The Newstalk journalist whose reporting brought a false story about teachers in Presentation College Carlow to national attention has completely removed all reference to the story from her twitter account. Kacey O’Riordan, an IMRO-award winning reporter who works with Newstalk, Today FM, 98FM, and Spin 103.8FM, tweeted on Tuesday that “female students at a Carlow […]
Note: Gript’s usual editorial practice is to require two separate and independent sources for anything that we report as factual. In this case, there is only one source for this story, because staff members in Presentation College have been advised not to speak to the media. We think it is fair to report the information […]
If you are a young, Irish, man, then this may come as a surprise to you, but your phone, laptop, and other communications devices are not 100% secure. Your phone could be stolen. Your Gmail could be hacked. Your personal data, as we are constantly warned, is vulnerable. Maybe your password is weak, or maybe […]
By now, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll have heard the disgraceful story about rampant sexism – and borderline paedophilia – in a Carlow School. If you have been living under a rock, here’s how the Journal covered it tonight: THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE have signed a petition in protest over female students at […]
If we are to have Christmas this year, according to the World Health Organisation, it should be “risk free”. And they are worried, would you believe, that this might not be possible: THE WORLD HEALTH Organization (WHO) has said that avoiding family gatherings would be “the safest bet” over Christmas, insisting there is no zero-risk […]
“In a time of deceit”, said George Orwell, “telling the truth is a revolutionary act”. So in that spirit, here’s the truth: Every single person reading this article was born either male, or female, and will be male, or female, until they die. Not one of you chose your gender, any more than you chose […]
Well, this will cause a ruckus: #BREAKING: QANTAS CEO confirms that proof that you've been vaccinated for COVID-19 will be compulsory for international air travel onboard his aircraft. #9ACA pic.twitter.com/dhk3Hsnxn9 — A Current Affair (@ACurrentAffair9) November 23, 2020 QANTAS is just one airline, of course, and there’s no guarantee that others will follow – but […]
On June 11th, 2004, sixteen and a half years ago, the Irish people went to the polls to vote on the 27th amendment to the constitution. The proposal in front of them was to strip from the constitution the automatic right to citizenship conferred on every child born on Irish soil. Instead, prior to the […]
This weekend, the Irish people were treated to an extraordinary tale of woe, courtesy of Kitty Holland in the Irish Times. Steady yourselves before reading this one. As they say on the news, this report contains details that some readers might find…. upsetting: Social tenants in a luxury apartment complex in Dublin say they are […]
682 British Children have been investigated and referred to a UK Government counter-terrorism programme over alleged “far right” activity, according to Sky News: Home Office figures show a dramatic rise in the number of under-18s referred to the government’s counter-terrorism programme Channel over concerns about their possible involvement with the far-right. A total of 682 […]
What must poor Dara Calleary be thinking, having resigned his job as minister for agriculture for the crime of having eaten a few spuds? And Seán O’Rourke, you’ll recall, has been blacklisted from RTÉ for attending the same dinner. It’s one rule for those two, and another for other people, apparently: Some of RTÉ’s top […]
Two and a half years ago, those of us who raised the horrifying possibility that Irish babies might be born alive as a result of abortions, and left to suffer slow, painful deaths, were denounced as scaremongering monsters who were out to upset women and lie to the public. But we were telling the truth. […]