More than 15,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Ireland to date, and emergency accommodation is reportedly soon set to be exhausted at the current rate of arrival. According to BreakingNews.ie, the government has been informed that emergency accommodation will be depleted within weeks, and authorities will have to begin setting up tents, prefabs and modular […]
The UK’s public broadcaster has faced harsh backlash and criticism from women’s rights groups after describing women as “people who are assigned female at birth.” The remarks were made this week in a BBC article on the medical condition endometriosis, which affects a woman’s uterus-lining, ovaries and fallopian tubes. The phrase “assigned female at birth” […]
According to one member of the Seanad, Irish citizens are currently trapped in Canada over Justin Trudeau’s Covid rules. The comments were made in the Seanad this week by independent senator Sharon Keogan, who described Canada as a “so-called liberal democracy” which shows “signs of authoritarian leanings” over its crackdown on unvaccinated citizens. “Canadian Prime […]
One of Sinn Féin’s biggest critiques of the Irish government is that parties like Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are not serious about military neutrality. In the run-up to the 2019 local election, Sinn Féin urged the public to “defend neutrality” by voting for them “because others can’t be trusted.” They added that “you can’t […]
As Irish households begin to take in Ukrainian refugees, reports are emerging of alleged tension, arguments and disputes between hosts and guests. According to one TippFM report, an Irish host woman from Tipperary was forced to ask a Ukrainian woman to leave after witnessing behaviour she described as “odd.” The Irish woman said that the […]
A major report is due to be published today which is expected to reveal that hundreds of babies at an NHS hospital trust potentially died or were left mentally disabled by preventable mistakes. Number of babies who could have survived with better maternity care at NHS Trust is far worse than imagined, says former health […]
According to a government briefing, if Ireland accepts 200,000 Ukrainian refugees it could cost billions annually. Today at a briefing on the potential cost of accommodating Ukrainian refugees, Ministers were told that the State could pay €400m per year for every 10,000 people taken in, or €2.5 billion for 100,000. However, the government has already […]
Irish pig farmers are calling for support for their struggling industry, which they say is “staring into the abyss.” Pig farmers have been hit hard by rising costs of animal feed, as well as fuel due to the ongoing energy crisis. Pigs are the third most common kind of livestock farmed in Ireland, and the […]
US streaming company Netflix will be introducing new charges for those who wish to share their Netflix accounts with other households in a bid to prevent loss of revenue. The company, has amassed over 220 million paying subscribers, many of whom go on to share their passwords with relatives and friends. This, the company says, […]
In an RTÉ-commissioned poll on “hate speech” legislation a few years ago, only 19% of viewers said they were in favour of such laws. The poll ran on Claire Byrne Live and was conducted by Amárach Research in 2017, the year after the Brexit referendum and the election of then-US President Donald Trump. 2017 was […]
What can one say? It’s groundhog day all over again. As Ireland’s Covid cases have begun to increase, we are once again experiencing calls for a return of various Covid restrictions – just weeks after lifting them initially. Tell me if you’re starting to get deja vu. The HSE's Emergency Department Taskforce is requesting the […]
Elderly people in the Republic of Ireland are going blind for lack of a simple 20 minute procedure. That’s what Gript was told by Independent TDs Michael Collins and Danny Healy-Rae, standing outside the Dáil at 5:45 a.m. on a freezing cold March morning. Collins, who represents Cork South-West, told the Gript team about the […]