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A piece of legislation has been proposed which would extend the government’s Covid powers to as late as June of 2022, including the ability to impose vaccine certs and mask wearing. The Bill was outlined in an Oireachtas briefing note. There are four key pieces of Covid legislation – namely: (Part 2 of) the Health […]
A new bill has been proposed which would give the State the right to detain people suspected of having the potential to spread Covid, and would allow Health Minister Stephen Donnelly to designate locations as “areas of infection” until June of 2022. These powers were given to the Government in March 2020, during the height of […]
The Abortion Rights Campaign has boycotted the Irish Times for being “transphobic,” suggesting, once more, that one can literally never be liberal or progressive enough to appease the Irish NGO sector. After all, if the paper of Fintan O’Toole and Una Mullally is not sufficiently on-side, who is? “Transphobia has no place in the paper […]
Less than two years ago, a politician suggesting that citizens should be refused the right to “participate in society” on account of their medical choices would have been unthinkable. Now, it doesn’t even make the front page in most so-called news publications, and many outlets don’t report on it at all. The latest offender is […]
Chief Minister of Australia’s Northern Territory, Michael Gunner, has said that Covid-positive patients and their close contacts are being transferred by military trucks to a remote quarantine camp following an outbreak of the virus. The comments come after an outbreak of 2 new Covid cases in the town of Katherine in Australia’s Northern territory. One […]
Tim Cullinan, President of the Irish Farming Association, has told Gript that the pressure on the agri-industry from climate policies “could lead to food shortages right across the world.” In an exclusive interview with Gript, Cullinane was asked about the pressure that green policies are putting on the agri industry and food stability during the […]
The European Court of Human Rights has rejected the complaints of several Irish political and media figureheads, after they objected to the presidential oath’s reference to “Almighty God.” As it stands, as bearla the oath reads: “In the presence of Almighty God, I, [name], do solemnly and sincerely promise and declare that I will maintain […]
Ireland is coming into winter. The HSE is coming under increasing pressure. The government is threatening a “circuit-breaker lockdown” to deal with what they say is a looming crisis. But is this pressure a unique crisis spawned solely due to Covid? Gript investigates. 1. 2019 – Irish hospitals at “breaking point” due to “killer flu” […]
Michael Healy-Rae TD has accused Climate Minister Eamon Ryan of living in “Never-Never Land” like Michael Jackson, adding that he would like to welcome the Minister to “the real world” as regards the rising cost of living. The remarks were made yesterday in the Dáil during Leaders’ Questions. “I have always said and I am […]
All Austrian residents will be legally required to receive the vaccine by February 1st 2022, as the country goes under lockdown starting Monday. The move comes after the government last week decided to lock down only those who were unvaccinated over the age of 12. This was an unprecedented move which saw the unjabbed minority […]
The International Olympic Committee has announced that biologically male transgender athletes will be allowed to compete in female sports without lowering their testosterone under new guidelines. Originally, under 2015 guidelines, athletes identifying as trans would have to reduce their natural testosterone levels before competing in women’s sports. However, now, the IOC has said sex testing […]
Irish MMA star Conor McGregor has slated Tánaiste Leo Varadkar following the Fine Gael leader’s appearance on CNN, calling him a “poisonous individual” and a “blithering fool.” The comments were made yesterday on Twitter to McGregor’s 9 million followers, and was in response to a clip of Varadkar saying that the 5% of unvaccinated people […]
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