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# damien-kiberd - Sunday 30 March, 2014
Damien Kiberd: Martin Callinan thought his friendship with Shatter would save him. He was wrong.
The ex-Garda Commissioner was hung out to dry in the most contrived way – but the Taoiseach’s handling of GardaGate was razor sharp.
# damien-kiberd - Sunday 23 March, 2014
Damien Kiberd: If prices are deflating, why are we feeling poorer?
Statisticians tell us inflation is a memory but what lies beneath – massive premiums on childcare, health insurance, water tax and more – is a better measure of the pain consumers feel.
# damien-kiberd - Sunday 9 March, 2014
Damien Kiberd: Why are the Irish not more critical of the EU?
And more to the point – are we “f**ked and brainwashed” by the ‘European Project’?
# damien-kiberd - Sunday 23 February, 2014
Damien Kiberd: A new property bubble - but not as we know it
A glut of cash buyers, homeowners anchored by negative equity and tracker mortgages – in Dublin, the situation for young people trying to buy is alarming.
# damien-kiberd - Sunday 19 January, 2014
Damien Kiberd: Ireland's real friend in Europe is not who you think
When the chips are down, Ireland has always been able to count on Britain – so why don’t we support them if they want to leave the EU?
# damien-kiberd - Sunday 12 January, 2014
Damien Kiberd: So what if Kenny and Bruton didn't lecture Middle East on human rights?
Were they not correct to put the business interests of Ireland first? And what about those other human rights abusers Ireland conveniently chooses to ignore?
# damien-kiberd - Sunday 3 November, 2013
Damien Kiberd: Jihad against Junior Cert is bizarre
Rather than tackle these rather basic issues of numeracy and literacy, we are meddling with exam systems which may not be a problem at all.
# damien-kiberd - Wednesday 9 October, 2013
The 9 at 9: Wednesday
Morning! Here are the nine things you need to know as you begin your day…
# damien-kiberd - Tuesday 8 October, 2013
Damien Kiberd: Austerity economics have us locked in Permaslump
“Families want to exit their own micro-bailouts too,” writes new TheJournal.ie columnist Damien Kiberd.
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Poll: Are you still using the Covid-19 tracker app?
IT’S A MONTH since the launch of the HSE’s new Covid-19 contact tracing app.
Since then, the app has had well over one million downloads, with the take-up rate heralded as being “the most successful launch” of the app anywhere in the world, said HSE CEO Paul Reid last month.
The app is intended to help contact tracing, particularly with people who aren’t family and friends, and uses Bluetooth technology to determine whether you’ve been a close contact of someone who’s tested positive for the virus.
Users are encouraged to switch on their Bluetooth settings, and to check in with their symptoms every day. The bluetooth function means that users will be notified via the app if they have been a close contact of a confirmed case.
As cases begin to rise again – particularly in Kildare, Laois and Offaly – health officials fear that transmission could once again spread within the community.
Of the 174 cases reported yesterday, around 50 of them were reported outside of the three counties now under new restrictions.
With that in mind, we want to know: Are you still using the Covid-19 tracker app?
Poll Results:
Yes, I check in every day (4474)
Yes, I check in most days (3855)
I didn't download it (3509)
Yes, but I only check in once or twice per week (2601)
No, I've stopped using it (2573)
Yes, but I only have the bluetooth contact tracing function enabled (1668)
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