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A Fianna Fáil Senator says that media should not have to give equal time to both sides on issues like climate change - even during a referendum campaign. @Ben_Scallan reacts.
#gript https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa5BrWeK9f0
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A Fianna Fáil Senator says that media should not have to give equal time to both sides on issues like climate change - even during a referendum campaign. @Ben_Scallan reacts.
#gript https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa5BrWeK9f0
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FF Senator: Media shouldn’t give equal time to both sides
A Fianna Fáil Senator says that media should not have to give equal time to both sides on issues like climate change - even during a referendum campaign. @Ben_Scallan reacts.
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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/
"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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Latest poll: Can Ireland’s unbreakable political stalemate last? - Gript
Mortal combat.
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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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https://gript.ie/hse-guide-for-healthcare-workers-urges-use-of-ze-pronouns/
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HSE guide for healthcare workers urges use of “ze” pronouns - Gript
“Non-traditional 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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https://gript.ie/the-bud-lite-boycott-now-the-us-left-is-joining-in/
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The Bud Lite boycott: Now the US left is joining in - Gript
From bud to worse
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'The NGOs and the left-liberal establishment want to shut down debate where they can't control it. Hence this Bill, and hence their hatred of Gript and other independent voices and their demand that we be shut up,' writes Dr MATT TREACY
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https://gript.ie/the-ngos-were-the-dog-that-didnt-bark-in-the-move-to-restrict-free-speech/
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https://gript.ie/the-ngos-were-the-dog-that-didnt-bark-in-the-move-to-restrict-free-speech/
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The NGOs were the dog that didn't bark in the move to restrict free speech - Gript
'The NGOs and the left-liberal establishment want to shut down debate where they can't control it. Hence this Bill, and hence their hatred of Gript and other independent voices and their demand that we be shut up,' writes Dr Matt Treacy
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“We have to consider what is best for our own people and stop this constant deference to the European Central Bank, especially when people here are genuinely hurting from the massive jumps in mortgage repayment amounts.”
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https://gript.ie/who-is-government-beholden-to-irish-mortgage-holders-or-the-european-central-bank-carol-nolan/
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https://gript.ie/who-is-government-beholden-to-irish-mortgage-holders-or-the-european-central-bank-carol-nolan/
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“Who is Government beholden to; Irish mortgage holders or the European Central Bank?” Carol Nolan - Gript
“In the wider financial context, we have indications that Government has taken in €3.5 billion in corporation tax just in the first four months of this year alone."
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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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https://gript.ie/school-exercise-advises-teaching-students-about-drag-queens/
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School exercise advises teaching students about “drag queens” - Gript
Using preferred pronouns.
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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/
#gript
https://gript.ie/free-speech-ireland-says-there-is-no-need-for-irelands-dangerous-new-hate-speech-law/
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Free Speech Ireland say there is ‘no need’ for Ireland’s “dangerous” new hate speech law - Gript
'Existing hate speech laws are enough'
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'It may be an ill-wind that blows no good, but if this is an insight into the cost of renewable energy for the long-suffering Irish consumer then Ryan's justification in closing down peat stations because we could rely on renewables seems like hot air.'
https://gript.ie/ryans-much-heralded-wind-energy-would-be-worlds-most-expensive-at-first-auction/
https://gript.ie/ryans-much-heralded-wind-energy-would-be-worlds-most-expensive-at-first-auction/
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Ryan's much-heralded wind energy would be world's most expensive at first auction - Gript
It may be an ill-wind that blows no good, but if this is an insight into the cost of renewable energy for the long-suffering Irish consumer then Ryan's justification in rushing to close down peat stations because we could rely on renewables seems more like…
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WATCH: A Sinn Féin TD told a voter who was raising objections to the party’s stance on immigration given Ireland’s homelessness situation to ‘F**k Off’ after he was confronted at an event in his constituency.
#gript
https://gript.ie/fk-off-says-sinn-fein-td-to-voter-raising-immigration-concerns/
#gript
https://gript.ie/fk-off-says-sinn-fein-td-to-voter-raising-immigration-concerns/
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WATCH: "F**k Off!" says Sinn Féin TD to voter raising immigration concerns - Gript
A Sinn Féin TD told a voter who was raising objections to the party's stance on immigration given Ireland's homelessness situation to 'F**k Off' after he was confronted at a event in his constituency.
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"They have nothing good to contribute" - Carol Nolan TD blasts some of the NGO sector on their significant taxpayer funding.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ntjgWmN9Yo
"They have nothing good to contribute" - Carol Nolan TD blasts some of the NGO sector on their significant taxpayer funding.
