There has been a huge amount written about the numerous anti-lockdown protests we’ve recently seen. Mainstream media and politicians have alternated between calling the protesters racists, conspiracy theorists, fascists, and simply describing them as useful idiots being manipulated by an ominously vague “far-right.” Political protests, by their very nature, attract a variety of political groups […]
Dozens of teens engaged in a vicious fight on Samuel Beckett Bridge in Dublin city centre yesterday evening, with one teenager left stabbed and requiring hospitalisation. A video posted by RM.tv shows teenagers, male and female, engaged in a disturbing fight on the bridge, which forced traffic to a halt for a short time. “Get him, […]
The state has been given two weeks to clarify whether, in fact, there is a law against masses being said in public. The instruction was made today by Judge Charles Meenan, as part of the constitutional case being taken by businessman Declan Ganley. Mr. Ganley’s lawyers used a procedural hearing today to raise the question […]
Fianna Fáil TD Jim O’Callaghan has called for better regulations to prevent children accessing pornography online. “I think there is a lack of appreciation of how prevalent pornography now is in the lives of children,” the Dublin Bay South TD said. “They can easily access graphic and violent pornography online. This can give children a […]
Three weeks after the Governor of the US State of Texas announced an end to all Coronavirus lockdown restrictions, including the mandatory use of facemasks, and two weeks after those measures took effect, cases of Covid are still falling in the Lone Star state. In the first week of March, when the announcement was […]
This is….. not a decision that makes a whole lot of sense, actually: GREEN PARTY COUNCILLOR Hazel Chu has announced that she will run as an independent candidate in the upcoming Seanad by-election. Chu, the Lord Mayor of Dublin and the Green Party’s chairperson, did not receive backing from her party to run but submitted […]
Parents of schoolchildren using the bus were sent a text by the company informing them that all children were obliged to wear masks from today.
UCD academic Professor Dolores Cahill has resigned as Chairwoman of the Irish Freedom Party, Gript can reveal. The Party Ard Comhairle met over the weekend and agreed unanimously to accept her resignation. Gript understands that several senior members of the Irish Freedom Party were very uncomfortable at the tenor of Professor Cahill’s remarks. In a […]
China has today issued sanctions against 10 EU citizens, including five MEPs, accusing them of “gross interference” in Chinese internal affairs and “maliciously spreading lies and false information.” The Chinese leadership has let me know that I will not be allowed to visit the mainland, Hong Kong or Macao. But then there is Taiwan. 🙂 […]
Anti-lockdown Assembly Phoneix Park Photo credit: Krzysztof M
Aontú Leader, Peadar Tóibín, has criticised the EU for cutting Ireland’s share of the EU Recovery Fund by €352 million, and queried how the Irish government failed to protect Ireland’s interests once again. He also accused the EU of giving Ireland a “raw deal”. The Meath West TD said that Ireland had seen its share […]
A German member of Parliament from Angela Merkel’s CDU party has died in an Irish hospital after falling ill during a trans-atlantic flight. Karin Strenz, 53, was travelling from Cuba to Frankfurt with her husband on Sunday. However, that morning she fell seriously ill, and the flight was redirected to Shannon Airport with a request […]