Tipperary’s Gaelic footballers will wear commemorative jerseys to mark the centenary of Bloody Sunday in their Munster final clash with Cork this Sunday. The jersey features an image of Michael Hogan, the Tipp player shot dead by British forces along with 13 others at Croke Park on 21st November 1920. Black and Tans, along with police, […]
A group of doctors and scientists are calling for an end to the Covid-19 lockdown with one spokesman saying that NPHET should be disbanded. They say that “lockdowns are harmful to society and do not work to contain pandemics.” Almost 170 experts have signed a white paper from the group called ‘COVID-19: A Rational Approach’, […]
A judge has slammed the child protection agency TULSA for what he described as using the “might of the state” to continue a “habit of splitting siblings, heaping one trauma on top of another” Judge Desmond Zaidan. said that it was the “First Commandment” not to split up siblings and said he laid “all the […]
On Friday, we reported on the contents of Fianna Fáil’s new Hate Crime Bill, which will be debated in the Seanad this week. Ahead of that debate, it is worth setting out for our readers why we at Gript believe hate crime laws are one of the worst ideas ever introduced by Irish politicians. Here […]
Famed Tyrone manager and GAA sporting legend, Mickey Harte, has retired from the helm of the county’s senior football team after 18 years as manager and 30 years involvement with the Red Hand. Mr Harte is revered for steering the Tyrone team to All-Ireland glory but also widely admired for his courage in the face […]
A leading economist has taken issue with the claim that the Level 5 lockdown has driven a fall in Covid positive tests – and he has asserted that the additional measures cost Ireland 100,000 jobs when “level 3 was working.” Dan O’Brien is chief economist at the Institute of International and European Affairs, and a lecturer […]
In the midst of an ongoing campaign by President Donald Trump to declare that the recent American election was rigged against him, he appears to have found an unusual ally: Joe Biden’s nominee for Chief of Staff. Ronald Klain, who has been a longtime aide of Biden, is the first declared staffer appointed by the […]
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said it will be “a different Christmas” in Ireland this year, but not to expect any visits from the Gardaí over the festive period.
Mary Lou McDonald has said it is “very worrying” that lockdown restrictions in Northern Ireland are to be lifted next Friday after an overnight vote in Stormont.
The new Hate Crime Bill, introduced by Senators Lisa Chambers, Fiona O’Loughlin, and Robbie Gallagher last week is a remarkably poor piece of legislation. You can read it all here. The bill creates a new offence of “aggravated hate crime”. What it essentially tries to do is to tack motive onto existing crimes as an […]
Fascinating: Something extremely bogus is going on. Was tested for covid four times today. Two tests came back negative, two came back positive. Same machine, same test, same nurse. Rapid antigen test from BD. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 13, 2020 Critics of the Covid lockdown have been making the point for some weeks now […]
Telecommunications company Eir has applied to Kerry County Council to erect a telecoms mast near to a holy well in the north of Kerry, Radio Kerry has reported. The site, known as Ladywell, Ballyheigue, has been described as an “appalling” choice of location, as locals say Our Lady’s Well and Grotto has been a place […]