Donegal and Mayo Mica protesters demonstrate outside the Convention Centre as thousands of homes at risk of collapse. #micaredress #gript
As the outdoor summer Irish people were promised falls at the first hurdle, Ben Scallan says we can all finally stop pretending that there’s any sense to these government restrictions. #gript
Parts of Cork city have become no-go zones due to serious anti-social behaviour and violent crime: what the hell is going on with youth violence in Ireland? Ben Scallan comments. #gript
Leo Varadkar has called his own lockdown “absolutely bonkers”, “draconian” and a “curtailment of people’s freedom” – but says he doesn’t plan to end it any time soon. Ben Scallan reacts. #gript
“AN END TO THE BEEF BARONS”: Rural independents call for new beef regulator to save family farms. #gript
“HEADS NEED TO ROLL” – Independent Cork TD Michael Collins rips government failures in the fishing industry ahead of a major Cork harbour fishing protest this week. #gript
Michael McNamara TD says that continued lockdown made Shannon a “cold place” for aviation, leading to Aer Lingus job losses. #grip
Defence Minister Simon Coveney spent all last week obsessing over a conflict halfway across the world that most ordinary people couldn’t find on a map. Meanwhile, our own country was rocked by massive cyber attacks, and he’s had hardly a word to say about it. #gript
“They have nothing good to contribute” – Carol Nolan TD blasts some of the NGO sector on their significant taxpayer funding. #gript
Aontú leader Peadar Toibín TD has hit out at the UK’s Tory government for offering amnesty to British soldiers over killings carried out in Ireland. #gript
“This is about compassion”: A new bill seeks to ensure pain relief is given to unborn babies whose lives are being ended by painful late-term abortion. The bill, presented by Carol Nolan TD, is being co-sponsored by 11 TDs. #gript
We interview Professor Gerard Casey about his new book Hidden Agender: Transgenderism’s Struggle Against Reality. #gript