Part of the rationale for the Black Lives Matter kneel is to express either anger at the treatment of “people of colour”, if you are a person of colour, or alternatively remorse at the treatment, past present and future of people of colour if you are a white folk. One of those injustices obviously is […]
During the course of a recent Dáil debate, Alan Kelly, the leader of the Labour party, suggested that the assets of those religious orders who were involved in the mother and baby homes should be seized in the event that they do not make a sufficient contribution to any compensation or redress scheme. He was […]
The Government have succeeded in keeping our Churches – not their Churches but our Churches – closed during Holy Week: a week on which our whole Christian faith pivots. It cannot be said too often that there was no medical reason to do so. It has been a repressive policy; and the misinformation and fear-mongering […]
The Decade of Centenaries Programme that was initiated in 2012 and which is set to end in 2023 has allowed us to revisit and to celebrate some of the great milestones of Irish history. These include the foundation of the Irish Volunteers, the Home Rule and Land Bills, the 1913 Lockout, the 1916 Rising, the […]
Sinn Féin have put in a submission to the Commission on the Defence Forces, warning of the alleged danger of “far-right disinformation hacking into the minds” of Irish soldiers, posing a “serious threat to democracy itself.” In possibly one of the most melodramatic and bizarre submissions ever written, Sinn Féin Defence Forces spokesperson Sorca Clarke […]
What at first sight might have appeared to have been an April Fool’s stunt, was pretty quickly elevated into real news. The Irish Independent reported in the early hours of the morning that members of the Dublin senior football team were seen, and photographed, at a training session at the Inisfails ground north of Coolock. […]
Looking back on the last few NPHET pressers and Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s message to the nation last night (March 30), the reckless embrace of societal paralysis prompts a lot of head scratching. When you aren’t ruled by fear of an endemic virus which has pretty low mortality for all but a select cohort, the absence […]
We try to focus on Irish news here at Gript, but there’s an interesting story from Florida that is worth covering for several reasons. One of those, incidentally, is that this guy, Ron DeSantis, is definitely running for President, and angling for all those Trump voters: The governor of Florida said he will take executive […]
If you are one of those people (and, if you are a regular Gript reader, chances are this applies to you) who wonders why in the hell the Government persists in listening to every word NPHET says, then here’s a poll that explains it perfectly. The IPSOS MRBI annual trust survey asks Irish people who […]
It is indeed time to stand up against real bullies and real hate speech. Not the sort that merely offends but the sort that demonstrably endangers. Our culture has become obsessed with microaggressions, yet it often fails to challenge the kind of thuggish aggression, masked as righteous anger, that threatens the fundamental freedoms of others. […]
The Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has confirmed there are 5,279 applicants residing here that are still waiting to receive what is termed a ‘first instance decision’ from the International Protection Office. A first instance decision is where the International Protection Office assesses the validity of an applicant’s claim before recommending one of the […]
If you have a son, or a daughter, approaching the age when the opposite sex (or, in these enlightened times, any one of the 43 genders) starts to capture their attention, and want to give them some really good life advice, might we suggest this: “don’t settle for anything less than somebody who loves you […]