A military coup may be a step backwards; new reports of systematic rape from Xinjiang in China; why we should let artists starve; and that time Tommy Tiernan said he would have killed 10 to 12 million Jews if he was running the Holocaust.

The UK considers gifting surplus vaccines to Ireland; the European Commission has managed to bring Europe together in opposition to the Commission; and the latest opinion polls.

https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/europe-s-vaccine-disaster-commission-president-ursula-von-der-leyen-seeking-to-duck-responsibility-a-1197547d-6219-4438-9d69-b76e64701802

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses the need to take the time to look back so that you can see how far you've come.

A group of random internet users cripple a hedge fund and they may now have the taste for blood; the Jewish space laser; the HSE somehow finds a new depth of ineptitude; and the AstraZeneca issue keeps on rolling on.

Bertie Ahern comes out on maneuvers; the entire force of the Irish government is unable to update a website once a day; and an explainer of what's happening between the EU and AstraZeneca.

https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2021/01/26/news/interview_pascal_soriot_ceo_astrazeneca_coronavirus_covid_vaccines-284349628/

Politico says it will be 2023 before Ireland has 70% of its adult population vaccinated if we don't speed up; GPs have been told, by their professional body the ICGP, to contact a transgender advocacy group for advice on treatment pathways for their patients; and China's attacks on the Pfizer vaccine.

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses the arrest of John the Baptist and the start of the public ministry of Jesus.

Vaccination numbers; the UK has decided to stop pretending the EU is a country; a legitimately Kafkaesque story involving a dead women who won't stop saying she's alive; the Tavistock Clinic's appeal; and the Government wants to avoid 'disproportionate' restrictions on travelers.

Koen Stoop is the EU Policy Coordinator of the World Uyghur Congress, an international organisation which represents the Uyghur people. 

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses the annunciation and God's plan.