THE EDITORS: "To call UL's treatment of Mary Kenny a disgrace would be to gravely understate the matter. It amounts to a university – a place of learning – rejecting biological fact as too offensive and repellent to be mentioned, let alone taught"
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https://gript.ie/the-editors-uls-disgrace/

New crime statistics released by an Garda Síochána show significant increases in reports of rape, sexual assault, child sexual abuse material, and human trafficking since 2019.

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https://gript.ie/new-figures-show-significant-spike-i

Fine Gael Junior Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says that Ireland is "very lucky & privileged" to be a net contributor to the EU & able to "support our European friends" through the billions of euros invested into refugee accommodation.

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https://youtu.be/mPcdGKI_0xY

The Cabinet has today agreed to €20 million of funding for 400 beds on two sites to provide accommodation to refugees from Ukraine and those from other countries seeking international protection in Ireland.

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https://gript.ie/cabinet-agrees-e20-million-funding-for-refugee-accommodation/

HUMAN TRAFFICKING shoots up again: "Perhaps more focus ought to be on how so many people manage to enter the country, either illegally or legally, and then enter into a world of which the authorities appear to have little intelligence."

MATT TREACY writes

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https://gript.ie/massive-increase-in-human-trafficking-into-ireland-due-to-lack-of-counter-measures/

BEN SCALLAN: “Ireland changing our corporate tax rate to appease our competitors is as absurd as Pepsi changing a successful business strategy to appease Coke.”

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https://gript.ie/johnson-uk-should-cut-corporation-tax-to-irish-levels-or-lower/

Ex-UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock urged UK police to “get heavy” on Covid rule breakers, while top British civil servants mocked people in hotel quarantine, leaked WhatsApp messages reveal.

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https://gript.ie/hancock-urged-uk-police-to-get-heavy-on-covid-lockdown-breakers/

Journalist Mary Kenny says those behind the dubious accusations of ‘transphobia’ which led to her being deplatformed by the University of Limerick are “closing down democracy”

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https://gript.ie/feminism-must-be-a-broad-church-says-mary-kenny-following-university-of-limerick-cancellation/

People in the Westmeath village of Castletown Geoghegan are highlighting their concerns around the tiny village’s capacity to house refugees and asylum seekers – as the village now faces the prospect of doubling in size.

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https://gript.ie/westmeath-has-done-its-fair-share-village-group-concerned-about-huge-influx-of-refugees/

Michael O’Leary calls on Eamon Ryan to act or resign saying that six drone shut downs in six weeks is an indictment of the minister’s ‘incompetence’

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https://gript.ie/ryanair-ceo-says-eamon-ryan-sitting-on-his-hands-over-anti-drone-technology-for-dublin-airport/

The case study found that a patient with Parkinson’s Disease who died after receiving his 3rd Covid-19 vaccination had developed necrotizing encephalitis in the brain, and spike proteins from the vaccine were present in the location of the inflammation.

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https://gript.ie/autopsy-suggests-link-between-covid-19-vaccine-and-encephalitis-in-brain/

THADE ANDY: David McWlliams argues that immigrants make the country richer. But what does the data tell us? Who gets richer, and who gets poorer?

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https://gript.ie/does-immigration-bring-down-wages-what-do-the-facts-say/

ON THIS DAY: 4TH MARCH is shared by 3 famous people connected with Irish freedom, whose birthdays occurred on this day.

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-4-march-birth-of-robert-emmett-daniel-patrick-mannix-grace-gifford-3/

A heart-breaking letter from an Irish mother who had to travel to Barcelona for life-saving surgery because of a rare and painful condition which has left her bed-ridden and in distress, has underlined the kindness of Irish people in supporting those in dire need.

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https://gript.ie/im-having-life-saving-surgery-in-barcelona-because-i-couldnt-get-it-in-ireland/

ON THIS DAY: 5 MARCH 1867: Fenian Rising of 1867

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-5-march-1867-fenian-rising-of-1867-3/

A top scientist involved with the development of Russia’s Sputnik V covid vaccine was found dead at his Moscow apartment according to reports, a man has been charged with his murder.

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https://gript.ie/russian-covid-vaccine-developer-found-strangled-to-death-in-moscow-apartment/

EXCLUSIVE: A Transgender activist who has called for women to be "terrified", "smashed", and have their lives made a "misery" is to address an all-party Oireachtas event marking International Women's Day this morning

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https://gript.ie/smash-woman-activist-to-address-dail-womans-day-event/

Thousands of Irish Big Tech jobs have been lost amid the ongoing global downturn in the sector, the Central Bank estimates.

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https://gript.ie/central-bank-estimates-thousands-of-irish-tech-job-losses/

In an effort to meet climate targets, the National Transport Authority is considering a €10 daily charge for driving in cities, a significant increase in parking charges, and more.

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https://gript.ie/significant-increases-in-parking-charges-considered/