Protestors in Mullingar have blocked a bus from entering a former army barracks after controversy in the town because of plans to use the centre to house migrants claiming asylum in Ireland.

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https://gript.ie/mullingarprotestbus/

“As a result, and the data from BIM now reflects this, fishermen are voting with their feet and are leaving their heritage and their livelihoods behind. It is a shameful indictment of Government policy,” Deputy Collins said

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https://gript.ie/fishing-sector-in-a-death-spiral-as-number-of-decommissioned-boats-doubles/

ON THIS DAY: 25 MARCH 1920: Black and Tans arrive in Ireland

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-25-march-1920-black-and-tans-arrive-in-ireland-4/

The support group, Every Life Counts, which offers key supports where an unborn baby has been diagnosed with a life-limiting condition, received a gold-star rating from the families it had supported, with 95% of parents giving them the top score of 5 stars.

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https://gript.ie/you-carried-me-through-the-worst-time-of-my-life-survey-underlines-need-for-every-life-counts-support-group/

The housing crisis is getting so bad that it’s starting to look like even homes in rural areas will become unaffordable in the near future. Ben Scallan reacts.

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https://youtu.be/RYTItc49BhU

The Minister with responsibility for fisheries has been criticised after a move to allow Norway to take 226,855 tonnes of blue whiting in Irish waters while Irish fishermen are limited to just 53,776 tonnes in 2023.

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https://gript.ie/mcconalogue-slammed-as-norway-inceases-access-to-irish-fish-stocks/

JOHN MCGUIRK writes that for thirty nine years the botched investigation into the Kerry Babies has captured the public imagination - but it should be remembered that at the heart of the case was the brutal and savage murder of a five day old child:
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https://gript.ie/kerry-babies-baby-johns-brutal-killers-deserve-justice-even-now/

PREMIUM: "A million houses? The idea that Bacik is going to raise her arms slowly like the Night King in Game of Thrones and summon twenty thousand builders from the stony grey soil of Rathgar seems rather far-fetched."
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https://gript.ie/baciks-brutal-weekend/

PREMIUM: In the aftermath of the Leo Varadkar video, @Ben_Scallan describes what it’s really like behind the scenes at government press conferences:

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https://gript.ie/what-its-really-like-inside-irish-government-press-events/

TRSI 351 - Goya, not Blake

Gript gets its knuckles rapped in a Journal fact-check; the Indo puts the knife into the TD formally known as a member of the Green Party; and Gary asks how many babies Labour politicians would eat in exchange for a ministerial pension.

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-351-goya-not-blake/

In the aftermath of the violent attack on the Let Women Speak event in New Zealand on Friday, Fatima Gunning asks why many Trans Rights Activists feel entitled to prevent women from speaking publicly.

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https://gript.ie/the-new-zealand-attack-which-proves-womens-concerns-about-trans-activism/

"Allowing biological men to compete in female sports completely undermines the principle of sex-segregated sport and strips women of their right to compete on a level playing field.”

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https://gript.ie/aontu-rep-welcomes-world-athletics-ruling-says-ladies-football-must-take-note/

The records being launched are the Birth register entries for 1922, Marriage Register entries for 1947 and Death Register entries for 1972.

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https://gript.ie/addition-of-online-historical-birth-marriage-and-death-records/

The number of people who received assistance online and offline from the Irish Refugee Council totalled 11,000 in 2022, compared to 3,000 people in 2021, an increase of 267%.

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https://gript.ie/those-receiving...

Not a peep from Michael D or Sinn Féin about yet another electoral farce in Cuba.

DR MATT TREACY writes...

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https://gript.ie/silence-from-the-friends-of-cuba-on-another-electoral-farce-in-the-one-party-state/

New polling has revealed a significant fall in Catholics attending Sunday masses in Ireland, triggered by the impact of Church lockdowns during Covid.
#gript https://gript.ie/41-of-irish-catholic-mass-goers-have-not-returned-post-covid-new-polling/

Protesters who brought traffic from Dublin Airport to a standstill on Sunday say they feel they are being forced to take action because the government is ignoring serious concerns about the immigration crisis.

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https://gript.ie/immigration-airport-protesters-say-they-forced-to-take-action-as-government-ignoring-crisis/

JOHN MCGUIRK on the Irish Time's columnist's call for a ban on cars:

"This is a consistent pattern in Una’s writing: She does not, particularly, have great time for democracy."
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https://gript.ie/una-mullally-cars-and-the-wonder-of-we/

Judge Melanie Greally decided yesterday that a man who sexually assaulted an 11 year old girl, and been found with over 100 images and videos of child sex abuse, should not go to prison - because he was convicted of the two offences on different dates:
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https://gript.ie/judge-melanie-greallys-very-bad-decision/

As population numbers grow at the local level, a lack of Garda presence and visibility will become an increasingly pressing issue, Independent TD Carol Nolan has warned.

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https://gript.ie/local-populatio...