It’s very easy to write about how the Irish Government is bungling the Coronavirus crisis (for it is, now, a crisis) by not moving quickly enough to restrict public gatherings and enforce strict containment measures, and to list the many ways in which it is failing to do so. Primarily, it’s easy to write because […]
The European Parliament called for the legalisation of abortion in Ireland. The opinion, passed in Strasbourg by 321 votes to 122; it carried no legislative weight but provoked a storm of political controversy. It was not the first and wouldn’t be the last time institutions within the European Union would admonish Ireland for it’s pro-life […]
Professor of Immunology, Kingston Mills, has called on the authorities to cancel the St Patrick’s Day festival, as cases of the coronavirus begin to climb in Ireland. Do you agree? VOTE ABOVE #gript
It is expected that Bank of Ireland will not pay corporation tax for at least another ten years, whilst AIB and Permanent TSB will not pay any until almost 2040.
Ireland has the highest rate of families with three or more children in the EU, a report has found. Despite this, our fertility rate is now below replacement level. The study found that in 2017, 7 per cent of Irish households had three or more children. This was more than twice the average across the 28 member […]
Following Tuesday’s confirmation that two Irish dual-citizens have tested positive for coronavirus in Japan, it has since emerged that two other Irish citizens on board another recently quarantined cruise ship returned home to Ireland without being screened on entry.
As an expert in hormone therapy, O’Shea has been privy to some of the most heart-wrenching cases of post-operation regret among transgender patients, with some dying by suicide and others undergoing difficult reversal surgery, hormonal treatment and prolonged counselling.
#gript
How should the new Sinn Fein Government spend the €14.3billion Apple Tax windfall, as they’ve repeatedly promised? #gript
A Chinese woman living in Kerry is reportedly in isolation at Kerry University Hospital after she displayed similar symptoms to that associated with the deadly Coronavirus.
Stockholm Syndrome. It is the psychological description of a state in which a captive comes to identify with their captor. On the day on which our nearest neighbour has formally departed the European Union, perhaps it is apt to reflect on this state’s relationship to that entity. There are many factors influencing the reaction of […]
The reaction to the Brexit vote in Ireland is born of pure ignorance in all things
EU, ignorance existing within the highest echelons of politics and the media
right down to the ordinary Joe-citizen.