This week, Gript’s #MyLockdown series will try to tell the stories of the people who have suffered the most over the past twelve months, in their own words. Submissions have been edited, in some places, for clarity of language, as well as spelling and grammar, but no content has been added. The stories are those […]
PODCAST: Listen to John Aidan Byrne, Irish commentator based in New York, talks Dick Bove on the return of 1970s style inflation in the US Odeon Capital Group’s Dick Bove sees US prices soaring 70s-style as US money printing hits new records, and national debt exceeds $28 trillion Dick Bove, the famed bank analyst […]
PODCAST: John Aidan Byrne interviews Kimberly Hermann on the FIRST AMENDMENT and 5 ways the Biden Administration will infringe on your personal freedoms & rights. Kimberly Hermann is General Counsel, Southeastern Legal Foundation Kimberly Hermann pulls no punches no matter what. The pro-liberty advocate is general counsel, Southeastern Legal Foundation, a non-profit […]
PODCAST: Listen to John Aidan Byrne, Irish commentator based in New York, interview Dr Alden Cass, therapist for CEOs and Stock traderrs MANIA ON WALL STREET: Dr. Alden Cass, therapist for CEOs and stock traders, fears a financial bubble as irrational exuberance returns amidst social isolation and pandemic mental health upheaval. In this […]
The Rural Independent Group of TDs have described the cabinet decision to “plough ahead with new legislation, banning oil and gas exploration, as utterly counterproductive”, claiming it to be a “groundless decision lacking any rational, scientific or evidence-based scrutiny”. The group warn of the impact on higher energy prices, with no reduction in greenhouse gas […]
The headline most other media outlets seemed to take away from the Taoiseach’s comments yesterday was that lockdown would go on past March 5th. But that’s not really news, is it? Most of us had guessed that already. No, the far more significant news was in the small print: Micheál Martin said he did not […]
Two new reports have highlighted that, while the world’s richest people have made billions during the pandemic, the number of people living in poverty has doubled, with the equivalent of 255 million full-time jobs lost across the globe. The International Labour Organization (ILO), a United Nations agency, says that 8.8 per cent of global working hours […]
All peat harvesting and production has been stopped AHEAD of schedule, leaving Ireland importing peat for power AND for horticulture. All to keep hanging even more Irish workers out to dry. Ben Scallan reacts. #gript
It is a good time to be a worker. Well, apart from the lockdowns. And it’s probably not great if you are in hospitality. Or tourism. Or in the airline industry. Ok, let’s start again. Leaving aside COVID (who doesn’t want to do that!?) the next few years and decades will be a good […]
At the eleventh hour, the British negotiating team pulled a rabbit from the hat in their negotiations with the European Union. A key victory long desired by Brexiteers and Eurosceptics: a concession on fisheries. The EU would agree that EU Fishing boats would give Britain back 25% of fish caught in its waters over the […]
For most of the past two decades, Ireland’s economic strategy has been predicated on keeping corporation tax low, and attracting multinational companies to invest in Ireland. By and large, it’s worked a treat, with some downsides that we’ll come to in a moment. But attracting companies is one thing. Attracting skilled workers to lead and […]
To make sure everyone suffers equally, Gardaí are now making spot checks at Tesco and Dunnes and Aldi to be sure that nobody is buying coats or scarfs or underwear. Here was Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar, explaining how he was saving us from the self-harm of buying coats and other ‘non-essential’ goods this winter. Tánaiste Leo […]