Aoife McLysaght appointed Science Advisor to Government

If McLysaght and her ISAG chums had had their way, we’d still have Covid restrictions to this day.

I don’t doubt she’s an expert in her field, but she displayed terrible judgment during the pandemic and seems a strange choice as adviser to the government

https://gript.ie/new-government-science-advisor-trans-males-are-women/

A total head the ball.

In 2022, responding to a proposed US law that would seek to prevent transgender biological males from competing in women’s sports, McLysaght described the proposal as a “brutal manifestation of transphobia.”

“1. Transwomen are women. 2. The origin of sex-differentiated sports is not to protect women’s sports but to marginalise them. 3. This law is a brutal manifestation of transphobia”, she said.

So you're saying that how a government science adviser behaved and acted during a major health crisis is not relevant?

Because I would imagine that it's very relevant considering a part of their job will surely involve giving government advice on how to do deal with incidents like this in the future.

But her nonsensical suggestions that she put out in public would indicate she has nonsensical ideas in her head that she can't keep to herself.

Donald Trump suggested (without malice) potentially using some of the properties in bleach to help deal with covid and he was vilified for it.Admittedly it was stupid thing to say out loud but why was his suggestion not given the benefit of the doubt and McLysaght is?

Also she's not one of the sane people who won the day when it comes to covid strategy as we don't have forever masking like she was suggesting.

Because future pandemic threats are one of the things she is expected to advise on.

New national science forum to enhance ability to respond to challenges such as climate change and pandemic threats

https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/10/07/geneticist-aoife-mclysaght-due-to-be-appointed-government-science-adviser-by-cabinet/

donald trump made his nonsense suggestion with mallice because he knew it was bollox and knew some of his gullible twats would actually act on it, which some did.
presumably it was all about trying to make more money for himself some how.
McLysaght made a suggestion that mask wearing should continue for longer just as an extra precaution until we were sure the vaccine was working, it worked and her suggestion didn't need to happen.
it's over lad, you need to move on, the rest of us have.

No he didn't, we all saw it. We have the video evidence. There was no malice in his voice when he said what he said. Nor was it said as a joke, as sarcasm, or any other excuse you may try to use to pardon his words.

Accept that he made an absolute fool of himself and move on.

Like a lot of people, id be broadly a status quo voter, mainly because I'm more afraid of the loony alternative. But hires like this really make me question my position.

ISAG were nothing short of a vested interest parasite on the country for the better part of 18 months. This is a supposedly 'independent' scientific group that through leaked emails, were shown to target media hosts sympathetic to their views, such as Matt Cooper and Claire Byrne. Why on earth was a group, presented as kind & benevolent for the public interest, be actively targeting journalists who would support them or wouldn't challenge them on their views?

Prominent ISAG member Tomas Ryan, stated that COVID was a major factor in Autism at the fetal stage. A suggestion that wasn't so much dismissed by the wider scientific community, but not even discussed by a single respected contributer. Another prominent member claimed Ireland would see 100k deaths

ISAG relentlessly pushed a "zero covid" narrative, a move that proven to be absolutely disastrous in basically every region it's been implemented. Take China for example, a region that openly monitors land borders. Every rational person knew this wasn't a coherent strategy for Ireland (with an open land border) yet this group of rogue 'scientists' kept pushing for it without reason.

In the years since Covid, Ireland has operated at an excess death rate of between 10% and 20% above norms, basically every month. This is something that's been acknowledged by the Taoiseach. Without going down conspiratorial routes, which I don't subscribe to, the only rational explanation as to why we've lost all these dead citizens is missed medical appointments, screenings and general care that was brought about by lockdown conditions.

This literally means we now have more dead people (10-20% exceess deaths) than we could ever realistically aim to save through heavy restrictions. ISAG were a massive component on this, with constant prominent air time and continuous shaping of the publics opinion through misinformation. Somebody was funding these people to colour public opinion.

I lost a family member though a missed medical screening. The fact that one of these absolute charlatans, who was clearly funded by a vested interest, now gets a cushy government number makes me sick to my stomach

And? Still not seeing the problem.

ISAG are still active and still scaremongering about Covid. The government rightly rejected their advice.

It’s a lot of fuss over nothing really. It’s a political role, not a scientific role, one in which leadership and experience is required more so than scientific knowledge. The role is that of Chair of the new National Scientific Advice forum:

The Government Science Advisor will chair the new National Science Advice Forum, comprising up to twelve experts drawn from those with internationally recognised scientific expertise in a range of key disciplines.

The role will be part of new science advice structures that will assist in informing responses to complex and challenging policy issues.  The Government Science Advisor will chair the National Science Advice Forum and provide cross-sectoral and multi-disciplinary science advice to the government. 

Her apppointment was announced today by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Patrick O’Donovan (above on left, with Taoiseach Simon Harris on right).

Professor McLysaght, who will be based in the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, said: “I am very excited to be starting this new role and to have the opportunity to work with the many extraordinary people across the civil service.  

https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/top-stories/featured/professor-aoife-mclysaght-named-as-government-science-advisor/

The group will give advice on matters of policy which will be routinely ignored, so there’s no reason for concern 😁

Pls explain this in layman's language, with specific reference to the AQ standards that lead you to draw this conclusion about a reduction in air quality?

Maybe you could have said the same about Gemma O’Doherty before she went off the mental deep end.

I wasn’t really familiar about Aoife McLysaght, but heard about the appointment. Doing a bit of googling now, it looks like she was in the nuttier “zero covid” side of the debate who wanted to keep Covid restriction in place, and increase them, regardless of the mental and financial cost to society, until Covid was gone forever.

https://www.newstalk.com/news/restrictions-could-drag-on-into-2022-if-ireland-doesnt-adopt-zero-covid-approach-now-prof-aoife-mclysaght-1143993

https://x.com/aoifemcl/status/1355882797962031107

https://x.com/aoifemcl/status/1354043632978944000

Surely no-one is going to defend this crazy stance still?

Even New Zealand, which came closest to achieving this saw sense.