China, Russia and Iran - three countries largely hostile to the West - are set to hold joint-naval drills in the Gulf of Oman this week.

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https://gript.ie/china-russia-and-iran-set-to-hold-joint-naval-drills/

“People do die unnecessarily because of this”: Emergency department overcrowding the “new normal” in Ireland, a top consultant has said.

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https://gript.ie/emergency-department-overcrowding-is-the-new-normal/

Barbie Kardashian - a biological male who identifies as female - has been sentenced to 5 and a half years in Limerick Women’s Prison after threatening to torture, rape and kill women.

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https://gript.ie/barbie-kardashian-jailed-with-women-for-threats-of-rape-murder/

THE EDITORS: "We are here, and independent, and free, in significant part because of the fire instilled in us, over a thousand years ago, by Patrick. Very few patron saints have been as integral to the history of their country as Patrick is to Ireland"

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https://gript.ie/a-heritage-to-be-proud-of-happy-st-patricks-day/

JOHN MCGUIRK: The President’s understanding of Irishness implies that there is nothing inherent to being Irish other than a piece of paper.... but if there’s no cultural barrier to being Irish then there is no truly Irish culture at all"
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https://gript.ie/disagreeing-with-the-president-no-you-cant-be-irish-by-choice/

Ar bhreacadh an lae, an 10 Meán Fómhair, 1847, dhúisigh muintir San Ángel, sráidbhaile ar imeall Chathair Mheicsiceo, le fuaim cairteacha ag cnagarnach isteach go plás an bhaile. Grúpa príosúnach Éireannach a bhí sna cairteacha sin.

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https://gript.ie/na-san-patricios-2/

According to data released to Aontú by the Department of Agriculture, the Government has sent a request to the EU Commission asking to transfer €150 million of Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) funding to support the roll-out of climate measures.

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https://gript.ie/eu-funds-meant-for-rural-ireland-to-be-spent-on-climate-measures-aontu-says/

MATT TREACY on the Dutch farmer's party, the BBB, who opposed proposals by climate extremists to cripple Dutch agriculture and have swept the elections in one of the biggest electoral upheavals since the 1940s.

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https://gript.ie/electoral-triumph-for-dutch-farmers-opposing-green-extremism/

ON THIS DAY: 17 MARCH: St Patrick was first celebrated on March 17 1631

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-17-march-st-patrick-was-first-celebrated-on-march-17-1631-2/

"If you drive along the I-81 in Pennsylvania, you will see exits named Letterkenny and Antrim – both towns in Ulster, relics of those first settlements. And if you head south, where do you get? The Shenandoah Valley."

CONNIE MARSHNER writes

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https://gript.ie/how-the-irish-saved-the-war-of-american-independence/

SEACHTAIN NA GAEILGE

Is ceann de na teangacha is ársa sa domhan í an Ghaeilge, téanga a labhraíodh in Éirinn fad is a bhí Éireannaigh ina gcónaí anseo. Is léir gur cuid lárnach dár bhféiniúlacht mar Éireannaigh í. Tá sé tabhachtach mar sin í a chaomhniú, a chur chun agus a athbheochaint.

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https://gript.ie/labhair-i-is-mairfidh-si-conas-a-chabhrodh-meon-dearfach-le-forbairt-na-gaeilge-3/

Sources within An Garda Síochána have expressed anger and fear over a new policy mandating the use of preferred pronouns, citing a lack of consultation and fear of reprisals if they do not engage in what they view as "compelled speech."

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https://gript.ie/exclusive-anger-and-fear-amongst-gardai-over-new-trans-policy/

“[T]his whole situation could have been avoided.”
In a new revelation in the dispute between Enoch Burke and Wilson’s Hospital School, a parent of the transgender pupil involved has said their child never asked to be called by “they/them” pronoun.

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https://gript.ie/burke-case-trans-pupil-never-asked-for-they-pronoun-parent-says/

Today marks the 102 anniversary of the Battle of Crossbarry, a hugely significant victory for Tom Barry's flying column in the War of Independence, and one of the largest battles in that conflict.

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-19-march-1921-extraordinary-victory-at-crossbarry-turning-point-in-war-of-independence-3/

The number of cases of euthanasia in Belgium rose by 9.85% over the previous year in 2022, according to figures published on February 17 by the Federal Commission for the Control and Evaluation of Euthanasia.

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https://gript.ie/belgian-euthanasia-chief-explains-10-rise/

BEN SCALLAN: “If Putin is really lucky, he’ll get sentenced by an Irish judge too, and walk away with a €50 fine and ‘a stern talking to down at the station.’”

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https://gript.ie/the-gardais-new-job-investigating-russian-war-crimes/

JOHN MCGUIRK: "For a Green Minister, of all people, to deliver such glowing praise to China is so nauseatingly hypocritical that it makes it functionally impossible to take anything he says on almost any other matter seriously"
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https://gript.ie/eamon-ryan-declares-gee-china-sure-is-fab/

"We are either for maths, or against it" - JOHN MCGUIRK argues that the populist right has a blind spot on pensions.

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https://gript.ie/french-pensions-and-the-anti-establishment-blind-spot-on-sums/

“In January this year, 90% of people from India who were issued with a new PPS number were also issued with a work permit. That compared with just over 1% in the case of Georgians, 46% in the case of Nigerians, and just 34% in the case of Brazilians.”


MATT TREACY writes

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https://gript.ie/radical-shift-in-irish-population-underlined-by-latest-pps-numbers-report/

Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI) is launching its celebration of World Down Syndrome Day with a dance event and projection in Barnardo Square, Dublin this evening, March 20th at 7pm.
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https://gript.ie/down-syndrome-ireland-dances-into-world-down-syndrome-day-2023/