The Central Bank has levied a record €37.8 million fine on Ulster Bank for its use of “deliberate” strategies which caused borrowers to be overcharged on their mortgages during the financial crisis. The safeguarding authority found that the bank had also only rectified matters for those borrowers that complained. The fine is the largest ever penalty levied against […]
Parents at the Holy Family School for the Deaf in Cabra have launched an Open Letter addressed to the Government and the HSE urging that the threatened removal of the school’s on-site Speech and Language Therapist be reversed. The open letter, addressed to the Head of Disability Services in HSE as well as Ministers for […]
This is a new one on me, to be honest. I wasn’t aware Cardinals got a salary, as such, and certainly not anything this generous. If this Gript thing doesn’t work out, that’s my next career move, for sure: VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has ordered cardinals to take a 10 percent pay cut and […]
“Diversity is important”, the Lord Mayor said yesterday, as she launched her campaign for the Seanad, in contravention of the wishes of her own party. The Greens weren’t happy, and the parliamentary party met last night to consider a motion of no-confidence in the Mayor as it relates to her other job – Chairwoman of […]
The historical importance of Moore Street in the birth of the Republic has been highlighted in the Dáil by Aontú leader, Peadar Tóibín, who said that the area which was central to the Rising has been turned into an “outdoor toilet” by Government inaction. “Moore St is the birthplace of the Irish Republic. The lanes […]
The Garda Press Office has declined to comment on whether public gatherings for religious worship are considered part of the “relevant events” banned by lockdown regulations.
With additional reporting from Gary Kavanagh. Photo: The four final draft logos for the Green Left. An array of dissident Green activists have been working for six months to launch a new political party, with the aim of undermining the Greens, according to documents leaked to Gript. Putative members of the new Group include ex-Green […]
Scotland’s ban on public worship as part of the covid-19 regulations has been overturned in the Scottish Court of Session after a challenge by Glasgow Catholic priest, Canon Tom White, along with a coalition of 27 other faith leaders. The judge said that the regulations went further than was legally permissible, but that this did […]
A Brazilian woman who worked as a rickshaw driver in Dublin, and who was ordered by the court to leave the country or spend a year in prison for dealing ecstasy tablets, is still living in Ireland three years later and is collecting the Covid Pandemic Unemployment Payment, a court has heard. Bianca Francisco […]
Independent TD for Laois Offaly Carol Nolan has said that the government has now moved into GUBU territory following a demand from the High Court that the State must clarify, within two weeks, whether or not there is a legal basis for Covid-19 restrictions on people physically attending Mass. Deputy Nolan was speaking following the […]
If you listened to the radio, yesterday, or read a newspaper, yesterday, then there’s a good chance you’ll have come across the horrifying news that Ireland has had a “record number” of racist incidents over the last year. There is a good chance, too, that you’ll have heard that this is entirely the fault of […]
Fine Gael Seanad Leader Regine Doherty has bemoaned an alleged surge in online abuse of politicians, saying that “even political sympathisers and supporters seem to think now that it is fair game to give their tuppence worth to our elected representatives.” https://twitter.com/Ben_Scallan/status/1374327729814962178 “A number of colleagues have discussed online abuse. I can only say that […]