A harrowing story of attempted suicide posted by well-known Dublin MMA fighter and rapper Rob Steenson went viral and helped to save other young people contemplating suicide. Today, on World Mental Health Day, Steenson told that he had previously posted on social media about his attempt to take his own life when he was 16 […]
Next Tuesday, October the 15th, the Compass Series will be holding their second public event, with a panel discussion addressing the question ‘Is the State Too Powerful’, followed by a Q&A. The event will be taking place in Buswell’s Hotel at 7pm. The panel for the event will consist of the Gript editor John McGuirk, […]
Judge Tammy Kemp presided over the Amber Guyger case which made international headlines last week, when the brother of Botham Jean, the man killed by Ms Guyger, made a moving statement of forgiveness in the court.
The new law will pave way for abortion on demand in Northern Ireland on October 22nd if the Assembly at Stormont does not reconvene.
Students at an Alabama high school have defied the threat of legal action by reciting the ‘Our Father’ prayer before a football game at their school. The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) had issued a warning to Opelika City Schools Board of Education in Alabama that the Our Father prayer could not be played […]
Full credit to Conor Lally in the Irish Times for an extraordinary scoop this morning: Dublin City Council was paying “security” or protection money to the leader of a Dublin drugs gang, and also to a man who was connected to three murders, the High Court has heard. In fairness to the Times, you should read the whole […]
Leader of Aontú, Peadar Tóibín, has said that yesterday’s Budget introduced by Minister Paschal Donohue has done little to address the chasm developing between rural Ireland and Dublin. “We are now at crisis point as a nation,” the Meath West TD said. “Ireland is divided between an over-heating and fractured capital and sprawling commuter belt […]
Hillary Clinton appears to be flirting with the idea of running against Donald Trump in the 2020 elections after recent comments made during a PBS NewsHour interview.
The family of Emma Mhic Mhathúna have remembered her as “beautiful and brave” on the first anniversary of her death, and have said that they hoped “something positive will come from her journey and her passing”. Mrs Mhic Mhathúna, a mother of five, was one of 221 women given incorrect smear test results by the […]
The White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney has said President Trump could win 45 states in next year’s election, despite an impeachment process that promises to be the biggest challenge to re-election he has faced so far.
The box-office hit Unplanned opened in Ireland this week, despite attempts by left-wing activists to get theatres to cancel scheduled showings of the pro-life film. Far-left agitators in Galway called for a protest and threatened “that film won’t be shown in that cinema tonight”. Galway abortion advocates urged supporters to call and email Omniplex to stop […]
A row between local residents, Government, and a prominent local business family over the provision of direct provision has broken out in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, where over 1,100 people have signed a petition saying that they no longer feel safe walking through their own town because of large groups of migrants congregating in the centre […]