"Criticised at home for being authoritarian and bloating a centralised bureaucracy it will be interesting to see if these world-first policies inspire other liberal beacons."

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https://gript.ie/new-zealand-is-a-battleground-between-decolonisation-and-re-colonisation/

Michael McDowell has criticised civil defence and Garda reserve strategy documents saying that more actual recruitment needs to be done to ensure Ireland is able to cope with security threats.

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https://gript.ie/senator-michael-mcdowell-alarmed-at-collapse-in-civil-defence-volunteer-numbers/

The former Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland, Nuala O’Loan, has said that proposed hate-speech legislation “has the capacity to do immense damage to free speech and democracy in Ireland”.
#gript https://gript.ie/former-police-ombudswoman-hate-speech-bill-may-do-immense-damage-to-democracy-in-ireland/

“This situation is a scandal […] It’s a very slippery slope”: Tánaiste Micheál Martin has announced the opening of a consultative forum on Irish neutrality, prompting criticism from a number of opposition politicians.

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https://gript.ie/its-a-very-slippery-slope-concern-as-tanaiste-launches-consultative-forum-on-irish-neutrality/

NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN: "To the shame of the liberal left and their allies in the media, they have tried to frame the objections of local people in Inch as 'racism'.

It's not. It's realism."

https://gript.ie/the-people-of-inch-have-every-right-to-protest-and-we-urgently-need-a-cap-on-asylum-seekers/

WATCH: ‘Billboard Chris,’ a Canadian man who travels worldwide to advocate against puberty blockers being used on children who may have gender confusion, has claimed Gardaí in Dublin City Centre threatened to arrest him earlier today.

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https://gript.ie/watch-garda-interaction-with-billboard-chris-goes-massively-viral/

Dr. John F. Clauser, joint recipient of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, has criticized the climate emergency narrative calling it “a dangerous corruption of science that threatens the world’s economy and the well-being of billions of people.”

THADE ANDY writes...

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https://gript.ie/nobel-laureate-climate-science-has-metastasized-into-massive-shock-journalistic-pseudoscience/

ANN FARMER writes : "It appears that the more childcare we have, the fewer children we can afford."

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https://gript.ie/more-childcare-fewer-children/

A former Garda inspector who helped found the National Diversity Bureau in the force has told the Irish Times that the “aggravated sentencing” in the Hate Speech Bill may worsen things for minorities.

#gript https://gript.ie/former-garda-inspector-hate-speech-law-might-make-things-worse-for-minorities/

“They get paid - and well paid too - for supporting migrants, while disparaging the people who actually live in Inch,” says DR MATT TREACY of the Clare Immigrant Support Centre.

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https://gript.ie/those-with-refugees-welcome-signs-are-often-paid-to-be-there/

Ireland is set to introduce the world’s first mandatory health labelling on alcohol products. The new legislation is set to come into force on 22 May 2026, having been signed into law on Monday by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly.

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https://gript.ie/ireland-to-become-first-country-to-introduce-mandatory-health-warnings-on-alcohol/

“We believe that it is the sole responsibility and right of parents to choose what and when to teach their children about sexuality – not teachers, politicians, or activists,” the group said in a letter presented to the Rural Independents.

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https://gript.ie/rural-tds-meet-with-christian-voice-ireland-over-politicisation-and-sexualisation-of-sphe-curriculum/

The Countess is reminding all LGFA Club members that they can request that their County Delegate raise this issue at Central Council.

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https://gript.ie/womens-group-calls-on-lgfa-to-revise-trans-policy-at-tullamore-meeting/

A new poll has found that almost a third of people say they are considering emigrating because of the crisis in rental and housing – and that rises to 75% for those under 25 years of age.
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Residents of the Turnapin and Royal Oaks area of Santry say they have maintained an overnight presence outside the site of a new direct provision centre in the area. 

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https://gript.ie/were-here-for-the-long-run-santry-locals-blockade-dp-centre-set-to-house-303-male-asylum-seekers/

An Garda Síochána currently has significantly more diversity officers (481) than divisional drug unit officers (332) at a time when Ireland’s cocaine consumption is among the top five countries worldwide


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https://gript.ie/an-garda-siochana-has-more-diversity-officers-than-divisional-drug-unit-officers/

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp owner Meta has been hit with a record €1.2 billion fine by the Irish Data Protection Commission over EU-US data transfers.

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https://gript.ie/meta-fined-record-e1-2-billion-by-irish-data-watchdog-over-eu-us-data-transfers/

The Hate Offences Act will, JIM STACK fears, be seized upon as a weapon to silence people. People who do not actually hate anyone, but who have strong, unfashionable views, may end up in court.

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https://gript.ie/two-troubling-questions-about-the-hate-speech-bill/

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD has hit out at the government and electricity suppliers for not doing more to reduce the cost of electricity for families and households.

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https://gript.ie/government-and-suppliers-making-unprecedented-profits-on-the-back-of-the-energy-crisis-windfall-tax-needed-now-toib/