Griptmedia

Riad Bouchaker has been found guilty on all eight counts by a jury sitting at the Central Criminal Court. https://gript.ie/bouchaker-guilty-on-all-counts/

Sending "totally the wrong message". Newly commissioned naval officers forced to salute senior civil servant after Helen McEntee "snub". https://gript.ie/minister-mcentee-fails-to-turn-up-to-naval-cadets-commissioning/

MATT TREACY: Questions surround the allocation of social housing in Finglas to a family who were in emergency accommodation owned by a company which is part of the McEnaney group. https://gript.ie/a-mcenaney-property-and-questions-re-priority-for-social-housing/

The cost of missing EU fines coupled with revenue loss from the shift towards electric vehicles and electrification could see Ireland short €13 billion a year by 2050, according to a new report from IFAC. https://gript.ie/ifac-ireland-could-see-e13bn-annual-climate-bill-by-2050/

A High Court judge has today ordered the release of teacher Enoch Burke from prison. https://gript.ie/breaking-judge-orders-enoch-burke-be-released-from-prison/

CORMAC LUCEY on the obvious AI and stock market bubble: The road of infinite foreign appetite for US debt is visibly narrowing. This is the trap closing in real time.There is no version of this story in which the music plays on indefinitely. https://gript.ie/lucey-the-ai-bubble-is-obvious-as-with-the-stock-market/

Fianna Fáil TD asks Government to reopen the Immigrant Investor Programme, which offered residency to high-net worth individuals. https://gript.ie/td-wants-immigrant-investor-scheme-re-opened/

PETER CADDLE: Ireland is to use its new powers as the helm of the European Council to back more online censorship, officials from inside the state have confirmed. https://gript.ie/ireland-to-use-eu-powers-to-back-digital-censorship/

Evil killer Stephen McCullagh who was sent to prison for 31 years earlier this month for the murder of his pregnant partner, Natalie McNally, has lodged an appeal against his sentence. https://gript.ie/evil-killer-stephen-mccullagh-to-appeal-sentence/

SEÁN ATKINSON: I hear from gay men across Ireland who are concerned about safety, migration, and the importation of attitudes towards homosexuality from parts of the world where being gay remains illegal. But speaking about that makes you a racist. https://gript.ie/the-pride-movement-needs-to-get-its-ducks-in-a-row/

New figures released to Aontú TD Paul Lawless show that the ESB reported after tax profits of €2.9 Billion between 2022 and 2025. It comes as Electric Ireland is set to increase electricity prices by 8% tomorrow. https://gript.ie/esb-made-almost-e3-billion-profit-in-past-4-years-lawless-finds/

Tánaiste Simon Harris denies that the threat of more fuel protests influenced the decision to delay excise cut reversals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAprRbFa_iI

MATT TREACY: The latest statistics from the EU on the number of deportations of non-EU citizens shows a continued steady decline in the numbers ordered to leave since the start of 2025. https://gript.ie/latest-eu-stats-show-fall-in-deportations-including-in-ireland/

Trust in the national government in Ireland has fallen in recent years, with trust in most aspects of the State and media declining over that period as well according to a new survey from the OECD. https://gript.ie/oecd-survey-irish-trust-in-national-government-media-falling/

Housing Minister James Browne says the key to solving the housing crisis is "supply". Asked if the Government should be doing anything to curb demand, he said he doesn't really have "much of a role" in that: https://gript.ie/minister-i-dont-have-a-role-in-curbing-housing-demand/

The man arrested yesterday in relation to a fire that Gardaí believe was deliberately started at a Muslim prayer centre on Talbot Street is “an Iranian national who, sources say, has had a grievance against the Islamic prayer hall,” it has been reported. https://gript.ie/iranian-national-arrested-in-relation-to-talbot-street-arson/

Speaking at A Connacht Gathering: Deputy Ken O’Flynn is an Independent Ireland TD who represents the constituency of Cork North-Central. He also serves as his party’s Chairperson and Spokesperson on Urban Affairs. Prior to being elected as a TD in 2024, he had been a member of Cork City Council for 18 years. Lots more on the day! Book your tickets here: https://gript.ie/a-connacht-gathering/

Latest: Mr Justice Tony Hunt is continuing to charge a jury in the case of Raid Bouchaker at the Central Criminal Court. https://gript.ie/judge-charges-jury-in-bouchaker-trial/

NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN: The speculation around the fire at the Talbot St mosque continued despite Gardaí telling RTÉ that 'far-right' elements were not believed to be involved. Yet, Gardaí seemed disinterested in this particular disinformation. https://gript.ie/the-talbot-street-fire-and-uncorrected-misinformation/

Newly released figures have shown that nearly one in three pregnancies in England and Wales now end in abortion. Pro-life groups have decried the steady increase in the UK's abortion rate, ahead of a March to take place in Belfast this weekend. https://gript.ie/new-uk-figures-show-1-in-3-pregnancies-now-end-in-abortion/