John and Sarah break down the two biggest stories of the week, discussing all aspects of the Citywest sexual assault and subsequent riots, and then examining the myriad ways that Fine Gael managed to blow the Presidential Election. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/missi-citywest-burning/ Episode 161 00:00 Introduction to Current Events in Ireland 03:25 The Disturbing Incident in Citywest […]

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On this week’s episode, Ben and Jason laugh and laugh and laugh about the latest twist in the presidential election as Jim Gavin drops out, before turning to another of the candidate’s disappointing gender ideology answers and analysing FG’s budgetary promises. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/gavin-gate/ 00:00 Political Whiplash: The Roller Coaster of Recent Events 04:36 Jim Gavin’s […]

Businessman Peter Casey is to contest the European elections on a platform that seeks to change the immigration system and end the rural-urban divide, the Irish Independent can reveal. The former 'Dragons' Den' investor, who finished second in last year's presidential election, will run in the four-seat Midlands-North West constituency. Mr Casey rose to national prominence after claiming Travellers should not be recognised as an ethnic minority. The Donegal resident continues to stand by those comments but says his new campaign will be much broader. And he argues that the more than 300,000 people who voted for him "are not all people who don't like Travellers". "They like people who say what they think needs to be said," he added. Ahead of submitting his nomination papers today, Mr Casey told the Irish Independent: Immigration should be "limited to the numbers we can accommodate properly"; Brexit will "turn out like Y2K"; Ireland should be a worl