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02:12
Sinn Féin says immigration into Ireland is NOT too high
WATCH: Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald tells Ben Scallan that immigration into Ireland isn’t too high – it’s just poorly managed: #GE24
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00:23
Sinn Féin running 71 candidates in #GE2024
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.
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02:47
“What Norma Foley said is untrue”: explicit sex-ed was for classroom
“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/
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02:34
Mary Lou McDonald confesses: Sinn Féin has made “mistakes”
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.
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04:11
Donohoe: QUANGOs and State agencies are “highly accountable”
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.”
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03:39
TRSI 414 – Tiny American flags for all
Gary and Michael finally discuss the American election. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-414-tiny-american-flags-for-all/
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59:33
Small lies like these | PODCAST EP106
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 […]
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01:00
Green Party will “certainly” seek to pass hate speech bill after election
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.
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02:29
People ripping open bin bags on the street to get Deposit Return Scheme bottles
“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.
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01:00:02
All this stuff is normal | PODCAST EP105
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.
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03:52
Irish councils can block temporary asylum accommodation: Councillor
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.
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25:29
Sharon Keogan lists genders in Seanad for 25 minutes
The Irish Government’s Hate Crime Bill aims to protect “genders other than that of male or female” and recognise them in Irish criminal law. To show how widely this idea can be applied, Senator Sharon Keogan spent 25 minutes listing “genders” to Justice Minister Helen McEntee.
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01:50
O’Gorman responds to Judge’s criticism on Child Law Project
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”
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03:27
Donohoe: “We need a Dáil that has more women in it”
Minister Paschal Donohoe defends the Government using taxpayer funds to support “diverse” election candidates, like women and ethnic minorities, calling this money “well spent”: “We need a Dáil that has more women in it…more groups and traditions that reflect our country.”
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54:14
Bad Teacher | PODCAST EP103
Sarah and John discuss the spy in the Oireachtas, Sinn Fein forgetting how to do politics, Scary Movies, Scarier Sex Education, and the Government buying the media in a packed podcast this week. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/bad-teacher/ 00:00 The Week in Review: Political Scandals and National Security 11:24 Sinn Féin’s Crisis Management and Political Accountability 24:33 Debating […]
