The most boring, long-winded waffler ever to develop the power of speech.

Showing your ass to everyone as you reach around the back for the paper. Ergonomics were not considered here either.

Ireland declared a Climate Emergency 6 and a half years ago. Government action on it has been slow-walked for much, much longer.
When 'leaders' refuse to lead or are utterly incapable of it, can we please, for the love of God, hold their feet to the fire over it?!!

Ireland declared a Climate Emergency 6 and a half years ago. Government action on it has been slow-walked for much, much longer.
When 'leaders' refuse to lead or are utterly incapable of it, can we please, for the love of God, hold their feet to the fire over it?!!

I wonder if extending the monthly reporting to 4 months this year was a response to the January levels being so low. I hope the HPSC rethink this approach for 2026 as it really impacts the granularity of the data for the Wave that, so far, has always arrived during those months. /4

Don't get complacent, though. The viral load picked up again, peaking in most places 2 months later than previous years, in September. 2025.

One location is even reporting the highest viral load in wastewater since January 2021! I'm looking at you, Swords. /3

Not only did it not show up, but the 2024 autumn dip continued for 6 whole months, right into January 2025, making it the month with the lowest levels of Covid in wastewater since January 2021. /2

Looking at the graphs, I noticed that there has been a January Wave and a June/July Wave in Ireland every year since 2021, EXCEPT for this year. A January Wave completely failed to materialise in 2025. I don't know why. /1

It is a shame that, despite saying weekly reporting would resume in October, the HPSC still hasn't released a Wastewater Surveillance report yet this month.

This is so good! I know everyone's workrate is different, but I'd love to know how long this took to rig.

Also, what's with food scientists making every veggie offering spicy?

That's a mouthful. Lol

That's not the Mcplant burger, is it? Such a shame. We got the McPlant in Ireland nearly 4 years ago. It's SO freakin tasty!

Until they treat housing as essential infrastructure requiring state intervention and not a commodity that exists to maximise profit, it's only going to get worse.

This government is the boiling frog watching a national emergency unfold while demanding the chef add more salt!

An internal struggle with external consequences.

After 5 mins deep thought yesterday, I worked out how to instantly solve the traffic problem of getting into the Beacon Hospital.

I'm available for think tank work. For a reasonable fee, of course. My preferred unit of payment is (the monitary equivalent of) 1 Government Bike Shed per idea.

What's the opposite of Scope Creep?

Seriously, congrats.