Biden Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the US is concerned about the number of Russian troops gathering at the Ukrainian border and said that “there will be consequences” for Russia if they show aggressive behaviour. “I have to tell you I have real concerns about Russia’s actions on the borders of Ukraine,” […]
The Republic, with 4.9 million citizens, has only fully-vaccinated 300,000, while Northern Ireland, with a population of 1.8 million, has vaccinated almost 200k – a higher percentage per capita. According to the HSE, as of the 9th of April 2021, Ireland has administered 309,922 second doses of covid vaccine. By comparison, Northern Ireland, which has […]
The Cambodian government has lashed out at the Canadian media company VICE after an Irish artist edited photos of victims of communist genocide, adding smiles to their mugshots. Politicians have called it a “grave insult” to victims of the “Cambodian Auschwitz.” The images were originally intended to be colourised mugshots of the victims of the […]
Independent Wexford TD Verona Murphy has hit out at regulators over new “Stalinist” rural planning rules that she says will force rural people into “urbanised ghettos”, claiming that a “Dublin-centric government” does not understand rural issues. “For a long time now there’s been a lot of disquiet in relation to planning regulation and particularly in […]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has voted 16 to 1 to uphold a decision in the Czech Republic which banned unvaccinated children from attending school. The court on Thursday found that this decision was legally valid, as its goal was “protective” for other students, as opposed to a “punitive” measure against the unvaccinated. […]
Independent media is an essential part of any free society, and is vital for keeping the political establishment in check. But how can journalists hold government politicians to account, when they’re all in bed together – sometimes literally? In a recent video here at Gript, we exposed the fact that RTÉ, who are supposed to […]
Ireland is the only EU member state which has failed to submit excess mortality figures from 2020 to the EU’s official statistic body, Eurostat. In place of any monthly data, the row for Ireland simply includes a series of colons, which stands for “not available” according to the key provided. https://twitter.com/Ben_Scallan/status/1376900625011777536 According to Eurostat, the […]
The Department of Transport has announced that they will be significantly reducing the grant incentives for electric hybrid vehicles, making a nonsense of their other “green schemes.” Currently, if one wants to purchase an electric car or hybrid, you can apply for a grant of up to €5,000 from the Sustainable Energy Association of Ireland […]
Sinn Féin have put in a submission to the Commission on the Defence Forces, warning of the alleged danger of “far-right disinformation hacking into the minds” of Irish soldiers, posing a “serious threat to democracy itself.” In possibly one of the most melodramatic and bizarre submissions ever written, Sinn Féin Defence Forces spokesperson Sorca Clarke […]
An online HSE system used for staff vaccination has allegedly been widely abused by non-healthcare workers, with many individuals jumping their place in the queue for the vaccine. According to the Irish Daily Mail, the HSE’s online page for arranging vaccinations does not ask individuals to provide identification before offering them the jab. A whistleblower […]
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has confirmed that student nurses have an “obligation” to take the covid-19 vaccine, even if they don’t want it, for the sake of “collective solidarity” and the “overall good.” The comments were made in response to queries by Independent Clare TD Michael McNamara. “Taoiseach, you informed this Dáil categorically, to Deputy […]
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, and Lega leader Matteo Salvini are set to have a series of talks in Hungary’s capital of Budapest, with the goal of forming a conservative political alliance. Speaking to the press in Rome, Salvini stated that the main purpose of the discussions would be to […]