The Oxford Covid Debate
On November 19 the Committee for Academic Freedom (CAF) hosted one of the first genuine…
Browsing: Science & Environment
Manchurian Monkeys
Acts of commission – such as an amputation of the wrong leg or a dose…
The Birth of a Doctor
The title of this article may seem somewhat prosaic, but given that it really is…
Covid-19 Vaccines: Informed Consent?
What if I told you that I had a new product – never before used…
The Carbon Tax Scapegoat
We are regularly presented with press releases from government departments that express empathy for those…
Emotional Regimes of the Pandemic
This Mortal Coil The Covid pandemic brought a public health emergency, political and legal challenges,…
We Must Begin with the Land
Review: We Must Begin with the Land: Seeking Abundance and Liberation through Social Ecology by…
Does Dublin Require 3 Railway Systems?
The future of urban transport policy lies not in expansion but in the intelligent use…
Covid-19: ‘The North Began’ Part II
Northern Ireland has already conducted a statutory inquiry into how Covid was managed. In contrast,…
How Far Can We Trust Science?
Science in itself appears to me neutral, that is to say, it increases men’s power…
A Contract of Indefinite Duration
The voice on the other end of the line was shaky and uncertain. ‘Are you…
Ireland Urgently Requires a Covid Inquiry
It should be a source of embarrassment that in Ireland we still have had no…
Podcast: China, COVID-19 and the Viscount
Listen to Part 2 (Bonus Episode) by subscribing (from just €5 p.m.) on Patreon. You…
Lockdowns: “Thinking in One Dimension”. Podcast Interview with Professor Sunetra Gupta.
Bonus Episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-ii-100102849 Or via apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep4-lockdowns-thinking-in-one-dimension-with-guest/id1728086643?i=1000648655188 In early 2020, Sunetra Gupta was quietly…
A Coming Plague
In Ireland and the UK, Anti-vax sentiment, or vaccine hesitancy, along with deteriorating trust in…
The Emerald Delusion
Let no feeling of vengeance presume to defile The cause of, or men of, the…
G.P. Practice: Foreshadowing Dystopia?
When the Irish government via the HSE (Health Services Executive) introduced a Chronic Disease Management…
The Vanishing Cat
When the day becomes the night and the sky becomes the sea, when the clock…
The Implications of Evolution
Evolution by natural election is the ‘greatest idea ever’ — a view which has been…
COVID-19 in Ireland: Lives Lost
Irish Times health correspondent Paul Cullens reported on February 13, 2023 that a disturbing 1,300…