Covid-19: A Flawed Consensus
Covid is a nightmare from which we are still trying to awake. But whether the…
Browsing: Covid-19
COVID-19: Shame on You
A new book COVID-19 and Shame: Political Emotions and Public Health in the UK (Bloomsbury,…
COVID-19 in Ireland: Lives Lost
Irish Times health correspondent Paul Cullens reported on February 13, 2023 that a disturbing 1,300…
Covid-19 in Ireland: Why and How?
Did you a struggle to understand and navigate your way through events surrounding our response…
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…
Covid-19 in Ireland: Pandemonium
Robert Fisk wrote: ‘we journalists try – or should try – to be the first…
Operation Mass Formation
We need to sing again. We need to be Irish. We need to socialise. We…
Covid-19: The View from Turkey
On March 11th, 2020 the first case of Covid-19 was diagnosed in Turkey, followed by…
Covid-19: Unanswered Questions
Confusion and fear are to be expected in novel situations where experience is limited; this…
Covid-19: A New Irish Social Contract?
Surveying the demise of the Celtic Tiger, Fintan O’Toole devoted an opening essay ‘‘Do you…
Covid-19: A Deadly Deception
4,915. And rising. This number can only increase or, at best, stay the same. It…
COVID-19: Virtual Work a Bridge Too Far?
For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by…
The New Abnormal
The pandemic has changed life as we know it. We are dealing with the ‘New…
COVID-19 and SMEs: Survival, Resilience and Renewal
In a recent survey of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) by Ernst and Young…
‘This is science which should go on trial’
A zoom panel discussion organised by Lindau, which included two other Nobel-prize winning scientists, provided…
Covid-19: A Simple Moral Calculus
Introduction There are still many unresolved questions regarding the pathogenesis of this disease and especially…
Reflections on Covid-19
Déjà Vu As Covid-19 sweeps through Ireland, I can’t help experiencing a feeling of déjà…
John Gray: the UK’s Leading Public Intellectual
Like errant flames from the dying embers of a once great fire, there is much…
Underlying Conditions Exacerbate Covid-19 Pandemic
Pressing Pause In the grip of serious illness anyone but an obtuse contrarian seeks medical…