It has been alleged by an Italian journalist who is both an atheist and a friend of Pope Francis that the Pope told him that he does not believe that Jesus Christ is divine. Dr. Eugenio Scalfari, a 95-year-old who has regularly interviewed the Pope in the past, wrote in his column in Italy’s La […]
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, […]
The Trump impeachment inquiry concerning controversies in Ukraine is underway in Washington D.C.
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 […]
Judge Tammy Kemp presided over the Amber Guyger case which made international headlines last week, when the brother of Botham Jean, the man killed by Ms Guyger, made a moving statement of forgiveness in the court.
The new law will pave way for abortion on demand in Northern Ireland on October 22nd if the Assembly at Stormont does not reconvene.
Students at an Alabama high school have defied the threat of legal action by reciting the ‘Our Father’ prayer before a football game at their school. The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) had issued a warning to Opelika City Schools Board of Education in Alabama that the Our Father prayer could not be played […]
Full credit to Conor Lally in the Irish Times for an extraordinary scoop this morning: Dublin City Council was paying “security” or protection money to the leader of a Dublin drugs gang, and also to a man who was connected to three murders, the High Court has heard. In fairness to the Times, you should read the whole […]
When the Government increased the cost of a packet of cigarettes in the budget by 50c yesterday, smoker’s lobby group Forest denounced it as a “massive own goal” by the Government. Spokesman John Mallon said: “Ireland is already the most expensive country in Europe to buy tobacco. Thanks to Paschal Donohoe, more smokers will buy […]
Leader of Aontú, Peadar Tóibín, has said that yesterday’s Budget introduced by Minister Paschal Donohue has done little to address the chasm developing between rural Ireland and Dublin. “We are now at crisis point as a nation,” the Meath West TD said. “Ireland is divided between an over-heating and fractured capital and sprawling commuter belt […]
Hillary Clinton appears to be flirting with the idea of running against Donald Trump in the 2020 elections after recent comments made during a PBS NewsHour interview.
The family of Emma Mhic Mhathúna have remembered her as “beautiful and brave” on the first anniversary of her death, and have said that they hoped “something positive will come from her journey and her passing”. Mrs Mhic Mhathúna, a mother of five, was one of 221 women given incorrect smear test results by the […]