Some people are missing the point here. I’m suggesting this because it’s NOT a massive project like the children’s Hospital. Because it’s so small and involves a relatively modest amount of money it means that the investigation could actually uncover the fundamental cause.

New piece of mine for Gript putting Irish and British elite hysteria about the "far right" in perspective. I draw on terror related statistics from Fondation pour l’innovation politique , Ayaan Hirsi Ali & Ben Scallan 🇮🇪 And work on the "Censorship Industrial Complex" by Michael Shellenberger and alex gutentag

NOW: Education Minister Norma Foley is announcing that a "Commission of Investigation" is being established to look into cases of sexual abuse in schools run by religious orders between 1927 and 2013.

Five men have been arrested after Gardaí intercepted a car filled with 19 "improvised explosive devices" in Co. Kildare, with one man confronting officers with a knife. gript.ie/gardai-seize-i…

"The level of abuse is shocking": A visibly emotional Education Minister Norma Foley tears up as she announces an investigation into instances of abuse in schools run by religious orders between 1927 and 2013 in Ireland.

This week Sinn Féin made a "clear commitment" to hold a referendum to insert a right to "adequate, secure and affordable housing" into the Irish constitution should the party manage to form a government after the next election.

I just pressed Irish Health Minister Stephen Donnelly on his government's plans to regulate speech on social media using mechanisms like the EU Digital Services Act. Video coming soon on gript.

"Cheap and cynical Trojan horse": Ben Scallan 🇮🇪 presses Irish Health Minister Stephen Donnelly on his government's use of 'child safety' to justify regulating free speech online with the EU Digital Services Act. Donnelly replied that "we have a good track record on free speech."

Check it out. 👇

Previously, FF Senator Fiona O'Loughlin proposed teaching children about Native American tribal "two spirit" gender identities as part of sex education. Ben Scallan 🇮🇪 asks if she was "disappointed" that the new SPHE curriculum contains no mention of "Native American shamanism".

Finance Minister Jack Chambers says "the public are rightly annoyed" at the overspend on the €336,000 Leinster House bike shed, and says that "there should be full accountability for whoever signed off on it".

Gardaí have arrested 4 non-EU nationals in Dublin who had been subject to deportation orders, but who "declined voluntary return." gript.ie/four-non-eu-na…

Quit taking pictures of your cannabis plants and respond to my email inquiring about the practicalities of breaking up Germany

Gardaí are urging members of the public who believe they were the victim of historical sexual abuse in schools run by religious orders to report it to their local Garda station so it can be investigated. gript.ie/gardai-urge-vi…

Historical abuse is an immensely serious issue that should, of course, be thoroughly investigated. Justice should be done, and any and all perpetrators should be rooted out, exposed and thrown under the jail. But while we're talking about century-old cold cases dating back to

The Irish State’s wasteful overspending on taxpayer-funded projects like the bike shed and the National Children’s Hospital is the fault of the private sector, People Before Profit has claimed. gript.ie/pbp-wasteful-s…