The Gist: Grabbing a Quick Byte / The Once and Future PDs
The sun shone as the government struggled to meet their promise to let customers go indoors for dinner and a drink. And we look at Dessie O'Malley's underconsidered legacy. This is the Gist.
Simon McGarr
A lawyer with McGarr Solicitors and director of Data Compliance Europe. Senior Policy Advisor for M3AAWG, guest lecturer with ERA in Trier & External Examiner for Irish Law Society on Data Protection.
The Gist: Reading the Bay Leaves
The first election since the pandemic, the first test of the parties since GE20. Dublin Bay South's by-election was a psycho-drama played out in leafy villages. This is the Gist.
The Gist: Whose National Maternity Hospital?
The reassurance statements given by the Government for years over the plans to pay for the building of a National Maternity Hospital, and then gift it to the nuns are wearing thin. This is the Gist.
The Gist: Survivors refuse to stay on Mute
The Mother & Baby Homes Commission of Inquiry returned to the public's attention as one of the Commissioners decided to speak about it for the first time at an invitation-only Oxford University zoom
The Gist: How Did I Get Here
This week, we’ve been looking back and forward, like a shellshocked Pushmi-pullu. This is the Gist.
The Gist: How Did I Get Here
This week, we’ve been looking back and forward, like a shellshocked Pushmi-pullu. This is the Gist.
The Gist: Attack of the Cyber-Men
Ireland suffers its most momentous cyber attack, until the next one. This is The Gist.
The Gist: A Cold House for Voters
Unpopular Housing policy consumed the last government and saw the last Housing Minister leave politics entirely. Will we do it again?
The Gist: FF hits rock bottom
The Soldiers of Destiny's Survival Klaxon sounded as they hit 11% support, but in the same week they might have stumbled on a new way forward. This is the Gist.
The Gist: Autistic children and other enemies of the State
Prime Time Investigates broke a whistleblower's story on Friday night. The Dept of Health has been assembling secret dossiers on autistic children to use against them in court. This is the Gist
The Gist: FF, the Coalition's Biggest Small Party
Irish coalitions have one defining factor- the smaller party gets hammered. The Greens feared it, but chose to enter Government anyway. But what happens when a party just... seems small?
The Gist: Far-left Riots And Other Tall Tales
It's time to face up to our responsibility as an email and actually do an Irish news roundup. This is the Gist