Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD has called for the easing of restrictions around funeral services and burial, saying that churches are often the biggest building in a given town. He said that the “cruel” restrictions at funerals was in contrast to the daily experience of people standing in queues for goods in busy shops and […]
“I feel a great disturbance in the force. As if a hundred thousand teachers all cried out in anguish at once, and were suddenly silenced:” Nphet will consider making it mandatory for primary school children to wear face masks. Deputy chief medical officer Ronan Glynn said the formal advice is that children under 13 can […]
Last night, some students in Limerick unaccountably refused to take the opportunity to sit at home and watch me on Prime Time. Instead, they decided to do a pretty normal thing for students, and have a party, outdoors, in the fresh air, in Castletroy. Simon Harris is not happy: My understanding is a full investigation […]
It is not especially surprising that there was a large protest in Dublin City Centre at the weekend. It is, in fact, vastly more surprising that there have been so few protests like it. When you stop staring at the tree, stand back to take a look at the woods, what you see in Ireland […]
And when they do, they should apologise to the rest of us so we can get back to building our society even as we face a monster debt that will probably last at least 2 generations. If you think zero Covid is possible, I’ve got news for you, you’re living in cloud cuckoo land. Covid-19 […]
It has taken more than a year – one filled with of grief, suffering and misery across all cohorts of society – but the nation’s paper of record finally seems to be coming around to the idea that this never-ending catastrophe might have something to do with the secretive, unelected and unaccountable set of policymakers […]
John Ahern of Christian Voice Ireland talks with Gript about the need to reopen churches, the harms that have been caused by closing them, and how most European countries have kept their churches open. https://www.christianvoice.ie/
Is the tide of public opinion…… finally turning? There is strong support for reopening society and the economy as soon as possible, according to the latest Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI opinion poll, with only a minority favouring a long lockdown until the virus has been eliminated. The poll also shows that the zero-Covid approach is not […]
Since they were founded last Autumn, the ISAG “Zero Covid” group have enjoyed a warm and friendly relationship with the Irish media. They’ve had several advantages in that endeavour – in the beginning, the Trinity College Press Office, with its extensive folder of press contacts, would send out press releases for them. Later, they engaged […]
“What about the rest of us?” Ex-professional footballer and gym owner Gary Dempsey speaks out against the covid lockdown. #gript
The Zero-Covid advocacy group, ISAG, passed information that “may or may not be true” to the Government, in order to give the Government the chance to “line up with our proposals”, Gript can reveal. Dr. Anthony Staines, who has previously featured in Gript reporting as the author of an internal note telling ISAG members to […]
In the introductory chapter of ‘The Coddling of The American Mind’, their 2015 book about the psychological deterioration of the young generation in western countries, Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt create a tragic-comic scenario Aristophanes would approve of. Seeking “the deepest and greatest of truths” from a great oracle to help them address the question […]