Leo Varadkar has called his own lockdown “absolutely bonkers”, “draconian” and a “curtailment of people’s freedom” – but says he doesn’t plan to end it any time soon. Ben Scallan reacts. #gript
“So relationships are really, really bad for the Irish government as a consequence.”
O’Connell said she would not be leaving the party because of “one person”, however.
“The best option is the vaccine that’s offered to you, and all the vaccines are effective and they’re safe for the age groups they’re indicated for.”
“We are developing a digital green certificate vaccine pass, so you’ll be able to prove that you’re fully vaccinated,” he confirmed.
In any other country, it is hard to imagine a situation where a cabinet minister – let alone the deputy Prime Minister – would remain in office while the subject of a criminal investigation into actions they took in the course of their duties. And yet, in Ireland, it seems to be viewed as a […]
Look, Leo, some of us knew this already. Apparently, though, other people needed to be told again: “There is a misconception that Fine Gael is a conservative party when it has in fact played a “crucial role” in advancing equality and in particular gender equality, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said. Noting that women have often […]
“It will be slow, we’ll be cautious, because we have to monitor the effect on the virus,” he said.
“Booooooo!”, I hear you say. And indeed, this intervention by the Tánaiste yesterday won’t be very popular amongst those with republican instincts, who lie awake at night dreaming of the day when the Wolfe Tones song about being a nation once again can be sung lustily and loudly throughout the land. But hasn’t he…… got […]
All other travellers will be legally required to quarantine for 14 days, in a change to what was up until now an advisory step, whilst passengers arriving in Northern Ireland and travelling to the Republic will also be legally bound to quarantine.
Wexford Sinn Féin TD Johnny Mythen has become the latest of that party’s representatives to become the target of the Woke. His crime? Well, did he not have the temerity to ask the Tánaiste Leo Varadkar yesterday how many of the new jobs to be created by an offshore wind factory will go to Irish […]
As pubs, hairdressers, beauty salons and restaurants prepare to close tomorrow afternoon, they are among a range of businesses and organizations that might not be allowed to reopen until March according to Leo Varadkar.