A now-deleted tweet by Sinn Féin health spokesman David Cullinane said that the definition of “woman” being rooted in biology was “common sense”. Labour Party TD Conor Sheehan says that this tweet was “ill-advised” and “glib”.
Jason Osborne and Ben Scallan discuss some of the news of the week.
“We do live in a climate emergency”: Tánaiste Simon Harris says he thinks that teaching school children to engage in climate activism is “a good thing”.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that he would not “rule out” holding a referendum to lower the voting age to 16 within the lifetime of this Government.
Cllr Malachy Steenson, an organiser of the recent massive rally opposing mass immigration, says he “wants to live in a nation” and that migration must be stopped until the crises faced by the country – including housing and health – are resolved.
Romanian presidential candidate George Simion from the nationalist AUR party implores the Irish government to prevent Big Tech censorship operating from Dublin, as he warned EU Commissioner Michael McGrath not to meddle in his nation’s affairs. The comments were made May 15th at the European Parliament ahead of the second round of the Romanian presidential […]
“People are going to take judicial reviews, whether you like it or I like it”: Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Bróin says the problem with planning objections is not environmental NGOs serially objecting, but the lack of State staff able to process the objections.
“This is a heinous criminal who has carried out the most horrific crimes”: For the third time, Ben Scallan asks Tánaiste Simon Harris to explain how a Guyanese rapist with 19 previous convictions in the UK was allowed into Ireland:
Fatima Gunning and Gary Kavanagh discuss some of the news of the week.
TD Ruth Coppinger complained of being subjected to online trolling only to be immediately asked about her own conduct in calling two journalists “very pathetic” for criticising her refusal to answer a question from Gript:
Social Democrats Foreign Affairs spokesperson Sinead Gibney TD this week on Israel-Palestine war: “We’ll continue to raise this again and again and again. I’ll continue to attend protests. I’ll keep getting my nails done with the Palestinian flag.”
The state is spending €4.3 billion to house asylum seekers and Ukrainians but where is that money actually going? Who’s receiving the money? How much is going to private companies? And how much deeper could we go if we had the resources? In this clip, Gary and Jason break down the first wave of data […]