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@griptmedia "A man has been arrested in relation to the alleged assault of a female juvenile in the area of the Citywest asylum hub"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-20T13:33Z 106.6K followers, 118.8K engagements

"The suspect in the case of an alleged rape of a 10-year old girl in Citywest is an asylum seeker who came to Ireland six years ago and whose application was refused in 2024. A deportation order was issued for him in March of this year"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-21T07:11Z 106.6K followers, 435.1K engagements

"Labour leader Ivana Bacik says the campaign to spoil your ballot in the Presidential election is "profoundly anti-democratic" while Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns said the number of spoiled ballots is "really worrying""
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-25T17:14Z 106.6K followers, 134.8K engagements

"The killing of a gentle and peaceful dog walker who died in a triple stabbing in west London on Monday has been met with outcry.An Afghan national has been arrested and it has now emerged that the man entered the UK illegally on a lorry in 2020:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-29T14:19Z 106.6K followers, 18.2K engagements

"The Irish Department of Infrastructure has had to remove an engraved metal sign outside the building after it was pointed out that it misspells the word infrastructure:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-29T15:32Z 106.6K followers, 40.7K engagements

"The number of foreign tourists visiting Ireland has fallen by XXX% so far this year according to new figures from the CSO:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-29T16:10Z 106.6K followers, 14K engagements

"WATCH: A community meeting of locals concerned about the Citywest asylum hub erupted into uproar on Wednesday night after Sinn Fin Cllr. William Carey described the "Clondalkin Says No" group as "far-right" and "nothing more than fascists":"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-05-28T22:36Z 106.6K followers, 308.7K engagements

"Wealthy privileged people were behind the spoil the vote campaign Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon has said because they didnt get their own candidate on the pitch:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-25T16:19Z 106.6K followers, 42.1K engagements

"Barrister Maria Steen said she is very grateful and humbled to voters who wrote her name on the ballot in the election - and that "lots of other issues" that had been referenced by those who spoiled their votes "should not be ignored""
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-26T20:32Z 106.6K followers, 21.3K engagements

"A man who was caught with over X hours of videos depicting the sexual abuse of children has been jailed for XX months by Judge Martin Nolan"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-28T14:48Z 106.6K followers, 34.4K engagements

"On this week's episode of The Long Game podcast Ben explains why despite the insistence of some of Catherine Connolly's supporters it can't be considered a landslide victory"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-29T16:44Z 106.6K followers, 6689 engagements

""No matter what we do or what we say we're going to be cast as far-right.that's said to silence people and it's not working anymore": Hundreds of locals held a public meeting this week objecting to Government plans to turn Citywest hotel into a permanent asylum hub:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-05-29T20:21Z 106.6K followers, 127.8K engagements

"RYAN CASEY has issued a lengthy statement following the sentencing of the Puska family yesterday. Gript Media with his consent is publishing it in full. "I was utterly disgusted by the verdicts" he writes:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-23T12:49Z 106.6K followers, 384.8K engagements

"Simon Harris on the Presidential election: "I think it is regrettable that there were only two candidates on the ballot.""
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-25T16:56Z 106.6K followers, 450.5K engagements

"JOHN MCGUIRK: The forthcoming Galway West by-election promises to be a fight between three broad political groups - and also a useful test of whether one of those groups the populist right has learned anything over the last few years:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-30T10:03Z 106.6K followers, 8811 engagements

"Minister Christopher OSullivan has called for more responsible messaging around cats killing wild animals while a Councillor suggested making it mandatory that cats wear a bell around their necks at certain times of year:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-30T13:10Z 106.6K followers, 20.7K engagements

"The governments rhetoric on immigration is nothing more than meaningless political kite-flying" without action according to TD Ken O'Flynn who says he has been prompted to "fundamentally reassess" his recent vote of confidence in Simon Harris:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-30T18:43Z 106.6K followers, 13.3K engagements

"23 Romanian citizens have been deported from Ireland on a charter flight on grounds of criminality. The removal of the Romanian nationals was confirmed on Monday evening by the Minister for Justice Home Affairs and Migration Jim OCallaghan"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-13T18:42Z 106.5K followers, 68.2K engagements

"Garda are investigating the alleged rape of a ten-year-old Irish child at the Citywest hotel in Dublin this morning by an asylum seeker who is understood to be from Africa"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-20T18:42Z 106.5K followers, 131.2K engagements

