Russia should lose place on UN Security Council – Taoiseach
Russia should lose its place on the UN Security Council due to its invasion of Ukraine, the Taoiseach has said.
Read moreUkraine says counter-offensive against Russian forces near Kherson has begun
US says long-anticipated move has ‘already had an impact’ on Moscow’s military capabilities A Ukrainian protester stands in front of Russian troops in a street during a rally against Russian occupation in Kherson in March © AP Ukraine said it had launched a counter-offensive against Russian forces near the city of Kherson, in a move […]
Read moreUK Department of Health investigates bias in medical devices and algorithms
The UK government has launched a review to look at the problem of discrimination in medical devices and decision-making software Published: 12 Aug 2022 16:55 The government has put out a call for evidence, looking for views and advice on how to tackle discrimination in medical devices and technology, as part of an independent review […]
Read moreMaybe 5G isn’t better
In October 1945, Arthur C Clarke wrote a paper, published in Wireless World magazine in the UK, discussing a global communications network. Arthur C Clarke’s profound paper from 1945 presents the concept of geospatial orbit, making the claim that with three satellites at such an orbit around the equator it would be possible to achieve […]
Read moreStormont Assembly fails to elect Speaker for third time
Stormont Assembly fails to elect Speaker for third time This is the third time the Assembly has been recalled since the 5 May election Members of the Stormont Assembly in Northern Ireland met in another bid to elect a Speaker to enable it to resume business, but failed to nominate a speaker. The attempt […]
Read moreBad blood between the Northern Ireland Office and the UUP
Bad blood between the Northern Ireland Office and the UUP UUP leader David Trimble complained that ‘most officials in the NIO were treacherous’ By David McCullagh Newly released British State documents reveal just how bad relations between the Ulster Unionist Party and the Northern Ireland Office were during the negotiation of the Good Friday Agreement. […]
Read moreHSE’s structural problems cannot be wished away
The HSE was initially set up by amalgamating the old health boards with the hope that significant cost saving could be achieved by this. Unfortunately the reality turned out to be very different, and instead we have ended up with a top-heavy bureaucratic organisation which is overburdened with overcompensated administrative and management personnel and hugely […]
Read more‘A good day for Europe’: EU grants Ukraine candidate status
The European Union agreed to put Ukraine on a path towards EU membership, acting with uncharacteristic speed and unity to pull the embattled country further away from Russia’s influence and bind it more closely to the West. Meeting at a summit in Brussels on Thursday, leaders of the EU’s 27 nations mustered the required unanimous […]
Read moreI have a terrible neighbour, and so do you
Boris Johnson doesn’t want to ‘get Brexit done’. He wants to keep Brexit going Expand Boris Johnson needs to keep the Brexit nonsense going because he has nothing else. There is no other policy and, economically, Brexit is a cul-de-sac. Isn’t it amazing that British intelligence can be so accurate on Russia and so appalling […]
Read moreThe Tory politics behind the wrangling over Northern Ireland Brexit bill
Critics accuse Boris Johnson and Liz Truss of using the legislation to court Eurosceptic MPs Foreign secretary Liz Truss ‘realised
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