PBP candidate makes account private amid Ryan Casey backlash

People Before Profit candidate Síomha Ní Aonghusa has made her social media accounts private following backlash to a viral video in which she criticised and ridiculed Ryan Casey, the boyfriend of murdered schoolteacher Ashling Murphy. Casey, 28, who was in a relationship with Murphy at the time of her death, recently posted a series of … Read more

Actor attacked for delivering far-right lines in fictional play

A German theatre audience were “too stupid” to distinguish between fiction and reality after an actor was physically attacked for delivering far-right lines during a play, a critic has claimed. In a review published by nachtkritik.de following the German premiere of Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists on Saturday, critic Martin Krumbholz said the … Read more

Ukraine accommodation payment to continue until 2027

Justice, Home Affairs and Migration Minister Jim O’Callaghan has confirmed his intention to seek an extension of the accommodation recognition payment for those hosting Ukrainian refugees for a further year. The Accommodation Recognition Payment (ARP) is a tax-free financial contribution provided to individuals who host refugees fleeing the conflict in Ukraine that was introduced in … Read more

EU taxpayers paid over €710 billion in foreign aid over a decade

European Union member states and institutions paid over €710 billion in foreign aid in total over a decade, Gript can reveal. The figures were released to Gript by Eurostat, and reveal that between 2013 and 2023, around €710,224,344,043 was paid in Overseas Development Aid – financial support from the EU and its member states to … Read more