Irish Examiner view: Dogged facts

Kenny’s arguments carry weight with his natural constituency, which will be older, probably vaccinated people.

Billie Eilish told her millions of followers that she would have died from Covid-19 last August if she had not been vaccinated.

It seems you cannot even take your dog for a brisk walk around the park these days without being confronted by an anti-vax protester wanting to argue the toss.

That was the experience of Newstalk presenter Pat Kenny, who was upbraided by a self-proclaimed unvaccinated health service worker who claimed Kenny had called him “crazy” on his radio show and said he wanted him to lose his job.