Perhaps nothing symbolised Ireland’s protracted Covid lockdowns more than the ubiquitous horse box. For long the symbol of provincial backwardness in Ireland, Covid saw the emergence of the improvised horse box cum coffee outlet. Suddenly, no urban space was complete without its own chic equine-themed coffee outlet dispensing lattes and the like to Ireland’s most discerning […]
We Didn’t Need Lockdowns; Rapid Testing Could Have Kept Society Open.
Denmark will lift all its remaining COVID-19 restrictions, including vaccine passports, on 10th September
Last month, Clapton came out in defiance of some restrictions
The fear-sowing propaganda has worked fiendishly well.
“A significant majority of retailers are in rent arrears with at least one landlord…”
Irish restaurant owner and TV personality Paul Treyvaud says many businesses in his industry are under financial pressure and don’t know it yet because of covid restrictions. #gript
He’s quite right, too. Partying in the street like common gougers. Properly civilised people have their parties with a glass of wine in one hand, and some tasteful finger-food in the other, in the more refined surroundings of somewhere like, say, the Merrion Hotel: Scenes outside Croke Park last Sunday were unacceptable and lessons need […]
Congratulations to Limerick, who did Cork-haters across the world a great service yesterday in demolishing the rebel county in Croke Park, in front of 40,000 fans. Thousands of people gathered in Dublin for the event. Thousands more gathered in pubs and other venues across both counties, perfectly legally. It was, while not quite a full […]
Reading Pandemic2, there is a sense that the world needs healing on many levels
Collateral damage ‘huge’
Total Swedish Covid deaths at this writing: 14,651.