The EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator and well-known liberal politician, Michel Barnier, has called for a nearly total halt to all immigration into Europe for up to 5 years, saying the EU’s borders are “like a sieve.” Speaking to French media, Barnier insisted that immigration in the EU is “not working.” “I think we have […]
“We will not tolerate attacks on our territory, our capital, our citizens and our soldiers. Those who attack us will pay a heavy price,” Netanyahu insisted.
With no arrests made so far, Gardaí are continuing their investigations into the incident.
Paul Murphy TD warned however that the anti-water charge movement would reassert itself if the government pushed ahead with the OECD’s recommendation in that regard.
Independent TD Carol Nolan has said that that people in the Midlands who have been devastated by the closure of peat harvesting need more than a part-time Commissioner for Just Transition. The Deputy for Laois Offaly was raising concerns around the proposed appointment of the Just Transition Commissioner, Mr Kieran Mulvey, as the chair of […]
Normally, we don’t cover the usual blather from the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs here at Gript for the simple reason that it is all rather predictable: You will get condemnations of anything Israel does, bland statements about how great the European Union is, and complete and utter silence on anything unpleasant done in any […]
How seriously, you might ask, should we take this? https://twitter.com/RepKevinBoyle/status/1391746352888025090 The answer, alas, is not very seriously at all. Which is exactly, of course, what someone would say if they were a person in the media who had been compromised by UK intelligence. You will just have to take my word on it that nothing […]
The findings form part of a new report titled “Poverty, Income Inequality and Living Standards in Ireland” which will be published in full this Friday.
The Health and Safety Authority was not consulted in relation to new guidelines issued to schools regarding the construction of shared bathrooms for boys and girls in schools. New construction and refurbishment guidelines from the Department of Education caused a furore by indicating that toilet facilities could be shared if they included self-contained cubicles – […]
Well-known Irish far-left activist Leah Doherty has been convicted and fined €300 total for two counts of assault after a 2019 “milkshaking” incident in which she attacked two men. Rowan Croft, also known as Irish YouTuber Grand Torino, was at the Bush Hotel in Carrick-on-Shannon on July 3rd, 2019 at the time of the assault. […]
Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, who insists the Anglican church is institutionally racist, has previously apologised for coming “from privilege and a place of power as a white person in this country.”
There have been calls for an increase in the presence of Garda Public Order Units as video continues to emerge of gangs of youths causing havoc – and sometimes endangering lives – in Dublin city suburbs. Footage of gangs brawling and attacking people in Malahide at the weekend shocked both locals and commentators on social media. […]