.Kay Burley talking UK Health Minister Gillian Keegan on Sky News this morning. As you clearly hear Keegan constantly sensationalising the severity of #Omicron and thankfully Kay Burley is a journalist with integrity, extracting the facts which are nowhere near as sensational.

All this for the greater good for a variant with mild symptoms. 100 years on, we've gone from freedom fighters to obedient people awaiting rewards or punishment from those with power. #COVID19 #Omnicronvariant

Senator Sharon Keogan 😐

Seeing lads in "the professions" whos main change was working from home, who never went on PUP or had to lay off staff sneering at people giving out over losing "pints" - is a lot more revealing about them than they think

Omicron is the woke version of Covid: loud, noisy, and seeking attention, but doesn't actually do anything.

If Martin says we are in “a much better place” again I’ll explode How are we in a “better place” to last Christmas? - More cases - More hospitalisations - More deaths - More restrictions - A Vaccine Passport society - Discrimination - Masks on kids - Massive national debt

So now instead of one social event on Xmas eve, we’ve now moved the dinner to a lunch and can make that house party after all. The irony. Chief Medical Officer you lost the room a very very long time ago.

Micheál Martin @merrionstreet I feel for everyone who has their job and income affected. Unfortunately, you don’t demonstrate a true understanding of how pressured people in those sectors are. How about you give back your salary & try to live on what people in hospitality will have to live on this Christmas?

Ostracising someone because of a personal medical decision is never a good look.

To clarify RTÉ News incorrectly reporting that all arriving pax must complete an #antigen test for 3 days after arrival in the state. Not the case, it’s only #advice.

I think the most disappointing aspect of this pandemic is that many of my colleagues in medicine have demonstrated a complete loss of the capacity or willingness to think critically.

South Africa is set to end contact tracing and quarantining as they seem to be able to see their Omicron peak and because of their very high levels of immunity.

Someone should call the World Health Organization (WHO) and tell them that @DonnellyStephen says ‘they’re right’. They’d be delighted, I’d say. TonightVMTV

Scrapping travel bans will ease financial burden on passengers, says WHO Travel bans “are not effective in suppressing international spread (as clearly demonstrated by the Omicron experience)” euronews.com/travel/2022/01…

RTÉ Six One interview with Russia’s Ambassador to Ireland Yuriy Filatov | Live updates: bit.ly/3IpHMSx

Great experience at @_TheNMH

dub David Murphy RTÉ News The people who made it a criminal offence to go to the airport need to take responsibility.

Garreth McDaid dub David Murphy RTÉ News They’re just delighted that the zombeens are blaming the DAA instead.

Deficient safety culture alert! @WizzAir CEO encourages pilots to fly fatigued! It’s like handing the car keys to a drunk driver. EASA step in! You are WIZZ’ oversight authority…

Thread of the most surreal villages on Earth 🧵 1. Marpissa in Paros, Greece