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Tomboktu - 15:53 Sun Apr 05, 2020 At the daily press conference by the Department of Health on Tuesday last (31 March) the question of the backlog of tests for the virus that causes Covid-19 disease was raised by a journalist. Dr Colm Henry, the Chief Clinical Officer at the HSE, gave the first answer in which he explained that there is […]A
guestposter - 10:03 Sun Apr 05, 2020 Quite a crop this week. A good statement, from David McWilliams no less The Ireland that emerges from this crisis will have ?a much more social democratic future,? says McWilliams. ?The idea that you will reward hedge fund managers in multiples of how you reward nurses just won?t wash. Taxes will rise. Public services will […]A
WorldbyStorm - 13:10 Sat Apr 04, 2020 This time for the British Labour Party, a party many of us know well having been involved in it one way or another. Predictably, Keir Starmer is the new leader. Sir Keir Starmer?s victory, winning 56.2% of the vote in the race to become Labour leader, is almost on a par with that of Tony […]A
WorldbyStorm - 12:39 Sat Apr 04, 2020 Thanks to Joe Mooney for sending details of this: Saturday 4th April is now officially known as BFF Sofa Shorts Day! You hit the sofa we?ll bring the shorts?..films that is. What you wear is up to you! Join us to celebrate the best new Northern Irish/Irish fictional short films from the comfort of your […]A
WorldbyStorm - 12:26 Sat Apr 04, 2020 Does this here from Bandcamp the other day assist in solidarity for those who make music during the crisis? To raise even more awareness around the pandemic?s impact on musicians everywhere, we?re waiving our revenue share on sales this Friday, March 20 (from midnight to midnight Pacific Time), and rallying the Bandcamp community to put […]A
irishelectionliterature - 07:17 Sat Apr 04, 2020 I knew the word fiddlesticks but hadn’t actually realised what exactly they were and how they were used. It’s so strange seeing two people playing the same instrument and doing so in time and total coherence as I’m sure a stray fiddle stick might give your knuckle or finger a nice bang. The sticks themselves […]A
WorldbyStorm - 12:47 Fri Apr 03, 2020 Gewerkschaftler suggested this recently: I suggest this blog should have a regular (weekly) slot where people can post happenings at the personal or political level that gives them hope that we?re perhaps not going to hell in a handbasket as quickly as we thought. Or as the phlegmatic Germans put it ?hope dies last?. Any […]A
WorldbyStorm - 11:28 Fri Apr 03, 2020 I was fascinated by this piece in the IT which engaged with those involved in travel agencies and so on about the prospects for a return to tourism and holidays. Some interviewed were more optimistic than others. For example: ?Being honest, I think it will be September and October before things start getting back to […]A
guestposter - 11:00 Fri Apr 03, 2020 The April addition of Socialist Voice can be viewed online here. Contents: Nationalise all private hospitals ? One all-Ireland public health service The covid crisis demands a new beginning: Tommy Mc Kearney The capitalist mode of destruction by Eoghan O?Neill Covid-19 and the global economy by Ewan MacDonald Class solidarity, not social partnership by Jimmy […]A
WorldbyStorm - 08:29 Fri Apr 03, 2020 Thought Newton Emerson’s piece here was rather problematic. He attempts yet again to downplay the clear divergence between medical opinion globally and that of the UK, and indeed the continuing divergence, albeit to a somewhat lesser degree of that state as the crisis progresses. This divergence has been noted and criticised by the Guardian, medical […]A |
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