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Gavin-Gate | ‘THE LONG GAME’ PODCAST EP40

On this week’s episode, Ben and Jason laugh and laugh and laugh about the latest twist in the presidential election as Jim Gavin drops out, before turning to another of the candidate’s disappointing gender ideology answers and analysing FG’s budgetary promises. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/gavin-gate/ 00:00 Political Whiplash: The Roller Coaster of Recent Events 04:36 Jim Gavin’s […]

October 6, 2025

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O’Brien on Jim Gavin saga: “We’ll learn from this”

Darragh O’Brien on the Jim Gavin fiasco: “We’ll learn from this…learnings need to be made.” Timmy Dooley: “It’s an internal issue for Fianna Fáil…The vast majority of the public have moved on.” ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government or EU funding others […]

October 8, 2025

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“YOU’RE FILIBUSTERING”: Minister grilled on NGO funding

“You’re not addressing the substance of the point…You’re filibustering”: Ben Scallan grills Charities Minister Jerry Buttimer on the Government’s policy of only funding activist NGOs that are in line with the Government’s agenda. ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government or EU funding […]

October 8, 2025

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Minister Michael Healy-Rae on carbon tax hike

“Whether I like it not, it’s happening…we are where we are”: Minister Michael Healy-Rae explains why he’s part of a Government that’s hiking carbon tax given his previous criticisms of the tax, saying that even if he was “dead”, it would remain in place until 2030 regardless. ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent […]

October 10, 2025

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Daylight robbery

“They’re not just taking your money, they are also taking your time” – Laura Perrins and Nick Delehanty discuss Ireland’s high tax rates and the abandonment of taxpayers in the budget. ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government or EU funding others enjoy. […]

October 15, 2025

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“Seismic”: Spoiled votes in Áras election overwhelming

“Seismic”: Spoilt ballots in the Irish Presidential election appear to be unprecedentedly high, tallies indicate – even outpacing Heather Humphreys in some parts of the country. ——————- Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government or EU funding others enjoy. We need your support to […]

October 25, 2025

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A job for life

“It was just a job for them… they got to see the world”: Ronan McGreevy of the Irish Times tells Laura why so many Irish men over the years joined the British Army and died in Britain’s wars: ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the […]

November 11, 2025

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Myth of the shunned Irish soldier

“There’s something of a myth about that”: Ronan McGreevy says that the 200,000 Irish soldiers who came home after WW1 were not shunned – and in fact many of them went on to fight for the IRA in the war of independence: ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that […]

November 12, 2025

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Andrew Tate and the Book of Exodus

In something of a Christmas special, Ben and Jason discuss whether 2025 went as they predicted politically-speaking, the weekend whooping of Andrew Tate and the ethics of Santa Claus. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/andrew-tate-and-the-book-of-exodus/ ‎ Episode 51 ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government or EU […]

December 22, 2025

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Wasting the wrong money

“Nobody cared when he wasted public money” – John and Sarah discuss the fact that An Taoiseach is in political trouble over a financial loss suffered by his party, but is not in trouble for far bigger wastes of taxpayer cash: ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means […]

December 20, 2025

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FF will make “significant learnings” from Jim Gavin fiasco

Minister Norma Foley says that Fianna Fáil will make “significant learnings” from the Jim Gavin debacle. ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government or EU funding others enjoy. We need your support to keep publishing the news and opinion that matters. By subscribing […]

December 17, 2025

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Ban smartphones for kids?

“I think that there’s a better argument to be made for tech minimalism”: Jason argues that it would be better to prevent kids from accessing the internet in the first place instead of limiting content on the internet in a way that affects everyone. ——————- Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, […]

December 17, 2025

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The Balkanisation of Society

Ben makes the case that multiculturalism is seeing societies become fractured, as long-standing feuds and grudges from across the world play out in western countries. ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government or EU funding others enjoy. We need your support to keep […]

December 16, 2025

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Jason reacts to NGO movie about Dublin riots

“God knows there would be uproar”: Jason reacts to a movie by a State-funded NGO about the 2023 Dublin riots. ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government or EU funding others enjoy. We need your support to keep publishing the news and opinion […]

December 11, 2025

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Tens of thousands of Irish farmers object to Mercosur

Ben Scallan reports from a farming protest in Athlone, where tens of thousands of Irish farmers are objecting to the controversial Mercosur trade deal, which they say will undercut their business by flooding European markets with lower quality South American beef. ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means […]

January 10, 2026

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