Gript Media Podcasts

The Taoiseach's trip to Washington has gone all mean girls; it's not clear what Simon Coveney actually does; the importance of dose versus vial when negotiating a contract with Pfizer; and the Citizens' Assembly turns its eyes on the place of women.

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses how sin disfigures us and cuts us off from communion.

Vaccinations numbers collapse; the NUJ thinks public funding of journalism won't damage journalism; EU diplomate humiliated by Russial; and how Russian energy is similar to a temperamental lover.

https://www.edelman.com/sites/g/files/aatuss191/files/2021-01/2021-edelman-trust-barometer.pdf

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/state-support-for-journalism-is-in-the-public-interest-1.4481394

https://www.rt.com/russia/515015-borrell-moscow-visit-fallout/

The Children's Hospital fiasco;  medical evidence, risk, and why you should consider taking Vitamin D; and the more the HSE works the more behind schedule the vaccine rollout becomes.

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he talks about humans call to communion in an increasingly individualistic society. 

A member of a political people which supports the legalization of euthanasia has some strong words for those who believe in "political ideologies opposed to the saving of lives"; the New York Times has decided it believes in magic words and will sack anyone who utters them without performing the appropriate rituals; and a reminder that more than half of Irish MEPs, when asked to vote on it, were unwilling to say that Ireland should not be designated as a tax haven.

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/our-place-in-the-new-european-pecking-order-is-now-clear-1.4476266

The Irish Times finally takes the soup; the Green Party votes on Ireland using nuclear power, so long as it comes from France; and rumours about how the Commission decided to activate Article 16.

A military coup may be a step backwards; new reports of systematic rape from Xinjiang in China; why we should let artists starve; and that time Tommy Tiernan said he would have killed 10 to 12 million Jews if he was running the Holocaust.

The UK considers gifting surplus vaccines to Ireland; the European Commission has managed to bring Europe together in opposition to the Commission; and the latest opinion polls.

https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/europe-s-vaccine-disaster-commission-president-ursula-von-der-leyen-seeking-to-duck-responsibility-a-1197547d-6219-4438-9d69-b76e64701802

Father Luuk Jansen, from St Mary’s Church in Cork, brings us his Sunday Reflection. This week he discusses the need to take the time to look back so that you can see how far you've come.