Activist Kellie Jay Keen says “lies don’t last” and that it’s “impossible to imagine” how laws were passed in the UK and Ireland that allow violent men be house in female prisons.
Newtownmountkennedy is a village with a long name , a long history and a proud community. Could this small Wicklow village be the catalyst that sparked the revolution ?
“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/
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?”