“How many women feel as though their primary worth only goes as far as providing sexual gratification? How many have had their self-esteem so badly damaged by bad, unloving men that they are incapable of loving themselves? I can assure you, there are many.”

MARIA MAYNES writes

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https://gript.ie/the-truth-about-our-broken-dating-culture/

BEN SCALLAN: “The whole “consultation” process is clearly a joke. At least the next time the government proposes “consulting the public” on a major policy, we’ll know in advance they intend to use our submissions as toilet paper.”

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https://gript.ie/scallan-public-consultations-are-now-a-proven-sham/

JOHN MCGUIRK: "Irish people have accommodated over 100,000 people seeking refuge from around the world over the past two years with basically no widespread unrest. The response of the Government is to call us racist anyway"
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https://gript.ie/green-minister-we-cant-house-migrants-because-irish-people-are-racist/

"These are just three of the reasons the Abortion Review is fatally flawed. There are others, but don’t expect Ireland’s wholly biased, utterly partisan, media to inform you about any of them."

NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN writes

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https://gript.ie/3-fatal-flaws-in-the-abortion-review-that-the-media-ignored/

The coming war on vaping: "One of the more depressing things about democracy, as a system of Government, is that banning things is very popular with the voters". #gript https://gript.ie/the-nanny-states-coming-war-on-vaping/

Independent TD Carol Nolan has said the decision by the European People’s Party to seek the removal of two flagship pieces of environmental legislation put forward by European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen is evidence of a growing recognition of the enormous disconnect that exists at the heart of the EU’s green agenda.

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https://gript.ie/nolan-welcomes-bombshell-move-by-biggest-eu-group-to-scrap-green-legislation/

ON THIS DAY: 4 MAY 1773 : Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill wrote the beautiful lament for her murdered husband, Art Ó Laoghaire

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-4-may-1773-eibhlin-dubh-ni-chonaill-wrote-the-beautiful-lament-for-her-murdered-husband-art-o-laoghaire/

As Michelle O’Neill confirms attendance at the British coronation, DR MATT TREACY looks back on the complicated relationship of Ireland to Kings Charles, plural.

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https://gript.ie/the-complicated-relationship-of-ireland-to-kings-charles-plural/

Sinn Féin TD Eoin O’Broin appeared to have difficulty answering when a member of the public asked him ‘what is a woman’ outside Leinster House.

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https://gript.ie/watch-sinn-fein-td-eoin-obroin-struggles-to-explain-what-a-woman-is/

ON THIS DAY: 4 May 1916: Joseph Mary Plunkett, Poet and Revolutionary, was executed for his leadership of the Easter Rising. #gript https://gript.ie/on-this-day-4-may-1916-joseph-mary-plunkett-poet-and-revolutionary-was-executed-for-his-leadership-of-the-easter-rising-2/

Minister Catherine Martin has confirmed that An Post applied to the courts for 14,915 summonses for failure to pay for a TV Licence in 2022.  

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https://gript.ie/100-increase-in-people-summonsed-for-failure-to-pay-tv-licence-fee/

POLL: Are you in favour of the new hate speech bill?

VOTE in our online poll and leave your comments

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https://gript.ie/poll-are-you-in-favour-of-the-new-hate-speech-bill/

JOHN MCGUIRK: The Government wants to set up a scheme so it can invest your earnings into a pension on your behalf - but politicians are already talking about investing the money in unprofitable pet green projects.
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https://gript.ie/the-perils-of-letting-the-government-invest-your-pension/

Public tenders latest: St Vincents Hospital group has issued a tender for paperweight mementos to award to staff as long service gifts. The costs are extraordinary:
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https://gript.ie/st-vincents-hospital-we-are-spending-e215000-on-paperweights/

Senator Eileen Flynn has accused a taxi man of being a ‘criminal’ after she claims he was reluctant to drive her onto a halting site at night.

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https://gript.ie/senator-eileen-flynn-says-being-reluctant-to-enter-a-halting-site-is-a-crime-really/

GRIPT EXCLUSIVE: “The chat that saved me — Crisis pregnancy support changed my life.”

MMA star Shauna Bannon speaks to Gript about the support she received when faced with a crisis pregnancy, which helped her to choose life for her son.

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https://gript.ie/the-chat-that-saved-me-crisis-pregnancy-support-changed-my-life-says-mma-star-shauna-bannon/

"It is unconscionable that vulnerable older people, who contributed so much to Ireland, would be shunted aside because nursing homes are being offered financial incentives to house migrants and refugees instead"

NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN writes

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https://gript.ie/active-nursing-homes-were-closed-down-to-house-ukrainian-refugees-what-are-our-priorities/

A Cavan family whose baby son died following childbirth say they hope that “lessons have been learned” after an inquest carried out last week returned a verdict of death by medical misadventure.

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https://gript.ie/we-hope-lessons-have-been-learned-say-cavan-parents-after-inquest-into-death-of-baby-son/

“This is literally a matter of life and death — we are asking everyone to turn out”: A protest is set to take place in Limerick city later this month to highlight a record number of people on trolleys at University Hospital Limerick (UHL).

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https://gript.ie/uhl-protest-later-this-month-as-numbers-on-trolleys-approach-record-level/