Tanaiste Leo Varadkar has admitted that at least some Covid-19 hospital cases were from patients admitted to hospital with totally unrelated conditions, and called for greater accuracy in reporting from NPHET. Up until now, if someone is admitted to hospital for a non-virus related condition – for example, a broken leg – but tests positive […]
2020 was a record breaking year for mortality in Ireland. In fact, a government report shows that some of last year’s rates were the lowest of all time. Every May, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) publishes its Vital Statistics Yearly Summary. This report contains data about births, deaths and marriages in Ireland for the previous calendar […]
Last week, Ireland’s Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, announced that he would be opening discussions with the hospitality sector to introduce a system for restricting indoor hospitality to customers who have been vaccinated against Covid. There was no public outcry. The government was not widely condemned for proposing to oblige restaurants to engage in systematic […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that the cost of implementing the Government’s Climate Action Bill will cost €20 billion annually for next 10 years. That’s ten times the cost of the National Children’s Hospital at €1.74 billion or almost twice the amount of revenue generated annually by Irelands Corporation Tax at approximately […]
Rural Independent TDs have said that without major amendments the Climate Action Bill “blatantly attacks the fabric of rural Ireland and our democracy”. Ahead of the Report Stage debate and vote on the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill in the Dáil, the Rural Independent TDs hd called on backbench government TDs to […]
A Cork TD has accused the government of “allowing an act of piracy” after what he described as the “harrassment and intimidation of a Castletownbere fishing trawler by a Spanish fishing vessel last weekend”. Rural Independent TD for Cork South West, Michael Collins said the government had failed to take action after the Irish fishing […]
This Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 202 is perhaps the most far-reaching piece of legislation to come before the current Dáil. My colleagues and I, in the Rural Independent Group, are fully committed to improving the environment and reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. However, we believe that in pursuing these noble objectives, […]
Statistics requested from each Government Department by the Peadar Tóibín TD has reveal that there have been in excess of 2,000 data breaches from government departments since 2019, with over 400 of the breaches taking place in 2021. The Aontú leader said that “given the events of the past week, in terms of the HSE […]
949 councillors are set for a pay hike in July.
“They have nothing good to contribute” – Carol Nolan TD blasts some of the NGO sector on their significant taxpayer funding. #gript
Today, the 28th of March 2021 marks the fifth anniversary of the death of Tracey Campbell-Fitzpatrick at St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny. Tracey died from massive blood loss shortly after giving birth to her second child. It is only a short number of weeks since the HSE and the hospital admitted liability in her death […]
Last October, after an extensive and supportive media build-up, the Dáil voted on a bill proposed by the Socialist TD, Gino Kenny seeking to legalise Assisted Suicide in Ireland – ensuring doctors could end the lives of patients. At that time, a majority of TDs backed the legislation by 81 to 71 votes. Four out […]