Cost of Living: Digging for Victory
Standing outside a Dublin hostelry in the drizzle, I fell into conversation with an Ulsterman…
Browsing: Science & Environment
Covid-19 Absurdities
Foremost among Utopian absurdities, we had the false promise of ZeroCovid. This continues to inflict…
COVID-19: Torches of Freedom
‘Harold Evans used to say that an investigation only really began to count once the…
Bob Quinn’s Bog Graffiti
It’s easy to despair in the face of our species’ (homo sapiens: ‘wise man’) apparent…
Spina Bifida Parents Demand Treatment
The HSE, and health care access more generally in Ireland, has never been under such…
The “Strawman” Conspiracy Theorist
In two hundred years doctors will rule the world. Science reigns already. It reigns in…
The Fight for Water in a Thirsty World
La Soif Du Monde (‘A Thirsty World’) and ‘The Fight for Water: A Farm Worker…
Vaccine Passports “Inherently Illiberal”
On October 5th of this year, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly spoke before the Dáil…
Chay Bowes: HSE Perpetuating Dysfunction
In the controversy surrounding the leaking of a confidential document by then Taoiseach Leo Varadkar…
Is General Practice a Victim of Pandemic?
I loved working for the NHS (National Health Service), especially as it was configured in…
Pandemic Considerations
As an immediate disclaimer, I am a doctor training to be a general practitioner in…
Could Ivermectin End the Pandemic?
The bacterium streptomyces avermitilis was discovered by Satoshi Omura at the Kitasato Institute in Japan…
Covid-19: Unanswered Questions
Confusion and fear are to be expected in novel situations where experience is limited; this…
Covid-19: A Deadly Deception
4,915. And rising. This number can only increase or, at best, stay the same. It…
‘Healthy People Do Not Require Genetic Vaccination’
Editor’s Note: Having previously published Vaccination: A Matter of Trust with Caveats, we now anticipate…
Covid-19 in Ireland: Landfall
In August of last year I wrote an article pointing to the impending consequence of…
By Hook or By Crook
People shouldn’t look at the balance sheet all of the time they should think of…
Covid-19: Questioning the Three Mantras
The three mantra for this pandemic in Ireland are: wash your hands; socially distance; and…
Jewel Anemones Crowning the Irish Coast
Mere colour, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul…
The Bonds that Hold Society Together
I am a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a doctor, an athlete, a…