He’s effectively taken a public communications channel used by the Government, and turned it into his own personal private asset for use in his own personal private business.
What could be driving this alarming wave of excess mortality? Only a properly conducted and adequately staffed public inquiry can provide any definitive answer.
Sometimes, the need for comforting national stories outweighs the need to face the possibility that the story is wrong. We were all in it together.
That’s the problem, in Ireland: If you could convince an Irish politician that burning the whole country down was the grown-up thing to do, and that it was in line with best international practice, they’d do it.
“Any number of studies.”
“Can you name a study?”: Irish Health Minister Stephen Donnelly pressed on the effectiveness of face masks, as he floats the idea of reintroducing them this winter.
To pull off the three card trick, you first need some cards on the table.
Need their fix.
More ICU beds in 2009 than in 2020.
Funny, this, in that he’s not the only one suffering from PTSD
It’s a funny thing, in 2022, to live in a modern, tolerant, compassionate country like Ireland.
An insider’s reflections on the UK government’s handling of the pandemic