An Garda Síochana has warned older and vulnerable people to watch out for a scam being perpetrated in relation to the Covid-19 vaccine, where criminals seek to get access to a person’s funds and/or their home. Earlier today, a Cork city councillor warned of the scam which had been brought to his attention. Independent councillor Ken […]
South Dublin County Council (SDCC) have amended a €400,000 tender for pound services after Gript submitted questions regarding the tender to the Council. The tender related to the provision of “a dog pound facility and related services.” Procurement experts told Gript that the design of the tender advantaged the current incumbent, Ashton Dog Pound, and […]
Rioters took to the streets in the Dutch city of Eindhoven this weekend in anger at the government’s new 9pm covid curfew. Some of the protestors reportedly threw fireworks, golf balls and bricks at police cars, using bicycles to build barricades against law enforcement, who used water cannons and tear gas to clear the streets. […]
Sixty-one per cent of Irish Wine drinkers claim that they only open a bottle at the weekend, according to a new survey by the good folks over at boxofwine.ie: A survey carried out by Boxofwine.ie has revealed that 87% of people decided to ditch Dry January in 2021 and 58% don’t see the point of […]
A bolt of lightning that shoots upwards in space from thunderstorm clouds – named blue jet lightning by scientists – has been spotted by astronomers working at the European Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) in the Pacific Ocean. Publishing their observations in the science journal ‘Nature’, the astronomers describe reporting “spectral measurements from the International Space Station, which offers […]
A notable decision by the Swedes who, after nearly a year of following their own unique path in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, have latterly shifted more in the direction of the rest of Europe. The land border with Norway, they say, is to be sealed: Sweden is closing its border with Norway after the […]
Wonderful news, believe it or not……. For Emmanuel Macron: France (presidential election, 1st round), Harris poll: Le Pen (RN-ID): 26%Macron (LREM-RE): 23%Bertrand (LR-EPP): 16%Mélenchon (FI-LEFT): 10%Jadot (EELV-G/EFA): 10%… Scenario: Montebourg / Bertrand running Field work: 19-20 Jan.Sample size: 976 pic.twitter.com/oTMDXQzwjd — Europe Elects (@EuropeElects) January 24, 2021 The French election will be held next year, […]
A senior microbiologist has said an island nation like Ireland could achieve “Zero Covid” if it followed the same course as New Zealand.
The Twitter account of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been suspended after the Ayatollah threatened Donald Trump over last year’s killing of Qassem Souleimani. The post features a depiction of Trump on a golf course, overshadowed by a warplane or military drone, with a caption that reads “Vengeance is inevitable” in Farsi, with the […]
One of the main advantages, we’re always told, of European Union membership, is that it affords Irish people the right to travel to and live freely in 26 other European countries. No passport checks, no immigration requirements, no papers – just hop on a plane, land in Vienna or Rome or Bucharest, and you’re as […]
It’s been five years since the last Olympic games, in Rio de Janeiro. That’s already a year too long, because they were due to be held in Tokyo last summer, before Covid intervened. The plan at the time was to push them back a year, and hold them this summer instead. Alas, nope, says the […]
Social media giant Twitter refused to take down images and videos of a teenage sex trafficking victim after its investigation “didn’t find a violation” of the company’s “policies,” a shocking lawsuit has alleged. According to the New York Post, a federal suit, filed by the victim and his mother in the Northern District of California, […]