Annie and Bruce left the rat race to embark on a journey to self sufficiency in rural County Clare.

#gript


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZi_MQcfPUg

MAYFIELD locals say huge protest will return if asylum centre still an option: “We don’t want the problem moved on to another area, that’s not what the protest is about. We’re saying this country can’t house all the people who are coming in especially when our own communities are already struggling,” she said, calling for a cap on immigration.

https://gript.ie/video-mayfield-locals-say-huge-protest-will-return-if-migrant-centre-still-option/

A federal judge has just found that the Canadian federal government acted unconstitutionally when it invoked the Emergencies Act to shut down the “Freedom Convoy” protest that brought Ottawa to a standstill in February 2022.

https://gript.ie/federal-judge-rules-trudeaus-invocation-of-emergencies-act-was-unconstitutional/

PREMIUM: The Government has clearly lost the immigration debate, with 66% of voters saying the country has accepted too many refugees and 16% supporting the Government's position.
But does that matter?

https://gript.ie/government-has-lost-the-immigration-debate-but-does-it-matter/

Pepper Finance, an arm of a global giant investment fund, owns more than 80,000 mortgages in Ireland and has sought almost 1,000 repossession orders. It made an operating profit of more than €23 million for 2021 and 2022, writes MATT TREACY

https://gript.ie/a-closer-look-at-the-mortgage-vulture-funds-and-their-irish-operations/

National broadcaster RTÉ has released details of its 10 highest earners for 2022, with former Late Late host Ryan Tubridy coming in at first on the list, making €515,000.

https://gript.ie/rtes-highest-earners-in-2022-revealed/

A confidential plan drawn up by EU officials seeks to sabotage Hungary’s economy if Viktor Orbán’s government blocks aid to Ukraine, according to the Financial Times.

Senior Hungarian officials said Brussels was using "blackmail" against Hungary.

https://gript.ie/eu-threatens-hungarys-economy-if-orban-wont-agree-to-ukraine-aid/

The EU has urged politicians to abandon “gendered language” such as “no man’s land,” “where no man has gone before,” and “virile,” and says that terms like “master plan” serve to “exclude women.”

https://gript.ie/eu-calls-to-ditch-gendered-language-such-as-no-mans-land/

“We have no choice, because this is not sustainable”: Donald Trump has said that if he is re-elected US President in November, “within moments” of taking office he will begin “the largest domestic deportation operation in American history.”

https://gript.ie/trump-promises-largest-deportation-operation-in-us-history/

‘January Bonus’ double social welfare payments are due this week with 1.3 million expected to benefit from the €342 million package. Full list of payees in article



https://gript.ie/double-payment-social-welfare-bonus-due-this-week-for-1-3-million-recipients/

The Irish Refugee Council has removed from its website a claim they had repeatedly made that asylum applicants have their fingerprints checked against criminal databases, after being contacted by a Gript investigation which showed the claim was not true.

https://gript.ie/irish-refugee-council-remove-asylum-criminal-checks-claim-after-gript-query/

New figures show that almost half a billion euro was paid out by the state in accommodation for migrants and refugees in just 3 months of the third quarter in 2023. Some 25% of those payments went to the top 20 providers listed below, reveals MATT TREACY.

https://gript.ie/almost-half-a-billion-euro-paid-in-asylum-refugee-accommodation-in-just-3-months/

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni today opened a summit with African leaders and EU and UN officials, announcing Italy's development plan for Africa — with plans to curb migration — months after she said Italy could not become “Europe’s refugee camp.”

https://gript.ie/meloni-opens-italy-africa-summit-with-plans-to-curb-migration/

An Oireachtas Committee examining assisted suicide will hear today from the Danish National Council on Ethics who will discuss why they voted by a huge majority last year against its introduction.

https://gript.ie/danish-ethics-council-will-outline-why-they-voted-against-assisted-suicide/

As a small country in the EU that is itself relatively isolated on foreign policy, especially in regard to Gaza, Ireland should be very wary of attempts by the bloc to "ruin" Hungary over Ukraine, writes JOHN MCGUIRK:
https://gript.ie/why-ireland-should-fear-any-eu-plan-to-hurt-hungary/

In a sane country, writes JOHN MCGUIRK, nobody who signed off on those RTÉ salaries would be responsible for public money ever again - but in Ireland they've been getting away with it for more than 20 years.

https://gript.ie/rte-pay-irelands-most-boring-scandal/

SIMON GRIFFIN: "The only thing truly shocking about Bambie Thug and her performance, is how late she is to her own artistic scene. We have seen every one of these frivolities before."

https://gript.ie/bambie-thug-more-like-bambie-shrug/

The DUP has said it will return to power-sharing in a vote that is set to end the party’s two-year boycott of Stormont. NI Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said this afternoon that "all the conditions are now in place" for the return of the Assembly.

https://gript.ie/dup-agree-deal-to-return-to-stormont-after-meeting-descends-into-chaos/

ON THIS DAY: 30 JANUARY 1972: 14 civilians shot dead on Bloody Sunday

https://gript.ie/on-this-day-30-january-1972-14-civilians-shot-dead-on-bloody-sunday-5/