“The timing of Dr. Nabarro’s statement is very appropriate, and hopefully it won’t be dismissed or discounted as NPHET and the government weigh up the current situation,” McGrath said.
Our latest progressive reform only applies, it should be noted, to those schools which are fully under the control of the state. If your child attends a diocesan school, then he or she will still be able to learn in a classroom adorned with religious symbols, and will still have a graduation mass, and all […]
To listen to the Government, one might think that the latest surge in Coronavirus cases was coming from just about everywhere except for schools. Talk to teachers, however, and you’ll find that there is great concern that many of the cases are connected to education, and are not being reported. Gript spoke to four teachers […]
In an interview this weekend, the World Health Organisation’s Special Envoy on Covid-19, Dr David Nabarro, seemed to reverse the global body’s advice on Covid-19 lockdowns. Talking to the Spectator’s Andrew Neil, Dr Nabarro urged world leaders to stop using lockdown as a “primary control method” and warned that lockdowns would increase poverty and hit those […]
Peadar Tóibín has slammed TDs for voting for Assisted Suicide and then, within minutes, voting against against disability services re-opening. Deputy Tóibín said: “This bill on assisted suicide was brought forward by Gino Kenny TD in the middle of a global pandemic in which we are being told to protect each other, the vulnerable and […]
World Rugby, the governing body for rugby union, yesterday issued new guidelines which will ban trans women from competing in elite and international women’s rugby. Trans women are biological males who identity as women. The new policies cover international and elite women’s contact rugby, but World Rugby say that national rugby unions can be flexible […]
Many parents these days find that their family routines have been totally disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In many cases children are “in school” from their homes, and sports and other activities outside the home have been curtailed or canceled altogether. This means more family time together at home, which can be a mixed blessing! […]
Donegal, Clare, Kilkenny and Louth were reportedly among several counties that experienced multiple failures in their test cases.
There’s been some sustained criticism of the Archbishops in recent days for their seeming passivity on the question of whether people should be allowed to go to mass during the lockdown, including from Gript columnists like Professor Ray Kinsella, writing here. And don’t the critics have a point? What’s the point in having Archbishops in […]
The Rural Independent Group in the Dáil have slammed what they described as the Government’s “complete ineptitude at addressing the grotesque interest rates being charged by banks on Irish homeowners with mortgages”. They point to Central Bank figures which show Irish mortgage holders were charged interest over the past twelve months at 2.83%, compared to […]
Another day, another one of these: A Dublin GP says he has decided to close his practice after being threatened with suspension by the Medical Council over his anti-lockdown and anti-mask views on Covid-19. Dr Marcus de Brun said he decided to end his HSE contract and to step back from public speaking “under duress”, […]
Wednesday’s vote on Assisted Suicide in the Dáíl was greeted with dismay by many people living with a terminal illness and their families. The Bill allows doctors to help people with a terminal illness to die by suicide. Critics point out that a suicide request could be made after a diagnosis is received and that […]