Family carers are protesting outside the Dáil today to voice their upset at the Budget’s failure to deal with what they term as a “home care crisis”. They point out carers are saving the State some €10 billion in costs annually, but say those providing care are not getting the support they need. “Family carers feel […]
You won’t see much criticism of this proposal from Sinn Fein in the rest of the Irish media, but it’s the height of hypocrisy, not to mention a very bad idea: “A NEW BILL to prevent broadcasters from banning journalists from appearing on their airwaves because of their employer will be brought forward in Dáil […]
Our colleagues in the rest of the Irish media have adopted an approach to covering extinction rebellion which can at best be described as friendly, and at worst be described as outright propaganda. This article in the Irish Independent over the weekend certainly falls into the latter category. The fear is that asking hard questions […]
The man is already under investigation for an alleged rape at a south Dublin hotel late last year, with the DPP yet to decide whether he should be charged.
A full review of the screening process in Irish maternity hospitals has been called for after another shocking story published today revealed a woman considered abortion after the Rotunda wrongly diagnosed a number of anomalies. The Irish Sun reported that “a pregnant woman was told by doctors her baby had a string of serious health problems only for the […]
Next Sunday Pope Francis will proclaim John Henry Newman a saint. To mark this important event, the Central Catholic Library in Dublin is hosting a talk and an exhibition which includes some original letters, first editions of Newman’s books and other items. Cardinal Newman has strong connections to Dublin as he founded the Catholic University […]
Two Fine Gael TDs, Maria Bailey and Alan Farrell, made unjustifiable claims amounting to €6,000, with Farrell claiming that the €4,214.79 he must pay back was claimed for work done in 2016, but invoiced in early 2017.
There has been a lot of anger from pro-choice activists this morning in relation to this new leaflet from Aontú. Downs Syndrome and abortion is an emotive subject, as citizens of the republic learned last year. Now Aontú is putting it front and centre of the ongoing debate in Northern Ireland. Debate, actually, is the […]
A former captain of the Tyrone GAA football ladies team says she may now vote for the DUP because of the party’s pro-life stance. GAA star, Lisa O’Hare, who captained the Tyrone ladies team to become Ulster champions in 2000 told BBC that she can no longer vote for either Sinn Féin or the SDLP […]
A harrowing story of attempted suicide posted by well-known Dublin MMA fighter and rapper Rob Steenson went viral and helped to save other young people contemplating suicide. Today, on World Mental Health Day, Steenson told that he had previously posted on social media about his attempt to take his own life when he was 16 […]
Next Tuesday, October the 15th, the Compass Series will be holding their second public event, with a panel discussion addressing the question ‘Is the State Too Powerful’, followed by a Q&A. The event will be taking place in Buswell’s Hotel at 7pm. The panel for the event will consist of the Gript editor John McGuirk, […]
One of the problems that the Green movement has is that every so often it has to tell the truth about what it actually wants. This doesn’t happen very often, of course – most of the time they get away unchallenged with benign sermons about the new green economy and a just transition and how […]