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 […]
Ideology over justice.
Vaccine passports.
The group claim the EU Commission’s proposal to create such a system could have “negative implications for the rights of Irish citizens and others wishing to travel into and/or between EU member States.”
Back in June, the Gardaí reported that there had been 93 incidents of ‘assault’ recorded which involved intentionally spitting or coughing at a Garda member. It is little wonder then that a survey of garda rank and file members found that 87% welcomed the introduction of so called ‘spit hoods’ as an additional layer […]
Last week, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties were excitedly tweeting that they were preparing a report for Simon Harris which could help to ban pro-life vigils at abortion centres. Now they have reported that they have sent their “investigation” to the Minister, and issued a call for immediate action on the issue, seeking to make […]
When even the UN, the world’s largest NGO (non governmental organisation) is noticing that Ireland has a vast number of NGOs, we might have a problem: “NGO” is sort of a misleading term, to be fair. Non-Governmental kind of implies, to the casual reader, that these are truly independent, civil-society driven organisations made up of […]
This weekend’s Sunday Times featured a chillingly authoritarian line from influential columnist Justine McCarthy, writing in frustration at events in Oughterard last week. Emphasis mine: “The people who repeat these mantras call themselves “the silent majority”. They are neither. They are, in fact, a minority in a country that has repeatedly shown itself to be […]