David W. Higgins @higginsdavidw Twitter profile

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

3 years

This week we mark 1 year since Dr. Li Wenliang sounded the alarm over a large number of SARS-like patients at his Wuhan hospital. Li was silenced by the police and kept working with his patients. In early January he caught the new disease and died from it in February aged 33.

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4 years

A European source appalled by the staging of Chinese aid: "When we sent aid to them, they asked us to be discreet, they did not want to lose face." Reminder: the EU has delivered 56 tonnes of medical equipment to China.

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@higginsdavidw

8 months

People with A energy rated houses in 28 degree heat

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

I've posted this chart before but I've never felt so strongly that the whole country needs to see it. This wave is not the same as the first. Hospital and ICU numbers are a fraction of where they were in April. Deaths are only at 2.7% of peak. Level 5 would be excessive.

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

Cork had Ireland's first case of community transmission. When county data was first published, Cork had 18% of total cases. As of Thursday, it only had 10%. The rate of growth in Cork is now only 8% daily. Looks like they're taking it seriously down there. Well done Cork!

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

"Yeah 81, there was eighty-one of them at it"

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

Get in loser, we're going to Phase 3

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@higginsdavidw

3 years

Outdoor gatherings = 0.1% of cases International travel = 0.37% of cases Two molehills turned into mountains this past year

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

YES, c'mon Italy! 🇮🇹 We now have ONE WEEK of case growth below 10%. 5.6% is the lowest daily increase so far. #FlattenTheCurve is happening. Forza!

David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

4 years

Growth of 6.9%, the lowest since Italy's outbreak began. Day 6 of single-digit growth. Encouraging. Lockdown is working, but the burden on the healthcare isn't yet easing.

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@higginsdavidw

2 years

Messaging @RiochtConor2 this morning. He is doing ok but needs a break. He will be back. I'm really appreciative of his work lately. Sadly some haven't and they've been very vocal. There's only so much of that you can take before it's too much Looking forward to his return.

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

Ireland has kicked out the posh boy government. The Taoiseach will no longer be an apartment-owning Trinity grad, but a large-house-owning Trinity grad! The Housing Minister will no longer be a privately educated Micheal's lad but a privately educated Blackrock lad! #change

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

Everything here is in line with regulations with lots of cold breeze to blow away the virus if it's there. Outdoor transmission is rare. People need to calm down or we won't have an economy left. And please ban cars from this street @DubCityCouncil so there's more space.

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

I made a Green List travel guide

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

P*ddy C*sgrave is quickly becoming the new G*mma O'D*herty. Wildly conspiratorial, prophet of doom, and "trolling the establishment" for the sake of it. Whatever about doing so in normal times, doing so during a national emergency show just how far he goes for attention.

Paul Reid

@paulreiddublin

4 years

So Paddy, @paddycosgrave , we have never met personally or professionally. I don't do spin and aim to be straight with the public. You have your view and I have my responsibilities as CEO of @HSELive , which I cherish. Throwing rocks from the sideline doesnt help anyone #COVID19

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

Apparently there's a pub in Wexford that has reopened without a kitchen, but insists on customers ordering from a local take-away with delivery to the pub. If that doesn't win @EY_Ireland Entrepreneur of the Year 2020, I don't know what will.

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

Joe Biden picks Harris for VP

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@higginsdavidw

3 years

Finally, I just want to thank everyone who has supported my work to date. My account won't be deactivated so you can still review historic data. I might do the odd Like / RT if I take a sneaky look at what's being said! 🤭 Otherwise, see you in a few weeks. 👋

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3 years

Marathons 🏃‍♀️ going ahead this autumn: 🇬🇧 London 🇫🇷 Paris 🇪🇸 Barcelona 🇺🇸 Boston 🇩🇪 Berlin 🇬🇷 Athens 🇺🇸 New York 🇵🇹 Lisbon 🇨🇭 Jungfrau 🇺🇸 Chicago 🇳🇱 Amsterdam 🇩🇪 Frankfurt 🇺🇸 Los Angeles 🇳🇱 Rotterdam 🇮🇹 Rome #OutlierIreland 🇮🇪 continues

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

4 years

Tomorrow Ireland enters Phase 3 and travel restrictions lift nationwide. I'm taking a week off for a staycation in West Cork. I won't be posting the virus data next week, so it brings an end to 4 months straight of doing so every day. I will be back the week after. Stay safe.

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

1 year

Paschal Donohoe is departing as Ireland's finance minister after 5 years Highlights of his time: 🔵Balanced budget 🔵No recession 🔵Debt falling 🔵COVID supports 🔵Eurogroup President 🔵Record public services funding 🔵Full employment Stability and integrity @Paschald

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

7 years

There's never been a terrorist attack in the Gaeltacht. They all know the Modh Coinníollach. Draw your own conclusions.

