Protests continue to take place across the country as local groups react to what they see as the government's mishandling of the immigration crisis.

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https://gript.ie/watch-protests-across-the-country-on-immigration-policy-at-weekend/

“Cranks and faddists”: What would James Connolly have thought of modern Irish socialists?

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https://gript.ie/what-would-james-connolly-have-thought-of-modern-socialists/

“Not so long ago I noticed that a trip to Lidl had resulted in me buying two items strongly symbolic of female singleness: red wine and cat food.” Fatima Gunning asks whether an annual celebration that excludes thousands of people from participation really has a place in a modern ‘inclusive’ Ireland.

https://gript.ie/valentines-day-is-problematic-and-we-need-to-talk-about-it-fatima-gunning/

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The now disgraced Tavistock clinic to which 238 Irish children were referred featured a ‘Genderbread person’ character which advertised ‘infinite gender possibilities’.

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https://gript.ie/religion-not-science-fears-for-welfare-of-irish-children-referred-to-tavistock-gender-clinic/

Irish farmers are facing a major challenge in paying for the over €1 billion cost of fertilizers this year, with the government only offering limited support in the form of flimsy grant aid schemes, according to West Cork Deputy Michael Collins.

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https://gript.ie/irish-farmers-facing-e1bn-fertilizer-cost-with-no-government-support/

ON THIS DAY: 14 FEBRUARY: Feastday of St Valentine: The treasure trove at Whitefriar Street

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-14-february-feastday-of-st-valentine-the-treasure-trove-at-whitefriar-street-3/

On Saint Valentine's day Lorcán Mac Mathúna recalls a planned proposal - and braving a stylish jewel den in pursuit of a ring.

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https://gript.ie/on-st-valentines-day-diamonds-are-forever-2/

A Clare TD says that new figures from the HSE highlight “chronic underinvestment” in the Mid West of the country, as just 7 full-time posts were created in the most overcrowded hospital in the country last year.

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https://gript.ie/hse-figures-highlight-chronic-underinvestment-in-mid-west/

New figures show Ireland's economic growth for 2023 is set to be the best in the EU by a large margin. Here's some ways to think and talk about that, from JOHN MCGUIRK:

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https://gript.ie/how-to-think-about-irelands-remarkable-growth-figures/

“I urge the Irish establishment to listen to the people”: A Swedish MEP has spoken out in support of the East Wall protests, accusing the Irish government of offering “smears instead of solutions.”

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https://gript.ie/ireland-avoid-swedens-mistake-swedish-mep-on-migration/

Ruth Coppinger says critics of gender ideology need to “take a long hard look at themselves’ after a trans identified teen was stabbed to death in the UK. Police have stated that there is “no evidence” that the murder was ‘motivated by hate’.
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https://gript.ie/ruth-coppinger-attributes-blame-to-critics-of-gender-ideology-in-murder-of-british-teen/

New figures show Irish rents up 13.7% year on year, showing not only, writes JOHN MCGUIRK, that the Government's rent controls don't work, but also that they are likely making the housing situation much, much worse:
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https://gript.ie/the-13-7-cost-of-rent-controls/

New data from Grant Thornton reveal that Irish business are increasingly concerned about the country’s economic outlook.

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https://gript.ie/report-just-56-of-irish-businesses-optimistic-about-economic-outlook-for-the-next-12-months/

The IPA says that over 1,200 patients may have died this winter due to hospital overcrowding, & asked why “significant multi-billion euro investment” in new hospital beds over the pandemic years has not led to better health outcomes for patients.

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https://gript.ie/1200-deaths-this-winter-may-have-been-caused-by-overcrowding/

A Nicaraguan Catholic Bishop has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for “treason against the homeland”. Bishop Ronaldo Álvarez refused to be deported, choosing to remain with Catholics suffering the repression of the country’s dictatorship.

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https://gript.ie/bishop-ronaldo-alvarez-sentenced-to-26-years-in-prison-in-nicaragua-has-citizenship-stripped/

TENI, it seems, can issue misleading guidelines, publicly attack medical experts, fail to submit accounts on time for year after year, but it's funding isn't stopped, it's increased.

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https://gript.ie/nothing-it-seems-will-lose-you-public-funding-if-you-are-teni/

A woman from Melbourne Australia who is in need of a heart transplant after experiencing heart failure in 2020 is being denied access to the surgery because she hasn’t received a Covid 19 vaccine.


#gript https://gript.ie/mother-denied-access-to-vital-heart-transplant-surgery-because-of-vaccine-status/

Georgians are claiming asylum in Ireland in huge numbers – and are among those with ‘false or no documents’. The claim that they are doing so because they are gay doesn’t hold water, says MATT TREACY.

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https://gript.ie/the-asylum-sectors-explainer-for-huge-number-of-georgians-coming-to-ireland-doesnt-hold-water/

New research published by the Mandate Trade Union has found that nearly two-thirds of Irish retail staff are earning less than €451 per week, with some employees saying they are working fewer hours than they would like.

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https://gript.ie/mandate-says-that-two-thirds-of-irish-retail-staff-earn-less-than-e451-a-week/

JOHN MCGUIRK: Politicians already know what they want to do on drugs - so spending €600k on a "citizen's assembly" on the matter is just a taxpayer funded focus group to persuade the public with its own money.
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https://gript.ie/the-great-citizens-assembly-on-drugs-charade

Norma Foley says the Government is preparing legislation to allow 16 and 17 year olds to legally change gender - without parental consent.

JOHN MCGUIRK explains, and argues that this is a historic and dangerous rollback of parental rights:

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https://gript.ie/norma-foley-declares-it-is-time-to-allow-16-year-olds-to-switch-gender/