"Are Ireland’s woke left today’s Red Guards? Paragons of idealism and reason they may like to see themselves but that’s no excuse for an increasingly intolerant attitude to anyone who disagrees with them."

DONAL HORGAN writes

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https://gript.ie/maos-woke-red-guards/

US President Joe Biden is set to visit Ireland next month to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

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https://gript.ie/us-president-joe-biden-set-to-visit-ireland-next-month/

JOHN MCGUIRK on why the Mater Hospital's employment of a Romanian man with child sex abuse convictions demonstrates the need for stricter garda vetting requirements for non-nationals, including EU citizens:
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https://gript.ie/the-maters-garda-vetting-disgrace/

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland (The ASI) is calling on Ireland to recognise and celebrate Mothers living with dementia this Mother’s Day, Sunday 19th March. It encourages those affected by the condition to reach out for support.

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https://gript.ie/this-mothers-day-the-alzheimer-society-of-ireland-recognises-mothers-living-with-dementia-urges-those-affected-to-reach-out-for-support/

From today some of Gript's content is going member-only. Read why, and avail of a free trial membership, right here:
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"Despite the rain and snow, the Belfast Rally for Life was lit up by a series of passionate speakers on Saturday - and Down Syndrome rights activist Conor O'Dowd was indisputably the star of the show."

MÁIRÍN DE BARRA reports from Belfast

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https://gript.ie/photos-down-syndrome-activist-steals-the-show-at-belfast-rally-for-life/

A Moldovan-Romanian man who subjected a woman to a violent sexual assault in a Cork park had travelled to Ireland just 18 days after being released from a prison sentence for the rape of a 14-year old girl.

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https://gript.ie/moldovan-rapist-who-violently-attacked-woman-in-cork-came-to-ireland-18-days-after-release-from-prison-for-rape/

“Our dad was never alone”, Mike Daly speaks to Gript about finally obtaining a new inquest into his father Michael’s death and how the ordeal impacted on him and his family.
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https://gript.ie/he-was-a-kind-and-considerate-man-limerick-man-mike-daly-speaks-about-his-late-father/

The Rural Independent Group of TDs is calling on the government to provide emergency financial aid to farm families as input costs for feed, fertiliser, and fuel continue to skyrocket, threatening the viability of Irish farms and their ability to compete with farmers in other jurisdictions

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https://gript.ie/save-our-farms-urgent-action-needed-for-irish-farmers-devastated-by-high-input-costs-say-rural-tds/

BEN SCALLAN: “For a toddler to say “Daddy, I think I’m so-and-so gender” is completely meaningless - they don’t even know what they’re saying. It is the babblings of a confused infant - much like Paul Murphy’s tweets.”

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https://gript.ie/paul-murphy-raising-his-baby-boy-with-they-them-pronouns/

Tá rud éigin do gach éinne i Seachtain na Gaeilge agus nach maith an rud é – le beocht agus saibhreas an teanga le feicéail ar fud na tíre.

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https://gript.ie/gaeilge-abu-lots-of-seachtain-na-gaeilge-events-before-st-patricks-day/

The SNL sketch is also not funny, which ought to be the standard for comedy, so it fails on that level, writes MATT TREACY

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https://gript.ie/paddy-and-patty-join-the-ranks-of-the-racially-offended-and-stereotyped-and-about-time-too/

Facebook’s parent company has announced more jobs cuts following on from those in shed in November 2022, saying it will now cut an additional 10,000 job globally, and that it not proceed with around 5,000 open roles that were waiting to be filled.

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Hannah Barnes' book 'Time to Think' reveals the inside story of the collapse of theTavistock clinics gender change services for children - which reads as a caution for Ireland's blind acceptance of the same mistakes.

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https://gript.ie/review-time-to-think-the-inside-story-of-the-collapse-of-the-tavistocks-gender-service-for-children-by-hannah-barnes/

Figures released by Longford County Council under a freedom of information request show that 54% of those in receipt of housing assistance payment (HAP) in the county are non-Irish citizens.

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https://gript.ie/53-of-hap-recipients-in-longford-are-non-irish-figures-show/

JOHN MCGUIRK: "Yesterday, three years into the pandemic, thirteen thousand people still felt the compulsion to "check in" on their covid tracker app and tell Government they were healthy - a lingering symptom of the collective madness that overcame us"
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https://gript.ie/the-end-of-the-covid-app-and-the-daily-check-in-madness/

The end of the fuel excise duty cap is hurtling towards us as the cost of living crisis prepares to unleash another hit to our thinning purses with increases per litre of 20c on petrol and 15c on diesel coming down the line.

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https://gript.ie/fuel-prices-to-rise-amid-cost-of-living-crisis-as-excise-duty-cut-on-petrol-and-diesel-nears-end/

Is Irish Climate policy effective? US President Joe Biden this week approved a single oil drilling application in Alaska that will by itself produce more carbon emissions over its lifetime than the whole country of Ireland produces in twelve years:
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https://gript.ie/bidens-alaska-oil-drilling-plan-12x-irish-emissions-at-the-stroke-of-a-pen/

“The journey of James Martin might seem remarkable – but it should not shock us too much”: Meteoric rise of Belfast Oscar winner James Martin shows we should not put limits on anyone, MARIA MAYNES writes.

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https://gript.ie/meteoric-rise-of-belfast-oscar-winner-james-martin-shows-we-should-not-put-limits-on-anyone/