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Nonsense and Nonsensibility | PODCAST EP145

John and Sarah start the podcast talking about Jeffrey Epstein, and proceed to have an enormous row about conspiracy theories. Also: Javier Milei’s progress in Argentina, re-running referendums, and prickly cyclists. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/nonsense-and-nonsensibility/ ‎ 00:00 Introduction and Weather Banter 01:11 Slow News Week and Epstein Files 01:58 Theories Surrounding Jeffrey Epstein 03:46 Trump’s Involvement and […]

July 11, 2025

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04:37

“We’ve tied ourselves in regulatory knots”, admits Housing Minister

Housing Minister on why delivering housing is so hard: “Over the last number of years we’ve made a lot of decisions that I think were very good in isolation with really good intentions, but when you add them up, what we’ve actually done is tied ourselves in regulatory knots.” ——————– Gript is proud to be […]

July 9, 2025

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03:03

‘There’s too much hate speech in Ireland’, says Martin

“Hate speech matters too – there’s too much incitement to hate going on in our country”: The Government recently told the EU that Ireland doesn’t need to update its hate speech laws, but around the same time, Micheál Martin told an NGO the opposite. ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, […]

July 9, 2025

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01:12:06

Re-run the Care Referendum? | ‘THE LONG GAME’ PODCAST EP27

On this week’s episode, Jason and Ben discuss the UN’s call for a re-run of the Care Referendum, as well as the tools the State is using to tackle ‘wrongthink’ in both schools and An Garda Síochana. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/re-run-the-care-referendum/ ‎ ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we […]

July 8, 2025

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02:52

“This happened to me as well”

“This happened to me as well”: John McGuirk compares how the media treated him on foot of an RTE defamation payout to the complete blackout of Irish Times journalist Kitty Holland’s name. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/bad-kitty/ ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government or EU […]

July 4, 2025

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03:36

Irish Media afraid to cover transgender issues?

Psychotherapist Stella O’Malley wrote about being slowly “cancelled” by the Irish media for raising concerns about transgender issues. This week, a senior journalist in the Irish Times has essentially admitted she was right – that the media are “reticent” to cover such issues: ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but […]

June 12, 2025

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06:54

Should Government regulate information?

After a Government department informed Ben that it has not researched the potential impact of mis/disinformation laws on free speech, the lads discuss whether the State should be regulating information at all, given its own track record. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/were-all-mongrels-now/ ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject […]

June 10, 2025

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03:45

Row over taxpayer funding of NGOs

“I think when you take government money you become afraid of losing it.” Gript Media’s John McGuirk and Virgin Media’s Kieran Cuddihy debate taxpayer funding of NGOs.  WATCH FULL: https://play.virginmediatelevision.ie/watch/replay/19254648/the-tonight-show-tue-03-jun ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government or EU funding others enjoy. We […]

June 4, 2025

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01:08:27

Poland, Pride and Short Kings | ‘THE LONG GAME’ PODCAST EP22

Poland’s choice of president and the state of that country more generally are on the cards for Ben and Jason this week, along with the decline of Pride month and the trials of short men in their dealings with the fairer sex. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/poland-pride-and-short-kings/ ‎ ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of […]

June 3, 2025

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02:10

IPAS spending has not been value for money, says Harris

Tánaiste Simon Harris has admitted that the State’s spending on IPAS contracts has “absolutely not” been value for money. ——————- 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 […]

May 28, 2025

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Sinn Fein’s Orwell moment | PODCAST EP137

“It’s about saying the truth, even when it’s unpopular to do so” – Sarah Ryan lays into Sinn Fein’s David Cullinane over the TD’s backtracking on whether “trans” women are really women: ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government or EU funding others […]

May 17, 2025

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04:46

Simion Warns Dublin: Stop Big Tech Censorship

Romanian presidential candidate George Simion from the nationalist AUR party implores the Irish government to prevent Big Tech censorship operating from Dublin, as he warned EU Commissioner Michael McGrath not to meddle in his nation’s affairs. The comments were made May 15th at the European Parliament ahead of the second round of the Romanian presidential […]

May 16, 2025

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Journalists slam PBP for refusing Gript question

“I THINK WE’RE DONE”: Today journalists in the Leinster House press pool slammed People Before Profit TDs Ruth Coppinger and Paul Murphy for refusing to take a question from Gript’s Ben Scallan, ending the press event early in protest: ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject […]

May 7, 2025

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06:29

Carbon tax is a punishment beating disguised as virtue

“Our leadership class will gladly cripple your family financially with measures that don’t save a single polar bear, but which will make your granny’s living-room feel like the North Pole” – BEN SCALLAN on today’s carbon tax increase. ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the […]

May 1, 2025

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06:53

Dublin beauty clinic shutting down over street violence

“There’s gangs of men hanging around on the street — it’s getting increasingly dangerous”: Stephanie Simons, owner of Bowie Aesthetics on Dorset Street, says she is shutting her store because the area has become a “no go zone” for her staff and clients. ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but […]

May 1, 2025

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