JOHN MCGUIRK: "The people of Newtownmountkennedy are, of course, taxpayers. They fund the very Gardai used yesterday to confine them to their own town and bulldoze through construction workers to commence a migrant centre they do not want."

https://gript.ie/on-immigration-the-government-is-openly-at-war-with-its-own-people/

Police have blocked the entrance to the ‘NatCon Brussels 2’ conference at the order of the local mayor following demands from left-wing groups that the event be shut down.

https://t.co/EeQWg3nvuV

"A generation for whom the basic social contract appears broken": Just 8% of Irish adults aged under 30 report feeling positive about their mental wellbeing, amid concerns about financial challenges related to securing a home or starting a family.

https://gript.ie/just-8-per-cent-of-irish-adults-aged-18-30-feel-positive-about-their-mental-wellbeing/

Over €6.6 billion has been paid in carbon taxes since the tax was first introduced in 2010, with a significant chunk of this figure coming from the tax on petrol and auto diesel.

https://gript.ie/significant-rise-in-carbon-tax-paid-under-current-government-coalition/

THE EDITORS: What happened in Brussels today is a clarion message to all of us who believe that there are values in western civilisation worth defending.
https://gript.ie/the-editors-a-black-day-for-free-speech-in-brussels/

The Chair of the Council of the Bar of Ireland and the Chair of the Family Lawyers Association have both written to Minister for Justice Helen McEntee warning her that provisions in the current draft of the Family Courts Bill 2022 has the potential to create “a two-tier family justice system.”


https://gript.ie/bar-council-says-family-courts-bill-risks-giving-preferential-treatment-to-millionaires/

A conservative conference taking place in Brussels that faced a shut-down attempt by police acting on the local mayor's orders has been allowed to proceed by a Belgian court following an emergency legal challenge.

https://gript.ie/court-overrules-attempted-shutdown-of-brussels-conservative-conference-following-legal-challenge/

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has informed Independent TD Carol Nolan that the controversial EU Asylum and Migration Pact does not contain a single provision that would require a constitutional referendum.

https://gript.ie/minister-rules-out-constitutional-referendum-on-eu-asylum-and-migration-pact-carol-nolan/

"45% of the new PPS numbers that were issued to persons from Asian countries in 2023 were accounted for by work permits; the corresponding figure for work permits issued to persons of African nationality was just 22% of that total" 

MATT TREACY: an insight into Economics of Irish Migration 

https://gript.ie/matt-treacy-an-insight-into-economics-of-irish-migration/

If you're a first time candidate or campaigner, writes JOHN MCGUIRK, it's important to understand the fact that the Irish electoral system, like every other electoral system, is structurally rigged, and how it is rigged:

https://gript.ie/political-newbies-and-irelands-rigged-electoral-system/

PREMIUM: KEVIN MYERS: "Diversity" is the highest sacrament for Governments across the west - a strange rite which requires us all to believe at once that everyone is different, but also that everybody is exactly the same and discussing their differences is a heresy.

https://gript.ie/the-many-contradictions-of-the-diversity-religion/

On Monday Night, LAURA PERRINS ventured onto RTÉ to debate religion in schools with the TD she considers "the most annoying man in Irish politics". Here's her account of how it went.

https://gript.ie/my-tv-date-with-the-most-annoying-man-in-irish-politics/

Senator Michael McDowell has accused the Dáil of “turning into a rubber stamp assembly” in relation to the EU Migration Pact calling the lack of debate over “constitutional level change” a “disgrace”.

https://gript.ie/rubber-stamp-politics-leaving-ireland-at-mercy-of-eu-dictats-on-migration-says-senator/

Don't let anyone tell you that the Cass Review was not directly relevant to Ireland, writes SANDRA ADAMS of The Countess: It eviscerated almost all of the practice of the Irish state regarding transgenderism and children.

https://gript.ie/how-the-uks-cass-review-eviscerated-the-irish-governments-record/

EXCLUSIVE: Gript can reveal internal Department of Justice documents warned that amending the constitutional definition of family, as proposed in the recent referendum, would "massively restrict the State’s ability to regulate its immigration system."
https://gript.ie/revealed-the-documents-the-state-didnt-want-you-to-see-before-the-referendums/

RTÉ Investigates turned a blind eye to the grim reality of abortion, writes NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN. "Dressing up biased reporting as investigation, and campaigning as fair reporting. No wonder fewer and fewer people are listening."

https://gript.ie/rte-investigates-turns-a-blind-eye-to-38000-babies-aborted-and-other-grim-realities/

MATT TREACY looks at ownership of the St John’s House site in Tallaght, which has been offered as an asylum centre, and notes the links to other newly-established companies making millions from asylum accommodation. 

https://gript.ie/who-owns-the-st-johns-house-site-in-tallaght-which-may-become-an-asylum-centre/

Cllr. Paddy Holohan has said there is “nowhere to stay in Tallaght”, with 8/10 hotels being used as IPAS accommodation, as plans emerge to establish more asylum seeker accommodation in the area
https://gript.ie/tallaght-cllr-says-plans-for-potential-st-johns-house-asylum-centre-look-like-a-bees-nest/