The Rural Independent TDs has sharply criticised the government for what it called its catastrophic failure to provide adequate cancer services across the public health system. “While the Health Minister obsesses on Twitter self-promotion – cancer patients survival rates go backwards, due to targeted government health services cuts,” the leader of the group Deputy Mattie […]
The NCADF say people arriving from countries on the green list of the EU Traffic System should not have to be tested or be quarantined.
Nick Clegg, who was one of the most prominent anti-Brexit and pro-Remain campaigners in the UK, has said that something has gone “very badly wrong” with the EU, and that the bloc has let down “millions of Europeans.” The former UK Deputy Prime Minister, who had been one of the most vocal voices opposing Brexit […]
A district court in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik has ruled in seven separate cases last week that forcing people to stay in hotel quarantine is illegal. According to a statement on the government website, the court ruled that forcing passengers coming from other countries to stay in quarantine hotels “lacks legal basis.” The government […]
“For the record, our client would again categorically and emphatically deny that she has had an affair with her driver and that her marriage is a sham.”
“The best option is the vaccine that’s offered to you, and all the vaccines are effective and they’re safe for the age groups they’re indicated for.”
Look, this has gone too far. In my case, taking a vaccine won’t be a problem. But trying to get me to carry something called a “digital green certificate”? You’d be mortified with the fear that people might confuse you with a supporter of Eamon Ryan and try to engage you in conversations about how […]
The Irish Fishing and Seafood Alliance (IFSA) has released a scathing open letter blasting the Minister for the Marine, Fianna Fáil TD Charlie McConalogue, and accusing him of “abandoning [his] constituents and the people of Ireland’s coastal regions.” The IFSA, which was founded in February of 2021, describes itself as “an organisation established to give […]
When we made a commitment here at Gript to keep reporting on the case numbers in Texas, around the time when Joe Biden called their decision to re-open and abolish mask mandates “neanderthal thinking”, it didn’t occur to me that we’d have to find a new “Texan” photo to headline the story every week. Last […]
On the 200th day of workplace lockdown, Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín has criticised the growing economic inequality taking place in Ireland, which he says is being excerbated by Covid and creating a two-tiered Irish society. “Covid-19 has highlighted and aggravated income and societal inequality both in our Ireland and globally. According to the CSO and […]
Denmark has announced a full cessation of the use of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine citing concerns about rare cases of blood clots. It is the first European country to announce that it is withdrawing the vaccine until further notice – with some 2.4 million jabs shelved until further notice. During the announcement the head of […]
Labour’s Aodhán Ó Ríordáin says he is open to the idea of a merger with the Social Democrats, as well as some elements of the Greens, the SDLP and Fianna Fáil, adding that his party had been “traumatised” after their electoral defeat in 2016. In an interview earlier this month with David Murphy on RTÉ’s […]