Following the resignation of his Dáil seat, former Fine Gael TD, Eoghan Murphy ,will receive €61,320 in termination payments over the next eight months. In his role as a TD, Mr Murphy earned a salary of €98,113 per annum which determines the payoff he will receive as he resigns his seat. The lump sum is […]
The shock announcement comes less than a day after four DUP MPs and 22 DUP MLAs signed a letter of no-confidence in the DUP leader.
The eurosceptic Irish Freedom Party has called for a referendum on what they describe as the government’s “more radical” immigration proposals, saying that “on a matter of profound change, the Irish people should have the final say”. “The Irish Freedom Party are calling for a referendum on recently announced plans relating to immigration,” the party […]
Independent Donegal TD Thomas Pringle has slammed Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris for failing to address issues affecting third level students, and spending too much time on the teen social media site TikTok. “We hear more from Simon Harris on Covid-19 issues than on the issues affecting our tens of thousands of third level […]
Justice Minister Helen McEntee appeared evasive yesterday when asked about how her department would prevent future instances of illegal immigration by Gript reporters. “Minister, your department is planning to give amnesty to tens of thousands of illegal immigrants later in this year,” asked Gript’s Ben Scallan during a press conference on Tuesday about a new […]
Young Fine Gael is not an organisation that customarily evokes our sympathy, here at Gript. It is, after all, the youth wing of the largest party of Government – a Government that has, over the past year, led an almost relentless assault on people’s civil liberties and freedoms. Signing up to Young Fine Gael means, […]
Many Irish people will be familiar with the old English phrase to describe an atmosphere of complete chaos: “It’s Bedlam in here”. Fewer, perhaps, will be aware of where the phrase comes from. In the 1300s, London’s first hospital for the mentally unwell was opened – St. Mary’s Bethlehem hospital, better known as Bedlam. In […]
The directors of the company, Barry and David Walsh, thanked all customers they had served for their loyalty.
Businessman Declan Ganley has called on the Irish Bishops to “open their churches” in defiance of lockdown after his constitutional case against the state in relation to the right to worship was delayed yet again. His case – which states that the ban on public worship is illegal under the Irish constitution – was originally […]
Minister of State for Sport Jack Chambers told Virgin Media that requiring vaccinations would mean “excluding children” from stadiums and therefore won’t be pursued as a policy.
A former Sinn Féin counciller has been charged with the murder of gangland criminal David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in Dublin five years ago. Jonathan Dowdall, 43, was charged before the Special Criminal Court this morning, the fourth person to be charged in the last seven days in connection with what was described as a […]
Give Fianna Fáil TD Cathal Crowe some credit: The last time he was in the news, it was because he was the politician with sufficient foresight to realise that Fine Gael’s proposal to honour the Dublin Metropolitan Police would be unpopular, and his intervention resulted in that pleasant pre-pandemic month we all spent debating the […]