A TD has claimed that he is personally aware of eleven pubs that will close permanently as a result of the Government’s decision not to allow the phase four national re-opening, which included the re-opening of all pubs, to proceed. Richard O’Donoghue TD, from Limerick, is part of the rural independent group, along with the […]
Kudos to the Gardai, who have responded to an apparent wave of dog thefts in recent weeks by raiding a property in Rathkeale, Co. Limerick, where they recovered ten very good boys who had been stolen from their owners by thieves. Gardai are now seeking the public’s assistance in re-uniting the poor doggies with their […]
The Government has asked a lot from the people during the Coronavirus pandemic. Thousands have lost their jobs. Young people have forfeited months of their education. Twenty-somethings have lost their nights out. Restaurants and bars have lost their customers. And the HSE, it turns out, have lost their minds: Young people are being asked to […]
A student who was the subject of what he described as a “vile and hateful” Twitter pile-on has charged the Independent’s Ellen Coyne with “rank hypocrisy” for deploring criticism of Senator Fintan Warfield, which was centred on personal photos posted on social media. Student Gavin Boyne said that Ms Coyne was one of several journalists […]
Former leader of the SDLP, John Hume, has died, his family have announced in a statement. He was 83 years old, and passed away after a short illness. He had lived with dementia for several years and was rarely seen in public in recent years. Hume led the SDLP from 1979 to 2001, and won […]
The politicians have headed off on their holidays for the next six weeks, which would, in normal circumstances, be a cause for populist annoyance: it’s well for them heading off on six weeks of holidays with the country in the state it is, etc etc. But this year, the public should breathe a sigh of […]
Ashton dog pound, which has received millions of euro in public funds, was searched by police on Monday of this week, with return visits on Tuesday and Wednesday. Gript understands that the move came after Gardai were informed of the recent death of a dog in the pound and potential issues with the control of a […]
More than eighty complaints, would you believe, led to the ad being banned. If you haven’t had the chance to see it, here’s the scandalous tampon ad that the advertising authority of Ireland don’t want you to see: Is it a bit crude? Sure. But it’s hardly an advert for some kind of sexual debauchery, […]
Deeply unfair, you’d have to say: A series of gaffes prior to and during the general election cost Fine Gael at the polls, a meeting of the parliamentary party has been told. Ministers and Ministers of State held discussions reviewing the party’s general election performance on Tuesday ahead of a further meeting of the entire […]
Twenty TDs and Senators have signed a letter to an Taoiseach, an Tánaiste and to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney expressing serious concern about the mistreatment of the Uighur Muslim people by the Chinese authorities. The letter, addessed to Mícheál Martin and Leo Varadkar as well as the Foreign Affairs Minister says that the […]
An Aontú Bill that will ensue the replacement of unelected Ministers and Junior Ministers with elected TDs in the case of a delay in the formation of a government has past first stage of the Dáil. Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín TD said the bill sought to prevent a repetition of the situation after Election 2020 […]
The Irish Freedom Party [IFP], a Eurosceptic political party, had one of their information stalls destroyed by a small group of far-left thugs in Belfast over the weekend. The group appears to have been comprised of Communist, Socialist and Antifa agitators, but it also included members of Saoradh, an organisation believed to be the political […]