AS schools look set to re-open despite ever-higher Covid cases and little to no additional measures to ensure classroom safety, principals around the country are cherry-picking the most promising students to head their classes when teachers inevitably have to drop out and isolate. “We used to do this all the time in the 80s, the… Read more »
IN A CLICHÉ riddled post about this year being its year, Covid-19 has insisted that while some people may have viewed its year as successful, the airborne disease feels it took the foot off the gas towards the tail end of 2021. “Sure, I got plenty of attention and airtime but it wasn’t my best… Read more »
RECOMMENDATIONS leaked to the media by members of government from NPHET include proposals to shutter pubs and restaurants by 5pm. Airborne pandemics which have a tendency to throw in a ‘new variant’ plot twist every now and then are notoriously hard to eradicate, and many drastic and sweeping measures must be taken. However, many people… Read more »
AS ANOTHER testing year finally draws to a close, we take a look back on how Ireland handled its mental health in 2020. Did the HSE step up with supports to help those in need? Did we gain a greater understanding of how to help our fellow man in times of need? Or was it… Read more »
A RARE good news story in the world of HSE waiting lists has emerged after a Dublin man has risen to the top of a waiting list after suffering a traumatic brain injury just 11 years ago. “I appreciate it’s hard not to focus on the rage inducing stories of delays, cancelled operations, no resources… Read more »
IT IS possible that if you have been distracted by the latest episode of The Great British Shitshow, hosted by Boris Johnson, you may not have noticed the shambolic communication around rollout of third doses and booster jabs by the HSE and Dept. of Health here in Ireland. Are you due a jab but unsure… Read more »
THE government have denied reports that they are excluding the National Public Health Emergency Team from the decision-making process, adding that the team is more than welcome to join any meetings and that it’s ‘not the government’s fault NPHET can’t open a Zoom link’. Meanwhile, members of NPHET are desperately attempting to contact IT in… Read more »
NOT WANTING to disrupt wealthier western nations from the busy work of pretending Covid-19 is gone now forever with no lingering presence elsewhere, developing nations have politely inquired as to when those vaccines they were promised would be making their way to their respective countries. “No we’re not ‘too lazy’ or ‘too poor’ to buy… Read more »
HUMANITY was warned that not distributing vaccines around the world evenly would eventually lead to Covid mutations that could have further deadly consequences, and here we are; Omicron, the latest ‘variant of concern’ is already cropping up around the world, startling politicians and worrying virologists. As for the rest of us, we’re left to wallow… Read more »
MEMBERS of the government are to meet with the National Public Health Emergency Team today after it was realised that imminent new restrictions may limit the present-buying time they have for their annual Secret Santa. With the new Omicron variant almost certainly present in Ireland already, Minister For Health Stephen Donnelly called the crisis meeting… Read more »