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, […]
Newstalk has seen significant backlash online after accusing Harry Potter author JK Rowling of “opposing rights for trans people” similar to Vladimir Putin. Rowling has been noted for her belief that transgender self-identification was a threat to women in areas such as sports, women’s toilets and changing rooms. She has also expressed concern that young […]
Pushback
Special Needs assessments increased by a third during pandemic
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, was forced to abruptly abandon a speech he was delivering at a peace event in Belfast after being told of a bomb scare. This is the moment Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney was told by his security of a bomb threat as he was mid-speech at a […]
Ireland is planning to take twice as many Ukrainian refugees than France and the United States, despite those countries having populations – and economies – orders of magnitude larger than Ireland’s. The most recent estimate from the Irish Government is that Ireland may accommodate 200,000 displaced Ukrainians, as the war in that country shows no […]
Political parties don’t deliver objective and factual information. They are always trying to persuade you of something. That, too, is increasingly true of the media.
Healy-Rae used term frequently
Supply chain chaos
Highlight crisis for homeless
Did Michael Healy Rae call Leo Varadkar a “fairy” in the Dáil on Tuesday?