Vice President Joe Biden accepted the Democratic nomination for President of the United States last night, and has now been formally ratified as President Trump’s opponent for the election, scheduled for November 3rd. Here are his full remarks: Biden promised that his first action if he is elected president will be to “get control of […]
They’ve all gone mad, haven’t they? Just think: there’s an alternative universe out there somewhere in which Fianna Fáil members had sense and told Micheál Martin that going into coalition was a dumb idea. In that universe, Dara Calleary is presently leader of Fianna Fáil, and leader of the opposition, watching his poll numbers grow […]
A shocking stabbing in the north Dublin suburb of Balbriggan has been caught on camera, bringing attention to the gang violence in the area once more. Yesterday it was reported that a teenager was taken to hospital after a stabbing in Balbriggan. He is said to be refusing to co-operate with a Garda investigation into […]
Offaly TD Carol Nolan has said that NPHET is to recommend not extending the lockdown in Offaly and Laois after August 22. However, in response to a question from a constituent, she said that “Kildare may well remain in lockdown.” The recommendation still has to be signed off by the Government which is expected to announce […]
The popular streaming service, Netflix, has come under for its new show which critics say is “sexualising children” and may amount to “promoting paedophilia”. Netflix describes the film as a story about an 11-year old joining a “twerking dance crew” and using that experience to “explore her femininity” and ‘defy’ her family’s traditions. Critics have […]
The shocking story of the abuse of a blind pensioner by a home carer raises serious issues around the treatment of elderly people in this country. As revealed by a report in the Irish Mail on Sunday, an elderly woman who was blind and vulnerable was treated in an abusive and appalling fashion by a supposed carer who […]
18-year-old Mayo student Elijah Burke has won a High Court challenge on calculated grades against the Department of Education. Burke had been excluded from the calculated grades process as a result of him being taught solely by his mother, Martina Burke, for the duration of his education. As an immediate relative, she was deemed by […]
As reported previously on Gript, a foreign development group is in ongoing discussions regarding the establishment of a new city in Ireland with a “target population” of fifty percent Hong Kongers and the remaining being from the host country. Now, it seems, Dundalk might be the latest spot under scrutiny for such a city. Local […]
Doctors have warned of a “looming mental health crisis” and a “”tsunami of referrals” as new data shows that the number of adults in Britain with depression has doubled during the Covid-19 lockdown. Almost 20% of people said they had experienced depression in the month of June – doubling the number (9.7%) who gave that […]
Multiple sources, including former staff, have told Gript that injured or ill dogs in Ashton Dog Pound were routinely refused access to pain relief or veterinary aid as the dogs “would be dead soon anyway.” The allegations came after a Gript investigation uncovered a series of photographs of potential animal welfare issues in the pound. […]
Anger and frustration have been widely expressed on social media at the government’s decision to revert to holding matches behind closed doors. Thousands of families who had returned to matches and training, with a maximum number of 200 people in attendance, have now been told that they need to adhere to a 15 people limit on outdoor gatherings. […]
The Democratic National Convention, which will, tomorrow night, nominate Joe Biden to replace Donald Trump, is well underway. And last night, Bill Clinton gave a typically Bill Clinton speech. Preceded, of course, by a typically Bill Clinton headline: New photos show Bill Clinton getting massage from Epstein accuser https://t.co/g6hObcblMt pic.twitter.com/lSiRoNJfuU — New York Post (@nypost) […]