Donnelly: It’s “likely” that further rounds of vaccinations will be needed next year
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has told the Dáil that it is “likely” that further rounds of vaccinations will be needed next year on top of the current vaccine rollout. #gript

https://gript.ie/donnelly-its-likely-that-further-rounds-of-vaccinations-will-be-needed-next-year/

The CEO of transgender NGO TENI has claimed that Joe Duffy is “contributing to [sic] assault and harassment of trans women” after the veteran radio presenter hosted a show about gender neutral toilets. No evidence was provided for the claim. #gript

https://gript.ie/joe-duffy-contributes-to-the-assault-of-trans-women-teni-ceo/

BLM: Black community being “terrorised” at a greater rate under Biden than under Trump

The official Black Lives Matter organisation has claimed that black communities in America are being terrorised more under Biden than they were under Trump. #gript

https://gript.ie/blm-black-community-being-terrorised-at-a-greater-rate-under-biden-than-under-trump/

COMMENT: The Coronavirus Manifesto: nothing to lose now but the chains

#gript

https://gript.ie/the-coronavirus-manifesto-nothing-to-lose-now-but-the-chains/

TRSI 222 - We’ve got some targets out the back we could show you

Celebration as we hit our March vaccination target in late April; Donnelly jumps the gun on an EU court case; Leo fails to understand the purpose of a target; and Marc MacSharry remains confident in certain things, less confident in others.

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-222-weve-got-some-targets-out-the-back-we-could-show-you/

WATCH: Gardai break up Mass in Athlone, faithful say ‘deeply upsetting’

#gript

https://gript.ie/watch-gardai-break-up-mass-in-athlone-faithful-say-deeply-upsetting/

THADE ANDY: Focused protection: How Florida shielded the elderly from Covid

#gript

https://gript.ie/focused-protection-how-florida-shielded-the-elderly-from-covid/

This is the moment a car being chased by Gardaí careered through a Co. Donegal village yesterday, hitting five vehicles, including a Garda car blocking the way.

#gript

https://gript.ie/watch-high-speed-chase-garda-car/

Independent Senator Gerard Craughwell has said that he feels “petrified” at feeling forced to take the AstraZeneca vaccine, like he has a “gun to his head”, despite the known risk of rare blood clots and his history of heart problems.

#gript

https://gript.ie/senator-with-heart-problems-petrified-about-feeling-forced-to-take-astrazeneca-vaccine/

Former top HSE Doc says science ignored on Covid. MARTIN FEELEY speaks : Short Interview

Dr Martin Feeley, who was forced to resign by the HSE because he spoke out against "draconian" Covid restrictions, tells Gript he feels the population has been "terrorised" during the pandemic, and that he was speaking for doctors who are afraid to speak out for fear of repercussions.

Dr Feeley says 'science is being ignored' for some Covid restrictions, we need to get back to properly assessing risk, and that the lockdown should be lifted. He also opposes giving children 'fast-tracked' vaccines. #gript
https://youtu.be/GsPamPnIZCI

If you were scouring newspapers, or opposition party press releases, for a single word critical of the Government's plan to legalise thousands of illegal migrants, you'd have found none. But cowardly opposition and journalism doesn't make it a good idea

#gript

https://gript.ie/the-governments-migrant-amnesty-is-an-admission-of-failure/

The Chinese Communist Party has begun a heavy online crackdown of feminists online after recent indications that the country’s birth and marriage rate have dropped significantly.

#gript

https://gript.ie/china-censors-feminists-online-after-birth-marriage-rates-drop/

The International Olympic Committee has confirmed that Rule 50 forbids any kind of "demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda" during ceremonies, including taking a knee for Black Lives Matter or raising a Black Power fist.

#gript

https://gript.ie/70-of-athletes-support-ban-on-taking-a-knee-at-tokyo-olympics-says-commission/

For the last year or more, Ireland has been the worst-governed democracy in the world, argues John McGuirk, with a string of policy failures and cock-ups so extensive that it's almost impossible to remember them all. Why do we sit at home and take it?

#gript
https://gript.ie/the-worst-governed-democracy-in-the-world/

Three Catholic clergy kidnapped by a gang in Haiti earlier this month have been released. However, seven other people, including a French nun and a priest, remain captured.

#gript

https://gript.ie/three-kidnapped-catholic-clergy-released-in-haiti-two-others-still-held-captive/

Caitlyn Jenner has filed the paperwork to run for governor of Democrat stronghold California as a Republican, “fiscally conservative and socially liberal” candidate.

#gript

https://gript.ie/caitlyn-jenner-to-run-for-governor-of-california-as-a-republican/

“I had already tested negative to get on the flight home, so it doesn’t seem likely that I would test positive only one month after I recovered from Covid-19,” he claimed.

#gript

https://gript.ie/hotel-quarantine-positive-covid-19/

TRSI 223 - The Citizens' Assembly is just a prophylactic

The CA has come back with its latest round of considerations, showing that there is nothing a carefully selected group of people won't say if you barrage them with nonsense for two months.

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-223-the-citizens-assembly-is-just-a-prophylactic/

The Government is in the process of legalising the use of body cams for gardaí, and intends to give gardaí powers to use other recording devices, including phones, cameras and drones in the line of duty.

#gript

https://gript.ie/government-to-legalise-bodycams-drones-other-recording-devices-for-gardai/

Catholics in various parts of Ireland have been praying outside churches as doors remain closed to the public.

#gript

https://gript.ie/catholics-rosary-government/