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Fine Gael Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said in the Dáil this week that Ireland was dependent on migrants from eastern and central Europe, as those groups often do jobs that Irish people won’t. The remarks were made in response to comments by Independent Tipperary TD Mattie McGrath, who raised the issue of lack of pig exports […]
“I cried for a whole day”: In an interview with Gript, a 2nd Year Trinity student said that the college lied to her about in-person lectures, and that most of the upcoming semester would take place online yet again. The student, who we’ll call “Emma,” went through her entire first year virtually, unable to set […]
There have been reports of an elderly woman visiting Deansgrange cemetery when she was accosted and robbed by five men. According to DublinLive, the woman had her possessions “forcibly” taken from her on Tuesday afternoon, whereupon the “suspected offenders are believed to have fled the scene in a vehicle following the incident.” Some of her […]
Professor Anthony Staines of the zero covid advocacy group ISAG has said that life is never returning to pre-Covid normality. The remarks were made during a Newstalk interview, where Gript editor John McGuirk questioned Staines on some of his proposed policies. https://twitter.com/Ben_Scallan/status/1440728548491202570 “(Under Anthony’s plans) there’s never going to be a time when we can […]
Fine Gael Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has given strong indications that Donegal and Mayo mica homeowners will not receive 100% redress as they have requested. The victims – homeowners whose houses are falling apart after being constructed with defective mica blocks – have staged repeated demonstrations outside of government buildings calling for 100% redress for rebuilding […]
Katherine Zappone has rejected an invitation to come before the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee to be questioned about her controversial appointment to a special UN envoy role, which many regarded as an example of “cronyism.” The invitation had been issued last week to discuss the circumstances under which Zappone, who now resides in the US, […]
The leader of the Polish government party has said that while Poland has no plans to leave the EU, it must retain its national sovereignty as an independent state within the bloc. Jaroslaw Kaczyński, leader of the ruling conservative “Law and Justice” party in Poland, told Polish news outlet PAP that his party had no […]
Former UK PM & ex-Labour Leader Tony Blair has said that the British government should vaccinate “nursery” age children as part of its jab rollout. The remarks were made during a foreword to a covid-19 report from his own Tony Blair Institute For Global Change – a non-profit with a self-stated goal of helping governments […]
Pope Francis, while re-iterating the Church’s opposition to same-sex marriage, added that civil unions under the state were “good and helpful to many.” While on a trip to Hungary and Slovakia, the Pope asserted that “abortion is homicide” and that “marriage is a sacrament, between a man and a woman.” Same-sex civil unions 'good and […]
The President of the European Commission has said that the EU needs to create its own European army, investing in “fighter jets, drones and cybersecurity,” adding “You can have the most advanced forces in the world – but if you are never prepared to use them – of what use are they?” Ursula Von Der […]
Over 40% of Irish young people are stressed out “all or most of the time” according to a new Deloitte study, with much of the anxiety being pandemic-related. Deloitte’s Global 2021 Millenial and Generation Z Survey included 23,000 young people from across 45 countries, including over 400 from Ireland. Millennials are defined as those born […]
Italy is set to make the Covid health pass mandatory for all workers in all economic sectors from next month, forcing those without the pass to be suspended without pay and fining them €1,000 if they are caught working. The “Green Pass,” which is a digital or paper certificate, shows that someone has received at […]
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