If you don’t agree with the Catholic Church, there are plenty of other churches one can join, says MARIA MAYNES who thinks that the Mary McAleese and some in the Irish media are using the death of Pope Francis to promote their own agenda. ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, […]

Simon Harris says it is “entirely true” that the government could increase funding for carers, with or without a ‘Yes’ vote in the care referendum, despite Roderic O’Gorman’s claim that the referendum would help to secure such funding. Question by Ben Scallan.

Numerous Irish Ministers have suggested that the Irish Constitution says a “woman’s place is in the home” ahead of the referendum – a claim which the Electoral Commission has confirmed is false. Ben Scallan presses Minister Norma Foley about this “constant” misinformation:

Fianna Fáil Education Minister Norma Foley responds to criticism from Fine Gael Senator Tim Lombard that she was “stalling” on the School Transport Review. Question by Ben Scallan.

“We’re very much in touch with the people.” Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald denies being “out of touch” with her base after she supported a ‘Yes/Yes’ vote in the apparently defeated #Referendum2024, blaming the government for the referendum’s failure.

Senior government figures, such as Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin and Fine Gael Senator Regina Doherty, have said that Ireland should discuss lowering the voting age to 16. Ben Scallan asks Doherty if this makes sense, given that 16-year-olds aren’t even allowed to drink.

Today Ireland’s newly-appointed Finance Minister, Jack Chambers, mentioned “demographics” as a long-term “risk” to the Irish economy. Ben Scallan asks if his government has any plans to incentivise people to have more children to deal with the problem.

“It’s the citizens of the country who own the country – Ireland doesn’t belong to politicians”: Ben Scallan discusses Coolock, the Irish asylum situation, and the idea the locals don’t have a “veto”. Watch the full 10-minute conversation with GBN here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQJkEjEfRGg&t=25s&ab_channel=GBNews

Minister Paschal Donohoe says he thinks the projected timeline of 4 years to roll out contactless payments on Dublin’s public transport is too long and he “would like to see it done quicker.” However, he says the Leap card system is “already really successful and popular.”

“Is it your job?”: As Health Minister Stephen Donnelly announces a ban on disposable vape flavours, Ben Scallan asks if this is priority, given major health crises like child scoliosis wait times or the overcrowding at UHL. Donnelly replied: “We have to be able to do both.”

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly was told a project would be “great value for money” and would cost “no more than €3m,” which he found “suspiciously low.” He joked that the project ultimately cost €18.4m: “It was a very expensive thing to do…I needed 6 times more money.”

The story of the homeless boy, "Sam" has gone viral after pictures of the five year old boy were posted online of him eating his dinner on Grafton Street in Dublin on Tuesday night. "No One Has A Moral Superiority On Homelessness" - Simon Coveney claims, yet Fine Fail continue to overheat demand for housing with too few houses being built and increased mass immigration. He blames "population growth" in which they aim to increase Ireland's population by importing a million by 2040! Where will the 1 million imports live? It is not rocket science... but goes way over the head's of brainwashed normies... “It is a national shame. How can we, as a nation, accept this? How can the government stand over this?” Fine Gael in government with firstly the Labour party and now Fianna Fáil have seen a surge in family homelessness. Ireland's rate of child homelessness are some of the highest in Europe.

Education Minister Norma Foley refuses to say if she agrees with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s claim that, some sex education books in Ireland aren’t age appropriate, or to say whether she’s received much correspondence from parents on the matter. Question by Ben Scallan. #gript

House of Lords member Daniel Hannan says “aggressive identity politics” is the “biggest” challenge facing the Western civilisation.

Independent Ireland Cllr. Paul Hogan of Westmeath tells Gript that every Irish council has the legal power to block “temporary dwellings” in their jurisdiction, including temporary asylum accommodation, and that citizens can lobby their local councillors to use this power.