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/

"Parents need to wake up to radical changes being proposed to the school curriculum – and to moves which might deny parents the right to remove their children from new sex-ed lessons which could include pornography and teaching children their gender can be changed many times."

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https://gript.ie/parents-may-lose-right-to-remove-kids-from-explicit-sex-ed-curriculum-report-hints/

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, Seymour Hersh, has claimed the United States was responsible for explosions last year on the Nord Stream gas pipelines, but the White House has described his report as “complete fiction”.

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https://gript.ie/famed-investigative-journalist-claims-u-s-bombed-nord-stream-gas-pipe/

Minister for Justice Simon Harris has confirmed that immigration officials are engaging with 19 separate airlines on migrants arriving with 'false or no‘ documentation - described by Carol Nolan TD as "an egregious abuse of the immigration process"

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https://gript.ie/dept-engaging-with-19-airlines-to-address-false-documents-scandal/

“We don’t live in a cancel culture”: Fianna Fáil politicians are happy that Bertie Ahern is returning to the party, with one former minister claiming Ahern is still “hugely popular” with the general public.

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https://gript.ie/i-am-delighted-fianna-fail-tds-welcome-ahern-back-to-party/

The so called ‘non-governmental organisations’ NGOs lining out with the government to take away your constitutional right to express your opinion are also massively funded by you, writes MATT TREACY

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https://gript.ie/the-non-governmental-organisations-rallying-behind-government-restrictions-on-free-speech/

RTÉ Radio 1 has suffered a steep drop in ratings, it was revealed today, with a decrease in listeners across all flagship programmes. Morning Ireland, the Ryan Tubridy Show, and Today with Clare Byrne were among those worst hit in the last year.

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https://gript.ie/rte-radio-1-listenership-plummets-with-morning-ireland-and-ryan-tubridy-worst-hit/

Leo Varadkar says he wants Ukraine to join the EU “as quickly as possible,” and that Ireland will support the embattled country “for as long as it takes.”

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https://gript.ie/varadkar-ireland-will-support-ukraine-for-as-long-as-it-takes/

Australia’s defence department will be removing all Chinese-made security cameras from its buildings, with one politician saying that the government buildings are “riddled” with “spyware.”

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https://gript.ie/australian-defence-department-removes-all-chinese-made-cameras/

J. Martin Nolan continued his reign of suspended sentences this week as a teen involved in a violent assault on a woman, and sisters who falsely claimed asylum seeker’s benefits avoided jail

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https://gript.ie/how-a-teenage-torturers-assistant-and-fake-asylum-seeker-sisters-avoided-jail/

BEN SCALLAN: “Almost every route you get on, there’s some pig ignorant solipsist letting Dua Lipa rip like there’s no tomorrow. They think they’re Will Smith in “I Am Legend” or something - like they’re the only person on earth.”

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https://gript.ie/the-people-who-play-music-loudly-on-buses-must-be-stopped/

Deputy Mattie Mc Grath said that the collection of €2.16 billion in energy taxes, including €760 million in carbon taxes, in 2022 meant that a full extension of all cost-of-living supports for a minimum of six more months starting March 1st should be backed by the government.

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https://gript.ie/rural-tds-say-government-s-energy-tax-grab-of-e2-billion-must-be-returned-in-cost-of-living-supports/

"This is the type of gaslighting that the government engages in, not just in this issue, but on all. It places itself against a large portion of its citizenry. It refuses to acknowledge that their issues are even held in good faith."

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https://gript.ie/simon-harris-and-the-ireland-is-full-hashtag/

JOHN MCGUIRK: Whatever else one might say about the death penalty, it does at least send the message that crime is not tolerated. Can we say the same about the Irish justice system?
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https://gript.ie/senior-uk-mp-what-about-if-we-bring-back-hanging/

“An existential threat to our economy and social fabric”: South Africa has declared a state of “national disaster” amid an energy crisis and rolling blackouts, partially caused by delays to the construction of new coal-fired power plants.

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https://gript.ie/south-africa-declares-state-of-disaster-due-to-energy-crisis/