Somebody said to me yesterday that living in Ireland at the moment had pushed them to the point where they were wondering if they were the ones who had gone mad, and everybody else was still perfectly sane. “You start to ask yourself that”, this person said, “when nothing makes sense any more”. They were […]
The state has been given two weeks to clarify whether, in fact, there is a law against masses being said in public. The instruction was made today by Judge Charles Meenan, as part of the constitutional case being taken by businessman Declan Ganley. Mr. Ganley’s lawyers used a procedural hearing today to raise the question […]
Three weeks after the Governor of the US State of Texas announced an end to all Coronavirus lockdown restrictions, including the mandatory use of facemasks, and two weeks after those measures took effect, cases of Covid are still falling in the Lone Star state. In the first week of March, when the announcement was […]
Anti-lockdown Assembly Phoneix Park Photo credit: Krzysztof M
Broadcaster Niall Boylan has slammed RTÉ for publishing the addresses of anti-lockdown protestors after they were arrested on Saturday and subsequently charged in court. He claimed that while what RTÉ had done was perfectly legal, a” line of decency” had been crossed. The popular presenter said that “printing the names and addresses of two women […]
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 […]
The question in the headline is not one which you really should be asking, in a modern western democracy, but asking it appears to be necessary. Consider this story from Chai Brady, a very good reporter with the Irish Catholic: A Co. Cavan priest who has not prevented parishioners from attending Mass in the church […]
St Patricks Day: Herbert Park Gathering, Dublin 4 Photo credit: Krzysztof M
One year on, close to our national holiday, how’s Ireland doing? Not good. We remain on course for the longest and potentially most fiscally and socially damaging lockdown in Europe – and we have some stiff competition there. A lot done; more to do. Last autumn, to justify requesting our second lockdown, NPHET modellers predicted […]
St Patricks Day: GPO Dublin, Gardai enforce Lockdown
“I was just standing here”: Arrests as Gardai enforce lockdown
Scenes from the #DublinProtest opposing the lockdown in the Herbert Park – estimated turnout of 700 to 1000 in attendance.