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Monday Oct 25, 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
There is an acceptable number of deaths from COVID-19, and it's simply dishonest to tell people otherwise; the Cabinet is briefed on the possibility of blackouts this winter; and Sinn Fein are polling at 33%, which suggests the Government's policy of deliberately increasing the cost of living may not have been a terribly good idea.
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/health-pharma/let-s-talk-about-acceptable-covid-death-rates-before-restrictions-kick-in-1.4707096
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/respiratory-virus-puts-more-pressure-on-hospitals-38mc3gqw2?t=ie
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210913-the-little-known-virus-that-surged-in-children-this-summer
https://www.businesspost.ie/ireland/rise-in-cost-of-living-alarms-94-of-voters-red-c-poll-finds-53657482
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses the blind man who askes Jesus to let him see.
Friday Oct 22, 2021
Friday Oct 22, 2021
The British press is filled with stories of women being drugged, but the stories have all the characteristics of a panic; and the Associated Press made the mistake of lying before checking to see if there was video that showed what actually happened.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/teen-girls-are-developing-tics-doctors-say-tiktok-could-be-a-factor-11634389201?
Shot - https://twitter.com/VitoGesualdi/status/1451071305789292548
Chaser - https://twitter.com/VitoGesualdi/status/1451311741233610764
Family Guy: Joe's New Surveillance Van
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
The ICCL has found another horrible, civil liberty limiting bill to fully support; the government brings in antigen testing, in the most cack-handed fashion imaginable; and maybe the real solution to online misinformation is simply acting in a trustworthy fashion.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(20)30388-0/fulltext
Sunday Oct 17, 2021
Sunday Oct 17, 2021
Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses the request of James and John to sit at Jesus' right and left hand.
Friday Oct 15, 2021
Friday Oct 15, 2021
J&J decided they didn't like being sued for allowing asbestos into their baby powder, and they found an innovative way to try and get out of it; and the HSE and DoH have ended their relationship with Kinzen.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/johnsonandjohnson-cancer/
Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
Ryan says carbon taxes are good and progressive but polling shows even Green Party voters are opposed to the current Government's energy policies; and the SlainteCare contract looks like the best argument to privatize the health service an Irish government has ever made.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/poll-shows-high-degree-of-public-resistance-to-many-potential-climate-action-measures-1.4694287
https://www.imt.ie/news/93-of-irish-consultants-say-they-would-work-abroad-over-accepting-slaintecare-contracts-jmhs-study-09-10-2021/
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
Poland would really like an apology from RTE; as Frank Clark retires we remember attempts to retire Seamus Woulfe; and Austrian PM resigns after allegations of trying to buy positive media coverage with public money.
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses the need to surrender to God and follow him.
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Callum Robinson and public shaming; a new bill aims to bring gender balance to the boards of companies and charities, for their own good; and the Government continues its run of fine governance by giving up on 12.5% at the second hurdle.