Have you ever heard the phrase “lose the battle but win the war”? The opposite happened to the Roman triumvir Mark Antony on this day in 30BC. Having been defeated at the Battle of Actium, Anthony and Cleopatra retreated to Alexandria, which was soon besieged by the forces of Octavian. For the whole month of […]
The veteran LGBT campaigner Peter Tatchell has told Gript that he wishes to “apologise unreservedly” for putting his name to a review of a book which promoted sexual relationships between children and adults. The review was published in a June 1987 edition of 7 days, the newsletter of the Communist Party of Great Britain. The […]
Suppose you went to a party with a group of friends, one of whom is a rather outspoken person we’ll call Ms A. After an hour or so, someone you never met before comes up to you and says, “I couldn’t help noticing that you came here with Ms A. Aren’t you concerned that her […]
The folks in Cabinet seem puzzled by the public reaction to the news that former Minister Katherine Zappone had asked for, and promptly received, one of those ludicrous positions that are clearly invented to give one of The Deserving Few another job. Zappone had a chat with Minister Simon Coveney, presumably on the special direct-dial red phone reserved for ex-Ministers who want […]
These large, prehistoric looking sharks typically inhabit deep, dark waters off the continental shelf (at depths of 200-2,500 m). However, there are a few special sites discovered off Co. Clare, by local charter skipper Luke Aston, where these apex predators can be found in relatively shallow water (50-60 m). Video of the shark (Credit Trinity […]
A journalist for The Times, Flora Gill, caused uproar online after stating that there should be “entry level porn” that was specifically “for children.” Gill, who is the host of the Times Radio show “Split Opinion,” and who has written for GQ, the Sunday Times Magazine, the Evening Standard and other publications, posted the inflammatory […]
The First Minister of the Northern Ireland Assembly says he has sought legal advice on how to resist the imposition of full abortion services by Westminister. Paul Givan, who is a DUP member of the Legislative Assembly, said that he is assessing his options in a bid to stop the Secretary of State, Brandon Lewis, from using new […]
It follows larges public protests against the measures.
During the worst economic downturn in decades, the government have announced that they will be allocating millions of euros in taxpayer funding for art projects that promote climate change awareness. Money well spent, right? The €2 million “Creative Climate Action Fund” unveiled by Green Party Ministers Eamon Ryan and Catherine Martin is unclear in its […]
Ex-Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone, who was recently appointed to a taxpayer-funded diplomat job, previously asserted that the government should “reach out beyond political insiders” when doling out positions on boards. Zappone, who was given the paid position of free speech ambassador to the UN after she specifically requested the role, has been embroiled in controversy, […]
Katherine Zappone in 2015: “The practice of appointments made with a nod and wink to State boards has no place in our open modern democracy and could damage our economic recovery.”
Two-year-old still in hospital.