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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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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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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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


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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/

Kitchens are becoming bedrooms as Ireland continues to endure its crippling housing and accommodation crisis. Renters can expect to fork out over €1,000 for a space in an attic.

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https://gript.ie/beds-in-kitchens-for-rent-as-irelands-accommodation-crisis-continues-to-sink-to-new-lows

'Soaring abortion rates, late-term abortions, 95% of babies with Down Syndrome aborted, and more horrifying outcomes.'

5 years after the 8th was lost NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN says time has shown that pro-life voters were right to vote NO.

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MATT TREACY: The Dáil ‘debate’ on the immigration crisis was more like a homily on behalf of the Migrancy Party – or a competition to see who could label people ‘far-right’ most often.

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https://gript.ie/dail-debate-more-like-a-homily-on-behalf-of-the-migrancy-party/

The CEO of a leading airline manufacturer has warned that sustainable aviation fuels – known as SAFs – will “never achieve the price of jet fuel”, appearing to dampen hopes of alternatives to cheap aviation fuel.

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https://gript.ie/boeing-ceo-cheap-sustainable-aviation-fuel-wont-happen/