Next time you find yourself in front of a judge, for speeding, or whatever, make sure to tell his or her honour that you are deeply sorry and that lessons have been learned. Maybe, to emphasise the point, you could pledge to go on a course that teaches you about the speed limit: A HEALTH […]
There is, in Ireland, a law against stealing cars. If you steal someone’s car, you are liable to be arrested, prosecuted, and, if convicted, either fined or sent to prison. If the Gardai recover the car you stole, it will be returned to its original owner. So imagine for a moment how people might react […]
In Arthur Koestler’s novel Darkness at Noon, the Stalinist Rubashov’s prison neighbour responds to the news that Rubashov has fallen foul of the regime by tapping out “Bravo. The Wolves devour one another.” Some of us may be forgiven by having the same feelings with regard to the turning of the woke witch hunters on […]
Many of us living in rural Ireland feel the Green party is openly hostile to anything beyond the Pale. From telling their canvassers to use “simple language” on the doors of country folk, to the demonization of farmers over climate change, the Greens seem to have very little comprehension, understanding or empathy for the people […]
Some recent dissembling on the part of Amnesty Ireland has reminded me of a previous instance when that organisation engaged in disingenuous sophistry. As someone who agrees with the majority of positions taken by Amnesty Ireland, I find such behaviour disappointing. While there are many contemporary issues where reasonable people may differ, it seems worthwhile […]
Taxpayer-funded organisations are meant to be transparent and accountable. Proper order, given that so many millions in our taxes are granted each year to entities which often seem to be a favourite of the politically powerful rather than the public. One of the ways in which transparency is achieved is in inviting various parties to […]
A new group made up of various far-left organisations is formally launching today in order to campaign against Ireland’s “far right”. “LeCheile” is made up, as you might guess, of all the usual suspects: The National Women’s Council, The Irish Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, Sinn Fein, The Union of Students in Ireland, Gaza action Ireland, The […]
Just as the Government rolled over for the far left on the Euthanasia Bill, it seems that they will do the same on Labour’s Private Members Bill which seeks to overturn the decision of the 2004 referendum on citizenship. Yesterday in the Seanad, Minister for Justice Helen McEntee told Senator Ivana Bacik that she supported […]
To be honest, it’s hard to understand where the present panic in some quarters about mandatory vaccinations for Covid 19 has come from. No elected Government, facing into an election at some point in the next five years, is going to want images on the television of policemen dragging four year old girls from their […]
As Gript readers will be well aware, a recent study from UCC has revealed the horrendous reality of how late term abortions are being conducted in this state as well as the astonishing level of medical speciality infighting that is taking place within the Irish maternity hospital network. The silence on the issues that […]
The EU’s pre- Christmas Summit, on 10/11th December, is just over a week away. Brexit looms, of course, but the make or break issue on the table is the EU’s €1.8 trillion fiscal response to impact of the Covid-19 endemic. This pivotal initiative has been in stasis for almost six months. The reason is a […]
“It has not yet been decided how many people can visit each other at Christmas.” So read a recent Irish Times report on the imminent scaling back of Covid restrictions. Many of us have become so accustomed to being instructed by government officials how to conduct our private life that this sort of statement, instead […]