"Heightened security in Childrens Court as youth charged with murder of Ukrainian teen in Dublin remanded in continuing custody"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-21T14:49Z 106.5K followers, 9328 engagements

"Despite events in Citywest Children's Minister Norma Foley says she has confidence in Tusla and that the vast majority of children in its care are safe:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-21T18:19Z 106.6K followers, 38K engagements

"JOHN MCGUIRK: Everything that has happened at Citywest this week from the assault of the child to the burning of a Garda van is explicitly and completely the fault of the Government and the political consensus around immigration. Free to read:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-22T09:04Z 106.6K followers, 25.3K engagements

"The CEO of Tusla receives a salary of 211000 not including expenses. Heres how much the board gets paid and how much the agencys budget has grown in recent years:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-22T12:45Z 106.5K followers, 59.7K engagements

"NIAMH U BHRIAIN: "Loonies or something more sinister" and "a brigade". As voting day approaches the political and media establishment seems increasingly nervous of the momentum behind the Spoil the Vote message"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-22T13:44Z 106.5K followers, 4204 engagements

"The board of a prominent Dublin secondary school instructed the management to cancel renowned Oxford Professor and free speech advocate Nigel Biggars invitation to speak at the school today"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-22T13:47Z 106.6K followers, 13.1K engagements

""People just don't understand the blocking maneuvers that went on" - Maria Steen chats to Laura Perrins about her almost Presidential Election campaign"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-22T16:02Z 106.5K followers, 47.6K engagements

"NIAMH U BHRIAIN: After Citywest we must close the doors on this insane reckless dangerous asylum system. Incident after incident victim after victim violence heaped upon violence. And we are just supposed to look away. Enough. Weve had enough"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-23T09:42Z 106.6K followers, 29.9K engagements

"So far in 2025 the Irish State has spent over XXX million euros physically removing XXX people from the State with one return flight to Pakistan alone costing 473000:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-23T13:22Z 106.6K followers, 53.4K engagements

"Roderic O'Gorman says there was a "strong" number of votes spoiled for Maria Steen and says it's worth having a conversation about whether the Presidential nomination process needs to be changed"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-25T17:35Z 106.5K followers, 43.8K engagements

"It has been described as "a political earthquake" and "a record shattering protest vote" as 213738 people spoiled their votes in the Presidential election. Many of the XX% who spoiled their votes cited candidates being blocked and immigration concerns"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-25T19:10Z 106.6K followers, 21K engagements

"I think it is regrettable that there were only two active candidates on the ballot Tnaiste Simon Harris said:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-25T22:27Z 106.5K followers, 28.8K engagements

"LAURA PERRINS: Unless the political right gets its act into gear and is willing to work in coalition with FF and FG a genuine horror show awaits Ireland under a hard-left government that will make the present lot look like the stuff of fairytales:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-26T12:00Z 106.6K followers, 30.9K engagements

""Puberty blockers do not just stop physical development but they stop the brain from developing too" - STELLA O'MALLEY tells Laura why she is fundamentally opposed to the use of such drugs on children"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-26T21:57Z 106.6K followers, 11.7K engagements

"KEVIN MYERS: The moral collapse of the Irish state and Irish civil society is what is making a Catherine Connolly Presidency not only possible but likely:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-20T11:43Z 106.6K followers, 67.2K engagements

""Is this going to be another 'lessons will be learned' situation.When is the action part going to come in": @Ben_Scallan pushes Simon Harris on the alleged rape of a 10-year-old girl who was in Tusla care by an IPAS applicant at Citywest"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-21T10:14Z 106.6K followers, 334.6K engagements

"Seven members of An Garda Sochna were assaulted and injured in three separate violent incidents in Dungarvan Co. Waterford last weekend"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-21T12:29Z 106.6K followers, 16.4K engagements

"Scenes of unrest unfolded as thousands gathered outside Citywest asylum hub in response to the alleged sexual assault of a child by an asylum seeker"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-21T22:36Z 106.6K followers, 70K engagements

"STELLA OMALLEY says Leo Varadkars celebration of Irelands Gender Recognition Act - which allows any adult to change their legal sex with a simple declaration and compels society to lie - is a showcase in bland denial"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-22T14:35Z 106.6K followers, 14.9K engagements

