Thousands of people attended a march through Dublin city centre on bank holiday Monday protesting the government’s immigration policies while also sharply criticising the media’s coverage of the issue.

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https://gript.ie/watch-thousands-at-march-oppose-immigration-policies-criticise-media/

Gardai said the man, charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl at a bus stop in Ballymun after being apprehended by locals, could not be identified. He was granted bail.


MATT TREACY writes


https://gript.ie/no-passport-man-charged-with-sexual-assault-on-girl-in-ballymun-could-not-be-identified-in-court/

Homeless: 'We asked the Council if we could renovate one of their derelict houses: they said no'.


A family with an autistic son who are facing eviction as their landlord is selling their home, asked the Co. Council if they could pay for a derelict house owned by the authority to be renovated, but were refused.

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https://youtu.be/2LwT4tkMQ6U

White people possess “inherent advantages” on the “basis of their race” according to a document on equality, diversity, and inclusion published by the Arts Council.


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https://gript.ie/art-council-flags-white-privilege-in-its-equality-diversity-and-inclusion-toolkit/

“There was one particular fella that was in here from Chile…he was afraid to go back because of earthquakes”: BEN SCALLAN goes over an old 2015 RTÉ interview, to highlight how long Ireland has been a soft touch on immigration.

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https://gript.ie/chancers-2015-interview-reveals-extent-of-irelands-asylum-woes/

“What I really want to say is that my main overwhelming feeling is gratitude”: Sir Salman Rushdie has broken his silence to speak publicly for the first time since the “colossal” attack that almost claimed his life, and left him blind in one eye.

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https://gript.ie/salman-rushdie-after-colossal-attack-my-overwhelming-feeling-is-gratitude/

Extended family members pulled the baby out alive from the rubble of a home in Northern Syria, after the newborn was found still tied by her umbilical cord to her mother.

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https://gript.ie/watch-miracle-newborn-baby-rescued-from-under-earthquake-rubble-in-syria/

A new report has found a significant jump in the number of Irish parents who said they did not have enough food to feed their children, as the cost of living crisis intensifies.

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https://gript.ie/huge-jump-in-number-of-parents-unable-to-feed-children-as-cost-of-living-crisis-intensifies/

What is the US Debt Ceiling, and why might it be time to start getting concerned about it? This is a phrase you might start hearing about over the next few months, so here is our run down of what the issue is:
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https://gript.ie/why-it-might-be-time-to-worry-about-americas-debt-ceiling-row/

To strip Manchester City - if found guilty - of league titles would be to make a farce of football and repeat the mistakes made in athletics, argues JOHN MCGUIRK:
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https://gript.ie/what-should-happen-to-manchester-city/

John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost is long considered a masterpiece. Singer and composer Lorcán Mac Mathúna saw in the poem “the story of a war in heaven and the fall of man .. constructed as a series of dialogues perfectly set for the retelling in the narrative tradition of song.”

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https://gript.ie/paradise-lost-and-the-folly-that-you-create-your-own-truth/

There was a strong reaction from some viewers to Monday’s episode of RTÉ’s Upfront programme, with numerous people criticising the national broadcaster for what they described as its “gaslighting” of those who have genuine concerns about mass immigration.

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https://gript.ie/rtes-upfront-accused-of-biased-gaslighting-of-immigration-protestors/

The Irish media has spent years promoting the views of the Irish Network Against Racism, but it never quite got around to seeing if those claims stood up.

That's a shame, as the reports have methodological weaknesses which make them largely meaningless.



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https://gript.ie/inars-reporting-on-irish-racism-doesnt-hold-up-to-review/

Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union address calling for secured access to abortion, an lgbt equality act, the banning of automatic weapons, and unlimited support of Ukraine.

#gript https://gript.ie/us-president-joe-biden-heckled-during-state-of-the-union-address/

Five fire engines and three water trucks were dispatched to tackle a blaze at a poultry farm in New Zealand that claimed the lives of 50,000 laying hens.

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https://gript.ie/50000-birds-killed-as-fire-ravages-new-zealand-chicken-farm/

A group in receipt of millions of euros in taxpayer money annually has recommended that the term “biological sex” be removed from the upcoming sex education curriculum, as they claim the phrase is offensive to transgender people.

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https://gript.ie/state-funded-ngo-calls-to-remove-biological-sex-from-curriculum/

The Turkish Embassy has provided a list of items which people can donate to those in need as the rescue operation continues, with thousands of people still trapped underneath the rubble following Monday’s devastating earthquakes.

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https://gript.ie/turkish-embassy-in-dublin-accepting-donations-for-those-affected-by-earthquakes/

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has told the Dáil that there should “be some provision for cash” at GAA matches in response to being pressed on the issue of the GAA’s cashless ticket policy by Aontú leader and Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín.

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https://gript.ie/there-should-be-some-provision-for-cash-at-gaa-matches-taoiseach-tells-dail/

Did you instinctively nod in approval yesterday when Richard Boyd Barrett proposed price controls on groceries to ease the cost of living? JOHN MCGUIRK presents the opposite side of that argument, and why it is "an immeasurably bad idea":
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https://gript.ie/why-price-controls-on-groceries-is-an-immeasurably-bad-idea/

JOHN MCGUIRK argues that arguments about the gender of God are not really about modernising christianity, so much as they are about creating a new religious faith that accords with the views of the dominant political ideology:
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https://gript.ie/church-of-england-perhaps-god-is-not-a-he-after-all/