We estimate that current spending overruns of €2 billion are likely for this year": The Government needs to better manage unplanned spending, the Fiscal Advisory Council has warned an Oireachtas Committee.
https://gript.ie/government-urged-to-account-for-e2-billion-overspend/
https://gript.ie/government-urged-to-account-for-e2-billion-overspend/
Gript
Government urged to account for €2 billion overspend - Gript
Climate change and ageing population
👍2
WATCH: In a newly-posted video, Taoiseach Micheál Martin can be heard re-assuring a campaigning NGO that his government is still “committed” to updating the country’s hate speech laws:
https://gript.ie/government-committed-to-updating-hate-speech-laws/
https://gript.ie/government-committed-to-updating-hate-speech-laws/
Gript
Frustration within Govt as hate speech bill returns - Gript
"We want to be in compliance with the European framework."
👎15
JOHN MCGUIRK on Eamon Ryan's big new job in Europe: "In the European Union, the whole point of advisory boards is not to make policy more efficient, but to make it more centralised and European."
https://gript.ie/mcguirk-eamon-ryans-big-new-eu-housing-job/
https://gript.ie/mcguirk-eamon-ryans-big-new-eu-housing-job/
Gript
MCGUIRK: Eamon Ryan's big new EU housing job - Gript
In the European Union, the whole point of advisory boards is not to make policy more efficient, but to make it more centralised and European.
👍8
"Rows like this one are the bread and butter of Irish politics: The stakes for everyone involved are low, the substance is ultimately one of marginal resource allocation, and the outcome is largely pre-determined."
On the college fees bunfight:
https://gript.ie/mcguirk-college-fees-charade/
On the college fees bunfight:
https://gript.ie/mcguirk-college-fees-charade/
Gript
The political charade around college fees - Gript
The point here isn’t even to win student votes.
👍4
Holly Cairns will not be running for president, the Social Democrats have confirmed - but they’ve not ruled out backing another candidate:
https://gript.ie/holly-cairns-ruled-out-of-presidential-election/
https://gript.ie/holly-cairns-ruled-out-of-presidential-election/
Gript
Holly Cairns ruled out of presidential election - Gript
Discussions ongoing.
👍4👎2
EU to "force" Hate Speech laws on Ireland after their rejection, but will Minister for Justice, Jim O'Callaghan, push back?
https://youtu.be/iwSmE42Wsow
https://youtu.be/iwSmE42Wsow
YouTube
"Significant threat" to freedom of speech
EU to "force" Hate Speech laws on Ireland after their rejection, but will Minister for Justice, Jim O'Callaghan, push back?
--------------------
Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government or EU funding…
--------------------
Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government or EU funding…
👎7😢1
Former Kilkenny hurling star, DJ Carey, has pleaded guilty to defrauding individuals of money to treat cancer he didn’t have.
https://gript.ie/dj-carey-pleads-guilty-to-fraud-re-cancer-treatment/
https://gript.ie/dj-carey-pleads-guilty-to-fraud-re-cancer-treatment/
Gript
DJ Carey pleads guilty to fraud re cancer treatment - Gript
Former hurler's fraud
👍5
Brother Kevin Crowley, founder of the famous Capuchin Day Centre, has died this morning aged 90 in his native Cork.
https://gript.ie/brother-kevin-crowley-dies-aged-90/
https://gript.ie/brother-kevin-crowley-dies-aged-90/
Gript
Brother Kevin Crowley dies aged 90 - Gript
Brother Kevin Crowley, founder of the famous Capuchin Day Centre, has died this morning aged 90 in his native Cork.
😢12❤1
“When speech is strangled, the truth cannot breathe.” Meeting at Dáil to warn of EU hate speech laws, as Ireland faces disciplinary measures, hears Irish have right to “opt out”.
https://gript.ie/hate-speech-is-back-but-did-ireland-opt-out/
https://gript.ie/hate-speech-is-back-but-did-ireland-opt-out/
Gript
Hate Speech is back, but did Ireland “opt out”? - Gript
“broader architecture of censorship”
👍10
A Cork TD has warned that the threat of cartel-linked drug imports arriving by sea is “a serious worry”:
https://gript.ie/coastline-drug-threat-a-serious-worry-says-collins/
https://gript.ie/coastline-drug-threat-a-serious-worry-says-collins/
Gript
Coastline drug threat “a serious worry”, says Collins - Gript
“A tremendous amount” of drugs.
👍5
A petition in support of reforming pet theft laws has gathered over 6,000 signatures, putting it within touching distance of its goal of 7,000.
https://gript.ie/pet-theft-law-reform-appeal-sees-over-6000-signatures/
https://gript.ie/pet-theft-law-reform-appeal-sees-over-6000-signatures/
Gript
Pet theft law reform appeal sees over 6,000 signatures - Gript
A petition in support of reforming pet theft laws has gathered over 6,000 signatures, putting it within touching distance of its goal of 7,000.
