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Ben Scallan
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Senior Political Correspondent, Gript
Dublin
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education and mediaFilm
I am open minded. I will cover any topic that is of public interest
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By Ben Scallan Verified| Gript Verified “We know we hold a lot of power. We are in a very strong power relationship with applicants, awardees, and so on.”Those are the words of Rethink Ireland CEO Deirdre Mortell, in a podcast interview in December 2024, in which she explained the immense influence wielded by the organisation she leads. Describing itself as the “venture capital fund of the social innovation sector”, Rethink Ireland is one of Ireland’s most powerful NGOs with significant state and corporate backing.
By Ben Scallan Verified| Gript Verified Dear Reader, It is a simple statement of fact that if you are looking for diversity of thought in the Irish media, you will struggle to find it. That is why we founded Gript – to serve the gap in the market left by so many of our colleagues, when they decided that the job of journalists was not to challenge consensus thought, but to herd around it, and defend it fiercely.
By Ben Scallan Verified| Gript Verified “We know we hold a lot of power. We are in a very strong power relationship with applicants, awardees, and so on.”Those are the words of Rethink Ireland CEO Deirdre Mortell, in a podcast interview in December 2024, in which she explained the immense influence wielded by the organisation she leads. Describing itself as the “venture capital fund of the social innovation sector”, Rethink Ireland is one of Ireland’s most powerful NGOs with significant state and corporate backing.
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Gript
Gript provides the latest news, opinion & analysis. Supported by our readers, we believe in facilitating debate & challenging the consensus.
Dublin, Ireland