Varadkar, Martin & Ryan walking off a stage together to avoid a journalist. Is this acceptable?

This is what we should be getting from all the media in Ireland when it comes to asking government ministers questions. The fact they walked off despite a legitimate question being asked shows the contempt. Maybe they should have screened the question beforehand or give them a soft question. It actually says a lot about the rest of the media.

What's the highest common denominator? Having a picture of Varadkar up on your wall with a sacred heart red bulb underneath lighting up his portrait?

At least Dev and Collins would be faced and seated in their portraits. Varadkar's portrait would be him half walking out the frame to whatever bureaucratic gig he's off to next.

Also pretty sure you'd find at the end of every press conference, there are questions being asked that don't get answered. And that's applicable to any Democratic government.

Never seen a press conference in their lives.

This.

If.. they heard him or if.. he was allowed in to the press conference under the guise of being an actual journalist.. Then they should have replied, absolutely.

That is what a press conference is for and they don't get to pick and choose who they reply to or who they ignore.

But not sure if he fulfilled any of the above criteria ie. was he heard or is he eligible to be regarded as official press??

Personally I would think that anybody allowed in has a right to ask questions of our democratically elected, and I am not a fan of either Gript or Ben Scallan at all.

If this is how it did go down and taken with a very large dose of salt given Gripts antics generally, they should have answered the man.

There is no actual proof either way folks, but it 'looks' bad.

As evidenced by 8 pages on this bloody thread they are not only letting themselves down but handing Gript and its fans a stick to beat them with.

I'd say it's pretty ridiculous that people got outraged over a press conference ending and a question not getting asked. Meanwhile the same people see no issue that Gardai had to put a man under protection cause the same outlet incorrectly made him identifiable for a horrible crime.

But they are talking to themselves and their own followers only. The fact that the Gript fella is claiming to the disciples that Martin and Varadkar walked out and refused to answer a question is a non story outside the right wing conspiracy theory bubble in which they operate on social media.

Are you one of that ' brigade' you describe above because you appear to be getting a bit hot under the collar here ? 😂

Shouting in capitals, name calling and refusing to answer any questions asked about your posts??

I ask again, if you know about their funding, can you please enlighten us all, as it is not publicly available for some reason?

Otherwise shouting about it being ' miniscule' is just a waste of time.

They seem to be getting the xenophobes more agitated than anything else. In this example, they were ignored completely.

gript are not conservative.

All of this would be fine it was a a genuine alternative news source trying to uncover the truth and expose corruption in government. But they are clearly a hard right / far right outfit pushing their own specific political agenda (that Scallan guy ran as a candidate for the Irish Freedom Party in 2020). They could be described more as political activists than journalists - similar to what you see on GB News.

lol Ben Scallion and gript becoming more famous and notorious than the red carpet cast from Dune part 2. And who is making it happen? Meo Varadkar

So what? Freedom of Expression should not be confined to a particular political spectrum. Let them have their say and see how they get on. At the moment they are not given the opportunity to prove if, or how (as you say) far right they are.

So what if some people are right wing in their views? Is that a crime now, as I wasn't aware of that. But then again everyone with a view that does not concur with the current cosy consensus in Dail Eireann is called FAR RIGHT anyway, so no wonder all those people might be ok with someone to speak up for them. They've been given the jackboot description with no right of reply up to now have they?

Diversity is a buzzword nowadays. Let us see it in action so.

Never heard of this outfit. So I just had a look.....checked out the world news on gript. Lol. Not a lot going on in the world according to this 'media'.

Leave them at it I say. Gives PBP etc. something else to whine about.