JOHN MCGUIRK: As US politics begins to divide on partisan lines over the war in Ukraine, Joe Biden is increasingly invested in ensuring Ukraine looks like a winner.
"Because if the war starts looking like a loser, well then…. so will he."
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https://gript.ie/understanding-biden-bet-kiev/

JOHN MCGUIRK on Catherine Martin's "misinformation commission":
"The consensus is so strong that disagreement must mean that you have been misinformed. There is literally no other reason that they can imagine for why you might disagree with them"

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https://gript.ie/catherine-martins-new-plan-the-ministry-of-truth/

"This problem is not going to just go away”: Ireland is still experiencing shortages of hundreds of medicines, including inhalers, penicillin, and more.

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https://gript.ie/hundreds-of-medicines-out-of-stock-in-ireland-some-critical/

The Court of Appeal has extended the sentences of two Nigerian nationals who forced their human trafficking victims into prostitution in Ireland after carrying out a “voodoo ceremony”in the first conviction of its kind in Ireland.

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https://gript.ie/sentences-extended-for-nigerian-traffickers-who-forced-victims-into-prostitution-after-voodoo-ceremony/

A €200 lump sum social welfare payment for those in long-term unemployment, along with a once off child benefit payment of €100 will be paid out as part of cost-of-living measures announced this lunchtime.

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https://gript.ie/e200-social-welfare-payment-and-e100-child-benefit-bonus-announced-under-cost-of-living-measures/

A man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of ‘peacemaker’ Irish Bishop David O’Connell. The accused, Carlos Medina (65), is the husband of the Cork-born bishop’s housekeeper, according to police, and had previously done work at the bishop’s residence. #gript. https://gript.ie/housekeepers-husband-arrested-in-murder-of-cork-born-bishop-david-oconnell-in-la/

Local people in Listowel say they will protest weekly against plans to turn the old Presentation Convent in the town into a centre for migrants and asylum seekers, citing concerns over safety, lack of services, and an existing homelessness crisis.

#gript https://gript.ie/listowel-locals-protest-plans-for-migrant-centre/

"Will this apply to fake news by the mainstream media as well?" Green Party Media Minister Catherine Martin is asked if her strategy to fight "misinformation" will target newspapers and broadcasters, or just ordinary citizens.


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy3zQ_yAy2I

A Sinn Féin TD has said that cocaine is seen everywhere – “even in Dáil Éíreann” – as statements on a Citizens’ Assembly on Drug Use were heard today.

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https://gript.ie/dessie-ellis-says-cocaine-everywhere-including-the-dail/

Politicians in South Africa have slammed international NGOs for aiding those who they wish to “abuse the asylum system”, including groups funded by George Soros and U.S.-based foundations.

MATT TREACY writes

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https://gript.ie/south-africa-slams-ngo-interference-in-abuse-of-asylum-system/

A CDC report has revealed that almost 3 in 5 teenage girls in the United States reported feeling “persistently sad or hopeless” almost every day for at least two weeks in a row, evidencing a worrying spike in sadness.

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https://gript.ie/57-of-teenage-girls-feel-persistently-sad-or-hopeless-u-s-report-finds/

Roald Dahl’s French and Dutch publishers have said they will refuse to change the beloved author’s books, as backlash grows to a decision to tone down the language and rewrite the books to make them more ‘relevant’.

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https://gript.ie/roald-dahls-european-publishers-refuse-to-make-changes-to-beloved-authors-books/

If you are a tax-paying ordinary worker, writes JOHN MCGUIRK, then yesterday's big Government cost-of-living plan sure wasn't for you:
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https://gript.ie/governments-cost-of-living-plan-ireland-for-some/

JOHN MCGUIRK argues that the anti-religious panic against Kate Forbes in Scotland is identical in spirit to the religious panics of the past, and that her opponents are more like Cromwell or the supporters of William of Orange than they'd ever admit:
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https://gript.ie/the-great-kate-forbes-religious-panic/

Gript have sent a number of emails to IPAS enquiring about operational issues in relation to the East Wall asylum centre, however some of these questions appear to be difficult for IPAS to answer

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https://gript.ie/ipas-continues-to-dodge-gripts-questions-about-east-wall-asylum-centre/

"We've haven't done a cead míle fáilte, we've only done 70,000 [refugees]." "We'd build houses ... but everything takes time." Voices from the #IrelandForAllRally

Dessie Ellis SF Declan Canton SD


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https://youtu.be/cxIyq4MU6Wo

Last year Irish taxpayers spent over half a million euros providing prisoners with televisions, as well as services like Netflix and Sky Sports. Millions are also typically given to prisoners in “pocket money” from the State in a normal year.

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https://gript.ie/e500k-in-taxpayer-money-spent-on-tvs-channels-for-prisoners/

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is planning a visit to the Russian capital of Moscow amid the ongoing Ukraine war to push for peace, a report has claimed.

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https://gript.ie/chinas-xi-to-visit-moscow-amid-ukraine-war-report-indicates/