The significance of the visit of Pope Francis to Hungary has been overlooked writes Prof RAY KINSELLA who looks at his messages for war and peace as conflict continues.

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https://gript.ie/pope-francis-providential-visit-to-hungary-war-or-peace/

A 24 year old philosophy student is being hailed as a hero after he intervened when a Syrian migrant attacked four small children and two adults with a knife in Annecy, France yesterday.


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https://gript.ie/backpack-hero-in-french-knife-attack-is-catholic-pilgrim/

As Canada's Assisted Suicide rates continue to rocket, accounting for 7% of all deaths in Quebec in 2022, its time for an honest conversation acknowledging its role in ridding society of people made to feel a burden, writes NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN.

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https://gript.ie/assisted-suicide-in-canadas-accounted-for-7-of-quebec-deaths-in-2022/

The announcement by NHS England that puberty blockers will no longer be prescribed to children who experience gender confusion has been welcomed by campaigners who say that the drugs can cause irreversible harm.

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https://gript.ie/seismic-move-nhs-stops-puberty-blockers-for-kids-outside-clinical-setting/

The Rural Independent TDs have strongly criticized Fianna Fail and Fine Gael because they say the other government parties have enabled the Greens to indefinitely halt at least eight major new road projects that were scheduled and promised for construction this year.

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https://gript.ie/government-facilitates-the-green-partys-shelving-of-eight-vital-road-development-projects-nationwide-rural-tds/

"So while start-ups in Silicon Valley continue to pour millions of investment capital into poor substitutes with a bigger carbon footprint than Betsy, do your part for the environment and order your favourite fillet next time you dine out."

KURT MAHLBURG writes

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https://gript.ie/lab-grown-meat-worse-for-environment-than-retail-beef-study/

PODCAST: A transgender cyclist is currently 300km ahead of their nearest rival in a 2500km race taking place on the west coast; and excise increases are mostly due to the government wanting you to be miserable.

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https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-359-a-golden-age-for-female-sports/

Is there any room left in the calendar for heterosexual public celebrations, asks Dr GERARD CASEY, and would we need it in any case?

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https://gript.ie/do-we-have-a-pride-month-and-where-would-we-fit-it-in/

A transgender cyclist is currently leading the female category of the Transatlantic Way bike race by 300Km.
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https://gript.ie/transgender-woman-leading-womens-bike-race-around-ireland-by-300km/

The Independent TD was speaking after the Minister confirmed trade data on beef imports from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) which show that over 14,000 tonnes of beef was imported into the country between January and March of this year.

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https://gript.ie/why-did-ireland-import-70000-tonnes-of-beef-in-the-last-15-months-asks-carol-nolan/

SIPO will not be investigating ex-Junior Minister Damien English following a formal complaint earlier this year by Paul Murphy.

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https://gript.ie/sipo-will-not-investigate-english-following-paul-murphy-complaint/

A school bus has been involved in an accident on a controversial Wexford junction which has seen calls for the instalment of a roundabout left unanswered

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https://gript.ie/breaking-school-bus-carrying-more-than-20-kids-crashes-at-death-trap-wexford-junction/

"Making him Taoiseach would be to abandon any idea that the country values competence or experience in Government."
JOHN MCGUIRK is not a fan of the idea of making Simon Harris Taoiseach - but it seems a great many Fine Gael TDs and Senators might be:
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https://gript.ie/are-you-ready-for-taoiseach-simon-harris/

JOHN MCGUIRK: Mr. Trump's Republican rivals are in a terrible position where defending him just makes it sound like people should vote for Trump, and attacking him makes them seem disloyal. But nobody should under-estimate the legal trouble Trump is in:
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https://gript.ie/the-problem-for-trumps-republican-rivals/

The mother of four children, including a one-year-old baby, who were rescued on Friday after spending 40 days in the Colombian jungle, told her children to leave and find help as she lay dying, her husband has said.

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https://gript.ie/leave-and-find-help-final-words-of-mother-of-children-rescued-after-40-days-in-colombian-jungle/

MICHAEL COOK: "The Economist, an oracle for politicians, journalists, and economists everywhere, has turned bearish on the future of humanity. The theme of its latest cover story is that world is running out of people."

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https://gript.ie/the-economist-global-fertility-has-collapsed/

Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Doctor John Kirkpatrick, said that the Secretary of State wanted to “impose a particular worldview on the education of children in Northern Ireland

PÓL Ó MUIRÍ writes...

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https://gript.ie/it-is-not-just-catholics-who-object-to-abortion/

A 26-year-old man charged with the murder of 21-year-old Chloe Mitchell had escaped a secure mental health unit 3 times according to PSNI court statements

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https://gript.ie/man-charged-of-chloe-mitchell-murder-had-escaped-mental-health-facility-three-times/

Senator warns that activist groups are “likely to push gardaí and DPP into taking action” against people for possession of material subjectively seen as ‘hateful’ due to lack of definition in new hate speech bill.

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https://youtu.be/gCrQ5fM2QRM

The Irish Migrant sector and its many offshoots are funded by billionaires and the long-suffering Irish taxpayer who are suspected of racism for their trouble, writes DR MATT TREACY.

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https://gript.ie/the-ngo-queen-advising-migrants-in-ireland-on-how-to-be-elected/

Church in Chains have presented the Ambassador of Pakistan in Ireland with a petition expressing deep concern at 'continuing misuse of the blasphemy law in Pakistan and its disproportionate effect on religious minorities including Christians.'

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https://gript.ie/irish-petition-on-blasphemy-laws-presented-to-ambassador-of-pakistan/