Credit to Aoife Moore in the Examiner for this scoop: The government is examining the potential for an “insane” pilot scheme to shoot seals with high-powered rifles from boats. The scheme would see licenses granted potentially in Kerry and Cork to protect fishermen’s catches. The latest population estimates available to government indicate that there are […]
Credit to the Trinity News, the college’s student newspaper, for an immensely entertaining report about the thought process which has led to the College Historical Society to un-invite Professor Richard Dawkins, who was scheduled to give an address to students next year: The College Historical Society (the Hist) has tonight rescinded its invitation to Richard […]
A Canadian doctor has warned that the number of people dying by assisted suicide increased five-fold in Canada after it was legalised in 2016 on ‘limited grounds’. Dr Martin Owen, writing in the Irish Times responded to those who argued that the Dáil should look to countries such as Canada when considering whether it was […]
The good news: S/he is behind bars, for the moment: A TEENAGER has been remanded in custody charged with making threats to kill two people. Barbie Kardashian (18), of no fixed abode, appeared before Limerick District Court charged with four counts of making threats to kill or cause serious harm. The bad news: S/he, legally […]
The Ombudsman, Peter Tyndall, has said that it is a “matter of frustration” for him that he has not been given the power to investigate the tragic and shocking death of Ultan Meehan in Kilbrew Nursing home in Meath earlier this year. Mr Meehan suffered from dementia and also from cancer of the head which had caused […]
Update two: Gript has been made aware that the media reporting of this story has been impacted by a court order by the President of the High Court restricting the right of media outlets to report on the Gender Dysphoria aspect of this story (in other words, banning newspapers from revealing that the person involved […]
A senior medical expert has said that the government needs to stop “scaring the nation” on Covid-19. Dr Martin Feeley, the former clinical director of the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group, previously said Covid-19 is “much less severe” than the average annual flu. He was forced to resign by the HSE for his comments, despite a […]
The Hair and Beauty sector is contributing €2.79 bn to the economy’s GDP – but the Government will drive more customers into the already significant black market, if it does not do the right thing on VAT in the upcoming budget, according to the representative body HABIC (Hair & Beauty Industry Confederation). Already a burgeoning proportion of […]
Abortion survivors have thanked U.S. President Donald Trump after he announced an executive order on Wednesday which would require that medical care be given to babies who are born alive after a failed abortion attempt. “Today I am announcing that I will be signing the Born-Alive Executive Order to ensure that all precious babies born alive, […]
This is actually like something from a Monty Python movie. You can imagine the scene, where the angry mob is looking for something to burn, or tear down, or stone to death, and fixates on an innocent statue. Only to find, a little later, that they had got the wrong target. Anyway, the Shelbourne has […]
Important thing to note in this story: The word “controlled”: “Coronavirus should be let spread amongst people below 60 in a controlled way, the Dáil’s Covid-19 committee will be told on Wednesday. Sweden’s former chief epidemiologist Dr Johan Giesecke will recommend that the virus be let spread through the population alongside a programme that concentrates […]
Figures obtained by Independent TD, Carol Nolan, suggest that almost a thousand women changed their mind and did not proceed with abortion because the three day waiting period gave an opportunity for reflection.