However, critics say it amounts to “cash for criminals” and query how it can be monitored.
Some this week were attempting to perhaps distract attention from what is currently taking place in South Africa with reminders that in July 1984 Dunnes Stores workers in Henry Street, Dublin began a three year long strike in opposition to the stocking of food produce from South Africa. It was indeed a brave stance to […]
As Islamic terrorism is declining across Europe, in Ireland the problem is growing. The number of people arrested in Ireland last year after being suspected of being engaged in Islamic terrorism has tripled from the year before, a new report has revealed. In 2020, 18 individuals in total were arrested on suspicion of Islamic terrorism. […]
Parts of Cork city have become no-go zones due to serious anti-social behaviour and violent crime: what the hell is going on with youth violence in Ireland? Ben Scallan comments. #gript
Aontú leader Peadar Toibín TD has hit out at the UK’s Tory government for offering amnesty to British soldiers over killings carried out in Ireland. Speaking about the acknowledgment of the Ballymurphy victims by the British state for the first time, Toibín welcomed the development. “It was a wonderful day for the families of Ballymurphy,” […]
Yesterday, a cavalcade of cars made their way around Ballymurphy in West Belfast. The small streets were crowded as a whole community celebrated a vital, historical ruling. Photographers captured the jubilant, delighted faces: neighbours hugging each other in the bright sunshine, relief and joy and tears and smiles from the families who had waited so long for this day. White […]
In the week that marked the 23rd anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement on April 10, 1998, the loyalist violence in Belfast underlined the fact that little has changed regarding the fundamental nature of society in the north of Ireland. It is unlikely that many of the people taking part in the […]
Dozens of teens engaged in a vicious fight on Samuel Beckett Bridge in Dublin city centre yesterday evening, with one teenager left stabbed and requiring hospitalisation. A video posted by RM.tv shows teenagers, male and female, engaged in a disturbing fight on the bridge, which forced traffic to a halt for a short time. “Get him, […]
Unbiased journalism, and critical inquiry is absent in reporting of lockdown protests ‘When a fallacy is left unchallenged, it becomes strengthened in the average mind as the absolute truth’. This is something the mainstream media in Ireland know only too well. Following the anti-lockdown protests in Stephen’s Green and the ensuing scramble to denounce the […]
If you don’t agree with the protestors in Dublin city centre on Saturday, that’s fine. I am not sure I do myself. Or I haven’t really engaged with what they are protesting about to understand what aspects of ‘lockdown’ are being protested. However, I understand why many felt the need to protest and the right […]
To all those cheering on the 2021 purge, hear the account of a previous target before you pile in, and remember it might be you some day.
In the wake of the shooting of George Nkencho, Ben Scallan tells the truth about the violence in Blanchardstown. #gript