The Garda Press Office has declined to comment on whether public gatherings for religious worship are considered part of the “relevant events” banned by lockdown regulations.
A Brazilian woman who worked as a rickshaw driver in Dublin, and who was ordered by the court to leave the country or spend a year in prison for dealing ecstasy tablets, is still living in Ireland three years later and is collecting the Covid Pandemic Unemployment Payment, a court has heard. Bianca Francisco […]
Independent TD for Laois Offaly Carol Nolan has said that the government has now moved into GUBU territory following a demand from the High Court that the State must clarify, within two weeks, whether or not there is a legal basis for Covid-19 restrictions on people physically attending Mass. Deputy Nolan was speaking following the […]
Dozens of teens engaged in a vicious fight on Samuel Beckett Bridge in Dublin city centre yesterday evening, with one teenager left stabbed and requiring hospitalisation. A video posted by RM.tv shows teenagers, male and female, engaged in a disturbing fight on the bridge, which forced traffic to a halt for a short time. “Get him, […]
The state has been given two weeks to clarify whether, in fact, there is a law against masses being said in public. The instruction was made today by Judge Charles Meenan, as part of the constitutional case being taken by businessman Declan Ganley. Mr. Ganley’s lawyers used a procedural hearing today to raise the question […]
Parents of schoolchildren using the bus were sent a text by the company informing them that all children were obliged to wear masks from today.
UCD academic Professor Dolores Cahill has resigned as Chairwoman of the Irish Freedom Party, Gript can reveal. The Party Ard Comhairle met over the weekend and agreed unanimously to accept her resignation. Gript understands that several senior members of the Irish Freedom Party were very uncomfortable at the tenor of Professor Cahill’s remarks. In a […]
Anti-lockdown Assembly Phoneix Park Photo credit: Krzysztof M
Aontú Leader, Peadar Tóibín, has criticised the EU for cutting Ireland’s share of the EU Recovery Fund by €352 million, and queried how the Irish government failed to protect Ireland’s interests once again. He also accused the EU of giving Ireland a “raw deal”. The Meath West TD said that Ireland had seen its share […]
A German member of Parliament from Angela Merkel’s CDU party has died in an Irish hospital after falling ill during a trans-atlantic flight. Karin Strenz, 53, was travelling from Cuba to Frankfurt with her husband on Sunday. However, that morning she fell seriously ill, and the flight was redirected to Shannon Airport with a request […]
Broadcaster Niall Boylan has slammed RTÉ for publishing the addresses of anti-lockdown protestors after they were arrested on Saturday and subsequently charged in court. He claimed that while what RTÉ had done was perfectly legal, a” line of decency” had been crossed. The popular presenter said that “printing the names and addresses of two women […]
Dr. Gerard Waters has been suspended from the Medical Council following his announcement that he wouldn’t be administering the Covid-19 vaccine.