Fascinating, and full credit to Justine McCarthy and John Mooney in the Sunday Times for drawing this angle to the public’s attention: Simon Coveney, the foreign affairs minister, will be quizzed at an Oireachtas committee on Tuesday if he deleted texts with Leo Varadkar, the tanaiste, from his phone after freedom of information requests were […]
A 15-year-old girl was attacked twice within the space of minutes by two groups of teens in Stephen’s Green last weekend, a mum has said. Speaking to Joe Duffy on RTÉ Liveline this week, she described the “nightmare” as her daughter was beaten twice by two separate groups who knew each other within about 4 […]
She said that there were “very serious personal safety issues emerging around the isolated nature of some of the more rural school bus stops.”
In 2020, the average cost of an “available, staffed prison space” was €80,445 per prisoner.
Despite statements that the offending tweet had been removed it is clearly still visible on the Cllr’s social media.
We’re often critical of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties here at Gript, and nearly always because, well, they’re not very good at defending civil liberties. It is unusual, for example, for an organisation dedicated to civil liberties to be at the forefront of demands for restrictions on the right to protest, as they are […]
There have been sufficient articles written in Ireland about the legacy of so-called “catholic guilt” in Ireland that, if stacked one on top of the other, you’d be unwise to bet against them reaching the moon. How many times, over the years, have you heard people sobbing on the radio about dealing with the “legacy […]
The HSE is investigating a significant jump in the number of syphilis cases in Ireland this year, with a 43% increase recorded from the same period last year. Between January 1st 2020 and August 21st 2020, there were 349 cases of Early Infectious Syphilis (EIS) detected. Over the same period in 2021, there have been […]
Increase.
Since its establishment 21 years ago CFI has provided in excess of €75m through what it terms “strategic investments” in communities.
“I don’t back down if I’m right”: A Cork politician has called for Ireland to vet all Afghan refugees entering the country, dismissing cries from groups like People Before Profit. Independent Cork City Councillor Ken O’Flynn made the remarks in an exclusive interview with Gript. “I think, in fairness, when there’s a country that’s war […]
In all seriousness, and, accepting that there is much competition for the accolade, this might be the stupidest story of the year. Imagine being the Garda who had to take the call from an adult complaining that other adults were mean about her in a whatsapp group: A prominent Green Party TD and Oireachtas committee […]