#gript
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ntjgWmN9Yo
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"They have nothing good to contribute:" Carol Nolan TD blasts NGO sector
They have nothing good to contribute" - Carol Nolan TD blasts some of the NGO sector on their significant taxpayer funding.
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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/
https://gript.ie/government-figures-immigration-will-cost-e1-1bn-in-lost-tourism-revenue/
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Government figures: Immigration will cost €1.1bn in lost tourism revenue - Gript
Fáilte
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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.
#gript
https://gript.ie/state-agency-launches-investigation-after-up-to-2000-fish-die-in-co-clare/
#gript
https://gript.ie/state-agency-launches-investigation-after-up-to-2000-fish-die-in-co-clare/
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State agency launches investigation after up to 2,000 fish die in Co Clare - Gript
Fish Kill
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Media is too big
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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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An investigation has been launched after a serious incident near Ennistymon in Co Clare in which up to 2,000 fish died.
#gript
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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.
#gript
https://gript.ie/aontu-launches-largest-ever-candidate-team-in-ni-ahead-of-local-elections-next-week/
#gript
https://gript.ie/aontu-launches-largest-ever-candidate-team-in-ni-ahead-of-local-elections-next-week/
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Aontú launches largest-ever candidate team in NI ahead of local elections next week - Gript
Debate challenge to other parties
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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?
#gript
https://gript.ie/how-the-iccl-obstructs-democracy/
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https://gript.ie/how-the-iccl-obstructs-democracy/
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How the ICCL obstructs democracy - Gript
The consumption of democratic space.
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In 2008, the ICTU recognised that migration can negatively impact on wages and conditions for workers. That’s the reality it realised before it, along with official Ireland, took the Brussels soup, writes MATT TREACY.
#gript
https://gript.ie/ictu-reservations-on-eu-remain-valid-despite-taking-brussels-soup/
#gript
https://gript.ie/ictu-reservations-on-eu-remain-valid-despite-taking-brussels-soup/
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ICTU reservations on EU remain valid despite taking Brussels soup - Gript
Workers’ wagesIn 2008, the ICTU recognised that migration can negatively impact on wages and conditions for workers. That’s the reality it realised before it, along with official Ireland, took the Brussels soup, writes MATT TREACY.
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“He fights like a man, he can hit women like a man” - Females forced to share spaces - including Limerick Women’s Prison - with trans identified males share their experiences of feeling ‘scared, anxious, and unsafe’
#gript https://gript.ie/women-speak-about-sharing-prisons-and-homeless-hostel-facilities-with-trans-identified-males/
#gript https://gript.ie/women-speak-about-sharing-prisons-and-homeless-hostel-facilities-with-trans-identified-males/
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Women speak about sharing prisons and homeless hostel facilities with trans-identified males - Gript
Women sharing facilities with men
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Almost a quarter of household gas customers were in arrears in the first three months of 2023, according to new figures from Ireland’s Independent energy and water regulator, the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU).
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https://gript.ie/more-than-160000-household-gas-customers-behind-on-gas-bills/
#gript
https://gript.ie/more-than-160000-household-gas-customers-behind-on-gas-bills/
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More than 160,000 household gas customers behind on gas bills - Gript
One in four homes in arrears
BEN SCALLAN: “Because of neutrality, Ireland was spared in World War 2, and no doubt hundreds of thousands of Irish people avoided having their lives utterly destroyed by a direct war that left millions of others in Europe dead or destitute.”
#gript #premium
https://gript.ie/ciara-kelly-shane-coleman-are-wrong-about-neutrality/
#gript #premium
https://gript.ie/ciara-kelly-shane-coleman-are-wrong-about-neutrality/
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Ciara Kelly & Shane Coleman are wrong about neutrality - Gript
Neutrality does protect us.
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A foreign national who was refused entry into a centre for asylum seekers has been refused bail after a court heard he tried to hit security men with his car, and allegedly bit a female garda.
#gript
https://gript.ie/georgian-seeking-to-access-migrant-centre-accused-of-biting-female-garda-trying-to-hit-security-men-with-car/
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https://gript.ie/georgian-seeking-to-access-migrant-centre-accused-of-biting-female-garda-trying-to-hit-security-men-with-car/
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Georgian seeking to access migrant centre accused of biting female garda, trying to hit security men with car - Gript
A foreign national who was refused entry into a centre for asylum seekers has been refused bail after a court held he tried to hit security men with his car, and allegedly bit a female garda.
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