Independent TD Carol Nolan has dubbed NPHET’s call to extend the lockdown as “fanatical,” and said that they have reached “zero common sense.” Speaking this week, the Laoise-Offaly TD slammed NPHET’s call to delay the re-opening of indoor dining for restaurants, cafés, pubs, and summer camps for children “for weeks.” “I think there will be […]
32 towns and villages across Ireland have begun what protestors are calling Monday Marchers – a weekly assembly taking place in opposition to COVID-19 lockdown restrictions and calling for health equality in the State. Organisers said the protests “are organised and attended by ordinary citizens who have had little or no voice since March 2020 […]
The owner of Treyvauds, a family run restaurant in Killarney, says that they will be opening on July 5th “no matter what”. This week, pubs and restaurants reacted in anger and despair to indications that the government might act on advice to further delay the full reopening of restaurants and pubs beyond the long-awaited date at the […]
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As the outdoor summer Irish people were promised falls at the first hurdle, Ben Scallan says we can all finally stop pretending that there’s any sense to these government restrictions. #gript
This week has seen extraordinary and unsettling scenes across Dublin city, as Gardaí drew batons to clear young drinkers off South William Street, and clamped down on other parts of the city. Apparently groups of young people were forced to leave St Stephen’s Green and other areas, so they all drifted down to South William […]
There were chaotic scenes on South William Street in Dublin city centre last night as large crowds of mostly young people gathered to socialise at the beginning of a sunny bank holiday weekend. RTÉ reported that a number of people were arrested and missiles were thrown at Gardai after a number of public order incidents […]
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
Michael Healy-Rae TD has ripped the government on their extended covid powers, saying that it gives them a “blank cheque”, and said that many people will “never forgive” the government for the lockdown measures. Speaking in the Dáil on Wednesday, the Independent Kerry TD explained why he would not be supporting the bill. “My colleagues […]
The head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) William Walsh, has stated that the universal restrictions on global travel are no longer necessary – and that the crisis in the airline industry is being caused largely by the government’s health policies rather than the pandemic itself. William Walsh , who was previously head of […]
Verona Murphy TD tore into the government on Wednesday for extending the emergency covid-19 powers for a further 6 months. “As the Covid-19 situation was developing, I voted to give the Government these special emergency powers,” the ex-Fine Gael Wexford independent said. Verona Murphy, Independent, explains her opposition to the often nonsensical and contradictory restrictions […]
A woman was transferred from mandatory hotel quarantine to hospital last night (FRI) suffering chest pains due to stress. Cindy Connolly travelled to Dublin from the UK to care for her 79 year old father who was released from hospital earlier this week after suffering an adverse reaction to Pfizer’s Covid 19 vaccine. She got […]