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/

'It's easy to presume cocaine-fueled violence is confined to gangland feuds, but the shocking case of Marie MacGowan & many others seem to indicate that as cocaine use increases so does the potential for horrifying consequences for innocent bystanders'
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https://gript.ie/he-put-me-in-a-bin-and-tried-to-kill-me-we-need-to-talk-about-cocaine-induced-psychosis-and-violent-crime/

Senator Michael McDowell, who is also a former Attorney General, has said that the Hate Speech bill which passed through the Dáil was not subject to questioning because TDs are afraid of being seen as opposing “a woke agenda”.

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https://gript.ie/mcdowell-tds-afraid-of-questioning-woke-agenda-on-hate-speech-bill/

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service has been accused of discrimination after telling a blood donor that they would not be able to donate any more blood if they did not complete a question about the gender they were ‘assigned at birth.’

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https://gript.ie/people-who-refuse-to-answer-question-on-gender-assigned-at-birth-will-be-prevented-from-donating-blood/

The Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris, has said that the far-right is not growing in Ireland and that the Gardai are working with local communities to build consent around housing migrants and asylum seekers.

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https://gript.ie/garda-commissioner-no-rise-of-far-right-in-ireland/

“You’re telling me that I’m causing other people to be offended. And I said at one point, ‘Who’s problem is it if they are going to be offended? Is it their problem or is it my problem?’ and in truth, it’s their problem. They’re choosing to take offence.”

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https://gript.ie/watch-could-billboard-chris-have-been-prosecuted-under-irelands-new-hate-speech-laws/

The leader of the UK’s Liberal Democrat Party has said that a women can have penis during a conversation about gender ideology with Nick Ferrari of LBC news


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https://gript.ie/liberal-democrat-party-leader-says-a-woman-can-quite-clearly-have-a-penis/

NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN: "The whole farce would be a comedy if the chaos in the health service didn’t have real and terrible consequences, such as people dying because their illnesses weren’t diagnosed, or children in pain because operations were cancelled."

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https://gript.ie/health-warnings-on-wine-donnelly-is-fiddling-while-the-hse-burns/

Columb Barracks in Mullingar may have to be used to house International Protection Applicants and refugees for longer than the 12-month period initially stated by the Department of Integration, Tánaiste Micheál Martin has admitted.

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https://gript.ie/columb-barracks-could-be-used-for-longer-than-12-months-to-house-refugees-tanaiste-admits/

80% of asylum accommodation locations are in the hospitality sector, it has been revealed. The information was released to TD Peadar Tóibín as recent figures showed towns across Ireland look set to lose significant tourism revenue this summer.

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https://gript.ie/hospitality-sector-accounts-for-80-of-asylum-accommodation-locations/

Met Éireann forecasts great weather this weekend with sunny skies and light breezes expected to accompany temperatures between high teens and low twenties.

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https://gript.ie/highs-of-23c-expected-in-some-places-as-met-eireann-forecasts-a-sunny-weekend-ahead/

"This government have ignored the fact that Irish is the language of native speakers and that there is a moral duty to protect and support the people who speak that language from birth and who have over generations, miraculously, kept it alive – so far"

PÓL Ó MUIRÍ writes


https://gript.ie/dubs-doubts-and-despair/

Increasing rates of survival for babies born prematurely at 23 weeks both nationally and internationally are set to lead to a change in the definition of stillbirth in Ireland.

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https://gript.ie/survival-rates-for-babies-born-at-23-weeks-on-the-rise-prompting-change-in-definition-of-stillbirth/

"In 2019, 757 people were dead by the time the ambulance arrived, and this figure stood at 927 in 2021."

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https://gript.ie/last-year-927-people-were-dead-by-the-time-an-ambulance-arrived-toibin/