We’re often critical of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties here at Gript, and nearly always because, well, they’re not very good at defending civil liberties. It is unusual, for example, for an organisation dedicated to civil liberties to be at the forefront of demands for restrictions on the right to protest, as they are […]
The country is at yet another crossroads. There is a build-up of traffic. Brexit beckons. The economy is comatose. The credibility of the Government’s COVID-19 strategy is under serious pressure. And Ireland’s new secularism is leading to an oppression of fundamental rights and freedoms. Trust – that most precious civic commodity – is always a […]
Malachy Steenson speaks about the erosion of free-speech and civil liberties during the covid-19 era. #gript
Over at TheJournal.ie, they’re running one of their regular reader polls, just like Gript, and many other news websites do. Today, it’s on the subject of vaping, and whether so called “sweet flavoured” vaping juices should be banned. Predictably, support for banning the stuff vastly outweighs support for letting people do what they want, 63% […]