Gript Media Podcasts

TRSI 210 - That old reliable

A priest decides to find out what exactly a penal law is; ISAG keep on keeping on; British protests against lockdowns; and the tri-weekly reminder of how badly this is going.

 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/europes-gang-that-couldnt-shot-straight-11616193641?st=iify3a6dmiv89fu&reflink=article_email_share

https://tcdlaw.blogspot.com/2021/03/religious-services-and-rule-of-law.html

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/it-would-be-a-mistake-to-dismiss-anti-lockdown-protesters-as-outsiders-just-look-at-the-facts-40218416.html
https://www.irishcatholic.com/gardai-fine-fr-pj-hughes-for-celebrating-public-mass/

Sunday Reflection 50 - The fifth week of Lent

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses sacred spaces and finding what is real.

TRSI 209 - The problem of not enough people dying

Russia says Sputnik vaccines are available "if" the Government is interested; Martin doesn't want to look desperate; lies, damned lies, and incompetently presented statistics; Newstalk suffers a self-inflicted gunshot wound; and Mary McAleese wants the Catholic Church to adopt FF's Dublin Strategy.

 

https://gript.ie/revealed-how-newstalk-disappeared-a-criticism-of-the-zero-covid-group/
https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/newsfeatures/covid19-updates/integrated-information-service-vaccination-programme-dashboard.html

TRSI 208 - Representation without taxation

Protesting and your rights; the government's willingness to blame the public for the government's mistake; lowering the voting age to 16; and AstraZeneca vaccinations and political cover.

 

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/act/9/section/5/enacted/en/html#sec5

https://www.youth.ie/get-involved/campaigns/vote-at-16/#reason-7

 

TRSI 207 - Coveney's charm offensive

Simon Coveney keeps making friends; ISAG founder confirms he shared material; the actual law behind lockdowns; and a leak from the European Medicines Agency.

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-ireland-idUSKBN2B507C
https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n627
https://tcdlaw.blogspot.com/2021/03/religious-services-and-rule-of-law.html

Sunday Reflection 51 - The third week of Lent

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses Nicodemus.

TRSI 206 - And not a drop to drink

A rumour regarding Simon Coveney and the British vaccine surplus ; apologetics for the EU ruined by discovery of vaccine mountains; and how a 6% reduction in alcohol consumption becomes an "ocean of alcohol."

 

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/there-are-no-spare-vaccines-available-for-ireland-to-lobby-for-1.4506889
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/us/politics/coronavirus-astrazeneca-united-states.html
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-double-covid-vaccine-order-from-pfizer-biontech/46436302
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSXIetP5iak

TRSI 205 - A Final Embarrassment

The ISAG situation continues to develop despite the silence of the zero-covid group; the IFCN attempts a course correction; the Bishops still have the capacity to surprise; and the government's forced quarantine plans are effectively a total ban on travel to Ireland from large parts of Africa.

 

https://gript.ie/watch-senator-ronan-mullen-raises-isag-leaks-in-the-seanad/

https://gript.ie/recent-journal-fact-check-actually-non-fact-checking-content-international-fact-checking-network/

https://gript.ie/quis_custodiet_ipsos_custodes/

TRSI 204 - Oh the places you'll go!

More on Moonshot's recent study of the far-right in Ireland, particularly the Irish Time's coverage of it; fact-checking the Journal; and Dr Seuss out, but Mein Kampf is still in.

Sunday Reflection 50 - The third week of Lent

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses sacred spaces and finding what is real.