"We want PPE not Ireland’s call", say healthcare workers
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We want PPE not Ireland's call, say healthcare workers | Gript
Healthcare workers have hit out at government plans to have people submit recordings of Ireland's call to help front-line staff deal with the coronavirus crisis. Lat week, Tania Banotti, head of Creative Ireland, said the online initiative would show appreciation…
Sam Bowman, former Director of the Adam Smith Institute, talks about the economic consequences of COVID-19; if a lockdown was the best option for countries to take; the price of saving 230,000 lives; and if the State should pay the wage bill of companies that agree to keep their employees employed through this crisis.
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TRSI 75 - Sam Bowman - Is the Cure Worse than the Disease? | Gript
Sam Bowman, former Director of the Adam Smith Institute, talks about the economic consequences of COVID-19; if a lockdown was the best option for countries to take; the price of saving 230,000 lives; and if the State should pay the wage bill of companies…
Cardinal says China’s Communist Party should apologise and compensate for Coronavirus
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Cardinal says China's Communist Party should apologise and compensate for Coronavirus | Gript
A Burmese Cardinal has called on the Chinese Communist Party to apologise and pay compensation, especially to poorer countries, for causing the coronavirus pandemic "through its criminal negligence and repression".
MARGARET HICKEY: "In this crisis, we find ourselves at the mercy of the ideologically alien country who visited the calamity on us to begin with"
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In this crisis, we find ourselves at the mercy of the ideologically alien country who visited the calamity on us to begin with…
It is said that in a war the first casualty is truth. The world is at war today in a unique way. There is not a corner of the globe that has resisted the onslaught of the lethal, microscopic,viral army. We should be united, co-operating and we should certainly…
We need the full truth from the media and government with regard to protective clothing, testing, the WHO China and more.
Open closed factories in Donegal to make PPE says Aontú rep
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Open closed factories in Donegal to make PPE says Aontú rep | Gript
Donegal Aontú representative Mary T Sweeney has called on the IDA to join with Donegal County Council and others to use the facilities of closed factories in the county to make personal protective equipment for healthcare workers.
Australian Cardinal George Pell has been released after his 2018 conviction was quashed in a 7-0 decision by the High Court. The Cardinal had spent over 400 days in prison after being convicted in 2018 of the sexual assault of two 13 year old boys.
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Cardinal Pell has child sex abuse conviction quashed after unanimous High Court decision | Gript
Australian Cardinal George Pell has been released after his 2018 conviction was quashed in a 7-0 decision by the High Court of Australia. The Cardinal had spent roughly 400 days in prison after being convicted in 2018 of the sexual assault of two 13 year…
TIM JACKSON: "Cardinal Pell’s acquittal will never satisfy those rabidly anti-Catholic voices"
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Cardinal Pell's acquittal will never satisfy those rabidly anti-Catholic voices | Gript
Today's verdict however is a vindication of Pell, one that any person who cherishes the right to a fair trial should welcome.
In recent years, there has been a sustained campaign to chip away at the presumption of innocence in respect of criminal sexual allegations. The verdict in the Pell case shows that those behind that campaign must never be allowed win, argues our editor:
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The presumption of innocence, denied | Gript
Not Guilty.
CAROL NOLAN: Even in the crisis, we need to ask what’s going on with the Just Transition strategy?
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CAROL NOLAN: Even in the crisis, we need to ask what’s going on with the Just Transition strategy? | Gript
The governments Just Transition Strategy, with its clear priority on achieving the greatest levels of decarbonisation possible, is going to have a profound impact on Irish agriculture.
Hope: Statistician David Higgins has observed that the number of new hospitalisations in Ireland has been falling for the past few days. Delays in testing aside, is that a sign that the peak of the virus might be past us already?
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Coronavirus: Has the Irish peak already passed? | Gript
Hope?
NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN: :The Government is to blame for the Covid Crisis in nursing homes"
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The Government is to blame for the Covid Crisis in nursing homes | Gript
Two days ago the number of nursing homes with clusters of coronavirus infections in Ireland was 50. Within 24 hours that figure had doubled to 99 homes. This is very worrying news.
Ireland's dependence on China for goods like PPE is another sign of how vulnerable we are when international markets fail. Tim Jackson says indigenous industries should be rebuilt where possible.
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Covid-19: Ireland Should Not Rely On China For Help, globalisation makes us too vulnerable
Ireland's dependence on China for goods like PPE is another sign of how vulnerable we are when international markets fail. Tim Jackson says indigenous indust...
In the first of a new series looking at computer games you should consider getting into during the absolute boredom of confinement, John McGuirk recommends Tropico 6:
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Games to pass the boredom: Tropico 6 | Gript
Tyranny.
Tim Jackson says the media are guilty of a witch-hunt as Cardinal Pell is found not guilty and released from prison after 400 days.
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GUILTY: Media must atone for Witch-Hunt as Pell Finally Released
Tim Jackson says the media are guilty of a witch-hunt as Cardinal Pell is found not guilty and released from prison after 400 days. Donate today to Gript! ht...
What’s extraordinary about this, of course, is that the state has actually been letting people out of prisons wholesale during the crisis. Presumably to make room in the cells for rogue cyclists"
Let's face it: The new Garda powers are absurd.
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Let's face it: The new Garda powers are absurd.
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Let’s face it: These new Garda powers are absurd | Gript
The real crimes weren't committed by cyclists, for once.
As Pell gives first interview, Pope Francis prays for those unjustly sentenced
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As Pell gives first interview, Pope Francis prays for those unjustly sentenced | Gript
After more than 400 days in prison Pell said he considered his time behind bars as a "a long retreat", but that he was now looking forward to celebrating a private Mass for the first time in over a year.
Aontú leadar criticises government’s ‘tax break for billionaires’ during pandemic
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Aontú leadar criticises government's 'tax break for billionaires' during pandemic | Gript
Aontú leader Peader Tóibín TD has condemned Revenue's decision to excuse tax exiles from their liabilities due to “extraordinary natural occurrences.”
President Donald Trump has said that he's considering de-funding the World Health Organisation. He's completely right to do so. In the first truly global health crisis in a century, the WHO has been worse than useless
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Trump: I might defund this useless WHO, you know | Gript
When he's right, he's right.
BEN SCALLAN: The World Health Organisation is totally compromised by China
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BEN SCALLAN: The World Health Organisation is totally compromised by China | Gript
Some were surprised last week when the deputy Prime Minister of Japan, Taro Aso, blasted the WHO, referring to them as the “Chinese Health Organisation” for their alleged role in helping the Chinese Communist Party to cover up the coronavirus.