The claim was made after health professionals said a ACTC supported Bill would harm their ability to help gender non-conforming children.
A new report has warned that the Government’s relationship with NPHET “lacks transparency” and that “sweeping statutory powers” were unofficially delegated to NPHET. The report, Public Health Law During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ireland, was released today by the COVID-19 Law and Human Rights Observatory in Trinity. The report argues that interactions between NPHET and […]
Republican members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee have released an 83 page report which says that, based on “the preponderance of evidence,” they believe that the COVID-19 outbreak began after the virus was “accidentally released from Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) laboratory sometime prior to September 12, 2019.” The report says that the virus, […]
The veteran LGBT campaigner Peter Tatchell has told Gript that he wishes to “apologise unreservedly” for putting his name to a review of a book which promoted sexual relationships between children and adults. The review was published in a June 1987 edition of 7 days, the newsletter of the Communist Party of Great Britain. The […]
Newly translated guidelines from the Finnish Health Authority say that, “in light of available evidence,” the gender reassignment of children is to be considered an “experimental practice.” The guidelines also state that the first-line treatment for gender dysphoria should not be puberty blockers, but rather psychosocial support, psychotherapy, and treatment of comorbid psychiatric disorders. The […]
Jon Williams, the Managing Director of RTÉ News, has apologised for RTÉ’s reporting of climate change, saying that the broadcaster was wrong not to more strongly link extreme weather, such as the recent heatwave across Ireland, with climate change. This is despite Williams having previously pointed out, correctly, that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change […]
On Tuesday ice cream brand Ben and Jerry’s announced its decision to stop the sale of its products in Jewish settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The company said that they believed “it is inconsistent with our values for Ben and Jerry’s ice cream to be sold in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). […]
Four people, and a commercial entity, have been charged with animal cruelty offences after an investigation into the euthanasia of dogs at a dog pound. One of the individuals has also been charged with a number of offences related to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 and the European Community (Animal Remedies) Regulations 2007. The […]
A contract notice issued by RTE says the organisation is willing to pay half a million euro for Dublin-based taxi services over the next 36 months. The tender only covers taxi services within “the Greater Dublin Area,” and it is unclear what the organisation expects to pay for taxi services outside that area. RTÉ has […]
A new RedC poll, commissioned by the feminist group The Countess, has shown that only 17% of Irish people support Ireland’s current gender change laws and believe that people should be able to legally change their sex on their birth certificate “as soon as they self-identify as or believe that they are a member of […]
Senator Rónán Mullen (Ind) has said that Sinn Féin is acting to deliberately prolong the housing crisis for political gain. The comments were made during a recent Seanad discussion of the Land Development Agency Bill 2021. Senator Mullen said that there were “two primary reasons” for the failure of local authorities to address housing needs […]
Image Credit: Malcolm Byrne Social Media Fianna Fáil Senator Malcolm Byrne has accused the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of carrying out a genocide against the Uyghur people, of persecuting practitioners of Falun Gong, and of “crushing” press and legal freedoms in Hong Kong. Senator Byrne was referring to the system of concentration camps which the […]