JOHN MCGUIRK: "You can't sum up the gulf between the public and the ruling class much better than the sight of a six-figure salaried RTÉ journalist telling people queuing for hours at an airport for their first flight in years to "check their privilege""
#gript
https://gript.ie/rte-journalist-to-people-in-airport-queue-check-your-privilege/

A British abortion clinic left the remains of aborted babies in an unlocked utility room, an official inspection has found.

#gript


https://gript.ie/uk-abortion-clinic-kept-unborn-baby-remains-in-unlocked-cupboard-inspection-finds/

RTÉ have confirmed to Gript that they advised organisations considering financially supporting their Brainstorm project that VAT was not payable on monies paid to RTÉ.

The project looks set to raise €900,000 - €1,000,000 for RT by 2023.

https://gript.ie/no-vat-paid-on-contributions-to-rte-brainstorm-project/

Daa facing criticism as staffing shortages lead to chaotic scenes at Dublin airport

#gript

https://gript.ie/over-1000-flights-missed-amid-chaotic-scenes-at-dublin-airport/

Ireland’s Jihadi Lisa Smith has been found guilty of joining the Islamic by a Three Judge Court.

#gript


https://gript.ie/lisa-smith-guilty-of-isis-membership/

‘It just completely devalues what you do’: Irish mum Niamh Ryan, who is a full-time family carer, has added to calls for the Carer’s Allowance means test to be scrapped by the Government after her allowance was reduced by €90 per week.

#gript

https://gript.ie/carers-allowance-drastically-reduced-for-mum-of-boy-with-cerebral-palsy/?fbclid=IwAR1Q0gAfouNaYbA3etF62KLo0oNmqOdDSTkge_cQhYsnCKmBvAoHLgsSzwE&fs=e&s=cl

As thousands continue to arrive on Irish shores serious effects are becoming clear as junior doctors consider strike action.

#gript


https://gript.ie/irish-medical-system-struggles-to-cope-with-floods-of-immigration/

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has said she was “unable” to assess abuses against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang during her recent trip to China.

#gript

https://gript.ie/un-human-rights-chief-unable-to-assess-uyghur-human-rights-abuses/

NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN: Jack Chambers is chasing this elusive thing called the pro-choice voter. He is as deluded as he is unprincipled.

#gript

https://gript.ie/chambers-weak-men-and-the-delusion-of-pro-choice-votes/

JOHN MCGUIRK: "On the treatment of children with gender dysphoria, the children's ombudsman allowed himself to become a vehicle for radical activist groups to endorse their own position."
#gript
https://gript.ie/the-disturbing-case-of-the-ngos-and-the-childrens-ombudsman/

"Airport chaos is a direct result of two years of lockdown - a policy which will be remembered in time as amongst the most disastrous ever enacted in the west"
Do you agree with this assessment? Read more:
#gript
https://gript.ie/airport-chaos-and-the-ongoing-price-of-lockdown/

Jacob Albarado, not Salvador Ramos, is the name of the man the world should remember from Uvalde, Texas.

#gript

https://gript.ie/uvalde-response-of-off-duty-hero-shows-the-need-for-real-men/?fbclid=IwAR2PMwT3OR64cLzxR8tH_-QRbMON0Ryn19trvx5uFQTwQBVCMGP4qT5Jnh4&fs=e&s=cl

Pontins Holiday Park in the UK is facing a formal investigation over alleged discrimination against Gypsy and Irish Traveller guests. It comes after it was revealed the firm operated a blacklist policy, consisting of predominantly Irish surnames.

#gript

https://gript.ie/uks-pontins-investigated-over-alleged-discrimination-against-irish-travellers/

“As I read about the moments that led up to the vicious assault, I saw my teenage self, even my older self, on the many nights I had difficulty getting home - as women and girls it could have happened to almost any of us”.

#gript

https://gript.ie/the-midlands-gang-rape-case-and-the-rot-in-western-culture/

The Oireachtas has demanded daa present a list of planned action to resolve the situation which saw over 1,000 missed flights.

#gript


https://gript.ie/pay-and-working-conditions-could-be-contributing-to-airport-staffing-shortages/

TRSI 319 – SLEEP IS THE COUSIN OF DEATH BY HAMMER

New study supports idea that long COVID is psychosomatic; polls show SF is now more popular than FF and FG combined; and the Johnny Depp v Amber Heard case.


https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-319-sleep-is-the-cousin-of-death-by-hammer/

'There may be logistical reasons why the relatively affluent LEA of Clontarf which adjoins the north inner city has taken just 129 Ukrainian refugees; but the impression is that some parts of Dublin are efficient at not bringing any inconvenience upon themselves.'

MATT TREACY writes

#gript

https://gript.ie/north-inner-city-dublin-has-by-far-the-most-ukrainian-refugees-unlike-killiney-or-templeogue/

The young woman who was subjected to a horrific gang rape at the hands of five men in the midlands has said that evil came to her door that night, and that those who assaulted her made her feel like she “wasn’t a human being”.

#gript


https://gript.ie/you-made-me-feel-like-i-wasnt-a-human-being-harrowing-victim-statement-in-tullamore-gang-rape-case/

Fisherman Patrick Murphy tells The Fishing Daily podcast that new regulations could be huge fines of up to €15,000 for skippers who hire others fishers to cover for them.

https://youtu.be/fOgbLi7o6W0

JOHN MCGUIRK writes that it's convenient for politicians to blame Russia for high energy prices, but the fact is that driving energy prices through the roof is the deliberate policy of most EU Governments:
#gript
https://gript.ie/taoiseach-these-high-energy-prices-are-here-to-stay-but-blame-russia/

UK police forces are “aware of 67 recognised genders” and are allowing suspects to record themselves as non-binary, according to a new report — as it emerged female rape victims could be forced to call their male attacker a “she”.

#gript

https://gript.ie/uk-police-now-recognise-67-gender-identities/