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

3 years

I've visualised the doses administered at the Coombe hospital for perspective. They managed to find 120 extra HCW *before* the 16 doses were given to family members. Lessons to be learnt here, but it looks like management did their best to use every last drop.

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

2 years

Thinking tonight of: - my brother (21) who can finally enjoy the nightlife that's so important at his age - my sister (12) who can finally have a warm classroom, use of her locker and lunch time inside school Our young people have sacrificed so much. Time they got it all back.

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@higginsdavidw

2 years

I think Boylan has crossed a line here. These photos are the hospital chaplaincy service. They provide pastoral care to the sick and dying. Most Irish hospitals have them and the service is optional. 1/ 🧵

Peter Boylan

@drboylan

2 years

Thank you to the person who sent me these pictures taken an hour ago in the “fully secular” St Vincent’s Hospital Mass in hospital oratory ☑️ Mass on hospital TV ☑️ Blessed Sacrament exposed daily ☑️ Stations of the Cross ☑️ Core Values of Sisters of Charity posted on campus ☑️

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@higginsdavidw

3 years

New data from Israel show 90%+ effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine 21 days **after just one dose**. By end-April, Ireland should have over 3 million doses, enough to give one dose to 60%+ of the country. Reopening could be end-spring, not mid-summer... Why not just one dose?

RTÉ News

@rtenews

3 years

No consideration will be given to opening hospitality until mid-summer, Taoiseach Mícheál Martin has said

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

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.

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

I printed off the full 23 page document tonight. I read through all the measures and underlined a few. I could not, if you asked me on live TV, recite each one back.

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@higginsdavidw

2 years

Ok, I'm calling it. (deep breath) Ireland has passed the peak of the Omicron wave! Too many data points are now showing it. It's time to talk reopening 🔓 But first, some data 📊🙂🧵 1/

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@higginsdavidw

2 years

01:30am and the number 15 bus home is nearly full. Not a nitelink, just an ordinary route running 24 hours. I hope every bus route in Dublin will have this eventually @dublinbusnews

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

UNEXPECTED CONNELL IN THE BAGGING AREA #NormalPeople

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@higginsdavidw

3 years

One day you may be cool, but you'll never be Luke O'Neill cool

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

Sinn Féin proposing increasing Jobseeker's Allowance by €42 a week. That's €2,184 extra a year. Ireland has made great progress in getting unemployment down from 15% to under 5% today. It would be a mistake to introduce welfare traps which reverse that progress. #ge2020

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

Tweets were widely shared last month of Sinn Féin TDs returning pay rises of €8,188 (8.5% of total salary). Today we hear that @LeoVaradkar has refused a higher increase (12% of total, approx. €25,000). He seems to have never tweeted about it.

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@rtenews

4 years

Taoiseach says Ministers will not be accepting a pay rise this year, and he has handed back 12% of his salary for this year. | Live updates:

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

4 years

If you can't forgive this man, then who can you forgive?

Ejmad

@Ejmad

5 years

The only politician in pride that looks like he wants to be here is @EamonRyan dancing away #greenparty #pride #DublinPride ... not sure where his shoes have gone though 😅

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

I did a sweep of party manifestos (FG, FF, SF). Keyword searches for "Intensive care" "Ventilators" "Pandemic" Not a single result. No party saw this coming. Claiming your party would have better prepared us is false. We need unity not division.

Mary Lou McDonald: This crisis shows that Sinn Féin was right

Best of 2020: Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are striving to lock us out of power while co-opting our policies

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

3 years

More like inequality street...

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

I love the theory that @FineGael hired bots for the pandemic but *didn't* hire them for the general election we had two months ago.

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

I do feel sorry for @WebSummit employees. They had no part in fabricating the death of nurses, spreading fear, misinformation or Chinese propaganda. A company that was once a beacon of Irish tech success now carries the label of petty attention seeking during a national crisis.

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@higginsdavidw

3 years

How will Bill Gates spend his first day in control of Annie Lynch (79)?

