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02.05.202515:57
Over 1,000 people sent to Irish jails last year were released within 24 hours, without having spent one day in prison. It comes as the number of early releases doubled to almost 600 as the problem of prison overcrowding worsens:
https://gript.ie/over-1000-people-sent-to-jail-released-within-24-hours/
https://gript.ie/over-1000-people-sent-to-jail-released-within-24-hours/
20.04.202520:48
MATT TREACY:Goodwife Ann Glover, an Irish woman, and an Irish-speaking Catholic, was hanged as a witch after being “unjustly condemned to death” in Massachusetts. She is remembered as a Catholic martyr there. https://gript.ie/the-intriguing-tale-of-an-irish-speaking-witch-murdered-by-english-settlers-in-boston/
14.04.202518:01
“We feel like the Government has abandoned us,” says one mother living in homeless accommodation with her two small children. “In the space of two to three years, the cost of renting anywhere has jumped up by €500 or €600."
https://gript.ie/the-government-has-abandoned-us-says-mum-living-in-homeless-accommodation-with-kids/
https://gript.ie/the-government-has-abandoned-us-says-mum-living-in-homeless-accommodation-with-kids/
14.04.202512:56
FATIMA GUNNING muses on why many of us can’t seem to find the line between a sober night out and making a public show of ourselves after some annual Trinity Ball observations.
https://gript.ie/on-wading-through-the-bodily-expulsions-of-trinity-students/
https://gript.ie/on-wading-through-the-bodily-expulsions-of-trinity-students/
14.04.202510:03
Michael Collins TD has sharply criticised the government’s proposed Airbnb Register, warning that it threatens to destabilise rural tourism economies - though the Housing Minister says tough choices need to be made.
https://gript.ie/td-says-airbnb-register-threatens-to-destabilise-rural-tourism-economies/
https://gript.ie/td-says-airbnb-register-threatens-to-destabilise-rural-tourism-economies/
10.04.202516:39
MATT TREACY: Residents of Mount Street will be dismayed to hear of another application for asylum accommodation at 32 Mount St Upper - from a company with strong rugby connections
https://gript.ie/yet-another-proposal-to-place-an-ipas-centre-right-in-the-heart-of-georgian-dublin/
https://gript.ie/yet-another-proposal-to-place-an-ipas-centre-right-in-the-heart-of-georgian-dublin/
01.05.202515:51
MATT TREACY: His success in facilitating immigration has earned him a spot among “young business trailblazers to look out for in 2025”.
https://gript.ie/the-young-entrepreneur-facilitating-work-permits/
https://gript.ie/the-young-entrepreneur-facilitating-work-permits/
15.04.202513:28
Amid Garda calls for action over the “aggressive” behaviour of some “citizen journalists” FATIMA GUNNING looks at potential pitfalls as well as a pre-existing possible solution.
https://gript.ie/garda-request-re-citizen-journalists-impossible-in-context-of-civil-liberties/
https://gript.ie/garda-request-re-citizen-journalists-impossible-in-context-of-civil-liberties/
14.04.202517:52
NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN: But then, as Quest Retirement Solutions noted, it was the Department of Integration who requested the Carnew building be used as an IPAS centre. It's a reminder of the absolute failure of the State to consider our own ageing population.
https://gript.ie/carnew-why-did-dept-ask-retirement-solutions-group-to-house-asylum-centre/
https://gript.ie/carnew-why-did-dept-ask-retirement-solutions-group-to-house-asylum-centre/
14.04.202511:41
JASON OSBORNE: ‘Climate Action and Sustainable Development’ has no business being a Leaving Certificate subject, and the students that sign up to it are going to be primed for activism as much as, if not more than, they’re educated about ecology.
https://gript.ie/students-to-get-crash-course-in-activism-with-new-climate-subject/
https://gript.ie/students-to-get-crash-course-in-activism-with-new-climate-subject/
14.04.202509:51
"We're now in the territory of cancelling elections altogether out of a fear that the wrong person might win".
JOHN MCGUIRK on weekend reports that the Dublin Mayoral election will not be held on foot of Government fears of Mayor Conor McGregor:
https://gript.ie/jmg-mcgregor-mayor-of-dublin/
JOHN MCGUIRK on weekend reports that the Dublin Mayoral election will not be held on foot of Government fears of Mayor Conor McGregor:
https://gript.ie/jmg-mcgregor-mayor-of-dublin/
10.04.202516:27
Man who emailed President Higgins “multiple times” pleads guilty to ramming van into gates of Dáil, Áras an Uachtaráin, and Customs House in early morning rampage causing tens of thousands in damage
https://gript.ie/man-rammed-gates-of-dail-aras-an-uachtarain-and-customs-house-with-van/
https://gript.ie/man-rammed-gates-of-dail-aras-an-uachtarain-and-customs-house-with-van/
26.04.202516:27
Tens of thousands took to the streets of Dublin today to protest the government's immigration policies.
