US streaming company Netflix will be introducing new charges for those who wish to share their Netflix accounts with other households in a bid to prevent loss of revenue. The company, has amassed over 220 million paying subscribers, many of whom go on to share their passwords with relatives and friends. This, the company says, […]
In an RTÉ-commissioned poll on “hate speech” legislation a few years ago, only 19% of viewers said they were in favour of such laws. The poll ran on Claire Byrne Live and was conducted by Amárach Research in 2017, the year after the Brexit referendum and the election of then-US President Donald Trump. 2017 was […]
What can one say? It’s groundhog day all over again. As Ireland’s Covid cases have begun to increase, we are once again experiencing calls for a return of various Covid restrictions – just weeks after lifting them initially. Tell me if you’re starting to get deja vu. The HSE's Emergency Department Taskforce is requesting the […]
Was Smith right to be angry? Sure, he was.
Later this year, he is scheduled to become Taoiseach again. If he does, that probably locks him in as Fine Gael leader until the next election.
€4.6 million to groups that are involved in supporting the victims of crime
Elderly people in the Republic of Ireland are going blind for lack of a simple 20 minute procedure. That’s what Gript was told by Independent TDs Michael Collins and Danny Healy-Rae, standing outside the Dáil at 5:45 a.m. on a freezing cold March morning. Collins, who represents Cork South-West, told the Gript team about the […]
According to property website Daft.ie, Ireland is seeing an “unprecedented” lack of houses for sale online, with average prices increasingly sharply since last year. According to the Irish House Price Report for Q1 in 2022, nationally average house prices rose 8.4% nationally since last March, partially due to inflation. While Covid-19 initially reduced house prices, […]
With his domestic approval rating now in the 30s, it’s probably more likely than not that Biden won’t even bother seeking re-electio
When it comes to environmental disasters, who do you generally imagine is responsible? We generally tend to think of an evil rightwing industrial capitalist with a top hat and monocle. Some lad who looks like the Monopoly man, laughing maniacally and twirling his moustache as his money machine pumps toxic fumes into the upper atmosphere. […]
The real debate in Ireland then is not between “neutrality” on the one hand and “NATO” on the other: it is about what the word “neutrality” means
“The vast bulk of INAR’s “charitable income” from me and you is actually spent on paying themselves.