A notable tweet here, and from a notable source: Marc MacSharry would not, it’s fair to say, be known as a member of the vanishingly small west-brit wing of Fianna Fáil. If someone like him is urging the country to go cap in hand to the hated blonde ruffian in downing street asking for aid, […]
Since they were founded last Autumn, the ISAG “Zero Covid” group have enjoyed a warm and friendly relationship with the Irish media. They’ve had several advantages in that endeavour – in the beginning, the Trinity College Press Office, with its extensive folder of press contacts, would send out press releases for them. Later, they engaged […]
Ireland is currently under one of the most restrictive covid-19 lockdowns in the world, and the worst in Europe, according to analysis by Oxford University. Ireland’s Level 5 restrictions ranked near the top of the global “stringency index” which has been developed by the university, and which records the strictness of lockdown policies across more […]
The Zero-Covid advocacy group, ISAG, passed information that “may or may not be true” to the Government, in order to give the Government the chance to “line up with our proposals”, Gript can reveal. Dr. Anthony Staines, who has previously featured in Gript reporting as the author of an internal note telling ISAG members to […]
The owner of a beauty salon in Balbriggan was arrested by Gardai today after opening her business for a second day because she says she needed to support her family and pay her bills. Christine McTiernan, who runs C&N Beautyroom, argued that she has the constitutional right to earn a living and this should allow her […]
The latest available data shows that Ireland narrowly missed its target of vaccinating 80,000 people last week. HSE Chief Executive Paul Reid set the target last Monday, when he said that the country would complete “over 80,000 vaccinations” over “a very key week.” A strong start to the week fell apart over the weekend, with […]
After Gary’s revelation yesterday that Professor Anthony Staines was sharing texts from “rules for radicals” urging the zero covid group to “look for ways to increase anxiety, insecurity, and uncertainty” in the population, it’s worth taking a deeper dive into the trove of zero covid correspondence we’ve recently received here at Gript. Because, as you’re […]
Trapped for 2 years More than 18,000 people have now signed a petition calling on the Irish government to intervene and get an Irish citizen home from China where he has been kept against his will for 2 years. Dublin businessman Richard O’Halloran has now been under detention in China since March 2019. He is […]
A beauty salon owner in Balbriggan opened her business this morning, only to be swiftly shut down by the Gardaí. At least two businesses have been closed by An Garda Síochana in recent days after a gym in Donegal and beauty salon in north Dublin decided to open their doors to customers. The businesses were […]
The latest available data shows that Ireland is strongly on track to vaccinate 80,000 people a week. Between Sunday the 14th and Saturday the 20th of February, the last day we have data for, 77,612 vaccinations were administered. 40,016 of those were first doses, with 37,596 being second doses. The average number of doses administered […]
Update: Professor Staines has admitted to sending the material reported below, you can read about that HERE. Gript can reveal that members of the Zero-Covid advocacy group ISAG have recently been instructed to “look for ways to increase insecurity, anxiety, and uncertainty.” The revelation comes from a trove of hundreds of emails, draft documents, and […]
RTÉ Radio One made the restaurant-owner promise to give them an exclusive interview. RTÉ told restaurateur Paul Treyvaud they were “double-booked” this morning and could not conduct an exclusive interview the station had sought about his decision to open his restaurant on July 1 in defiance of any lockdown rules that will still be in […]