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Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, the Greens, Sinn Féin, People Before Profit, as well as Social Democrats and Labour TDs have all declared that Ireland should lower the voting age to 16 – an idea so bad it’s almost difficult to put into words. But let’s try anyway, since you won’t find much opposition to it […]
The European Commission has exported more than 34 million doses of covid-19 vaccines outside the bloc, sending jabs to Mexico and Saudi Arabia even as Ireland struggles to acquire its own. According to figures released by the European Commission this week, Brussels has authorised more than 249 vaccine export requests to 31 countries outside the […]
Richard Boyd-Barrett, has declared a new far-Left crusade in the Dáil, and this time it’s against exams and the concept of “competition” itself. Speaking earlier this week, Boyd-Barrett said that “the problem starts with the Leaving Cert itself.” “It is fundamentally perpetuating an inequality and a hierarchy and limiting access to education in a way […]
Significant covid-19 restrictions are set to remain in place for at least two months, as both Micheal Martin and Leo Varadkar have stated that the state’s hands are tied by a shortage of vaccines. The news comes as the government has missed its vaccine targets three weeks in a row, consistently missing its own deadlines […]
Thank you to Gript’s Gary Kavanagh for helping with the research and writing of this article. RTÉ is the only Irish member of a left-wing climate activism group which aims to “transform” the media. But how can you trust an organisation to tell you the truth when it’s siding with activists instead of scientists? CCN, […]
Volunteer workers at the Dublin Samaritans have doubled their usual hours as the number of distressed calls they receive has skyrocketed due to covid-19 and the lockdown. Reportedly, almost all callers mentioned covid-19 and the lockdown as a major part of their reason for calling the helpline. The Dublin branch of the 24-hour organisation received […]
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has said that a recent mass stabbing of 7 people by an Afghan migrant is “not a migration issue” after calls for better border control. The attack, which took place in Vetlanda, Sweden, left 7 stabbed and 3 with potentially life-threatening injuries. After police arrived on the scene, the attacker […]
Senator Ronan Mullen raised Gript’s Zero Covid leaks in the Seanad this week, demanding to know why the group has been allowed to “scaremonger” without challenge from politicians or the media. “I want to raise the so-called “Zero Covid” proposal today Cathaoirleach, this proposal for even harsher lockdown measures for the remainder of the […]
A majority of Swiss voters have elected to ban the wearing of face coverings in public, including the niqab and burqa worn by Muslim women. The referendum, which passed by 51.2% to 48.8%, was proposed by the Swiss People’s Party (SVP), which campaigned on slogans including “Stop extremism,” while a coalition of leftwing parties put […]
LMFM radio presenter Ken O’Sullivan took to Twitter this weekend to express his desire to see anti-lockdown protesters who took part in a peaceful assembly on Saturday in Cork fired from their jobs. “Y’know what would have been a great idea?”, he wrote. “If somebody thought to go in amongst the gobshites at that #corkprotest […]
A Trinity college student running for the position of University Times editor has pledged that if he wins he will give his student accommodation to an asylum seeker. Peter Caddle, who is a fourth year Philosophy student, is known for being involved with the free speech student publication the Burkean, which last year exposed systematic […]
Gardaí have stated that organisers of tomorrow’s anti-lockdown rally in Cork, which is headed by a Socialist anti-water charges campaigner, could face a criminal investigation if the protest takes place as planned. However, organisers of the demonstration were defiant ahead of the event, saying that they had a constitutional right to protest despite the restrictions. […]
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