"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/

JOHN MCGUIRK writes that after the Dart attack sentence handed down yesterday, the "Justice" system needs Fine Gael's Emer Higgins on the job - because its name is an illusion:
#gript
https://gript.ie/the-disgraceful-dart-attack-sentence/

Sir Van Morrison has issued legal proceedings against NI Health Minister Robin Swann and the Department of Health in Northern Ireland, citing an article written by Swann for Rolling Stone magazine in 2020 criticising his anti-lockdown stance.

#gript

https://gript.ie/van-morrison-in-legal-action-against-ni-health-minister-robin-swann-over-rolling-stone-op-ed/

FG TD Neale Richmond has claimed a recent pro-life protest at a GP's practice was a 'blatant' act of intimidation & obstruction aimed at patients of the practice. Gript have confirmed the practice was actually closed on the day the protest took place.

https://gript.ie/richmonds-misleading-claim-to-the-dail/

Popular Covid commentator Dr. John Campbell says scientists’ reasoning behind viral research is “incredulous”.

#gript

https://gript.ie/wuhan-lab-involved-in-sars-cov-2-doing-monkeypox-virus-modification/

Italy has announced it is lifting all Covid-related entry requirements for visitors from today, 1st June. It joins Cyprus in ending Covid entry rules for international tourists, who can now enter both Mediterranean countries restriction-free.

#gript

https://gript.ie/italy-to-lift-all-covid-testing-and-vaccine-travel-restrictions-from-today/

Independent TD, Carol Nolan, has said that while consumers must be protected from soaring rises in food prices, efforts must also be doubled to ensure that farmers and food producers are protected from the ongoing practice of below-cost selling in major supermarkets.

#gript

https://gript.ie/food-prices-rise-protect-consumers-as-well-as-farmers-nolan-says/

A new study, published this week in the scientific journal, The Lancet has found that there would have been 3075 fewer deaths among people with diabetes in the UK were it not for the effect of the Covid-19 lockdown which reduced access to care processes.

#gript

https://gript.ie/3075-additional-diabetes-deaths-due-to-covid-lockdown-uk-study-finds/

A Derry mum has voiced her concern over a ‘trans’ wall display at a children’s ward in Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry.

“Talking to three year olds about sex is not appropriate… I don’t want my child being exposed to anything like this”, she told Gript.

#gript

https://gript.ie/trans-wall-display-in-childrens-ward-of-derry-hospital-sparks-outrage-from-parent/

Gardaí are appealing to the public for assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 50 year old Clodagh Murphy who was last seen in the Foxrock area of Dublin 18 on the morning of Wednesday, 1st June, 2022.

#gript https://gript.ie/missing-person-appeal-clodagh-murphy/

So well done to the good burghers of Monkstown and environs. It demonstrates the value of local communities ensuring that ideological and monetary prerogatives are not always allowed to take precedence. At least not in their back yard.

MATT TREACY writes

#gript
https://gript.ie/monkstown-residents-no-high-rise-ghettos-for-us-please/