A man was arrested by police and taken away in handcuffs after he viciously attacked stewards at a pro-life event, organised by the group Precious Life in Belfast on Saturday. The group say the shocking incident left one steward with a serious bite to the neck.

#gript

https://gript.ie/man-arrested-in-belfast-for-biting-pro-lifer-in-the-neck/

Free Speech Ireland has sent a list of concerns to members of the Oireachtas regarding Helen McEntee’s new ‘hate speech’ law citing the possibility that personal statements made could lead to prosecution.

#gript https://gript.ie/free-speech-ireland-sends-list-of-concerns-over-hate-speech-bill-to-oireachtas-members/

"The most recent statistics on 'undocumented' people arriving at Dublin airport show no sign of this slowing."

MATT TREACY writes...

https://gript.ie/numbers-of-undocumented-arrivals-in-dublin-continues-to-grow/

Government is failing to deliver imaginative and constructive solutions to the ongoing crisis in the Home Support Service, more commonly referred to as Home Help, according to Independent TD for West-Cork, Michael Collins.

#gript

https://gript.ie/older-people-getting-false-hope-rather-than-home-help-td-says/

Deputy Garda Commissioner, Anne Marie McMahon, has told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health, that no person has ever been arrested for protesting abortion centres in Ireland.

#gript

https://gript.ie/garda-chief-confirms-no-arrests-made-for-pro-life-vigils/

“Although a booming surrogacy industry has given hope to many desperate would-be parents, is such immense yearning to have a child really grounds to justify such obvious exploitation?”

#gript

https://gript.ie/rich-people-renting-wombs-is-the-real-handmaids-tale/

The Judge insisted that Mr Snelling, 72, is “anti-establishment”. He said the offence “strikes at the heart of justice”, adding: "[Snelling] is anti-establishment, especially to the police."

#gript

https://gript.ie/elderly-man-who-served-mince-pies-during-lockdown-is-jailed-in-uk/

JOHN MCGUIRK: An incident in Martin Nolan's court this week raises a genuine and uncomfortable question about whether the Judge is doing the basic parts of his job.
#gript
https://gript.ie/is-judge-nolan-even-doing-the-basic-parts-of-his-job/

"With a token navy of six patrol vessels, not a single submarine to cover its vast marine zone, and annual defence spending of barely more than 1 billion euros, Ireland stands out as the worst-prepared European country to meet any meaningful threat" according to Foreign Policy, the leading defence journal:
#gript
https://gript.ie/leading-magazine-declares-ireland-is-europes-weak-link-on-defence/

Gender appropriation seems to be not only acceptable, but a cause to be celebrated as the Rose of Tralee and the Miss America Organisation now allow men to enter female beauty competitions



#gript

https://gript.ie/why-did-a-man-named-brian-just-win-a-female-beauty-pageant/

A Sligo TD has told the Dáil that families in his constituency who have been on the housing list for decades are asking where Irish citizens are in the ‘pecking order’ after it was announced that modular homes were being built “exclusively for Ukrainians”.

#gript

https://gript.ie/watch-sligo-td-says-families-asking-where-modular-homes-are-for-irish-people/

MATT TREACY: DeSantis may be the story of the US mid-terms

#gript


https://gript.ie/desantis-may-be-the-story-of-the-us-mid-terms/

COMMENT: Would 'hate speech' censorship see Fr Sheehy locked up in jail for preaching Catholic teaching

#gript

https://gript.ie/would-hate-speech-censorship-see-fr-sheehy-locked-up-in-jail-for-preaching-catholic-teaching/

Information provided by the National Ambulance Service (NAS) to the Independent TD for Laois-Offaly, Carol Nolan, has revealed that the Service has recorded 100 incidents of assault on its staff since January 2020.

#gript


https://gript.ie/national-ambulance-service-notified-of-100-incidents-of-assaults-against-staff-td-says/

ON THIS DAY: 10 NOVEMBER 1879 Pádraig Mac Piarais is born

#gript

https://gript.ie/on-this-day-10-november-1879-padraig-mac-piarais-is-born-4/

Eamon Ryan says that women and LGBT people suffer more from climate change than other groups.

#gript

https://gript.ie/ryan-women-and-gay-people-suffer-more-from-climate-change/

ON THIS DAY in 1580, a horrifying massacre of Irish, Spanish and Italian soldiers at the hands of English forces took place during the Second Desmond Rebellion in Dún an Óir in county Kerry.

#gript

https://gript.ie/otd-10-november-1580-english-army-beheads-600-papal-soldiers-and-civilians-at-dun-an-oir/

“The elites already know that they want illegal, massive and uncontrolled immigration”: Spain’s conservative opposition party Vox has called for a national referendum on immigration.

#gript

https://gript.ie/spanish-opposition-party-calls-for-referendum-on-immigration/

People Before Profit TD Brid Smith has said that the phrase “pro-life” is “insulting” to her, because it implies that she is “anti-life.” BEN SCALLAN says if the shoe fits…

#gript

https://gript.ie/people-before-profit-td-the-words-pro-life-are-insulting-to-me/