“Holly Cairns is in the building “: Jason responds to the Late Late Show’s hype-building efforts, and laments the lack of imagination shown in some of Ireland’s key institutions. ——————– 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 […]
With NPHET considering legally mandatory vaccinations, there can only be one reasonable answer to this insane idea: hell no. Ben Scallan reacts. #gript Donate today to Gript! https://www.gript.ie/donate/ See more at https://www.gript.ie Follow our socials: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GriptMedia Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/griptmedia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/griptmedia/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/griptmedia Our Podcasts: https://www.gript.ie/podcasts/ #gript
Darragh O’Brien on the Jim Gavin fiasco: “We’ll learn from this…learnings need to be made.” Timmy Dooley: “It’s an internal issue for Fianna Fáil…The vast majority of the public have moved on.” ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government or EU funding others […]
Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan says that currently under Irish law, individuals who are convicted of serious offences in other countries can be blocked from applying for asylum. ——————– 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 […]
Integration Minister Roderic O’Gorman announced “additional funding” to help “receive and accommodate” asylum seekers in #Budget2025. Asked how much the State has spent already on asylum accommodation since the start of the Ukraine war, he replied: “I can get that for you.”
Recently Taoiseach Simon Harris and Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien said that there’s a link between housing issues, homelessness and immigration. Minister Roderic O’Gorman pushed back on this notion, but refused to outright say his colleagues were wrong.
A Judge expressed “grave concern” that Roderic O’Gorman’s department stopped funding The Child Law Project: a body that monitors court cases of vulnerable children in State care, which often exposes Tusla’s failings. O’Gorman explained “We can’t just extend their funding”
Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman admits that he has put in planning objections previously, but defends this on the basis that “Not every planning application is a good planning application.” #GE24
John and Sarah discuss the week that really was, including the background to Gript’s deleted story, and the wider ongoing coverage and cultural concerns around events in Dublin over the past week. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/oh-look-an-elephant/ 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
John returns to the podcast as he and Sarah discuss this week’s various triumphs for old-fashioned women: The UK transgender ruling, Katy Perry in space, Mary Lou’s poll boost, and so on. Also: Are lots of us pretending to have fake medical conditions? PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/old-fashioned-women/ 00:00 Introduction and Context 01:14 The UK Court Ruling […]
On the Streets of Dublin: People react to the late term abortion happening in Ireland See all the references and reports here: https://gript.ie/explainer-late-term-abortion-in-ireland/ #gript Donate today to Gript! https://gript.ie/donate-to-gript/ See more at https://gript.ie Follow our socials: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GriptMedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/griptmedia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/griptmedia/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/griptmedia Our Podcasts: https://gript.ie/podcasts/ #gript
In this week’s edition, John and Sarah reflect on Simon Harris’s newfound conversion to “far right” views on immigration, the demise of Ivan Yates, the miserable state of the health service, and the latest opinion poll trends. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/one-of-us/ 00:00 The Departure of Ivan Yates 11:58 The State of the Health Service 25:03 Government’s […]
John gets a deserved spanking from Sarah over his Trump Derangement Syndrome, The US election gets thoroughly analysed, and a look forward at the very short three weeks campaign to come here in Ireland. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/orange-man-good/ 02:55 The Shift in Voter Sentiment 06:14 The Impact of Campaign Messaging 08:56 Reactions from the Media and Political […]
In this week’s podcast Sarah reacts to the news that fake tan might be racist; and wonders why women are so consistently in the firing line of modern cultural outrages: Donate today to Gript! https://www.gript.ie/donate/ See more at https://www.gript.ie Follow our socials: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GriptMedia Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/griptmedia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/griptmedia/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/griptmedia Our Podcasts: https://www.gript.ie/podcasts/ #gript