Here is one of the most extraordinary stories to come out of Ireland since the beginning of the pandemic, and one, you can be sure, that won’t get much media attention anywhere else. In fact, it’s buried three quarters of the way through this Irish Times article: The court also heard evidence from Dr Darina […]
Look, this has gone too far. In my case, taking a vaccine won’t be a problem. But trying to get me to carry something called a “digital green certificate”? You’d be mortified with the fear that people might confuse you with a supporter of Eamon Ryan and try to engage you in conversations about how […]
This is one of those stories that is half common sense, and half utterly ludicrous. In fairness to Fine Gael Senator Barry Ward, let us start with the part that’s common sense: Vaccinated persons should be exempt from Mandatory Hotel Quarantine – Ward 12th April 2021 – Senator Barry Ward Fine Gael Senator Barry Ward […]
The Republic, with 4.9 million citizens, has only fully-vaccinated 300,000, while Northern Ireland, with a population of 1.8 million, has vaccinated almost 200k – a higher percentage per capita. According to the HSE, as of the 9th of April 2021, Ireland has administered 309,922 second doses of covid vaccine. By comparison, Northern Ireland, which has […]
More than 10,000 people have signed a petition opposing the introduction of vaccine passports for Irish people. “We want the Government of Ireland to commit to not rolling out any vaccination status/immunity passport to the Irish public,” the petition reads. “Such passports could be used to restrict the rights of people who have declined a […]
The Health Service Executive has taken the unprecedented step of excluding trainee nurses from their educational nursing placements if they decline to take the Coronavirus vaccine, Gript can reveal. A letter sent last Friday by HSE Chief Clinical Officer, Dr. Colm Henry, stated that “Students that are eligible for vaccination, that have been offered vaccination […]
By close of business Monday the 22nd the Government had administered 690,449 vaccines, meaning they only have nine days left in which to administer 559,551 vaccines if they wish to hit their original target of administering 1.25m vaccines by the end of March. We would need to administer 62,172 vaccines every day between Tuesday the […]
It’s hard to put into words just how remarkably bad this situation with the AstraZeneca vaccine is, but they pay me the big bucks to try. So here goes. Let’s start with the Irish Times: A string of countries across Europe have temporarily halted AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccinations until reports of blood clots are reviewed, a […]
The preliminary agenda for the annual conference of the Teachers Union of Ireland has been released, and with it, a list of motions that the Union is set to debate when it gathers for that conference later this spring. Top of the agenda is motion 177, introduced by the Dublin branch of the TUI, which […]
A notable tweet here, and from a notable source: Marc MacSharry would not, it’s fair to say, be known as a member of the vanishingly small west-brit wing of Fianna Fáil. If someone like him is urging the country to go cap in hand to the hated blonde ruffian in downing street asking for aid, […]
The Irish government has made clear the Covid vaccines will not be fully rolled-out before September, and that no significant removal of pandemic restrictions will happen until that is done. In the meantime significant sectors of the economy will remain shut. On top of that, the pandemic assistance payments (necessary to maintain public support for […]
A tale of two countries. First, the United Kingdom: A FOUR-STAGE plan could see England’s coronavirus restrictions completely lifted by 21 June, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced. And now, the place that was once part of the United Kingdom, and where at least one writer for a website you are currently reading is […]