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Self-cancelling culture

“Who are you afraid of? When you censor your opinions, who is it you are afraid of upsetting? It’s not right wingers, is it?” John McGuirk on the culture of self-censorship. ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government or EU funding others enjoy. […]

September 12, 2025

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“I hope he runs because I think he’ll get a rude awakening” – Sarah Ryan

“I hope he runs because I think he’ll get a rude awakening” – Sarah Ryan reacts to the news that former Covid Supremo Tony Holohan is considering a bid for President of Ireland ( ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government or EU […]

July 26, 2025

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02:51

Ministers let off the hook

Grealish, Canny, and Boxer Moran: Three Independents who have somehow escaped public ire in the last week, says John on this week’s podcast discussing the Maria Steen farce. ——————– 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 […]

September 26, 2025

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04:51

Bring back bedsits

“Bring back bedsits, reduce efficiency standards, let people build” – John and Sarah discuss things the Government won’t ever consider doing that might actually solve the housing crisis. ——————- 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 […]

November 14, 2025

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Ireland’s asylum dilemma

“If EU law was working properly, Ireland would have no asylum seekers at all” – Cormac Lucey (standing in for Sarah) and John discussed the new immigration figures on this week’s podcast. ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government or EU funding others […]

December 12, 2025

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00:52

Gender recognition: Easier than you think

Ten years on from the gender recognition act, John McGuirk tells Sarah that many people in Ireland still have no idea just how radical it was. ——————– 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 to […]

October 3, 2025

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01:03

Why do we put up with it?

“You’re paying all this tax… and then when you need a health service it’s not there. Why do we put up with it?” – This week John and Sarah talked about taxes and the state of Ireland’s health service. ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject […]

November 8, 2025

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Simon’s Folly

“A catastrophic mistake”: John and Sarah discuss the departure of Paschal Donohoe and Simon Harris’s decision to make himself finance minister. Also: , Enoch Burke goes back to jail, and Sarah is outraged by the tale of a Mayo Children’s hospice: PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/simons-folly/ Episode 165 (00:00) Introduction (00:30) Pascal Donohue’s Departure (10:00) Simon Harris as […]

November 21, 2025

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Climate, Drones, and migration

With Sarah absent for a second week, John is joined by CORMAC LUCEY, who fills an entertaining episode with discussion on the great Climate Climbdown, the Government’s panic on defence, why we need to be much tougher on migration, and why politics is broken: PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/climate-drones-and-migration/ (00:00) Introduction (01:15) Cormac’s article on climate change (15:30) […]

December 12, 2025

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03:10

Is Harris fatally wounded by Scoliosis?

“I think it’s finished him… there’s a degree of contempt for the Simon Harris act now” – John and Sarah discuss the damage to Simon Harris on foot of the Scoliosis scandal and other recent flubls. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/kayfabe/ Available on Spotify & iTunes Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7kOPNDrvsxqXv8uicOotvP iTunes ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source […]

August 16, 2025

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The dating app dilemma

As the world digests a Vogue magazine article claiming that having a boyfriend is out of fashion, John and Sarah talk about how lucky they both feel to have avoided the era of online dating and “the apps”: ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the […]

November 15, 2025

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Ivan Yates takes a hit

“I think Ivan has taken a hit there” – John and Sarah reckon that the biggest blow to Ivan Yates’s reputation this week was not, in fact, getting sacked from “Path to Power”: ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government or EU funding […]

November 7, 2025

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One of us

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 […]

November 7, 2025

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Avoidable death | PODCAST EP149

Sarah re-joins the podcast this week from her Cretan retreat, and she and John discuss topics ranging from the tragic – the death of Harvey Sherrat – to the controversies around assisted suicide and the Mise Eire event, to the love lives of Pamela Anderson and Bonnie Blue. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/avoidable-death/ ‎ 00:00 Introduction and Personal […]

August 8, 2025

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Droning on | PODCAST EP151

With Sarah away, Laura Perrins joins John and gives him a thorough education in why his support for delivery drones is wrong. They also discuss crime in Dublin, Maria Steen’s Presidential prospects, and Laura goes off on Kneecap and Sally Rooney. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/droning-on/ 02:40 Tourist Safety Concerns in Dublin 05:45 The Impact of Crime on […]

August 22, 2025

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