"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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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/

Ar 10 Bealtaine 1884 a rugadh Séamus Ó Maolchathaigh. An duine deireanach nach mór de na cainteoirí dúchais i dTiobraid Árainn.

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https://gript.ie/seamus-o-maolchathaigh-2/

“This year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade was more about diversity and climate change than anything Irish” - What’s wrong about being proud of our heritage? asks Fatima Gunning

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https://gript.ie/what-exactly-was-the-st-patricks-day-parade-celebrating-certainly-not-st-patrick-or-ireland/

COMMENT: "The insinuation from Micheál Martin is that the State is better placed to form the child than the parent, despite the Constitutional protection of the rights of parents as the primary educators of the child."

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https://gript.ie/is-micheal-martins-attack-on-homeschooling-about-control-not-concern/

BOOK REVIEW: John AGRESTO's The Death of Learning

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https://gript.ie/how-american-colleges-have-failed-their-students/

BEN SCALLAN: “People can’t start families, and produce more Irish taxpayers, if they’re locked out of the housing market. And without families, we end up with the social catastrophe seen in the streets of Paris today.”

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https://gript.ie/soon-housing-in-rural-ireland-wont-be-affordable-either-says-report/

“Irish sheep and lamb are a world class premium product that is in huge demand generating approximately €400 million pa"

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https://gript.ie/international-market-opportunities-for-sheep-sector-redundant-without-a-vibrant-national-sector-carol-nolan/

As farmers and fishermen struggle to cope with rising operational costs the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine invests in €50,000 in software to track inclusivity

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https://gript.ie/the-department-of-agriculture-food-and-the-marine-to-spend-e50000-on-inclusivity-tracker/

"When the Tánaiste waded into the constantly evolving Enoch Burke story from New York it was just another one of the sort of snide and grossly offensive insults the Burke family has become targets for."

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https://gript.ie/why-are-wronguns-always-right/

A new study conducted by the UN has found that Ireland is joint fourth highest for cocaine use worldwide, with only Australia, Spain and the Netherlands ranking higher when it comes to use of the Class A drug.
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JOHN MCGUIRK: The Late Late show used to be where things that couldn't be discussed elsewhere were talked about openly. Now it's the modern equivalent of a Sunday Sermon.
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https://gript.ie/the-late-late-shows-biggest-problem-isnt-the-host/