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Two arrested at protest outside proposed direct provision centre in Ballybrack, Dublin.
The controversy around libraries is not about banning books, or LGBT issues, but around concerns that 12 year olds can be told how to use Grindr and how to order puberty blockers online, says Jana Lunden.
SPHE curriculum encourages kids to research transgender celebrities and make presentations on how to support trans people and what language not to use.
“There are some people who are privileged in society as opposed to others”: Tánaiste Micheál Martin is asked about the SPHE draft curriculum which says that white people, Irish people and males have a “privileged status” in society. Question by @Ben_Scallan: #gript
Think Local is a movement which seeks to connect people at a grassroots level to explore alternatives to global food provision and healthcare says Sara Haboubi
“In what way is this credible?”: Irish Justice Minister Helen McEntee is asked how activists and government-funded NGOs who have campaigned for hate speech laws for years can be cited as evidence that her hate speech bill is popular. #gript
“It is in fact an explicitly political institution” – Gript Editor JOHN MCGUIRK argues for the defunding of RTÉ on Newstalk. Listen Back: www.newstalk.com/shows/the-hard-shoulder-234864
Minister asked why people who don’t watch RTÉ have to pay for it
“The more legislation we have, it makes operating a farm more difficult”: Irish Farmers’ Association President Tim Cullinane on the EU’s highly controversial new climate law, which was supported by all Irish MEPs. #gript
Joseph Pearce and Matt Treacy discuss the world from an unWoke perspective and how conservatives might view the current war in Ukraine.
“I don’t want to comment on individual cases”: After a brief interruption, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar answers whether he takes responsibility for children waiting years for scoliosis surgery – a problem that then-Health Minister Simon Harris said would be solved by 2017. #gript
“I would urge people to carry on paying their license fee”: RTÉ Director General Kevin Bakhurst asked if he will apologise to those convicted of refusing to “subsidise flip flops.” #gript #RTÉgate
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