A shocking stabbing in the north Dublin suburb of Balbriggan has been caught on camera, bringing attention to the gang violence in the area once more. Yesterday it was reported that a teenager was taken to hospital after a stabbing in Balbriggan. He is said to be refusing to co-operate with a Garda investigation into […]
Offaly TD Carol Nolan has said that NPHET is to recommend not extending the lockdown in Offaly and Laois after August 22. However, in response to a question from a constituent, she said that “Kildare may well remain in lockdown.” The recommendation still has to be signed off by the Government which is expected to announce […]
The shocking story of the abuse of a blind pensioner by a home carer raises serious issues around the treatment of elderly people in this country. As revealed by a report in the Irish Mail on Sunday, an elderly woman who was blind and vulnerable was treated in an abusive and appalling fashion by a supposed carer who […]
18-year-old Mayo student Elijah Burke has won a High Court challenge on calculated grades against the Department of Education. Burke had been excluded from the calculated grades process as a result of him being taught solely by his mother, Martina Burke, for the duration of his education. As an immediate relative, she was deemed by […]
As reported previously on Gript, a foreign development group is in ongoing discussions regarding the establishment of a new city in Ireland with a “target population” of fifty percent Hong Kongers and the remaining being from the host country. Now, it seems, Dundalk might be the latest spot under scrutiny for such a city. Local […]
Multiple sources, including former staff, have told Gript that injured or ill dogs in Ashton Dog Pound were routinely refused access to pain relief or veterinary aid as the dogs “would be dead soon anyway.” The allegations came after a Gript investigation uncovered a series of photographs of potential animal welfare issues in the pound. […]
Anger and frustration have been widely expressed on social media at the government’s decision to revert to holding matches behind closed doors. Thousands of families who had returned to matches and training, with a maximum number of 200 people in attendance, have now been told that they need to adhere to a 15 people limit on outdoor gatherings. […]
They should really have extended this invitation to the Taoiseach, too, since he’s the one who made the decision: Following this evening’s unexpected announcement the GAA invites Dr Ronan Glynn and NPHET to present the empirical evidence which informed the requirement for the Association to curtail its activities. The Association will tonight be issuing an […]
The Independent TD for Laois Offaly and strong pro-life advocate, Carol Nolan, recently exposed the fact that the HSE had provided an incredible €2.9 million in payments to GP’s and Clinics who provided abortions in a community setting in 2019. Deputy Nolan has now obtained further information, following another series of Parliamentary Questions to the […]
Save it from what, exactly? Former RTE reporter Charlie Bird has made an impassioned plea about the future of the national broadcaster, saying it is time people ‘got up off their backsides’ to highlight its precarious state. He was commenting after the publication of a briefing document to Catherine Martin, the Minister for Media, which […]
A grassroots group calling itself “Health Freedom Ireland” has raised over 22 thousand euros in less than a day as part of a campaign it is waging against the “mandatory” wearing of facemasks, as required by the Government in a number of locations. Health Freedom Ireland’s fundraiser was written by barrister Tracey O’Mahony (who has […]
There has, naturally, been quite a bit of chatter in recent days about the despicable, racist attack carried out by a gang of Dublin gurriers on an innocent east Asian woman last week. If you haven’t seen it, here it is. In this case, there is no doubt whatever that racism was a primary factor […]