So, the first hundred days are upon us and indeed it would not be possible to imagine a more difficult time to come into government.  The larger party - Fine Gael - campaigned on the basis of a “five-point plan”, so I thought I would review this plan and see how the election promises match […]

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It is becoming more commonplace - every few months we are hearing about a new bacterium or virus that is threatening humanity.  They seem to pop up all the time with scientists appearing on TV looking worried, with politicians deciding to impose restrictions on the movement of humans or food or animals or whatever.
It seems […]

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In the past couple of weeks there have been reports of a new deadly strain of E. coli that has caused more than 2,000 illnesses in Europe and it seems it has now moved to the US.
I have a few things to say about it.
First of all, it is a pretty regular E. coli.  It […]

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