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@higginsdavidw

2 years

🇬🇧 The UK's 5 Chancellors since 2019 Javid (July 19) Sunak (Feb 20) Zahawi (July 22) Kwarteng (Sep 22) Hunt (Oct 22) 🇮🇪 Only 5 Irish Finance Ministers since 1997 McCreevy (1997) Cowen (2004) Lenihan (2008) Noonan (2011) Donohoe (2017) #Stability

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@higginsdavidw

3 years

Lots of focus on Mountbatten, but let's not forget Paul Maxwell, a 15-year old Irish boy who was working on the boat that day. He was one of two boys killed in the explosion. He had his whole life ahead of him. #TheCrownSeason4

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@higginsdavidw

2 years

Key words in initial statements by Irish universities on #Ukraine Trinity - "condemns" UCC - "condemns" NUIG - "condemns" Maynooth - "condemns" RCSI - "strongly condemns" UL - "deplores and condemns" UCD - "concern with the situation" 🤔

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@higginsdavidw

2 years

Both I and Usain Bolt can run

Maxime Bernier

@MaximeBernier

2 years

Both the vaccinated and unvaccinated can spread the virus.

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

6 years

Every single taxi at the rank in @DublinAirport wouldn't accept card this morning. My business went to @mytaxi_ie instead. DAA should ban cash-only taxis at the rank until we can make card payments mandatory for all taxis. Most European cities do this!!

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@higginsdavidw

2 years

NPHET estimate 285,000-480,000 cases in the week to Jan 5th. 1,043 hospital admissions this past week, but at least 25% are incidental (so let's say 782). So only 0.16% (1 in 625) to 0.27% (1 in 370) need hospital care. Does it need to go lower before we say "it's over"?

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

Ireland's only non-white TD happens to be An Taoiseach @LeoVaradkar This week he: - Spoke out against the "virus" of racism - Condemned the US response to the protests Yet, some are now accusing him of supporting institutional racism 👀 You couldn't make this up if you tried

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4 years

Leo Varadkar justifies institutional racism in Ireland by saying that it's not as bad as the institutional racism ongoing in the US. What a low bar to set. Pathetic.

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@higginsdavidw

2 years

This is so random but I'm remote working in a coliving house in Tenerife and I've convinced everyone to watch the #LateLateToyShow . There's other houses nearby and everyone is coming over. Me and @CDB_90 bought snacks to share 😀

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

3 years

A non-COVID chart for a change. Fascinating discovery from @eoinneylon here on the voting patterns of Dublin City councillors on housing issues. This is just the 21 votes taken since 2019. Dublin has an acute housing shortage and the issue will return after the pandemic.

Eoin Neylon

@eoinneylon

3 years

The breakdown is as such (number of times group majority voted against a motion for housing development). I4C 21, PBP 19, SF 16, SD 12, FF 2, GRN 2 LAB 2, FG 1. (INDs not counted as a group) For each vote details, see (3/3)

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

200 new cases today (+8%) 2,615 total cases. This is lowest number of new cases all week, and the lowest % increase since the outbreak began. Well done everyone! Small victory here, but more to be done, as cases continue to rise! #FlattenTheCurve

David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

4 years

294 new cases today (+14%). 2,415 total cases. 14% growth is the lowest growth recorded since the outbreak began. Early signs that social distancing and other measures are having an impact. #FlattenTheFeckinCurve Share this around if it's useful. Thanks.

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

We're reaching petty levels of attack on our ministers who are trying to steer us through our country's greatest crisis. This from a supposed journalist, who claims @SimonHarrisTD stole a video, when in fact, any embedded video automatically credits the creator at the bottom.

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@higginsdavidw

2 years

One of those days where there's more heat than light on this platform. Maybe it's the time of year, I don't know. Anyhow, I put out some new charts tonight. Can't let the bullies have their way around here 😉

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@higginsdavidw

2 years

What a journey for antigen tests. From "snake oil" to first line of defence in 7 months.

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@MichealLehane

2 years

It’s understood that Government is also likely to soon advise that people should have a positive antigen test before seeking a PCR test

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@higginsdavidw

3 years

By August 22nd, the vaccination of adults will still be ongoing. 40,000 will attend the All Ireland finals in Croke Park. By September 24th, the vaccination of adults will be complete, yet 70,000 *won't* be allowed at Electric Picnic. Makes sense.

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@higginsdavidw

3 years

The macho smileys on Grafton Street all ran for their lives Apparently their bodies can handle a deadly disease but a wee baton is too much

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

4 years

Meanwhile in politics - a @fiannafailparty TD with a maths degree has had to explain discount rates to @sinnfeinireland 's housing spokesperson after the policy was grossly misrepresented in a tweet which now has 3,000 likes.

James Lawless

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4 years

@EOBroin Taking 4% discount factor (which I believe is standard on treasury projects), allowing for 2% pa rent inflation, looking at at grossed up NPV of c. 340k. Take off the 2% and it’s 196k. Both a long way off 800k? Plus add the opportunity cost of capital now for other projects.

