According to the UN, over a million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded, as Ireland prepares to accept an undefined amount. According to the United Nation’s refugee agency, over a million Ukrainians have fled to date, and they believe that number could rise to 4 million in the coming weeks. Asked this week how […]
Numerous government politicians have called for Ireland to ditch its historic policy of neutrality, with one going so far as to say “neutrality is outdated.” The comments come amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, with both Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Defence Minister Simon Coveney saying that Ireland “is not neutral” on the issue. Additionally, […]
Yes, the Government could ignore NPHET, on paper. But why would they?
In these circumstances, the decision to let the virus rip, so to speak, is unambiguously the correct one.
Hold on now; I know you’re planning a party with friends, but before you reach for that alcoholic beverage, isn’t there someone you forgot to ask first? Namely, Micheál Martin? Where is your permission slip, boyo? If you’ve tried to buy drink at all in the last few days, you probably will have noticed the […]
It has not been much remarked upon, in the early days of the new year, that there is one political certainty in 2022: The year begins with Micheál Martin as Taoiseach. It will end with somebody else in the job. Mr. Martin made a deal to take power, and at the centre of that deal […]
The World Health Organisation has said that the Omicron variant, which has been detected in at least 38 countries, has not caused any reported deaths since its discovery. The variant appears to be highly infectious, and the WHO predicts that it could account for half of all Europe’s cases in the next few months. However, […]
Tony Holohan is running the country, on Covid, because Micheál Martin will not. He does not want to. He does not know how to. The strategy, from day one, has been to let NPHET handle it, and hope that Government will take the credit, and Holohan the blame.
Irish politicians only work on problems they can’t solve
You’d feel sorry for them, if you didn’t realise the truth: They let him do it to them.
The summit of EU leaders in Brussels came to a close with no firm decision being made on what steps ought to be taken to force Poland to toe the line on the EU’s insistence that the EU legal framework ought to have primacy over the constitutions of member states. Part of the impasse is […]
Taoiseach Micheal Martin has said that the public must “behave” and “get vaccinated” if we want to prevent rising Covid-19 case numbers. The remarks were made by the Fianna Fáil leader yesterday while speaking to Newstalk’s The Anton Savage Show. Behave and we can stop COVID. https://t.co/Sgp2Yvf0z9 — NewstalkFM (@NewstalkFM) October 23, 2021 “If we […]