👍4
Brother Kevin Crowley, founder of the famous Capuchin Day Centre, has died this morning aged 90 in his native Cork.
https://gript.ie/brother-kevin-crowley-dies-aged-90/
https://gript.ie/brother-kevin-crowley-dies-aged-90/
Gript
Brother Kevin Crowley dies aged 90 - Gript
Brother Kevin Crowley, founder of the famous Capuchin Day Centre, has died this morning aged 90 in his native Cork.
❤5
NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN: The GPO is hallowed ground - where Pearse read the Proclamation in 1916. While most reasonable people will be happy to see revitalisation in the city, that can be done while also protecting and respecting our history and our heritage.
https://gript.ie/the-gpo-is-hallowed-ground-that-should-be-respected/
https://gript.ie/the-gpo-is-hallowed-ground-that-should-be-respected/
Gript
The GPO is hallowed ground: that should be respected - Gript
Any development of the GPO should be focused on making the area a cultural quarter where our history is remembered and honoured.
👍10
Rally for Life to seek urgent task force on abortion. Figures released earlier this year show that more than 50,000 abortions have taken place in Ireland, which rally organisers have described as a "grim and heartbreaking new record".
https://gript.ie/rally-for-life-we-must-stop-aborting-our-future/
https://gript.ie/rally-for-life-we-must-stop-aborting-our-future/
Gript
Rally for Life: "We must Stop Aborting our future" - Gript
The Rally for Life is organised by Life Institute and Precious Life and is supported by 40 local pro-life groups.
😢10
Man with 46 previous convictions who was “born again 4 months ago” refused bail over concerns regarding his long history of taking bench warrants.
https://gript.ie/man-refused-bail-to-attend-unbooked-christening/
https://gript.ie/man-refused-bail-to-attend-unbooked-christening/
Gript
Man refused bail to attend unbooked christening - Gript
“You’ll never hear any trouble again”
👍3
MATT TREACY: Intel has been issued with almost 1,000 work permits for foreign staff since it began lay offs in 2022.
https://gript.ie/intel-957-foreign-work-permits-issued-during-layoffs/
https://gript.ie/intel-957-foreign-work-permits-issued-during-layoffs/
Gript
Intel: 957 foreign work permits issued during layoffs - Gript
MATT TREACY: Intel has been issued with almost 1,000 work permits for foreign staff since it began lay offs in 2022
👎13
Holly Cairns will not be running for president, the Social Democrats have confirmed - but they’ve not ruled out backing another candidate.
https://youtu.be/a5GNg8q0azg
https://youtu.be/a5GNg8q0azg
YouTube
Holly Cairns ruled out of presidential election
Holly Cairns will not be running for president, the Social Democrats have confirmed - but they’ve not ruled out backing another candidate.
--------------------
Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government…
--------------------
Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government…
👍4
Ben and Jason discuss Roderic O'Gorman and Co's defiant trip over to Hungary to participate in a banned pride parade, and how it represents "circus politics" at its very best.
PODCAST: https://youtu.be/Ye965-UDkJs
PODCAST: https://youtu.be/Ye965-UDkJs
YouTube
Roderic to the Rescue | ‘THE LONG GAME’ PODCAST EP26
This week, the lads discuss the lacklustre start to Ireland’s presidential election speculation, what the latest polling data tells us about the lay of the political land, and the Irish delegation that defiantly made its way to Hungary’s Pride parade over…
"Most taxpayers are completely unaware that the Government is splashing out more than €500k on this kind of nonsense at a time when many are struggling to afford the necessities": TD blasts €568k in State funding for research into gender balance in opera.
https://gript.ie/e568k-funding-for-research-into-gender-balance-in-opera/
https://gript.ie/e568k-funding-for-research-into-gender-balance-in-opera/
Gript
€568k funding for research into gender balance in opera - Gript
More for projects on climate misinformation, early xenophobia
👎11😢2
A Cork TD has warned that the threat of cartel-linked drug imports arriving by sea is “a serious worry”.
https://youtu.be/TIcn7vS07BI
https://youtu.be/TIcn7vS07BI
YouTube
Coastline drug threat “a serious worry”, says Collins
A Cork TD has warned that the threat of cartel-linked drug imports arriving by sea is “a serious worry”.
--------------------
Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government or EU funding others enjoy. We…
--------------------
Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government or EU funding others enjoy. We…
👍4
A little girl has died and three others are in serious condition following a road traffic collision in Donegal:
https://gript.ie/young-child-killed-in-donegal-crash-others-injured/
https://gript.ie/young-child-killed-in-donegal-crash-others-injured/
Gript
Young child killed in Donegal crash, others injured - Gript
Multiple people hospitalised.
😢13