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@higginsdavidw

3 years

I hope people don't hurt themselves jumping off the Zero COVID bandwagon

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@higginsdavidw

3 years

A ten-day-old baby 🍼 might soon become the youngest person in MHQ Slow clap for everyone who supported this 👏👏👏 You can sleep easy knowing you've stopped up to 1% of cases Well done 👍

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@Orlaodo

3 years

Couple who travelled to Ukraine for birth of their baby via surrogate fear being stranded and prevented from coming home: @RTENews

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@higginsdavidw

2 years

The share of cases entering hospital with COVID is collapsing. We began December with approx. 1 in 100 cases needing hospital treatment. It's now 1 in 200. The true picture is even better because of so many missing cases. #Omicron #Vaccinations

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@higginsdavidw

3 years

Imagine forgetting to grammar check your anti-RTÉ hoodie before it goes to print. Amateurs.

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@MarkLTighe

3 years

Outside the GPO now.

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

Being offline this week, I didn't get a chance to pay tribute to @CMOIreland as he steps back from the role. I can't add much more to what's already been said about the service he has given his country. I think this photo by @HuskiesAgency sums it up best. #ThankYouTony

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

This photo shared by @ClareDalyMEP , allegedly of Bulgarian #keelings workers, is actually from a LIDL store last year. #FakeNews

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

Feeling very sorry for those who already went through their 5km radius on Tinder during the first lockdown.

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@higginsdavidw

10 months

Deliveroo drivers crowdsourced a risk map of the city two years ago. Sadly, they've known of these risks long before they reached mainstream attention. I'm sure much of it is open to debate, but it's a starting point for understanding the city.

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

I don't like sharing this chart every day, but here goes... Still following the Italy trend with a 2 week lag 🙁

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

First he fabricates the death of 4 nurses. Then he fabricates his own exit from Twitter. He lasted 4 days. Now he's back to scare the life out of anyone who has a relative in a nursing home, based on a WhatsApp message. Just f**k off Paddy!

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

Dublin's old dilapidated buildings quite literally stand in the way of building high rise dense urban living. If you believe in solving the housing crisis, then you must believe in knocking some old buildings to put up new ones, especially if knocking 1 leads to 105 more.

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@higginsdavidw

2 years

The day was bound to come. PCR test done too which should confirm tomorrow. I will finally be one of the statistics I've been following all this time 😅

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

A quick update on COVID-19 trends in Ireland. I invested in a microphone and graphics pad, and I hope to do more videos like this. If this is helpful, please share it around.

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

Those calling for @LeoVaradkar to spend more time with rough sleepers during the housing crisis now say "he has more important things to be doing" when he signs up to treat patients during the health crisis.

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

House parties aren't happening because they're cheaper than the pub, they're happening because the pubs are shut to large groups. This won't work.

RTÉ News

@rtenews

4 years

An expert in public health has called for the Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, to urgently introduce a minimum unit pricing on alcohol, in a bid to deter house parties

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@higginsdavidw

10 months

@thhamilton Spare a thought for the 32% who think inflation falling means prices have already dropped. That headline will cause headaches.

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@higginsdavidw

26 days

Strong words from Ivan Yates on the Irish government's position on Palestine. 🇮🇪🇵🇸 But his story about the trip to Washington... 🇺🇲 Did that actually happen? (Path to Power podcast with @cooper_m by @nkmanagement )

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@higginsdavidw

3 years

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.

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@higginsdavidw

10 months

RTÉ must be made accountable for its use of public money. But context is important. The HSE spends more money in four days than RTÉ receives in licence fee money each year. Grants to 32,841 different NGOs is ~30x higher.

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

We've been told that lockdowns are meant to protect the health system from being overloaded. Ireland's hospital and ICU occupancy (for COVID patients) is among the lowest in Europe right now.

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@higginsdavidw

3 years

The RTÉ Player app freezing and crashing on this exact frame of @GeorgeLeeRTE was its own way of expressing just how bad the cases are 😲

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@higginsdavidw

2 years

Time zones are crazy! Australia is in 2022 Ireland is in 2021 NPHET's hand washing advice is in 2020

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

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 thread on what it means will have to suffice. 1/20

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@higginsdavidw

3 years

NPHET modelling is out. This is their central scenario. No repeat of January hospital peak. 500 in hospital by September 6th. That gives you ***10 weeks*** to put measures in place like vaccination check to prevent hospital overrun. We could have opened. Very disappointing.

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@higginsdavidw

3 years

700,000 cases is 1 in 7 people in this country catching COVID... In the summer... With the majority of us vaccinated... Folks, these outcomes won't happen. It's absolutely scandalous these numbers went to cabinet.

