An Irish senator has warned that the government is making people’s fundamental freedoms reliant on the consumption of a private product, adding that people’s money is being “siphoned into the pockets of pharma and tech giants.” The remarks were made this week by Senator Sharon Keogan during a Seanad debate on the government’s extended Covid […]
Radical powers
A TD has told the Dáil that “we are witnessing the end of democracy as we know it,” and claims that the government is “talking about restricting essential freedoms forever.” The comments were made by Independent Clare TD Michael McNamara in the Dáil this week during a debate on the government’s extension of emergency Covid […]
A piece of legislation has been proposed which would extend the government’s Covid powers to as late as June of 2022, including the ability to impose vaccine certs and mask wearing. The Bill was outlined in an Oireachtas briefing note. There are four key pieces of Covid legislation – namely: (Part 2 of) the Health […]
A new bill has been proposed which would give the State the right to detain people suspected of having the potential to spread Covid, and would allow Health Minister Stephen Donnelly to designate locations as “areas of infection” until June of 2022. These powers were given to the Government in March 2020, during the height of […]
Michael McNamara TD has exploded on Health Minister Stephen Donnelly in a heated Dáil exchange, accusing the Minister of spreading “disinformation” and “lying.” The clash happened yesterday during a debate on the extension of the government’s emergency Covid powers. It began when Independent Clare TD Michael McNamara chastised Donnelly for allegedly tweeting while other members […]