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"
#gript #premium

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/

SEACHTAIN NA GAEILGE - FÉACHAINT SIAR

Idir 1937 agus 1946, bhí an scríbhneoir Máirtín Ó Cadhain ag obair faoi scéim de chuid An Gúm ag bailiú focal agus leaganacha cainte as Gaeltacht na Gaillimhe.

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https://gript.ie/focloir-mhairtin-ui-chadhain-a-fhoilsiu-ar-line-don-chead-uair-2/

Using stem cell technology, scientists in Japan have succeeded in breeding mice with two fathers and no mother.

MICHAEL COOK writes

https://gript.ie/the-mouse-with-two-dads-no-mum/

A Dublin music shop has apologised for what critics called “engaging in activity incongruous to the values of dance/electronic music” and supporting “terfs/transphobic” content after liking some tweets by Gript and JK Rowling

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https://gript.ie/woke-mob-goes-after-dublin-music-shop-over-alleged-support-of-transphobic-tweets/

Independent TD for Cork South-West Michael Collins has launched a scathing attack on the presence of the Dutch owned super trawler The FV Margiris off the Cork and Kerry coast.

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https://gript.ie/dutch-super-trawler-is-an-annihilating-force-destroying-the-irish-fishing-fleet-michael-collins/

Green Party TD’s Neasa Hourigan and Patrick Costello are to facilitate an Oireachtas briefing on the decriminalisation of sex work within the state.

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https://gript.ie/green-party-tds-to-host-briefing-on-decriminalisation-of-sex-work/

Dungarvan Gardaí say that they have arrested a woman in relation to an alleged attempted sexual assault in the town last month.

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https://gript.ie/dungarvan-gardai-say-woman-arrested-in-alleged-attack-case/

Are you wondering why some banks are suddenly in trouble, or perceived to be in trouble - and looking for an explanation in layman's terms? JOHN MCGUIRK attempts to provide one here:
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https://gript.ie/in-laymans-terms-why-are-some-banks-suddenly-in-trouble/

"The secret which is never mentioned is that when groups like Friends of the Earth talk about “equality”, the idea is to bring everyone down to the level of the poorest in society - not to make the poor richer, and therefore worse for the environment"

#gript #premium

https://gript.ie/why-friends-of-the-earth-wants-you-to-be-poorer/

A new government website, launched to inform women about menopause, spells out, in its very first paragraph, that women are “all those who identify as women as well as those that do not identify as women but who share women’s biological realities and experiences”.

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https://gript.ie/new-govt-menopause-website-for-all-those-who-identify-as-women/

SEACHTAIN NA GAEILGE - FÉACHAINT SIAR

In 1935 Seosamh Mac Grianna suddenly decided not to continue writing his novel Dá mBíodh Ruball ar an Éan. As an afterword he later added three lines to the end of the unfinished manuscript.

MATT TREACY writes

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https://gript.ie/seachtain-na-gaeilge-and-the-mahogany-gaspipes/

“Please don’t come for my kids,”- Tiktok star pleads with trans activists not to hurt her children after commenting on the strange content of American lgbtq activist Jeffrey Marsh much of which is aimed at children. #gript

https://gript.ie/please-dont-come-for-my-kids-trans-activists-target-muslim-tiktok-creator-over-her-criticism-of-lgbti-writer-jeffrey-marsh/

BEN SCALLAN: “Higgins’ war on St. Patrick’s Day’s meaning is a war on Irish culture itself, and his attempt to insert unrelated agendas into the issue by sleight of hand is truly shameless.”

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https://gript.ie/poisonous-xenophobia-higgins-bizarre-st-patricks-day-message/

Priced out?: First time buyers in Ireland are feeling the squeeze, as the State and Cuckoo Funds procured up to 42% of new homes on the market last year, according to new CSO figures.

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https://gript.ie/house-prices-increase-again-state-and-cuckoo-funds-buy-up-to-42-of-new-homes/