JOHN MCGUIRK: "We are certainly not, as last week proved, immune from errors, even big ones. But we are, I’m confident in writing, largely immune from the media groupthink that results in so many mistakes of both the factual and analytic kind elsewhere."
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https://gript.ie/of-media-mindsets-errors-and-mistakes/

“A kickback against the system”: The Irish government’s incoming hate speech bill has led to worldwide controversy - but what events led up to this legislation being drafted? Ben Scallan lays out a timeline that helps explain the context:

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https://gript.ie/what-led-up-to-the-drafting-of-the-irish-hate-speech-bill-a-timeline/

A message purportedly from the mother of the five year old girl who was critically injured in the Dublin school attack says her little girl has “shown incredible strength” and is “still here with us”

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https://gript.ie/mother-of-girl-stabbed-at-school-attack-says-daughter-has-shown-incredible-strength/

NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN: Its telling that even as the health service is in chaos, and the HSE announces a freeze on recruitment of junior doctors and other staff, Minister Stephen Donnelly seems to have plenty time and money to make abortion a "main priority".

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https://gript.ie/with-a-health-service-in-chaos-why-is-donnellys-priority-abortion/

A new film, described as an exploration of “Aisling,” or visionary poetry, will be premiered in a free screening at the Wexford Arts Centre tonight at 7pm - with the public invited to join artists to see the "captivating" collaborative project.

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https://gript.ie/aisling-music-of-visions-new-film-screened-at-wexford-arts-centre/

A Limerick man who stashed thousands of euro in his socks and a jacket pocket has been remanded on bail for sentencing in January by the Special Criminal Court.


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https://gript.ie/court-hears-limerick-man-on-disability-hid-thousands-of-euro-in-his-socks/

The number of births decreased by almost 7pc from April to May of this year when compared with the same period in 2022, according to the latest release from the Central Statistics Office. They were already well below replacement level.

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https://gript.ie/births-down-7pc-in-2nd-quarter-of-this-year-iona-institute/

"You're obsessed with hate speech": Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin bats away a question by Ben Scallan about whether calling for the destruction of Israel would count as "hate speech" under his bill. He added: "I'm not interested in the legislation."

https://youtu.be/EAidzZQzUOs

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The aftermath of a gang rape trial, which saw just one man jailed, has rocked Germany - with a psychiatrist who said that the rape may have been a way to vent "frustration" due to "migration experiences and sociocultural homelessness" receiving criticism:

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https://gript.ie/aftermath-of-gang-rape-trial-rocks-germany/

PREMIUM: JOHN MCGUIRK: "Before Ireland signs up to global health surveillance standards, shouldn’t we know what those standards are, and how they might impact the civil liberties of Irish people?"

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https://gript.ie/explaining-the-big-problem-with-the-pandemic-treaty/

The Global Government Affairs team for social media giant X has sharply contradicted Minister Helen McEntee, saying her claim that the platform did not cooperate with Gardaí to remove inflammatory content during the Dublin riots is “inaccurate”.

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https://gript.ie/x-says-mcentees-claim-re-their-actions-on-riot-content-inaccurate/

We can be assured of one thing, writes JOHN MCGUIRK: "The prospect of Conor McGregor running for the Presidency just about guarantees that plans to let the Irish diaspora overseas vote in Presidential elections will be quietly, and quickly, dropped."
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https://gript.ie/well-known-sports-star-asks-are-you-ready-for-president-me/

"Dar le Edmund Burke, fealsúnaí agus eacnamaí mór le rá de chuid an 18ú hAois, gur "chóras de sheift chiallmhar, chasta é, a bhí deartha le haghaidh cos ar bolg, bochtaineacht agus anró daoine a chruthú.. truailliú de nádúr daonna féin, mar a d’eascair riamh ó sheiftiúlacht chlaon an duine." "

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https://gript.ie/na-peindlithe-2/

Senator Sharon Keogan has said a family from Bangladesh who arrived in Ireland on the 28th of November and made an application for international protection on the same day were given an apartment hours later.


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https://gript.ie/senator-claims-family-from-bangladesh-given-apartment-hours-after-arriving-in-ireland/

The average spending this Christmas is expected to fall 13% compared with last year, according to new research from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission. 39% of people plan to use borrowing to fund spending, an increase on 2022.

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https://gript.ie/average-expected-spend-this-christmas-lower-than-2022-expected-to-fall-by-13/

Unfair treatment from management is the biggest reason for members of An Garda Síochána leaving the force, according to a study by the GRA. 97% of former Garda in the case study said that their mental health had suffered since joining the force.

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https://gript.ie/unfair-treatment-from-management-top-reason-for-gardai-resigning-gra-study-finds/

The Iona Institute has said that it is “concerning” that the proposed referendum on Article 41 of the Constitution seeks to amend the section without mentioning the word “home” at all.

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https://gript.ie/proposed-deletion-of-mention-of-the-home-from-constitution-concerning/

"The only safeguard is not to introduce assisted suicide," a Professor of Geriatric Medicine has told the Oireachtas Committee. Disabled playwright Dr Rosaleen McDonagh expressed concern about consent, saying, "When I say no, people often think I mean yes":

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https://gript.ie/only-safeguard-is-not-to-introduce-assisted-suicide-geriatric-care-expert-tells-committee/

"In plain English, women wonder, consciously or otherwise, 'Is this man a provider? is he trustworthy? Is he capable of overcoming adversity?'"

JOHN MACGHLIONN writes

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https://gript.ie/what-do-women-really-want/

JOHN MCGUIRK: The Minister appears to have inadvertently confirmed that social media companies are being pressured - outside of official channels - to remove content the state doesn't like.

Why the public needs answers on the McEntee/Musk row:

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https://gript.ie/why-the-public-need-answers-on-the-mcentee-musk-row/