This is so stupid that it’s going to be hard to get 700 words in, explaining exactly how stupid it is. But we’ll give it a go: A former TD says a derogation should be made for essential protests during the pandemic. It comes amid plans for protests demanding more be done to tackle violence […]
The waters off the coast of Kerry have been quieter in recent months, after the decision of Funghie the Dolphin to (ahem) retire after three decades of loyal service to the Kingdom. This hasn’t especially impacted the tourist business in Kerry, mainly because the Irish Government has made sure that there’s very little tourism business […]
“Asylum seekers”, you might note, is not a phrase that ever appears these days, in most of the media. And it certainly does not appear in Government news releases. Instead, the new, PR-friendly term is “international protection applicants”. And said international protection applicants got good news yesterday, courtesy of Roderic O’Gorman and Simon Harris: Today, […]
Hairdressers will be closed until May, the Taoiseach said yesterday, meaning that those of us who survive lockdown will emerge, eventually, into the sunshine, with hair and beards flowing like the cavemen of yore. But that’s only if we survive what NPHET says is the latest “dangerous moment” of the never-ending pandemic: Ireland could be […]
There’s been a lot of attention given, in the lockdown-sceptical parts of the Irish internet, in recent days, to the results of a freedom of information request made by a website called freepress.ie. Here’s what they say: Freepress.ie can exclusively reveal that Irish hospitals were never under strain throughout 2020, based on newly released official […]
The preliminary agenda for the annual conference of the Teachers Union of Ireland has been released, and with it, a list of motions that the Union is set to debate when it gathers for that conference later this spring. Top of the agenda is motion 177, introduced by the Dublin branch of the TUI, which […]
Quietly, this is one of the most significant stories in global politics today, but (probably understandably) it’s not going to make headlines in most Irish media outlets: China’s military executed a coordinated test launch of its top anti-ship ballistic missile into the South China Sea last August to send an “unmistakable message,” the head of […]
Look, Leo, some of us knew this already. Apparently, though, other people needed to be told again: “There is a misconception that Fine Gael is a conservative party when it has in fact played a “crucial role” in advancing equality and in particular gender equality, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said. Noting that women have often […]
It’s been a while now, but there was a time, at least when this writer was a toddler, when falling into thorny bushes was an occupational habit of being a small child. Today? It’s the equivalent of a decent sized win on the Lotto: A child left with facial scars after falling into brambles while […]
The text of Article 15.2 of Bunreacht nah Eireann, the Irish constitution, is set to form the basis of a case taken by Barrister and Activist Tracey O’Mahony, which seeks to challenge the constitutionality of almost every lockdown restriction enacted by the Irish Government, Gript can reveal. In court documents lodged this week, which have […]
Question: In what country in the world do the authorities consider it perfectly safe to queue up for a McDonalds drive-thru, and collect your happy meal, but too dangerous to queue up for communion after an online mass? Take a wild guess: The Archdiocese of Dublin has advised parishes and priests not to organise events […]
It’s a little bit gauche to write about oneself, which is why, when possible, we avoid doing that here at Gript. There are times, though, when it becomes unavoidable, such as when one of the country’s leading columnists prints a complete falsehood, as Justine McCarthy of the Sunday Times did yesterday, when she accused this […]