If you’re lucky enough to be well off, please take a moment and think about the poor, and the unfortunate, among us: Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe tells @PatKennyNT that Ministers won't be taking a pay cut for #COVID19. He says Ministers haven't had the pay increases that other sectors have had in recent years. — […]
Given the apparent problem the gardai face of people coming in from the North of Ireland and risking the spread of Covid 19, would you support temporary restrictions on the Irish border? Leave us your comments and VOTE in our Poll below
The dawn of mandatory vaccinations does seem to be upon us, but before that happens, perhaps we should take pause and ask: are we really willing to give up so much freedom from state-intrusion over a disease that appears to be as misunderstood as it is over-hyped?
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“A change in scientific opinion”, trumpets the Irish Times: “Pressure has increased on the Government to require that face masks be worn routinely by the public to contain the Covid-19 virus, in line with a change in scientific opinion in favour of the measure. Scientists and TDs have called for the change based on indication […]
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 […]
Down Syndrome Ireland has raised concerns with the Department of Health over concerns that their coronavirus guidelines may lead to certain vulnerable groups being unable to access essential care. The issue was sparked in response to the government department’s document on the ethics of prioritising patients, which states that when there are too many patients […]
The guidelines appear to ignore the Government’s Ethical Framework for Decision Making in a Pandemic, which warn hospitals not to exclude elderly people from treatment on the basis of age.
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Ireland is, both in population and land mass, a tiny country. As a result, the total number of daily deaths from Covid 19 in Ireland is unlikely – barring absolute catastrophe – ever to hit the horrifying four-figure numbers we’re getting close to seeing in the UK, and the USA, and Spain and Italy. Add […]
If possession is nine-tenths of the law, then that seems to be most true of the recent TCD and NUI senate elections, where all six incumbents were comfortably re-elected, even though some interesting characters ran them close. Ruth Coppinger, the former Solidarity-PBP TD, was one such character, who missed out by a head on NUI’s […]
Spiked is an online blog whose writers regard themselves as proudly anti-establishment, but when it comes to abortion, they are all staunch supporters, from Ella Whelan declaring that abortion on the grounds of disability is not discrimination to Anne Furedi’s sycophantic praise for Andrew Cuomo’s New York law for abortion to birth for any reason. However, Spiked author Kevin Yuillis concerned about […]