Independent media is an essential part of any free society, and is vital for keeping the political establishment in check. But how can journalists hold government politicians to account, when they’re all in bed together – sometimes literally? In a recent video here at Gript, we exposed the fact that RTÉ, who are supposed to […]
Ah come on now: Scientists say surfaces such as park benches are less of a transmission route for Covid-19; likewise picking it up from a passing jogger, although it is best to avoid their slipstream https://t.co/ekTcnyabwA — RTÉ News (@rtenews) April 6, 2021 Scientists say surfaces such as park benches are also less of a […]
Our dear friends over at the Journal.ie reported yesterday that the Phoenix Park will shortly have its old, ornate gates restored, three years after they were taken down to facilitate the visit of Pope Francis. It’s good news, for sure, but with all the respect in the world to the good people at the Journal, […]
With the notable exception of Ronan McGreevy in the Irish Times, a report compiled by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre on outdoor transmission of Covid 19, did not perhaps gain as much attention as might have been expected. Most of the media was too preoccupied with a sub-Jeremy Kyle tale of two women who had […]
New legislation published by the Minister for Justice Helen McEntee will ensure that all persons convicted for a second or subsequent offence for possession of firearms with intent to endanger life will no longer face a mandatory minimum 10-year sentence. The new legislation will also ensure that anyone convicted of carrying a firearm with […]
A review of the 2018 Irish abortion legislation is scheduled for 2021. In a sane society, evidence for such a review would be routinely collected from the medics providing the abortion. In other countries, that is indeed what happens. There is some variation among these countries in the amount of data collected. But information about […]
The Department of Transport has announced that they will be significantly reducing the grant incentives for electric hybrid vehicles, making a nonsense of their other “green schemes.” Currently, if one wants to purchase an electric car or hybrid, you can apply for a grant of up to €5,000 from the Sustainable Energy Association of Ireland […]
One thing that has genuinely been remarkable to witness over the course of Ireland’s covid journey is how the comparisons between Ireland and the UK in the Irish media have…… sort of disappeared? You will recall, of course, that in the early days of the pandemic, Irish journalists and political types could not stop comparing […]
Last week, RTÉ apologised to Minister Paschal Donohue because they asked him a slightly difficult question around children’s shoes. The apology, and the speed with which it was delivered, does not bode well for the future of robust journalism in this country – and should give pause to the headlong rush to ensure taxpayer funding […]
An interesting move, on a number of levels: We are delighted to announce that @colettebrowne will be joining the #SocDems as our Communications Director pic.twitter.com/1fZpWA4cOE — Social Democrats (@SocDems) April 2, 2021 On one level, it’s a really excellent career move by Browne. The Soc Dems are, for better or ill (let’s face it: ill) a party on the […]
Rarely has a news story been more perfectly calibrated to appeal to the various prejudices of Ireland’s media class than the news this weekend that two young women had absconded from their mandatory appointments with two-week detention, having returned from Dubai, where they had gone to have cosmetic surgery. The women in question, we are […]
Fr. PJ Hughes was fined 500 euro and threatened with arrest for saying Mass to a handful of parishioners in Co. Cavan yet in Knock, over the Easter weekend, a greater number were present in the Basilica for the Good Friday solemnities yet there was no word from the Gardai. The presence of RTÉ transforms […]