“Big trouble here”: A Palestinian asylum seeker living in the IPO tent city on Mount Street has told Gript that he can’t sleep at night because as many as “10 or 11” other asylum seekers living in the tents are buying drugs. He asked to have his face blurred to avoid “trouble.”

Sarah Ryan explains to John McGuirk why she has decided to manage Niall Boylan’s EU election campaign. Also, they talk about events at the Oireachtas committee on immigration, Helen McEntee’s bad week, and are smartphones the new “microchipping”? PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/the-elephant-in-the-room/ 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 PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/the-elephant-in-the-room/

Gardaí advance on and pepper spray protesters opposing an IPAS centre in Newtownmountkennedy in clashes last night. Gript captured front line images.

Chaotic scenes at Newtownmountkennedy tonight as a local protest opposed to immigration centre clashed with gardaí who deploy riot shields and pepper spray

Gript Media reporter Fatima Gunning was pepper-sprayed this evening by a member of An Garda Siochána in Newtown Mount Kennedy, despite having repeatedly and audibly identified herself as a working journalist.

Asked about Michael McNamara’s viral exchange with Helen McEntee this week, Taoiseach Simon Harris said he hasn’t seen the Committee debate. He also said that Ireland would have to significantly improve asylum processing times by 2026 when the EU Migration Pact comes into force.

As radio presenter Niall Boylan launches his election campaign with the Independent Ireland Party today, Fine Gael TD Ciaran Cannon has accused him of promoting “polarisation”. Boylan replied: “I’ll give him a hug if he needs it”.

Wicklow Cllrs. say politicians are “running for the hills” to avoid having to face local concerns over IPAS centres in the garden county as key figures enjoy the financial benefit of the asylum crisis.

Claims that boys are having anti-women content thrown at them by algorithms aren’t all that solid; and what do the FOI documents released by the Department of Justice tell us about the recent referendums? PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-392-and-you-thought-wed-forgotten/ Photo Credit: ANDRANIK HAKOBYAN / Shutterstock

Michael McNamara TD grills Justice Minister Helen McEntee on asylum seeker returns: “The other country accepted responsibility, accepted they would take them back, a decision was made to transfer them, and you transferred 3 of those 188 [asylum seekers]. Where’s the problem?”

Have you ever had a burning desire to create your own Vulva ? Well now you can ! Let’s hear about Dublin’s latest attraction !

While Irish politicians were telling the public that it was a “red herring” to suggest the recent referendums may impact on immigration, FOI emails tell a very different story. “These people can never talk about the dangers of misinformation ever again,” says Ben Scallan.

Has the Irish Government discovered a magic money tree somewhere ??? I can only assume they have at this point !

Has the Irish Government discovered a magic money tree somewhere ??? I can only assume they have at this point !

Bestselling author, Journalist, and now campaigner Helen Joyce joins John and Sarah to explain the contents of the Cass Review into the treatment of “transgender” children, and the wider implications of transgender ideology on western society. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/the-cass-report-with-helen-joyce/ 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