BEN SCALLAN: With US election day behind us, Irish mainstream politicians have spent the last week doing what they do best – being petty and embarrassing Ireland on the world stage. “Would Varadkar rather insult Trump than save the Irish economy?”: https://www.facebook.com/580763859048353/videos/639432636611084 #gript
Dr Feargal Twomey says that palliative care experts are strongly opposed to Assisted Suicide because they know modern medicine can manage pain and distress effectively. Doctors shouldn’t kill their patients. Watch GRIPT’s Deep Dive: a more in-depth look at some of the most important and controversial issues of the day
Why does one kind of protester in Ireland get batoned over the head by police during lockdown, while others can demonstrate freely? Ben Scallan reacts. #gript
“Faith helped us through tough times in this country.” Deputies Mattie McGrath and Michael Collins blast health minister Stephen Donnelly on curtailment of religious rights. #gript
The problem with Direct Provision isn’t just that the system is a disaster. It’s that 90% of applicants are not asylum seekers at all. Now, the government’s new plan for housing immigrants will make an already crippling housing crisis even worse, and allow thousands of migrants to bring their families here with a built-in right […]
“It’s like a tyrannical regime” – Mattie McGrath TD lashes out at health minister Stephen Donnelly over new “draconian” powers. #gript
Peadar Tóibín says the government is refusing to address the expected surge of cancer and other deaths as access to services continue to be restricted in the lockdown. #gript
China already uses aerial drones to track suspected criminals – but is Ireland far behind? Ben Scallan comments. #gript
Why did a Journal.ie Editor contact this man’s employer – just because he pointed out a Journal.ie factcheck was ‘weird’? Ben Scallan comments
Michael Collins & Mattie McGrath, TDs, “People shouldn’t be made to feel a burden”. TDs on opposing the Assisted Suicide bill #gript
To many people’s shock, Ireland has narrowly avoided a second level 5 lockdown. But what have the authorities been doing – or not been doing – for the last 7 months to get us here? Ben Scallan reacts.
Eel Fisherman, Seán Doherty of Cheekpoint, Co Waterford dumps thousands of Euro worth of fish in the Waterford Estuary as the state’s total ban on eel fishing continues. The Irish government introduced a total ban on eel fishing in 2010 in an effort to allow the stocks to replenish. Local fishermen say that they are being […]