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@higginsdavidw

3 years

Sad to hear of the death of Tony Holohan's wife, Dr. Emer Holohan. May she rest in peace @CMOIreland

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@higginsdavidw

3 years

I emailed Conor Riordan @RiochtConor2 to check in since he paused his account. He says all is well and that he just needed a break. He hopes to be back around Easter. Like many of you, I look forward to seeing his analysis back here soon.

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

SF's @EOBroin describes the hundreds of millions wiped of the Irish stock exchange this week as "fictional changes". This isn't fiction Eoin, it's real life, real losses. You're scaring vital international investment away from Ireland. #TonightVMTV

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@higginsdavidw

3 years

Ireland 🇮🇪 is likely to pass 9% of the population with a first dose this weekend The number of days taken to vaccinate each % of the population is falling as we go 📉 It took 5 weeks to get the first 3% vaccinated The next 3% took 4 weeks The last 3% has taken just 2 weeks!

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@higginsdavidw

1 year

A Sunday-afternoon treat. Chay Bowes switches sides.

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@higginsdavidw

4 years

The usual Irish COVID-19 data comes out at 6pm/8.45pm. But what number should we look out for? What number shows us working to #FlattenTheCurve ? I've made a new table to preview the daily numbers. For today <335 new cases will be progress. Please share if this is useful.

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

4 years

While cases are rising again, there are two key differences from April: 1) The age profile is younger, so hospital and ICU admissions should be lower, and deaths fewer. 2) Contact tracing and testing are much better. New outbreaks can be brought under control quickly.

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

4 years

Ireland 🇮🇪 reports 51 new cases today. Italy 🇮🇹 reports 813, equivalent to 68 Irish cases (adjusted for population). Ireland's restaurants 👩‍🍳 won't open for another 6 weeks. 🔒 Hairdressers 💇‍♂️ in 9 weeks 🔒 Pubs 🍺 in 12 weeks. 🔒 In Italy they're all open today... 🔓

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

4 years

You'd have to feel sorry for Eamon Ryan. He spent his life since 2011 rebuilding a political party from the ground up, only for members who were children at the time to take a pop at him the second he does something wrong.

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

5 months

Ireland's colonial past drives a lot of the sympathy towards 🇵🇸. But Irish freedom wasn't won by targeting civilians (like Oct 7th) and the world wouldn't have backed us if we did. The Palestinian cause probably goes nowhere until the genocidal strategy from Hamas changes.

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

3 years

I feel sorry for the IDA executive caught up in this story. She was supposedly "humiliated" by Cosgrave at an event. The IDA do fantastic work and their staff should be supported by all Irish businesses, just as they support them back.

Paddy Cosgrave ‘ran toxic campaigns’ against Varadkar and the IDA

Web Summit chief executive Paddy Cosgrave has been accused of using company resources to run “toxic” campaigns and vendettas against Leo Varadkar, the Tána...

www.independent.ie

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

4 years

The decision to now test asymptomatic nursing home staff for C19 isn't a "should have happened sooner" decision. It's a "wasn't possible until now" decision. We had a backlog of 35,000 tests, all with symptoms. Who from the backlog should we have pushed down the list?

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

3 years

Both tweets are sources of laughter

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

2 years

Finally got to meet @logical_conor in person for the first time. Lovely guy who gave so much of his time to keeping everyone up to date. We are both enjoying COVID-chart-retirement. Chart bros for life 😋

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

4 years

Mattie McGrath tests positive for lack of awareness

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

3 years

Wouldn't want to risk joining the 0.1%

RTÉ News

@rtenews

3 years

The HSE has warned people against dropping their guard against Covid-19 even when they are in outdoor settings |

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

3 years

Next week's @ClaireByrneLive Amarach panel poll: "Do you support removing all taxes, moving the island to a warmer climate and winning the world cup?" Yes 95% No 3% Don't Know 2%

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

3 years

We're missing the good news in the Coombe story: 1) A hospital administered over ONE THOUSAND doses in ONE DAY 2) The vials are giving us more doses than the hospitals are planning for. That means we just need to line up more people from the priority groups to avoid this again.

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

3 years

Good COVID news today: - Ireland at ~6% with a first dose - Hospitalisations now below 500 - J&J one dose vaccine to be approved in 9 days New research shows: - T-cell response is strong against all variants - One AZ/Pfizer dose cuts serious illness by >80% in over 80s

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David W. Higgins

@higginsdavidw

4 years

Something we should never forget. When 5Gemma O'Doherty is de-platformed, it reflects a platform she had to begin with. And who gave her that platform? The Irish left.

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