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“We live at a time where there is [an] increasing danger of cancels culture […] There’s a very real desire among people in power – and not just in Ireland – to interfere with people’s natural and legitimate freedom to express ideas.”

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https://gript.ie/watch-a-desire-to-interfere-with-freedom-senator-blasts-hate-speech-legislation/
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"My son was asked by his teacher if men can breastfeed. Have we learned nothing from the past?"

MICHAEL FLANAGAN writes...

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https://gript.ie/my-son-was-asked-by-his-teacher-if-men-can-breastfeed-have-we-learned-nothing-from-the-past/
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PODCAST: New polling shows nearly 50% of the country feels their quality of living has declined over the last 12 months; Simon Harris has some thoughts on his political opponents; and FG continue to fall in opinion polls.

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https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-356-in-which-mention-of-the-un-nearly-kills-michael/
JOHN MCGUIRK: The latest poll confirms that the public are stuck with and evenly divided between two options for the next Government - but are in love with neither.
"There is an opportunity for someone else to break through."

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https://gript.ie/latest-poll-irelands-unbreakable-political-stalemate/
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“Be mindful of your privilege”: An official HSE guide for healthcare workers has urged the use of “non-binary” gender pronouns such as “ze” or “xir,” and says that “biological sex” is a “spectrum.”

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https://gript.ie/hse-guide-for-healthcare-workers-urges-use-of-ze-pronouns/
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Bud Lite sales are cratering; two senior executives have been put on leave; a new "patriotic" ad has been released to counter the brand damage - and now some on the US left are organising their own boycott to protest the "abandonment" of Dylan Mulvaney:
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https://gript.ie/the-bud-lite-boycott-now-the-us-left-is-joining-in/
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An HSE and Department of Education document for Junior Cycle encourages teachers to inform classes about “drag queens” and “cross dressers,” and abstain from using words like “boyfriend” and “girlfriend” so as not to “assume gender.”

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https://gript.ie/school-exercise-advises-teaching-students-about-drag-queens/
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Free Speech Ireland say the existing 1989 prohibition of incitement to hatred act is “fit for purpose” and there is no need for Ireland’s “dangerous” new hate speech law


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https://gript.ie/free-speech-ireland-says-there-is-no-need-for-irelands-dangerous-new-hate-speech-law/
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JOHN MCGUIRK: "€1.1bn is an abstract number to most people - to put it into context, on the Taoiseach's salary of €211k per year, you would have to work continuously and save every penny for 5,195 years to stockpile that much money"

https://gript.ie/government-figures-immigration-will-cost-e1-1bn-in-lost-tourism-revenue/
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An investigation is continuing after a serious incident near Ennistymon in Co Clare in which up to 2,000 fish died. There is speculation that a chemical from a nearby water treatment plant poisoned the fish, leading to outcry from locals.

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https://gript.ie/state-agency-launches-investigation-after-up-to-2000-fish-die-in-co-clare/
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WATCH: “I came across the fish out walking. There were dead fish all over the place.”

An investigation has been launched after a serious incident near Ennistymon in Co Clare in which up to 2,000 fish died.

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Aontú will launch their party’s local election 2023 Manifesto tonight in West Belfast, ahead of Northern Ireland’s local council elections next week, with the party fielding its largest ever candidate team in the North.

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https://gript.ie/aontu-launches-largest-ever-candidate-team-in-ni-ahead-of-local-elections-next-week/
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JOHN MCGUIRK: The ICCL's claim to represent civil liberties is taken at face value almost all of the time, but who appointed it? Where does it get its legitimacy? Why is it, and other NGOs, assumed to represent the public, who have no say in what they do?
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https://gript.ie/how-the-iccl-obstructs-democracy/
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