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North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has announced that having a dog is “decadent and bourgeois” – and declared that owning a pet is now against the law. The Daily Mail reports that: ‘Authorities have identified households with pet dogs and are forcing them to give them up or forcefully confiscating them and putting them down’, […]
Residents of the Elm Park housing estate in Clonmel, Co Tipperary, have spoken of their desperation and fears following a full week of sustained and violent clashes between a significant number of youths in the area. Speaking exclusively to Gript on condition of anonymity, Elm Park residents have said that the situation has now reached […]
New figures show that Britain has crashed into the worst recession in its history, with the country’s economy diving by 20.4% between April and June this year. Experts warn that the crash in Britain’s GDP for the April-June period is the worst since records began in 1955, with unprecedented drops in services, production and construction. […]
A major survey which tracked public opinion about Covid-19 across 6 countries has found that people think coronavirus is far more widespread, and more deadly, than official figures show. Consultancy Kekst CNC asked 1,000 people in each country what percentage of people in that country they thought had been infected with Covid-19 – and what percentage […]
There have been numerous complaints in Co. Kerry of up to 100 teenagers vandalising several businesses and local features around a coastal village during the weekend, as the area was hit with a wave of antisocial behaviour. Around the area of Schull, several locals alleged that there was broken glass and vomit strewn along the […]
Ireland’s contribution to the EU has increased fivefold in the past two years, according to Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín. The Aontú leader has raised concern over the significant increase in Ireland’s net contribution to the new EU budget and has questioned the Taoiseach as to the basis of this new contribution being made. “It is […]
Alliance Councillors in Lurgan are facing a backlash on social media after posing for photos while removing information notices about Stanton Healthcare, a free service offering support to women with unexpected pregnancies. Both Cllr Peter Lavery and Cllr Eoin Tennyson posed for photos while wielding scrapers to remove stickers advertising services offered by Stanton Healthcare, […]
A Fianna Fáil TD has acknowledged that “gang violence” is causing mayhem in the north Dublin suburb of Ballbriggan, saying that organised gangs are engaging in “stabbings, arson attacks” and that “a shopping centre was effectively taken over at the weekend”. Darragh O’Brien, a TD for the Fingal area, told the Adrian Kennedy Show that […]
A much-admired Catholic priest has said an “Account Warning” he received from Facebook was most likely prompted by his pro-life posts to his personal page. Fr Paddy McCafferty, who is parish Priest of Corpus Christi, in Ballymurphy, West Belfast, is an outspoken pro-life advocate, who has addressed the March for Life in Belfast and spoken […]
For the last two days, Balbriggan has been trending on Twitter, with dozens of videos and photos circulating on social media of a house reportedly on fire, and gangs of young people fighting nearby. Most of the mainstream media, with a few exceptions, have chosen to ignore what’s happening in Balbriggan. This seems strange: suspected […]
There has been an overwhelming increase in County Waterford’s migrant population over the last two and a half decades, the local council has heard. According to Ivan Grimes, Director of Services for Waterford County Council, the proportion of migrants living in Waterford has increased from 1 in 20 in 1995, to 1 in 7 today […]
The security law imposed by China on Hong Kong has been used to arrest media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who has been a critic of Chinese oppression. Mr Lai’s newspaper offices were raided by police over allegations of collusion with foreign forces, and he and other employees were arrested, including two of his sons according to […]
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