Taoiseach Simon Harris distances himself from a letter in which President Higgins gave the Iranian regime his “best wishes”, saying the letter is not government policy: “We have fundamental differences with Iran, and I’ll always continue to call out their human rights abuses.”
Taoiseach Simon Harris admits that “there is no need for any new law” to ensure public safety, and that currently it is already illegal to “incite hatred”, “incite violence” or “threaten physical violence” against people, whether online or in real life, with or without new laws.
Minister Roderic O’Gorman was asked for his message to locals who don’t want an IPAS in their area, even after “community engagement”. O’Gorman said that “after the initial arrival of [asylum seekers], everything settles down,” because people’s “worst fears are never realised.”
Father of two facing jail as South Dublin County Council refuse to grand retention for cabin home on family land.
“That’s not really an answer to the question.” “Oh it most certainly is.” Tánaiste Micheál Martin defends his view that the Covid inquiry should not be “adversarial”, because that would make decision makers hesitant to act during the next crisis. Question by @Ben_Scallan.
Media Minister Catherine Martin is grilled on the government’s plan to bail out RTÉ, despite the broadcaster wasting the public funding it already had.
Following the scenes in Coolock, Mary Lou McDonald says that locals should be “consulted” on asylum centres, but that they can’t “veto” them.
In wake of the Tori Towey case, Gript talks to ex-Muslim, Nuriyah Khan, about the position of women in Islam, Sharia law, child marriage, and more. Watch the full video: https://gript.ie/nuriyah-khan/
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Protesters in Coolock say they are determined to maintain presence as tensions deepen over new asylum centre.
Green Party Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman comments on the dozens of children that have gone missing from Irish State care this year alone, while they were under the watch of Tusla. Question by Ben Scallan.
“A powerful and important message to this government”: The Irish government needs to stop “acting like cheerleaders” of “spiralling abortion rate” says the Life Institute as thousands attend pro-life rally in Dublin.