockdown. Calling for teachers and school staff to be prioritised for vaccinations, the leading paediatricians said that the strict lockdown and prolonged school closures may cause children to […]
Yesterday, Dr. Anthony O’Connor, a consultant gastroenterologist (the speciality dealing with ailments of the stomach and digestive system and not, notably, dealing with respiratory diseases like Covid 19) announced that he would no longer continue to tweet about the Covid 19 crisis – or indeed tweet at all – after “somebody close to Stephen Donnelly” […]
New Zealand shut its borders straight away when covid emerged. Ireland’s leaders refused to do the same out of love for the EU. 3 lockdowns and almost 3,000 covid deaths later, who made the right choice? Ben Scallan reacts. #gript
Aontú Leader & Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín has called for the Government to enhance Covid-19 measures in Special Education Schools to facilitate these schools returning for the students who need them. He said that a survey of childcare professionals revealed that 74% of them saw regression in children with special needs during the lockdowns. After […]
As reported here a week ago, not only were work permits being issued to people coming from outside of the EU, but a large number had arrived in the first weeks of January from Brazil. Yes, from the country with the “deadly new strain” of the Covid virus. And as sure as night follows day, […]
Three full years of training, it takes, to become a member of An Garda Siochána, and prepare to defend the country from the ongoing threat of criminality. Gardai go through courses in law and procedures, crime and incident policing, and professional competence, to name but a few of the courses required before passing out at […]
If true, this is extraordinarily brutal, bad, and damaging news, not only in terms of the Coronavirus pandemic, and our ability to functionally protect the oldest and most vulnerable citizens – but also for public confidence in the vaccines themselves. Here’s Gavin Reilly with the headline: https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1353828630972026882 But….. is there politics involved? The Daily Mail, […]
An Garda Síochana has warned older and vulnerable people to watch out for a scam being perpetrated in relation to the Covid-19 vaccine, where criminals seek to get access to a person’s funds and/or their home. Earlier today, a Cork city councillor warned of the scam which had been brought to his attention. Independent councillor Ken […]
A notable decision by the Swedes who, after nearly a year of following their own unique path in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, have latterly shifted more in the direction of the rest of Europe. The land border with Norway, they say, is to be sealed: Sweden is closing its border with Norway after the […]
One of the main advantages, we’re always told, of European Union membership, is that it affords Irish people the right to travel to and live freely in 26 other European countries. No passport checks, no immigration requirements, no papers – just hop on a plane, land in Vienna or Rome or Bucharest, and you’re as […]