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Taoiseach Micheál Martin has announced that Ireland will be paying more into the EU recovery fund than we will be getting out. In other words, we will be paying for the repair of other countries at the expense of Irish taxpayers. Ben Scallan comments.

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https://youtu.be/vT6MdlQJDJQ
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín has told the Dáil that the cost of what he described as the "overextended and over-severe" Covid lockdown would come to €41 billion euros.

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https://gript.ie/watch-a-staggering-e41-billion-is-the-cost-for-our-over-extended-covid-lockdown/
Thousands of Irish homeowners affected by the use of the mineral mica in construction blocks are to continue their fight for full redress. A protest has been organised in the capital on October 8th.

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https://gript.ie/mica-redress-dublin-protest-set-for-october-8th/
The UK Labour Leader, Keir Starmer, says that it is "wrong" to state that "only women have a cervix". Being fully at odds with basic biological facts is not a helpful disposition for a politician, writes JOHN MCGUIRK:

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https://gript.ie/uk-labour-leader-no-women-arent-the-only-people-with-cervixes/
Revenue is planning to pursue Irish crypto traders who are making large profits from digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has said.

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https://gript.ie/revenue-to-clamp-down-on-big-irish-cryptocurrency-earners/
JOHN MCGUIRK: Government is pursuing a policy on ending direct provision which is - literally - insane, and yet opposition parties and journalists are afraid to criticise it for fear of being called racist. Ireland, 2021:
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https://gript.ie/ending-direct-provision-is-an-insane-policy/
Figures released to Carol Nolan TD show that "at the start of lockdown in March 2020, RTÉ purchased a number of laptops and other services (VPN licences and Netscaler) to immediately support staff that needed to work from home. Those costs were approx €100,000."

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https://gript.ie/e2-million-spent-by-rte-on-refresh-device-costs-in-lockdown/