One of the main advantages, we’re always told, of European Union membership, is that it affords Irish people the right to travel to and live freely in 26 other European countries. No passport checks, no immigration requirements, no papers – just hop on a plane, land in Vienna or Rome or Bucharest, and you’re as […]
As official covid infection and death figures surge to new heights, and mandatory quarantines are introduced in countries like Australia, Táinaiste Leo Varadkar has said that a similar policy of quarantining incoming air and sea passengers would be “disproportionate” and “unworkable.” Varadkar said that Ireland has seen a huge reduction in incoming foreign travel, with […]
“You don’t have to be a citizen, it’s for anybody who’s here,” Mr Donnelly said.
For most of us, September 11th, 2001, was mostly memorable for the attacks by Al-Quaeda operatives on New York and Washington DC, with planes crashing into the World Trade Center, and the Pentagon. But for a little-remembered British Government advisor, by the name of Jo Moore, it marked the day her career in Government came […]
The Irish government confirmed the agreement yesterday with the Irish Medical Organisation.
To be fair, it’s a common sentiment on this island, or most of it, anyway. It’s a less common sentiment coming from…. The former Tory Chancellor of the Exchequer? Here he is: The former Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne believes the majority of the English public “will not care” if Northern Ireland leaves the […]
“Some of you are waiting with baited breath, for that favourite media phrase, the u-turn”, drawled Margaret Thatcher to the Tory party conference, at the height of her first-term unpopularity. “Well, you turn if you want to. The lady’s not for turning”. The most prominent lady in the Irish Government, however, very much is for […]
Speaking to RTÉ this week, Fianna Fáil Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said the new Brazilian covid variant, though causing serious concern, has not stopped over 1,500 Brazilian migrants from entering the Republic of Ireland in the last 2 weeks. The new strain, which was discovered recently and appears to be significantly more infectious than the […]
Frederick Hunt, 74, pleaded guilty in the Dublin Circuit Court this week to producing and distributing hundreds of images of child pornography. Hunt, who is a retired Irish Times employee, was also found to have carried out illegal activities on his work computer in the Irish Times building in Dublin. He pleaded guilty to seven […]
The HSE has told nursing homes that some residents who are frail and elderly should not be vaccinated against Covid-19.
Gardaí have massively increased their enforcement of fines for breaches of the 5km travel limit over the weekend, promising greater presence on backroads which people have reportedly used until now to skirt around the main Garda checkpoints. The government has ordered that citizens remain at home unless they have to travel for work, school, or […]
Bad news, this Tuesday morning, for those of you hoping that the Communist revolution is just around the corner. News reaches us, here at Gript, of a major split in the Irish Communist movement. It’s so bad, in fact, that The Communist Party of Ireland has been taken over by a “clique” that “has led […]