"He kind of said the quiet bit out loud": Maria Steen gives LAURA PERRINS her thoughts on Michael McDowell's decision not to nominate her and the likely victory of Catherine Connolly tomorrow"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-23T12:04Z 106.6K followers, 26.2K engagements

"John and Sarah break down the two biggest stories of the week discussing all aspects of the Citywest sexual assault and subsequent riots and then examining the myriad ways that Fine Gael managed to blow the Presidential Election. PODCAST:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-24T07:42Z 106.6K followers, 5586 engagements

"The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has called for a human rights review of the Covid lockdown to assess any unintended negative consequences for human rights and democracy:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-24T14:00Z 106.6K followers, 16K engagements

""Seismic": Spoilt ballots in the Irish Presidential election appear to be unprecedentedly high tallies indicate - even outpacing Heather Humphreys in some parts of the country"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-25T12:16Z 106.6K followers, 39.3K engagements

"'The fact that we had a small number of candidates wasnt because of any individual party blocking people. It was that there were just not candidates there that got the support of local authorities or anybody else.' Read McEntee's full comments here:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-25T12:53Z 106.6K followers, 61.4K engagements

"There was very clearly a campaign as well to encourage people not to use their vote correctly.": Fine Gael Deputy Leader Helen McEntee reacts to the record number of spoilt ballots in the 2025 Presidential election"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-25T13:52Z 106.6K followers, 98.9K engagements

"NIAMH U BHRIAIN: Alas for Paul Murphy the great hope of an enduring left alliance doesn't seem to have lasted days. Already Sinn Fin have confirmed that it's back to every man woman and party for itself in the Galway West by-election. Here's why:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-27T11:11Z 106.6K followers, 8185 engagements

"LAURA PERRINS: At some point progressives must confront the point that after decades of complete political and cultural dominance and "diversity is our strength" mantras western societies like the UK and Ireland are more divided and unhappy than ever:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-27T11:22Z 106.6K followers, 8690 engagements

"NIAMH U BHRIAIN: Fianna Fil and Fine Gael rely on the bogeyman of the left in power to keep their traditional base from abandoning them. But we are way past the point of incremental change. We need a radical disruption that puts Irish people first"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-28T12:51Z 106.6K followers, 8155 engagements

"Businesses in the experience economy are expressing a significant decline in confidence according to a new survey by Irish employers group IBEC"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-28T21:37Z 106.6K followers, 4974 engagements

"Transport Infrastructure Ireland has announced toll increases on a number of roads which will take effect January X 2026"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-29T13:30Z 106.6K followers, 13.1K engagements

"A man who had XX videos of the highest category of child sex abuse material depicting kids as young as X has avoided jail"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-14T12:58Z 106.6K followers, 155K engagements

"FATIMA GUNNING Judge Martin Nolan has received much criticism online for the leniency shown to those caught in possession of child sex abuse material. But politicians not judges make the law"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-16T07:56Z 106.6K followers, 36.3K engagements

"JOHN MCGUIRK: The Puska family without working were bringing in over 2500 weekly in state supports. Three years ago Ashling Murphy's partner Ryan Casey said of this situation that "things have got to change". Have they"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-23T09:18Z 106.6K followers, 58K engagements

""This is a resigning moment for Simon Harris": Declan Ganley Senator Sharon Keogan and Elaine Mullally who were involved with the #SpoilTheVote campaign react to the 2025 Presidential election results:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-25T18:33Z 106.6K followers, 43.2K engagements

"KEVIN MYERS on the election result: "we have created an all-feeling feminised multicultural society that is deeply unhappy and where voters have few choices but more more more":"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-26T13:56Z 106.6K followers, 24.9K engagements

"A man who fled to the UK from Eritrea has been jailed after he went on a crime spree in Dublin over a weekend visit"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-28T13:43Z 106.6K followers, 21.5K engagements

"Children could see it: A Cork Councillor has blasted the citys Green Party Lord Mayor for posing with a group of naked cyclists on the steps of City Hall describing this as a sleazy publicity stunt and calling on him to reconsider his position"
X Link @griptmedia 2024-08-29T11:00Z 106.6K followers, 184.2K engagements

