“Drug use is not victimless, far from it”: Casual drug use on nights out funds “violence, crime, & murder,” according to acting Justice Minister Harris.

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https://gript.ie/casual-drug-use-funds-violence-crime-murder-says-harris/

JOHN MCGUIRK: In the end, Nicola Sturgeon is gone because on a key issue, the Scots trusted the hated Tories in Westminster more than they trusted the putative leaders of an independent Scotland.


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https://gript.ie/the-undeserved-praise-for-nicola-sturgeon/

DAVID REYNOLDS on cycling to work in Dublin avoiding never ending constructions

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https://gript.ie/the-francis-street-nightmare-is-coming-to-an-end-or-is-it/

A woman and a Catholic priest who were separately arrested and prosecuted for silently praying near an abortion clinic have been acquitted in a Birmingham court.

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https://gript.ie/significant-victory-woman-arrested-for-silent-pro-life-prayer-not-guilty

Dublin City Council overpaid construction contractors by over 40% to build social homes when compared to private developers, a newly-released report has claimed.

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https://gript.ie/dublin-city-council-overpaid-contractors-by-40-on-social-homes/

Speaking today on Newstalk, the consultant with the National Gender Service sharply criticised proposals to allow Irish teenagers to change their sex without parental consent — adding that politicians are afraid to challenge trans activists.

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https://gript.ie/incredibly-dangerous-doctor-says-push-for-teen-gender-change-due-to-brainwashing-by-activists/

JOHN MCGUIRK writes that regardless of the facts of the tragic Brianna Ghey case, we are "witnessing the usual attempt to create a venerated saint around which a progressive cause can be focused":
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https://gript.ie/brianna-ghey-and-the-lefts-modern-martyrdom/

Ursula von der Leyen will not publicly answer questions about her personal role in the EU’s biggest ever vaccine purchase

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https://gript.ie/ursula-von-der-leyen-will-not-answer-questions-on-eu-vaccine-deal-publicly/

As the US Presidential race begins to take shape, senior Democrats are increasingly expressing concern about a historically unpopular US Vice President:
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https://gript.ie/joe-bidens-growing-kamala-harris-problem/

No new acute beds will be opened in the Mid-West Region in 2023, according to figures released to Independent Clare TD Michael McNamara.

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https://gript.ie/no-new-acute-beds-for-mid-west-hospitals-in-2023/

ON THIS DAY: 17 February 1846: Daniel O'Connell speaks in House of Commons re poverty and starvation in Ireland

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-17-february-1846-daniel-oconnell-speaks-in-house-of-commons-re-poverty-and-starvation-in-ireland-3/

The plethora of taxpayer-funded bodies in the advert for #IrelandForAll’s march highlights the reality of what’s happening: the government is funding the groups now marching in solidarity with the government – and opposing the majority of the people.’

MATT TREACY writes

https://gript.ie/multi-billion-euro-ngos-rallying-support-for-governments-immigration-policy/

A man who appeared before Limerick Circuit Court after crashing into a roundabout during a Garda pursuit has said that taking magic mushrooms led him to believe his car would turn into an aeroplane. #gript https://gript.ie/cork-man-on-magic-mushrooms-thought-his-car-would-turn-into-an-aeroplane/

"The message is very clear: the people of East Wall and Coolock and Ballymun are always in the wrong and if this left-wing agitator hit them with his car, they probably deserved it."

NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN writes

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https://gript.ie/the-medias-surreal-dishonest-take-on-a-car-plouging-into-east-wall-protesters/

"The truth is that the people who protest in East Wall and other places like it are all local. The people who will be out on Saturday are internationalist and claim that there is no Ireland as you think you know it. “Ireland for all” is more like the abusive slogan of a “Company Town” than a humanitarian aspiration. "

THADE ANDY writes

https://gript.ie/if-ireland-is-for-all-it-does-not-belong-to-the-irish/

Rip-off Ireland?: The price of a single hotel room in one popular hotel in Naas has risen by almost 60% in less than one year, Gript can reveal, after one surprised consumer and reader contacted us to share the details.

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https://gript.ie/rip-off-ireland-room-prices-up-56-from-last-year-in-kildare-hotel/

The media reporting of a new study on conversion therapy neglects to mention the involvement of several advocacy groups in the design of the study; that the study largely consists of an anonymous online survey, and that the sample wasn't representative" #gript

https://gript.ie/the-misleading-coverage-of-trinitys-conversion-therapy-report/

One of the foremost experts working with people who want to change gender has warned Education Minister, Norma Foley, of the danger of ignoring medical evidence when it comes allowing 16-year olds to change their sex without parental consent.

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https://gript.ie/norma-foley-ignoring-medical-experts-on-danger-of-teens-changing-sex-says-top-doctor/

ON THIS DAY: 18 FEBRUARY 1982: Investigation into Kincora Boys Home announced

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-18-february-1982-investigation-into-kincora-boys-home-announced-3/