It’s a little bit gauche to write about oneself, which is why, when possible, we avoid doing that here at Gript. There are times, though, when it becomes unavoidable, such as when one of the country’s leading columnists prints a complete falsehood, as Justine McCarthy of the Sunday Times did yesterday, when she accused this […]
At the anti-lockdown assembly in Cork City Centre 6th March 2021 Photo credits: John Tangney
Crowds have protested in Cork city against the continued lockdown, despite Garda checkpoints seeking to turn back demonstrators and warnings that those attending could face fines. Protestors gathered in Patrick’s Street in the city centre and heard from speakers including Peter O’Donoghue, who said he was marching for his mother, who having buried her second son, […]
The number of vaccines administered this week, to date, is lower than we have seen in the previous two weeks. The current rate of administration means it is highly unlikely that we will hit the Government’s vaccination target for March. The Government has said that they will aim to administer 84,000 doses next week. Hitting […]
HSE welcomes the news as a “great sign”.
The Archdiocese of Dublin joined with Gardaí in pressing for an end to priests giving Holy Communion to parishioners after Mass.
Yesterday Gript reported that the International Fact-Checking Network, the IFCN, had told Gript that some of the fact-checking material published by the Journal.ie did not meet their requirements to be considered fact-checking but was instead “non-fact-checking content.” You can read more on that story HERE. The IFCN accredits the Journal as a fact-checker and their […]
Gardaí have stated that organisers of tomorrow’s anti-lockdown rally in Cork, which is headed by a Socialist anti-water charges campaigner, could face a criminal investigation if the protest takes place as planned. However, organisers of the demonstration were defiant ahead of the event, saying that they had a constitutional right to protest despite the restrictions. […]
At current trends the Government is likely to miss, by a substantial margin, its target of administering 1.25 million doses of vaccines by the 31st of March. We had administered, as of the 2nd of March, 460,640 doses. Hitting this target would require us to administer 789,360 doses over a 29-day period, a rate of […]
Confiscation is not the official term, of course, but what’s a better word for this carry on? PARENTS WHO HAD to submit their own passports as part of the application for their child to get a passport may have to wait as long as six months to receive their own back. Furthermore, anyone who had […]
Umbrella NGO Le Cheile has retweeted a Twitter post calling to “gather forces now” and sweep anti-lockdown protesters “off the streets when the time comes.” Le Chéile, an umbrella organisation for a range of taxpayer funded NGOs and leftwing political movements, which describes itself as “a cross-sectoral alliance working together to challenge the far right […]
Fine Gael Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has warned that tax increases are “very likely” after the covid-19 pandemic, in a total contradiction of what Táinaiste Leo Varadkar said just 2 weeks before. Speaking on Thursday the 4th of March at an ESRI event, Donohoe stated that the government would be moving to reduce the budget […]