“Our fleet has been decimated”: Ireland was “robbed” of fishing quota by EU deal, Cork fisherman claims. #gript
“When we want something, he can’t find where his pockets are”: Tipperary farmer Maurice of The Long Acre on Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue giving €750k in foreign aid to support Ukrainian farms. #gript
“The State spends around €6bn a year on the NGO sector”: Minister Paschal Donohoe says that many NGOs involved in “advocacy” still receive State funding, because of their “expertise” and “valuable” work. #gript
The EU is “no friend of Irish farmers” and property rights in Ireland are, under threat according to George O’Malley of the Farmers’ Alliance. #gript
“Bertie should have been charged for crimes…people are tired of traditional politics”: Peter Casey talks Bertie Ahern’s return, hate speech laws, gender ideology in schools, should Ireland leave the EU, and how he thinks the President could have ended the lockdown restrictions. View all this and more on Gript: #gript
“Right now it’s a case of Ireland last, and every other place first. We want to put Ireland first”: Independent TDs Mattie McGrath, Michael Collins and others on the example of the Dutch Farmers Party in starting a new political party to offer rural Ireland public an “alternative” to “Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee.” #gript
“Sinn Féin have objected to 10,000 homes…it’s the worst kind of hypocrisy”: Independent TD Micheal Healy-Rae hits out at parties that routinely object to proposed housing developments. #gript
“Keep gender ideology out of schools”: Parents gather in Fingal to protest against radical sex ed material in schools. #gript
“Another sell-out by this government…we lie down to the big moguls in Europe, and to Hell with the Irish”: Mattie McGrath TD on fishermen being paid to destroy their boats. #gript
Michael Collins TD speaks on the parallels between the Dutch farming protests and Irish farmers, saying that Ireland is becoming the “laughing stock of the world” on agricultural issues.
Carol Nolan TD has said she is “very concerned” about the spread of ash dieback – a fungal pathogen that kills off certain types of trees – and its impact on Irish land owners. #gript
“People have a fundamental right to do what they want with their property”: Danny Healy-Rae TD explains why he opposes extending the #EvictionBan. #gript