“The more legislation we have, it makes operating a farm more difficult”: Irish Farmers’ Association President Tim Cullinane on the EU’s highly controversial new climate law, which was supported by all Irish MEPs. #gript
“It’s food fraud”: Cork fisherman hits out at shops marketing foreign fish as “Irish.” #gript Patrick Murphy, Aontú, MEP, European Elections, Fishing, Fisherman, EU, European Union, Brexit, Irish Waters, Ben Scallan
SPHE curriculum encourages kids to research transgender celebrities and make presentations on how to support trans people and what language not to use.
The controversy around libraries is not about banning books, or LGBT issues, but around concerns that 12 year olds can be told how to use Grindr and how to order puberty blockers online, says Jana Lunden.
Mothers in Ballybrack, County Dublin say they are concerned for the safety of their community after learning that 60 male asylum seekers are to be moved into the area.
“I have to acknowledge that the consultation…was on the negative side”: Junior Minister James Browne (FF) admits that he has received mostly negative feedback on the hate speech bill, but says that “there is satisfaction within government” that the bill is adequate. #gript
Ireland’s official anti-disinformation body failed to provide a single example of disinformation when asked, despite its CEO claiming that electoral disinformation is spreading at an “enormous” scale. Ben Scallan reports: #gript
Let’s have a closer look at SF’s new housing submission; the PR problem of tourists being brutalised by criminals; and financial literacy in the Irish population. Ireland Uncensored Ticket: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/freespeechireland/979702 https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/08/09/edge-of-misogyny-in-criticism-of-helen-mcentee-is-unmistakable/ https://www.sinnfein.ie/files/2023/EOB_PRS_submission1.pdf – SF housing submission
Irish Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe says he “sees no evidence” that the public oppose hate speech laws. He says taxpayers are happy to fund NGOs that campaign for hate speech laws, as it’s “a price worth paying” to have “healthy debate in a democracy.” #gript
According to the government democracy is where the government pays billions of dollars to one side and jails the other. Ticket: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/freespeechireland/979702 PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/seducing-the-queen-of-lydia/ Available on Spotify & iTunes Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7kOPNDrvsxqXv8uicOotvP iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-week-that-really-was/id1653091194?uo=4
“My name is Ms. Murphy and my pronouns are ‘she/her’”: Ireland’s official State curriculum body has urged teachers to introduce themselves to students by announcing their gender pronouns to the class. Ben Scallan comments: #gript
Sandra Adams of The Countess says the government have ignored the wishes of parents who have expressed concern over the ‘ideologically driven’ and ‘unscientific’ transgender ideology about to be unleashed on 1st to 3rd year students. gript
Gript went along to the premiere of Sound of Freedom in Belfast last night. The film, which tells the true story of a government agent who rescues hundreds of children from sex traffickers, has sparked a major reaction — so what did viewers of the film in Belfast think? #gript