New Events

Galway

no events posted in last week

Blog Feeds

Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

Public Inquiry >>

Human Rights in Ireland
Promoting Human Rights in Ireland

Human Rights in Ireland >>

Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Disney?s Snow White Projected to Lose Staggering $115 Million Tue Apr 01, 2025 20:00 | Will Jones
Disney's woke Snow White makeover is set to lose a staggering $115 million at the box office, according to distribution sources cited by Deadline.
The post Disney’s Snow White Projected to Lose Staggering $115 Million appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Irresponsibility of ?Sex Ed? Providers is Staggering ? Take a Look at Brook Tue Apr 01, 2025 17:57 | Caroline Ffiske
It's no surprise that schoolchildren are being suspended for being 'transphobic', says Caroline Ffiske. Harmful gender pseudoscience is still being taught in schools thanks to taxpayer-funded sex-ed providers like Brook.
The post The Irresponsibility of ‘Sex Ed’ Providers is Staggering ? Take a Look at Brook appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Is the UK Heading Towards a Cultural Collapse? Tue Apr 01, 2025 16:19 | Sallust
A visitor to the UK from Australia is worried, seeing widening social, political and economic fractures that leave the UK in danger of a cultural collapse. Hope is not lost, she says, but it is quickly draining away.
The post Is the UK Heading Towards a Cultural Collapse? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link No Free Trade with US Without Free Speech, State Department Warns Starmer Tue Apr 01, 2025 14:01 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer?s free trade deal with the US is at risk over free speech after the US State Department warned there would be "no free trade without free speech" ? but Whitehall officials have dismissed it as a bluff.
The post No Free Trade with US Without Free Speech, State Department Warns Starmer appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link April Fools Round-Up Tue Apr 01, 2025 11:54 | Will Jones
The problem with April Fools' Day is half the stories the rest of the year seem like they should appear on April 1st. We've compiled a round-up of joke stories ? and a few real ones that really shouldn't be.
The post April Fools Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Lockdown Skeptics >>

Voltaire Network
Voltaire, international edition

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en

offsite link The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en

offsite link Western Europeans Deprived of Defense, by Thierry Meyssan Tue Mar 25, 2025 06:04 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?125 Fri Mar 21, 2025 11:48 | en

offsite link The London Virtual Summit for Ukraine Fri Mar 21, 2025 11:19 | en

Voltaire Network >>

Galway Restaurant Is First Business In Ireland To Challenge Vaccine Pass In Court

category galway | rights, freedoms and repression | news report author Monday October 11, 2021 00:06author by Anti Lockdown Report this post to the editors

GALWAY RESTAURANT IS THE FIRST BUSINESS IN IRELAND TO CHALLENGE THE VACCINE PASS AT COURT ON GROUNDS OF DISCRIMINATION 

GALWAY RESTAURANT IS THE FIRST BUSINESS IN IRELAND TO CHALLENGE THE VACCINE PASS AT COURT ON GROUNDS OF DISCRIMINATION

A District Court Judge in Galway was asked on Monday 4th October to set aside a Compliance Notice issued on 20th August and which had been served upon the owners of a well known Italian restaurant in Galway City known as Il Vicolo.

The Restaurant had been served with the notice by a number of HSE compliance officers appointed under the Health Acts 1947-2021 (as amended) otherwise known as the ‘Indoor Dining Legislation’. The Restaurant was appealing the order whilst the HSE were seeking to shut the restaurant down by way of a cessation order. The Restaurant had been inspected on several occasions because of their stance and was shut down for two days in September following a HSE application for an emergency cessation order.

Oisin Collins Senior Counsel for the restaurant submitted that the EU Digital Covid Certificate Regulation provided for a third category of testing. This had been included at a European level in order to avoid issues of direct and indirect discrimination as people may not be able to get a vaccine or may choose to get a vaccine. This omission was a clear breach of the regulation itself, European privacy law, the Constitution, the European Charter of Fundamental Rights and the EU Convention on Human Rights. He submitted that his position on the issue of discrimination was unanswerable.

In reply, Stephen Moran BL for the HSE said the Irish Government were effectively 'at large' in relation to how they wished to deal with the issue of re-opening pubs and restaurants at a domestic level given the serious threat to public health and the rise in cases due to the Delta variant.

District Judge, John King having heard detailed submissions on discrimination, decided that he did not have to rule on this issue as the Compliance Notice only went so far as to require records rather than prohibit people from entering.

Gerry commented after the hearing:

‘Our restaurant has been non-stop inspected by Compliance Officers since this law was imposed because of our non-discriminatory stance and this has been our third time to appear at court. It was very difficult for my entire staff when we were shut down without notice and we all suffered financial loss. I work on my instinct and right from the get go I had a strong feeling that this law is wrong, discriminatory and divisive. My principles and convictions are very important to me. I have two children and a baby on the way and I feel that it is my moral and ethical duty to challenge such laws and policies. For if we do not take a stance and legally challenge the erosion of our civil and constitutional rights what future have our children?’.

Lawyers For Justice wish to commend owner Gerry McMahon and the staff of Il Vicola, particularly Breffni Archer, for demonstrating such courage, integrity and strength of conviction.

In the words of Mahatma Gandhi:

'Fear Is The Enemy'

author by NApublication date Tue Nov 09, 2021 21:07author address author phone Report this post to the editors

HAIL THESE BRAVE PEOPLE. WE WILL DEFINITELY GO TO EAT THERE AND BOYCOTT ALL THE COLLABORATORS WHO DEMAND NEO-NAZI PASSES.

WE ARE NOT ANIMALS OR CATTLE, WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS. VX PASSES ARE FOR FARM ANIMALS!

 
© 2001-2025 Independent Media Centre Ireland. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by Independent Media Centre Ireland. Disclaimer | Privacy