“You can throw money at a problem and not achieve anything."

Michael McNamara TD says a dedicated asylum body would be the “Irish Water" of immigration: "a big unaccountable body that fails miserably."

"If you want to get thousands onto the streets that's a good way to start."

https://youtu.be/E4fbNYMYhGI

"I think we should put it to the people": Independent Wexford TD Verona Murphy has called for a referendum on the EU Migration pact, claiming that entering into the pact would “take away” Irish sovereignty.

https://gript.ie/put-it-to-the-people-td-calls-for-referendum-on-eu-migration-pact-says-it-will-take-away-sovereignty/

IPAS has said that plans to develop asylum seeker accommodation in a Wicklow village have been “stalled” due to ongoing 24-hour protests outside the site.

https://gript.ie/ipas-blames-protests-for-stalled-works-on-co-wicklow-asylum-centre/

JOHN MCGUIRK: Rather than stamp his authority on Government, Simon Harris chose instead to stamp Helen McEntee's record in bright red letters across his own forehead. His opponents should be delighted.

https://gript.ie/harriss-mcentee-bottle-job-should-delight-the-far-right/

JOHN MCGUIRK: "Four years ago it would have been impossible to imagine a Republican nominee arguing that New York has the right to legalise abortion in the ninth month – but that is Trump’s position today, and he is getting many pro-lifers to cheer it."

https://gript.ie/trumps-triumph-complete-victory-over-the-pro-life-movement/

Amputees denied primary medical certificates disappointed at lack of action by government
https://gript.ie/amputees-denied-primary-medical-certificates-disappointed-at-lack-of-action-by-government/

Minister Roderic O’Gorman has confirmed to TD Carol Nolan that he will shortly publish the minutes of all meetings of the Interdepartmental Group that worked on the Family and Care referendums. The Minister had previously refused to release the material.

https://gript.ie/minister-ogorman-to-publish-minutes-of-all-inter-departmental-group-meetings-on-referendums

The CASS REVIEW has found that healthcare professionals are afraid to discuss their views on transgender services for children, and found there was no evidence puberty blockers or hormone drugs ‘buy time to think’ or ‘reduce suicide risk’ in that cohort.

https://gript.ie/cass-review-professionals-were-afraid-to-speak-on-trans-kids-issues/

ON THIS DAY: 10 April 1966: Kilmainham Gaol opens as a museum

https://gript.ie/on-this-day-10-april-1966-kilmainham-gaol-opens-as-a-museum-4/

An RTÉ report this morning on Muslims celebrating Eid featured self-described "advocate of female circumcision" Dr. Ali Selim. “I would expect more from the National Broadcaster” writes FATIMA GUNNING
https://gript.ie/rte-report-on-eid-features-advocate-of-female-circumcision-dr-ali-selim/

Independent TD Carol Nolan has said she is seeking further legal clarity on whether the European Convention on Human Rights and the 1951 Refugee Convention (and its 1967 Protocol) were legitimately approved and ratified by Dáil Éireann.

https://gript.ie/further-clarity-required-on-whether-international-treaties-were-legitimately-ratified-by-dail-eireann-says-nolan/

A Vatican document that targeted gender theory and sex-change interventions among other things generated headlines and controversy this week. But are these modern practices compatible with western notions of human dignity, asks JASON OSBORNE?

https://t.co/ePO8qBTpQA

"Vexatious complaints, political point scoring": Police in Scotland "cannot cope" with a deluge of "politicised" hate crime reports, confirming today that over 7,000 online hate reports were received in the first week of the Hate Crime Act becoming law.

https://gript.ie/scottish-police-cannot-cope-with-deluge-of-hate-crime-reports-confirm-over-7000/

McDowell says Minister for Health, HSE and Irish Medical Council must halt discredited puberty blocker treatment for Irish children  - says Cass Review findings on transgender services to children must be heeded in Ireland.

https://gript.ie/mcdowell-says-minister-for-health-hse-and-irish-medical-council-must-halt-discredited-puberty-blocker-treatment-for-irish-children/

A victory for a group of Swiss women who claimed that the Swiss government violated their human rights by its climate inaction will have ramifications for other nations.

https://t.co/6qQEEwn15s

A study has suggested that damage done by puberty blockers is permanent, casting doubt on claims that the hormone drugs simply “pause” puberty.

Scientists at the Mayo Clinic reported "mild-to-severe sex gland atrophy" in puberty blocker-treated children.

https://gript.ie/new-mayo-clinic-study-suggests-puberty-blocker-damage-may-be-permanent/

“The last thing I want to do is foist yet another election on the people of Ireland”: According to Fianna Fáil TD Willie O’Dea, “it wouldn’t be fair to the people” to hold a general election too close to the European and local elections in June.

https://gript.ie/not-good-politics-for-government-to-run-until-last-second-td/

Dr Ciara Smyth from NUI’s Human Rights Centre spoke on RTÉ’s Upfront this week on immigration. MATT TREACY looks at how ‘woke’ dollars from Atlantic Philanthropies made the Centre possible, and continues to influence public discourse in Ireland. 

https://gript.ie/atlantics-woke-dollars-continue-to-influence-public-discourse-in-ireland/

After the UK's Cass Review called into question the wisdom of "socially transitioning" children from one gender to another, the INTO union tells JOHN MCGUIRK it is "not in a position to comment" on its own video advising teachers on how to do just that:

https://gript.ie/the-media-and-intos-shameful-silence-on-the-cass-review/

There’s more than a hint of “arguing with your fiancé over the cost of an engagement ring” about nationalists downplaying the costs of a United Ireland, writes JOHN MCGUIRK: Leo Varadkar is right - money doesn't matter, and we should be prepared to pay.

https://gript.ie/varadkar-was-right-to-say-cost-is-irrelevant-to-a-united-ireland/

TD Michael McNamara says the government is “taking the p*iss out of the Irish taxpayer” after spending "€1 million per month" on accommodation for the pets of Ukrainians
https://gript.ie/td-blasts-e1m-per-month-accommodation-bill-for-ukrainian-cats-and-dogs/