https://youtu.be/196PGtEGd4w?si=QxIEQnlxvefoTZfg
https://youtu.be/196PGtEGd4w?si=QxIEQnlxvefoTZfg
15.04.202513:13
This week on The Long Game Podcast, Ben and Jason discuss the news that plans for a directly-elected Dublin mayor have been shelved over Conor McGregor-shaped fears, whether citizen journalists are the threat they're made out to be and the new Climate Leaving Cert subject which will see students considering 'environmental racism' and the role of colonialism is 'climate injustice'.
https://gript.ie/podcasts/the-anti-democratic-age/
https://gript.ie/podcasts/the-anti-democratic-age/
14.04.202515:30
Preferred Cork Luas route unveiled, running from Ballincollig to Mahon Point
https://gript.ie/preferred-cork-luas-route-unveiled-running-from-ballincollig-to-mahon-point/
https://gript.ie/preferred-cork-luas-route-unveiled-running-from-ballincollig-to-mahon-point/
14.04.202511:26
JOHN MCGUIRK: At the age of 46, with his career peaks firmly in the rear view mirror, Iar-Taoiseach Varadkar appears to be attempting to re-invent himself as a sort of political Roy Keane, delivering punditry from the sidelines.
https://gript.ie/jmg-varadkar-trump/
https://gript.ie/jmg-varadkar-trump/
10.04.202520:45
A report commissioned to estimate the health costs associated with aircraft noise at Dublin Airport says that it causes cardiovascular issues for some 16,746 people in the vicinity – and that the total health impact cost is €772 million.
https://gript.ie/aircraft-noise-at-dublin-airport-estimated-to-cause-17000-people-heart-issues-says-report/
https://gript.ie/aircraft-noise-at-dublin-airport-estimated-to-cause-17000-people-heart-issues-says-report/
10.04.202516:22
“Zero accountability”: Scoliosis Ireland has said that there “absolutely should be” a public inquiry into the use of unauthorised springs during three spinal surgeries on children at Temple Street after the Taoiseach ruled out an inquiry.
https://gript.ie/scoliosis-ireland-blasts-zero-accountability-after-taoiseach-rules-out-inquiry-into-springs-scandal/
https://gript.ie/scoliosis-ireland-blasts-zero-accountability-after-taoiseach-rules-out-inquiry-into-springs-scandal/
20.04.202520:56
KEVIN MYERS: The "national counter disinformation strategy" has not one negative thing to say about Official Ireland. RTE, the Irish Times, and their fellow travellers are the goodies.
The rest of us? A threat to be monitored.
https://gript.ie/myers-national-counter-disinformation-strategy-gript/
The rest of us? A threat to be monitored.
https://gript.ie/myers-national-counter-disinformation-strategy-gript/
14.04.202518:11
THADE ANDY: In the light of the current economic uncertainty - and the shock de-industrialisation of Germany driven by a surge in energy prices - Ireland must rethink our costly green energy policy.
https://gript.ie/we-should-rethink-green-energy-in-light-of-germanys-shock-de-industrialisation/
https://gript.ie/we-should-rethink-green-energy-in-light-of-germanys-shock-de-industrialisation/
14.04.202514:42
MATT TREACY on the company with TUSLA care contracts who are seeking to pivot into the lucrative business of asylum accommodation, including with a property in leafy, sea-blown Howth.
https://gript.ie/company-with-tusla-care-contracts-pivots-into-asylum-accommodation/
https://gript.ie/company-with-tusla-care-contracts-pivots-into-asylum-accommodation/
14.04.202510:15
LAURA PERRINS on the immense humanity - and specifically male appeal - of Golf.
"My father informed me that it was the best night of sport he ever witnessed. Ever. And he’s 81."
https://gript.ie/perrins-mcilroy-masters-golf/
"My father informed me that it was the best night of sport he ever witnessed. Ever. And he’s 81."
https://gript.ie/perrins-mcilroy-masters-golf/
10.04.202520:24
Ex-Preston footballer turned taxi driver jailed for sexual assault of student who was on her way home from a college Christmas party.
https://gript.ie/ex-pro-footballler-taxi-driver-jailed-for-sexual-assault-of-student/
https://gript.ie/ex-pro-footballler-taxi-driver-jailed-for-sexual-assault-of-student/
10.04.202515:59
Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan has signed an order to recommence legislation allowing for naturalised Irish citizenship to be revoked in serious cases. https://gript.ie/law-recommenced-allowing-naturalised-citizenship-to-be-revoked-in-serious-cases/
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