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One of the most widely-believed myths in Irish politics is the idea that the main political battleground is a conflict between the leftwing parties, like Sinn Féin and People Before Profit, and “rightwing” or “conservative” parties, like Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. In reality, Ireland has no political rightwing at all. In fact, the madness […]
A newly-discovered ant species in Ecuador has been given the gender-neutral suffix “-they” rather than a traditional Latin scientific suffix, and has been named after a gay activist and protégé of Andy Warhol, despite the ant not being non-binary and having only the normal genders of male and female. The ant was discovered in 2018 […]
56% of Irish people say they are satisfied with the EU’s covid-19 response – a 15% drop since summer 2020 – according to a new continent-wide poll by Eurobaromater, with many more interesting findings. The report, entitled Public Opinion In The European Union, found that half of all Europeans are unhappy with the EU’s covid-19 […]
Facebook’s oversight board has voted to uphold Donald Trump’s ban from both Facebook and Instagram. Facebook was one of many major tech companies that earlier this year moved to indefinitely block Trump’s access to his accounts on their platforms, citing alleged concerns that Trump was guilty of inciting violence. At the time of his initial […]
The Irish government spent an undisclosed sum of taxpayer money on a series of explicit nude art pieces of Donald Trump, which will reportedly soon be added to the National Collection (censored bars added by Gript for social media community guidelines reasons). The piece, entitled “The Emperor Has No Clothes”, was created by Cavan artist […]
Every single Irish MEP, including Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan and Sinn Féin’s Chris MacManus, voted in favour of covid passports in the European Parliament, except for Clare Daly and Mick Wallace, who voted against. The vote passed overwhelmingly by 540 votes to 119 (with 31 abstentions), meaning the European Parliament has now approved plans for the […]
Three men have been arrested during Garda raids across Ireland as Gardaí investigate an alleged organised international criminal organisation involved in aiding illegal immigration. The operation, which was launched by the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB), ran parallel with similar police searches in the UK by British Immigration Enforcement. Europol agents were also reportedly involved. […]
TDs have sternly hit out at the “totalitarian” ban on protests under the covid-19 restrictions, where taxi drivers who planned to protest inside their cars have been prohibited from demonstrating by Gardaí. “In the last couple of hours, I have been informed by the four national representative taxi groups that the Garda has banned their […]
A rural independent TD has called in the Dáil for the licence fee to be spread around other organisations, including VIrgin Media and Gript, to end what he calls RTÉ’s “monopoly” on funding. “I want to talk about the broadcasting aspect of the Bill,” said Cork South-West TD Michael Collins during a Dáil debate on […]
16 nursery students and 2 teachers have been wounded during a knife attack at a créche in China. Footage of the suspect being arrested by police has been circulating on social media following the attack in the Guanxi region of southern China. According to Xinhua, Chinese State-run media, two of the children were seriously injured, […]
Michael Collins, one of the original three-man crew of the first manned mission to the Moon, has passed away at age 90 after “a valiant battle with cancer.” Collins reportedly passed away Wednesday, and “spent his final days peacefully, with his family by his side” according to his relatives. During the Apollo 11 mission in […]
Independent Donegal TD Thomas Pringle has slammed Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris for failing to address issues affecting third level students, and spending too much time on the teen social media site TikTok. “We hear more from Simon Harris on Covid-19 issues than on the issues affecting our tens of thousands of third level […]
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