Tag: Lockdown
What Explains Covid Youth Shaming in Ireland?
There was much crying and gnashing of teeth from politicians and government officials Saturday over mass outdoor gatherings of mostly young people in Dublin and Cork. After over a year’s worth of lockdowns, the drink-filled gatherings were lambasted by a...
Stephen Donnelly’s AstraZeneca Woes
Stephen Donnelly the independent-turned-Social-Democrat-turned-Independent-turned-Fianna-Fáil TD for Wicklow is not new to gaffes. Indeed he would be quite prone to them by any measure, such as when he had materials on his website lambasting Fianna Fáil after joining them dragged up...
Shocking Footage as Gardaí Storm Church for Violating Lockdown Regulations
Another week and another outrage has emerged in lockdown Ireland as a Latin Mass ceremony was gatecrashed by members of An Garda Síochána implementing NPHET edicts. In harrowing footage released this afternoon, congregants of the SSPX operated Corpus Christi Church...
The Left Should Support Anti-Lockdownism
Calling Anti-Lockdown Protests 'Far-Right' Is Like Your Da Calling All Crisps 'Tayto' On February 27th, 2021, a protest in favour of 'reopening' Irish society and against the lockdown restrictions currently in place was attended by several hundred people in Dublin...
Garda Policing must return to First Principles
“An Garda Síochána will succeed, not by force of arms or numbers, but by their moral authority as servants of the people” — Michael Joseph Staines, First Garda Commissioner The above statement is, in my opinion, a good founding principle...
Good News, Bad News
We, the Irish public, will be kept indoors until early May at least — wunderbar! The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) warns that even once the entire population is vaccinated, the virus will still be present and rolling lockdowns...
We Need Worship: Catholic Youth Campaign Group Launched Against Mass Ban
As a statewide level 5 lockdown reaches into its fourth consecutive week and some priests face legal sanction for hosting Mass a Catholic Youth organisation has launched to lobby for an easing of restrictions on ecclesiastical events. Named ‘We Need...
Arrests Made After Anti-Lockdown Protestors Briefly Blockade Dublin Port
11 arrests were made yesterday afternoon following attempts by anti-lockdown protestors to blockade Dublin Port. At 2pm an ensemble of non-aligned protestors gathered on O’Connell Bridge shortly before making their way east to the North Wall Quay where they were...
LetIrelandLive: Antifa’s Last Throw of the Dice in Dublin
Yesterday’s papers carried news of clashes Saturday afternoon at the anti-lockdown ‘Let Ireland Live’ demonstration. Unusually, the media also largely admitted to have been instigated by Left street activists through an informal alliance of football ultras and Left Republicans. Billed...
Saturday Protest Report: Bob Marley & Bad Ideas
It seems that the mainstream wanted to catch up with the protesting season by having two of its puppet organisations stage protests — “Anti-fascist Ireland” held one at the GPO to ostensibly “reclaim” it from the “far-right.” Yellowvest Ireland, whose...