An Táiniste Leo Varadkar in 2021, referred to the Pride Parade as a protest. Varadkar was both Taoiseach and Minister For Defence when Irish Soldiers marched in the Pride Protest in 2018. I maintain to this day that all involved should be punished severely for using the DF as a political tool.

So today, the London Times did an article on the excess mortality in Ireland. Funny how this is mentioned first in Britain, rather than on RTE or The Irish Times.

I'm delighted to see more people run with the rip.ie stuff now as a valid proxy for mortality in Ireland.

There's two points I want to address here.

1: Gabriel Scally, a zero covid advocator who has been wrong from the start, is "surprised" by what is happening in Ireland because of the levels of investment here compared to Britain.

The covid booster in the UK is only available to older people. In Ireland, it's anyone between 18-49 who can now get it. Look at the slope of the line as well.

2: There's a statement here whereby a spokesperson for the HSE said there was no "excess deaths" being seen.

That's either a flat out lie, or more and more people are "dying suddenly" at their homes, out of the observation of the HPSE.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/240203b2-9450-11ed-b849-7c425fb89a82?shareToken=654ad5b2818a82da0cfe7667dbdef00e