Conversations at home that incite hatred must be prosecuted under Scotland’s hate crime law, the Scottish justice secretary has insisted.
Two homeless people were found dead in Dublin over the bank holiday weekend, bringing to “over 50” the number of those found dead while homeless in the first ten months of 2020. Independent Councillor Anthony Flynn told the Irish Times that the number of deaths of homeless people had increased from 37 at this point […]
The Irish government will not be lifting a ban on public worship services over the coming weeks after five Catholic bishops met with Taoiseach Micheál Martin last night.
A Dublin gym has reportedly been shut down by authorities following their defiance of the covid-19 lockdown. The Mind Over Matter gym in Coolock made a stir online last week when they published an Instagram post to explain why they would be keeping their doors open despite the government’s level 5 restrictions. “We are writing […]
Three people have been killed in an apparent Islamic terrorist attack in the French city of Nice, local police have reported. The knife attack, which left one female victim beheaded, took place in a local Catholic church. Christian Estrosi, the city’s Mayor, said that all evidence indictated a “terrorist attack at the heart of the […]
Update: Wow. Jeremy Corbyn MP has been suspended by the Labour Party. — Britain Elects (@BritainElects) October 29, 2020 __________________________________________________________________ The leader of the UK Labour Party and the British Opposition, Sir Keir Starmer, has said that the publication of a report into anti-semitism in the party is “a day of shame for the Labour […]
Last week, we published a story about mounting concerns amongst teachers that the Government’s public spin about the safety of schools is not matched by the realities on the ground. Teachers across the country told us, here at Gript, that they felt that there is a concerted effort by the authorities to artificially depress the […]
Christmas family celebrations will be broken up by officers if they flout lockdown rules according to police chiefs in the UK.
The bad news for Donald Trump, in this new poll from the excellent Ireland Thinks (which increasingly does polling on interesting questions that other companies just don’t) is that if Ireland was the 51st state of the Union, it would be the most Democratic state there is. Even in ultra-liberal Vermont, Trump will get something […]
Kyle Lawler, an 18 year-old security guard at the time, did not approach Manchester Arena suicide bomber Salman Abedi for fear of being branded a racist, an inquiry has heard.
The abbreviation “NGO” stands, as most people know, for “non governmental organisation”. In other words, it covers a whole range of charities, political lobby groups, and representative bodies who take part in the political process, but who are not political parties, or part of the Government. Amnesty Ireland is an NGO, as is the Irish […]
A new campaign seeks to press TDs, Ministers, and church leaders with an urgent “We need Worship” message from thousands of people who say they are being “denied the right” to express their faith. The We Need Worship group said that there was no evidence that religious services had contributed to the spread of Covid-19. […]