“So relationships are really, really bad for the Irish government as a consequence.”
Tipperary TD, Mattie McGrath has said that Dr Tony Holohan told him “we are dealing with a pandemic, we will do the lockdown and do the science later,” when he challenged the Chief Medical Officer on the science behind the continued closure of churches in the lockdown. Deputy McGrath said that there had been “no […]
Statistics requested from each Government Department by the Peadar Tóibín TD has reveal that there have been in excess of 2,000 data breaches from government departments since 2019, with over 400 of the breaches taking place in 2021. The Aontú leader said that “given the events of the past week, in terms of the HSE […]
The media pummelling of Fine Gael bye-election candidate for Dublin Bay South, James Geoghegan, shows no immediate signs of easing off. One might suspect, given the ferocity of the criticism headed his way, that some elements of the media who had a soft spot for snubbed ex-TD Kate O’Connell are taking a little bit of […]
The Sinn Fein Housing Spokesperson, Eoin Ó Broin, and the Sinn Fein TD for Cork North-Central, Thomas Gould, are seeking to compel the state’s Land Development Agency (LDA) to provide for the transfer of public land for the sole purpose of housing asylum seekers. The Sinn Féin TDs made the remarks during a meeting of […]
“In short, I consider that it was an outrageously bad libel.”
Verona Murphy TD tore into the government on Wednesday for extending the emergency covid-19 powers for a further 6 months. “As the Covid-19 situation was developing, I voted to give the Government these special emergency powers,” the ex-Fine Gael Wexford independent said. Verona Murphy, Independent, explains her opposition to the often nonsensical and contradictory restrictions […]
Israel has said it “outright rejects” the declaration.
It is generally bad media practice to write about yourself, and here at Gript, we try to avoid it. There are, however, occasions when it becomes necessary, to illustrate a broader point. Yesterday morning, the Editorial Team at Gript received a communication from Facebook. Our Facebook page – with 42,000 followers – was, we were […]
The HSE has warned that people should expect “widespread cancellations” of health appointments this week amid the ongoing disruption caused by the cyber attack that rocked the health service, with one hospital group cancelling around 20,000 appointments over the incident. While some computer systems have been repaired to operational status following the attack, which took […]
Gript spoke to Irish fishermen during today’s Cork harbour protest against EU regulations which have been dubbed “unworkable.” A flotilla of fishing vessels this morning sailed up the river via Cork port in an effort to draw attention to the industry’s plight. The scene in the centre of Cork city this morning as trawlers arrive […]
The headline above is entirely accurate, and, at the same time, a little misleading. You might think, to read it, that the various main party candidates in the Dublin Bay South bye-election were engaged in a war over the legality of abortion, with one or two expressing a pro-choice view, and one or two dissenting. […]