"The public is being asked for its views on the future of the Basic Income for the Arts scheme. Nows your chance to let the Government know what you think of it"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-08-15T12:57Z 106.6K followers, 23.9K engagements

""The latest example of disinformation": Tnaiste Simon Harris hits back at those criticising him for telling FG councillors to not nominate Independents for President saying that expecting a party to nominate their opponents is "utter nonsense""
X Link @griptmedia 2025-09-08T14:07Z 106.6K followers, 225.3K engagements

"BEN SCALLAN: If you remove the spoiled ballots the 2025 ras race saw the single lowest proportion of valid votes ever cast in an Irish Presidential election bar none:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-28T09:55Z 106.6K followers, 31.7K engagements

""Ireland needs hate speech legislation": The Council of Europes anti-racism body the ECRI has called on Ireland to introduce hate speech laws. The report also backs transferring the patronage of religious schools and outlawing 'racial profiling':"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-28T13:57Z 106.6K followers, 24.4K engagements

"LAURA PERRINS: As a new report makes abundantly clear Ireland's neutered middle class voters are paying more tax than people almost anywhere else in the western world:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-28T14:46Z 106.6K followers, 21.1K engagements

"PODCAST: In this week's election special episode of The Long Game podcast Ben and Jason discuss the victory of Catherine Connolly the spoiled vote avalanche and whether Simon Harris and Michel Martin can survive as leaders of their respective parties"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-28T22:10Z 106.6K followers, 12.2K engagements

"JOHN MCGUIRK: Fine Gael Councillor John King has said that people who spoiled their votes last Friday "voted against the state" and argued that they should be denied benefit payments for doing so:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-29T09:34Z 106.6K followers, 225.2K engagements

"CORMAC LUCEY: Dodgy public sector accounting in Ireland conceals an enormous problem. Officially Ireland's national debt is 214.3bn - but in reality the state has liabilities of 860billion:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-29T10:04Z 106.6K followers, 44.3K engagements

"An animal welfare charity has said it has rescued a horse they believe was ridden into clashes between protestors and Garda at City West last week. The two-year-old horse is now recovering after being abandoned by its owners the charity says:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-29T12:14Z 106.6K followers, 7836 engagements

"A man has been jailed for trafficking two children who are now in the asylum system with their father to Ireland through Dublin Airport"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-29T14:23Z 106.6K followers, 13.1K engagements

"A man who tried to drown his partner in the bath while claiming to be the Lamb of God and telling her that she was possessed has been jailed for X years"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-29T15:33Z 106.6K followers, 14.2K engagements

""There's a broader issue here - our migration numbers are too high": Tnaiste Simon Harris says that Ireland is taking in too many asylum seekers. He also says that people who fail to comply with deportation orders should be "detained" by authorities:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-30T07:25Z 106.6K followers, 262.7K engagements

"JOHN MCGUIRK: Eamon Ryan's cri de cur in yesterday's Irish Times about the forthcoming mess that is the COP XX summit coming as it did on the same day as a big Bill Gates reversal tells us something: Global Green politics is stumbling:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-30T10:46Z 106.6K followers, 12.7K engagements

"Garda have said that they've received no reports of a lion on the loose in Co. Meath after footage circulated on social media claiming to show just that"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-30T12:31Z 106.6K followers, 22.4K engagements

"NIAMH U BHRIAIN: Property tax on the family home is unfair and unjustified and could amount to up to 30000 on the average home throughout the course a taxpayer's life. It feels more like theft than a supposed wealth tax. It should be scrapped"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-30T19:17Z 106.6K followers, 14.8K engagements

"Taoiseach Michel Martin has said that up to XX% of IPAS applicants in Ireland arent genuine asylum seekers and said the Government could ship failed asylum seekers off to deportation hubs outside the EU:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-31T07:48Z 106.6K followers, 125.6K engagements

"A study which used real-world records from coastal sites around the world found no evidence for the claim that sea level rise was accelerating globally because of human-caused climate change. Were we misled asks THADY ANDY:"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-31T11:14Z 106.6K followers, 5644 engagements

"NIAMH U BHRIAIN: Property tax on the family home is unfair and unjustified and could amount to up to 30000 on the average home throughout the course a taxpayer's life. It feels more like theft than a supposed wealth tax. It should be scrapped"
X Link @griptmedia 2025-10-31T12:27Z 106.6K followers, 3403 engagements