AIB have announced plans to buy Goodbodys stockbrokers. Goodbodys is said to be 50% owned by Fexco and deals in investments and wealth management. Managing director is Roy Barrett. Reportedly in a statement AIB said they will continue to follow government rules but Goodbodys will have seperate structures in place. Has not been sanctioned by the Central Bank.
Nationalists may be opposed to supreme court
Poland are being criticised for new legislation for appointing judges to the supreme court. According to a source, supreme courts of unknown directive have been established in Europe and elsewhere causing concern for nationalists.
The child of Prague and the thirty years war
The house of Habsburg reportedly began ruling Bohemia in 1562, developing close ties with Spain. María Mendoza brought an image of hat was said to be the child Jesus, though he was dressed in aristocratic robes, on the occasion of her marriage to Vratislav. Maria’s mother, Doña Isabelle had reportedly been given the statue by Teresa of Avilla. It was placed in the monastery of our lady of Victory, Prague.
During the thirty years war beginning 1618, the statue was thrown in a pile behind the altar where it was found in 1637. Since 1788 the statue’s two raised fingers have worn two rings said to be as a thanksgiving for the healing of a girl. The 30 years war was reportedly a revolt against the Habsburgs by Saxons and Bohemian Germans thought to be of the Lutheran faith who were followers of Jon Hus. Jon Hus was a priest and teacher who was said to have taught his own ideas. 2stimated deaths were 4.5 to 8 million. The peace of Prague supposedly ended Saxon involvment in the war, but was followed by a Swedish invasion.
A family feud between Rudolf II, 1552-1612 and his brothers is believed to have weakened the Habsburg dynasty. Emperor Ferdinand II who was sent to study at a Jesuit college in Bavaria in order to seperate from saxon influence was replaced by Frederick V, a Calvinist, though Calvinists differed in opinion, left and right.
The peace of Westphalia 1646-48 was reportedly a series of lengthy talks resulting in two treaties. France though supposedly catholic opposed Spain and the Habsburgs.
RNA vaccines
Reportedly traditional vaccines have not been an effective response to rapidly evolving viruses such as ebola. MRNA vaccines are able to be produced quickly and are safe as they do not use infectious elements. Most research has been mainly in cases of infectious diseases and cancer. RNA vaccines reportedly generate a reliable immune response, have few side effects and are well tolerated by healthy individuals.
Vaccines
The Comirnaty vaccine by Pfizer who have partnered with BioNTech and the Moderna vaccine, unlike AstraZeneca which contains a viral vector, reportedly the common cold virus, are said to be pioneers of a new mRNA vaccine. MRNA vaccines were being produced and tested before the pandemic. Covid mRNA vaccines were reportedly being produced in March, as soon as the genetic structure of the virus was established. The idea is to replicate the covid antigen via genetic instructions. Once produced in the body it is recognised by the immune system which prepares it for the real thing. Reportedly Astra Zeneca has conditional marketing authorisation due to lack of data.
Messenger RNA vaccines are now being used in some cancer treatments. Described as a type of immunotherapy, an RNA sequence for mutant proteins specific to the cancer are injected, hopefully creating an immune response.
Covid deaths
Covid deaths in Ireland since March 2020 are reportedly 4,293. The uk have recorded approximately 166,000 deaths, Italy 96,974, Germany 69,555 and Spain 68,514.
Statistics over the years have recorded over a thousand deaths during a severe flu season in Ireland. According to one report no non covid flu fatalities have been recorded during the pandemic.
Man found guilty of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder
One man, Vincent Muscat has been found guilty of the procurement and planting of a car bomb which killed Daphne Caruana Galizia in October 2017. A major project of the anti corruption campaigner was the sharing of data concerning the buying of gas by Socar from Shell which is believed to be sold to Malta at an inflated price.
Could u.n. presence be related to oil?
According to reports an attempted kidnapping north of Goma in the Congo resulting in the death of three believed to be u.n. personnel on Monday; one said to be ambassador, a thought to be military policeman and a driver who were travelling in a MONUSCO convoy 10 miles north of the regional capital.
The u.n. presence in the Congo was supposedly established in 1999 and according to one report consists of around 28,000 personnel. The as called kivu conflict of the late nineties is believed to have concerned Rwandan independence from Motubu, president of what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo until 1997.
The as described Rwandan genocide of 1994 was blamed on the Rwandan patriotic front, said to be composed of Tutsi refugees who invaded from Uganda. Tutsis were reportedly expelled in the late 90’s. Currently 1.8 million Tutsis live in Rwanda, 1.7 million live in neighbouring Burindi.
The u.n. presence in DRC is said to be in north Kivu which has been the scene of several ebola outbreaks. Last major outbreak thought to be in 2020, now reportedly under control, possibly due to vaccines. According to a report petrol reserves were found in north Kivu on the shore of Lake Mwitanzige earlier this Century.
The argument for vaccine certificates
An argument for compulsory vaccines as stated by the media has described vaccines as being necessary in preventing the spread of the virus, when according to experts the vaccine may only prevent the subject from becoming ill. A vaccinated individual may still pass on the virus.
Planned merger
According to a report Ulster bank have said they are withdrawing from southern Ireland though they have an estimated 1.1 million customers and 88 branches in the south. Plans which do not include northern Ireland branches are a transfer of staff to the aib, along with the sale of commercial loans said to be worth €4 billion. According to the report, plans are at the discussion stage and no agreement has been reached.