1+ day, 57+ min ago   (683+ words) If the Sinn Féin ‘core group’ wants to discover why the seemingly inexorably upward electoral fortunes of the party have stalled, they could do worse than read the book written by their former Leinster House deputy press secretary, Siobhán Fenton:…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (242+ words) Aontú’s Peadar Toíbín says that while “workers are being hit with public transport fare hikes” there’s “money to squander on stalled buses” as 130 busesare lying idle due to not having chargers. The coaches are stalled at Dublin, Limerick and Galway…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (117+ words) Gript It’s a sad state of affairs for Christianity in the UK when Catholics at the March for Life can’t attend Mass without having it disrupted by a group of rowdy pro-abortion rights protestors. The annual march last Saturday attracted…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (88+ words) Gript The weekend saw hundreds of people involved in two protests against illegal immigration in Britain at the major coastal towns of Portsmouth and Dover. Clad head to foot in black and highly organised, the protesters appear to be a…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (174+ words) THOMAS O’REILLY: Its former director has admitted past membership of the Muslim Brotherhood, and MEPs have pressed Brussels over its funding. The European Network Against Racism denies any Islamist links and insists the allegations have nothing to do with the…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (98+ words) ‘Post-truth’ denies facts on migration and housing shortage link Gript It was not so long ago that anyone suggesting that there might be a connection between the failure to build enough houses and unprecedented levels of immigration would be looked…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (84+ words) gript.ie In a statement issued today, a Sinn Féin TD said that the process of acquiring citizenship must recognise those who have permanently “integrated into Irish society.” Cavan-Monaghan TD Matt Carthy, who is Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Justice, Home…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (525+ words) Independent TD for Offaly Carol Nolan has said that the Government’s emerging climbdown on carbon tax increases is not only overdue but entirely unavoidable, adding that her attendance at the Irish Road Haulage Association annual conference in Killarney this weekend…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (116+ words) Gript The level of participation by Fingal County Councillors on the proposal by the Chief Executive to radically alter the County Development Plan to facilitate what amounts to a new high density, and mostly apartment-block city, has been poor. It…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (132+ words) Gript This is a late response to Stephen Collins’ recent article in the Irish Times criticising the glorification of political violence in Irish culture. It comes later than is usual for a response piece, partly because Michael McDowell quite competently…...