Former Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan was among other notable figures throwing his weight behind the campaign as momentum builds among owners.
A group of TDs are co-sponsoring a new bill which seeks to ensure that pain relief will be given to unborn babies who are aborted after 20 weeks gestation. Describing it as a humane and reasonable proposal, the TDs said that the measure was worthy of majority support in the Dáil. In recent months […]
Gript has learnt that the Irish Prison Service (IPS) may force staff who refuse COVID-19 vaccinations to take unpaid leave. Minutes of a recent meeting, pictured below, state that this is due to a decision by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) that it would be “unsafe” for those staff to attend work. The minutes […]
A primary school in Limerick has dropped an external educator brought in to run sex and relationships education after children of 12 were advised to “ask their Grandfather if he still gets an erection”, Gript can reveal. The school, a mixed school under Catholic patronage in Limerick City, had brought in the external educator – […]
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín has said that there are serious questions for the government to answer after revelations that over half of those who died of Covid-19 in the State contracted the virus either in nursing homes or in hospitals. Deputy Tóibín said information released to Aontú under Freedom of Information showed that 56% of […]
The family of MLA and former-IRA prisoner Martina Anderson have accused Sinn Féin of “publicly humiliating” her. Anderson, who is an MLA for the Foyle constituency in Northern Ireland and member of the Sinn Féin Ard Comhairle, was asked to step down from her role in the party last month, along with her fellow Sinn […]
RTÉ Radio 1 presenter Brendan O’Connor has been praised online for his handling of renowned atheist Richard Dawkins.
An inquest into the shooting dead of ten civilians by soldiers in the Parachute Regiment of the British Army over a terrifying three day period in Ballymurphy, Belfast in 1971 has concluded that all of those killed were “entirely innocent of any wrongdoings”. Mrs Justice Keegan said today: “What is very clear is that all […]
The Rural Independent Group has declared war on NGO An Taisce, calling for the group to be defunded and arguing that they have shown an “utter lack of consideration to the rural economy” by challenging planning permission for a Kilkenny cheese plant. “We call for an end to the annual €3.5 million of taxpayer’s money […]
A Clare priest has revealed that he has been celebrating public Mass “the whole time” throughout the Level 5 lockdown, with an average of over 50 attendees in his church, and has defended the practice as perfectly safe. Fr. Willie Cummins, who is the parish priest of Ennistymon – a town in north clare – […]
Lidl Ireland’s CEO, JP Scally, has defended the supermarket chain selling rapid antigen tests in their stores, after selling over 10,000 kits. According to Scally in an interview with RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland, the tests sold out across many Lidl stores over the weekend and proved significantly cheaper than tests elsewhere at €24.99 for a […]
Chief Medical Officer and Chairman of NPHET, Dr. Tony Holohan, has confirmed that health authorities are “actively” looking into child vaccinations for covid-19. Speaking during an interview on RTÉ news, the CMO was asked his thoughts on vaccinating children. “That’s a fair question,” Holohan replied. “I think some of the companies are looking at broadening […]