In the 2020 General Election, it was widely agreed that Sinn Féin ran too few candidates to maximise their electoral impact, while in the local elections earlier this year, they ran too many. Party leader Mary Lou McDonald says she believes she has struck the right balance for #GE2024 with 71 candidates.
Hot on the heels of the American election , it seems we’re now thrust into the teeth of an Irish one. Here’s my initial thoughts…. More to come. Let’s Go !!
“Very upsetting”: Teacher Mary Creedon criticises Minister Norma Foley for dismissing her revelations on explicit sex-ed on the DCU course as “misrepresentation”, and reveals more about the controversial course, including being called “people with vulvas.” WATCH FULL | PREMIUM: https://gript.ie/norma-foley-said-is-untrue/
Gript asked Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald for her pitch to any working class citizens who may have voted for Sinn Féin in 2020, but grown disillusioned with the party over issues like migration, hate speech laws and perceived “wokeness” ahead of #GE2024. This was her reply.
Minister Paschal Donohoe says Fine Gael “won’t be recommending” the closure of QUANGOs and State agencies in the upcoming election, saying they are “highly accountable” and that “the majority of the time they do use the country’s money in the way the country wants.”
In this day and age of uncertainty , most people would love a safe pensionable job. A job in the public service perhaps ? What what is life actually like in the Civil Service ???
John and Sarah discuss the new Cillian Murphy “Ireland was awful” movie and it’s predictable acclaim; offer final thoughts on the Trump/Harris campaign, and discuss issues that won’t come up in Ireland’s general election: PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/small-lies-like-these/ 03:13 Cultural Reflections on Ireland’s Past 06:02 Critique of Modern Cultural Narratives 08:51 The Impact of Historical Narratives on […]
The saying goes , if the Govt. was put in charge of the Sahara desert, there’d be a shortage of sand within a couple of years ! However , we do put them in charge of the health system…..
Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman tells Ben Scallan that he is “pleased” that the hate crime bill was passed, and adds that the Green Party will “certainly” be pushing to pass new hate speech legislation if they are still in Government after the upcoming election.
It’s widely said that the current Immigration crisis is a problem with no real solution. Ireland’s newly appointed ‘ Minister for Immigration ‘ begs to differ ! #comedy #parody #comedysketch
“Was that not something that was considered before?”: Ben Scallan asks Dublin Lord Mayor James Geoghan if it wasn’t “abundantly obvious” that people would start ripping open bin bags on the street to get deposit return bottles once there was a financial incentive to do so.
John and Sarah discuss the latest developments in sex ed, the passage of the hate crime bill, the government clearing the decks for an election, and why John has full blown Trump derangement syndrome, God love him.