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I spent the morning chatting with the HSE on-line support and as I suspected Ireland doesn’t really have a plan to deal with an outbreak of the coronavirus. Basically, if you have any of the symptoms stay at home. And most definitely do not rock up to a hospital or GP Surgery. There could be…
Three Wall Street Journal reporters have been expelled from Beijing by the Chinese Communist Party this morning. Superficially, it follows a number of harsh opinion pieces in the WSJ critical of the Chinese handling of the Coronavirus outbreak. In particular Chinese authorities are aggrieved with one article – an opinion piece entitled ‘China – The…
Chinese communist party officials are reeling today after announcing the death of Dr Liu Zhiming from the novel coronavirus. Dr Zhiming was head of surgery and director of Wuhan Wuchang Hospital. Zhiming was at the forefront of Chinese organisational efforts to fight the outbreak in the Hubei province. Chinese officials initially refused to certify the…
The World Health Organisation have finally changed their approach to reporting Coranvirus cases today. All laboratory cases and clinically diagnosed cases are from today reported together as ‘Confirmed Cases’. While the technical change is welcome to simplify the reporting the underlying data underpinning the W.H.O. reports is still completely unreliable. Consistent examination of the W.H.O. reporting…
I have been taking a browse through the official coronavirus figures on the website of the World Health Organisation. The latest figures for February 16th 2020 have just been published and are broken down below by Chinese province. There are a number of curiosities. Some might say deliberate falsehoods. As you can see from the…
” This Virus is a demon and we cannot allow this demon to Hide ” President Xi of China I’ve been waiting. Waiting for the Irish media to take a proper run at the corona-virus. As we don’t currently have a government, it’s pointless lashing politicians for the moment, although it would be no harm…
The full violence of Storm Ciara swept into Ireland overnight bringing with it heavy rain, high winds and the full force of leftist populism. The Irish electorate wake up this morning to a changed landscape. The early tallies back up last night’s RTE exit poll. Sinn Fein and the left have made huge gains across…
Mary Lou McDonald is going to face a few difficult questions come Monday morning. The immediate reaction on Twitter to the RTE exit poll from GE2020 is one of delight by Sinn Fein supporters and many on the left. No doubt it is a big moment for them, but by the middle of next week…
Mary Lou McDonald and Sinn Fein have already made one mistake that Labour Leader, Dick Spring made in the moments before the General Election campaign of 1992. She still has time to avoid the other. Sinn Fein will be secretly hoping that they do not climb much higher than 25% of the national vote next Saturday….
There is significant evidence emerging that the coronavirus outbreak in China is the result of a leak from one of it’s leading Biosafety laboratories. Dr. Francis Boyle is a professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of Law. He drafted the U.S. domestic implementing legislation for the Biological Weapons Convention, known as…
Breaking News: Alcohol scientists embedded deep in the barrel of the Guinness brewery at St James Gate in Dublin 8 have made a massive breakthrough in developing an anti-dote for the corona-virus. Guinness held an international press briefing at it’s marquee Gravity Bar this evening to announce details of their discovery. Early on Sunday…
The Sinn Fein rise in the polls has caught me by surprise a bit. Back-to-back polling sees them vying with Fianna Fail for top-spot as Ireland’s largest party. It remains to be seen if opinion percentages translate to percentage share of the Vote next Saturday. It will be no harm for the politics of this…
In a startling turn of events late on Friday, Adam Schiff has announced the publication of a new whistleblower book he has authored. It came moments after the US Senate voted 51-49 against bringing forward additional witnesses at the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. In a statement released to the media by…
This is a story about a young man who was homeless. A man, David Bissett, whose life at that point, in his early twenties, had descended so far that he was shuffling between homeless shelters on the streets of Dublin. At this his weakest moment he got a phone call. Hindsight tells us that phone…
Conversations with yourself are not usually encouraged as part of a healthy and balanced approach to mental wellness. I must admit though I’ve always enjoyed talking to myself. Comforting might be a better word. Eckart Tolle would tut-tut at this notion and point to a chronic manifestation of an ego establishing a narrative of the…