Young Fine Gael is not an organisation that customarily evokes our sympathy, here at Gript. It is, after all, the youth wing of the largest party of Government – a Government that has, over the past year, led an almost relentless assault on people’s civil liberties and freedoms. Signing up to Young Fine Gael means, […]
Many Irish people will be familiar with the old English phrase to describe an atmosphere of complete chaos: “It’s Bedlam in here”. Fewer, perhaps, will be aware of where the phrase comes from. In the 1300s, London’s first hospital for the mentally unwell was opened – St. Mary’s Bethlehem hospital, better known as Bedlam. In […]
The directors of the company, Barry and David Walsh, thanked all customers they had served for their loyalty.
Businessman Declan Ganley has called on the Irish Bishops to “open their churches” in defiance of lockdown after his constitutional case against the state in relation to the right to worship was delayed yet again. His case – which states that the ban on public worship is illegal under the Irish constitution – was originally […]
Minister of State for Sport Jack Chambers told Virgin Media that requiring vaccinations would mean “excluding children” from stadiums and therefore won’t be pursued as a policy.
A former Sinn Féin counciller has been charged with the murder of gangland criminal David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in Dublin five years ago. Jonathan Dowdall, 43, was charged before the Special Criminal Court this morning, the fourth person to be charged in the last seven days in connection with what was described as a […]
Give Fianna Fáil TD Cathal Crowe some credit: The last time he was in the news, it was because he was the politician with sufficient foresight to realise that Fine Gael’s proposal to honour the Dublin Metropolitan Police would be unpopular, and his intervention resulted in that pleasant pre-pandemic month we all spent debating the […]
Government Chief Whip Jack Chambers has just published the Legislative Programme for the summer 2021 Oireachtas session. The programme contains 43 bills for prioritisation by Government ministers and has been approved for publication following a meeting of the Cabinet. According to Mr Chamber’s the list of Bills been published following consultation with all government departments, […]
The European Commission has issued a ruling that Ireland can’t be trusted to police its own fishing quotas under the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy, and the fishing sector will face significant Brussels-imposed penalties. The ruling will remove a special law granted to Ireland that allowed fish to be weighed at Irish factories and not at […]
Government regulations introduced this year will make the tradition of offering a bride-to-be a free glass of champagne as she gets fitted for her dress a criminal offence. The regulations have been branded “extremely petty” and “joyless.” The Government has advised businesses that this regulation, which prohibits the “sale or supply of an alcohol product […]
An Evangelical Christian pastor has said he will “apologise to nobody” for exercising his constitutional right to worship God in public, holding a socially-distanced Sunday service in the Phoenix Park. “This may be a short message, but I believe it’s a message that needs to be given”, said Pastor John Aherne of the All Nations […]
Catholics in various parts of Ireland are gathering on a weekly basis to pray outside the doors of local churches as the ban on public worship persists.