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I'm taking a twitter holiday for the next few weeks.I'll explain why I've chosen now.I think the time is right. 1) CasesThe "fourth wave" still hasn't come.If cases do rise,

I've made a table for each county showing cases in each local electoral area (LEA).I'll post each one in the thread below. Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry

Well done to @GeorgeLeeRTE for doing a detailed piece comparing Ireland and Sweden .Important that we have this debate.A few comments on the piece and my own views on

I've stopped getting angry at photos like this.It's next to impossible to determine the spacing.Only aerial footage can prove that

THREADThis article is a challenging read. I had a go at replicating its findings for Ireland to assess the effectiveness of the two lockdown stages in March.I'm quite surprise by

936 new cases (+5.6%)17,607 total cases25 new deaths, bringing the total to 794(28 new, less 3 deaths denotified).I'm not worried about the jump in new cases. I'll explain.1/https://twitter.com/higginsdavidw/status/1253021827988930564 Ireland

Ireland's Vitals65 new hospital admissions and 5 new ICU admissions.We're now 2 weeks since the day of highest hospital admissions and 1 week since the day of highest ICU admissions.This

Right, I'm not done with this nursing home issue.Fake news still a plenty that Ireland is "letting people die" in nursing homes.Time for some numbers!1/ .@HSELive don't give a day-by-day

There's a lot of scaremongering going around about nursing homes.Claims that residents are being "left to die".A few points on that...1/ The first is that there clearly *are* issues. The

HSE's @paulreiddublin says that the backlog of tests is now 11,000. At its peak, there were 35,000 waiting.He says that 72,000 tests have now been completed, with 7,900 tests alone

THREAD@CMOIreland had a tough press conference there. @GeorgeLeeRTE confused over numbers.I understand it now, but I think I've found another problem...1/13 The @HSELive reports at the press conference every day

This is a reply from a Sinn Féín TD on Facebook to a comment about the @HSELive response to COVID-19.It's worthy of an entire Masters dissertation, but for now a