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 […]
According to property website Daft.ie, Ireland is seeing an “unprecedented” lack of houses for sale online, with average prices increasingly sharply since last year. According to the Irish House Price Report for Q1 in 2022, nationally average house prices rose 8.4% nationally since last March, partially due to inflation. While Covid-19 initially reduced house prices, […]
When it comes to environmental disasters, who do you generally imagine is responsible? We generally tend to think of an evil rightwing industrial capitalist with a top hat and monocle. Some lad who looks like the Monopoly man, laughing maniacally and twirling his moustache as his money machine pumps toxic fumes into the upper atmosphere. […]
Elon Musk has said that Germany shutting down its nuclear power plants would be “totally insane,” instead saying the country should be building more. The billionaire’s comments were made in a new interview with German news outlet Welt. Musk responded to Germany planning to shut down its three remaining nuclear power plants by the end […]
Newstalk has seen significant backlash online after accusing Harry Potter author JK Rowling of “opposing rights for trans people” similar to Vladimir Putin. Rowling has been noted for her belief that transgender self-identification was a threat to women in areas such as sports, women’s toilets and changing rooms. She has also expressed concern that young […]
Amid the ongoing cost of living crisis, as fuel and energy prices soar, a Fianna Fáil Senator has hit out at the lack of a “non-binary” gender option on the census. And they wonder why they’re falling behind in the polls. The comments were made this week by Senator Fiona O’Loughlin during the order of […]
A Croatian MEP has confronted Justin Trudeau to his face over his handling of the trucking protests, dubbing his methods a “dictatorship of the worst kind.” The comments were made this week by Independent MEP Mislav Kolakusic while Trudeau was on a two day trip to Belgium. They were made in response to what many […]
Ireland is planning to take twice as many Ukrainian refugees than France and the United States, despite those countries having populations – and economies – orders of magnitude larger than Ireland’s. The most recent estimate from the Irish Government is that Ireland may accommodate 200,000 displaced Ukrainians, as the war in that country shows no […]
Supply chain chaos
As recently as October of last year, eco socialist TD Paul Murphy of People Before Profit was urging the government to cull the national herd for environmentalist reasons. Murphy insisted that Ireland’s national herd “absolutely has to be cut if we are to meet our climate targets.” Far-left TD Paul Murphy has insisted that Ireland’s […]
A senior minister has said that Ireland is preparing to receive up to 200,000 Ukrainian refugees – ten times the number originally projected. The comments were made on RTÉ Radio’s Morning Ireland by Fianna Fáil Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue TD, who said that Ireland had no choice but to “reach out to those of our […]
“Now is the time when things are shifting.”