"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/

"Robotaxis may be cool, but dangerous they should not be. GM may patch up their Cruise operation and get it going again, but then again, it may go the way of the Segway. Time will tell."

KARL D. STEPHAN writes

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https://gript.ie/cruise-gets-bruised-robotaxis-pose-unacceptable-risk/

JOHN MCGUIRK: Why the "delete the word woman from the constitution" referendum should be rejected:

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https://gript.ie/a-progressive-renewal-of-baptismal-promises/

ON THIS DAY: 6 December 1922: Irish Free State is formed.

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https://gript.ie/otd-6-december-irish-free-state/

Rural Independents lead the charge in the Dáil, opening up a long-overdue debate on Ireland's immigration. With Sinn Féin distancing from 'open borders,' it's a critical moment for Irish immigration policy. Where do we go from here? asks MATT TREACY.

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https://gript.ie/immigration-debate-signals-possible-u-turn-by-sinn-fein/

“No poet had a greater commentary on the politics and direction of culture of Ireland than Ó Rathaille.” His poetry speaks of the times with elegance of language that still shines.

LORCÁN MAC MATHÚNA on Aodhagáin Ó Rathaille, Ireland's first penal poet

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https://gript.ie/gile-na-gile-aodhagain-o-rathaille-the-first-penal-poet/

“This is progress…in the interests of the Irish people”: Ireland’s Minister for Media, Catherine Martin, has said that her government’s hate speech bill and crackdowns on “misinformation” are needed to protect “our liberal democratic values.”

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https://gript.ie/irish-minister-hate-speech-bill-needed-to-protect-democratic-values/

“When there’s an elephant in the room, mention it” - In a frustrated speech, a TD has told in the Dáil that “Middle Ireland is sick of” the government’s current immigration policy.

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https://gript.ie/middle-ireland-is-sick-of-liberal-immigration-policy-td-says/

"You're a horrible little man," Michael Healy-Rae told Labour TD Aodhán Ó Ríordáin as scenes became heated at a Dáil debate on immigration. It came after Ó Ríordáin described the group's actions in relation to immigration as "despicable."

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https://gript.ie/watch-youre-a-horrible-little-man-heated-scenes-at-dail-debate-on-immigration/

“An ultra-macho image”: Conor McGregor is a “multimillionaire tweeter” who promotes “toxic masculinity” and “imprisons” young men in a “rigid gender stereotype,” People Before Profit TD Mick Barry has told the Dáil.

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https://gript.ie/conor-mcgregor-promotes-toxic-masculinity-says-td/

Swedish government says simply living in Sweden can no longer qualify migrants for benefits and that “newcomers” and “non citizens” must work, pay taxes, and learn Swedish in order to access benefits ‘step by step’

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https://gript.ie/swedish-gov-says-asylum-claims-down-26-under-new-strategy/

The Farmers Alliance have called for the immediate resignation of the Minister for Agriculture saying that their concerns are being ignored amid plans to cull 200,000 cattle in a ‘senseless act of slaughter’ in attempt to prove “green credentials”

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https://gript.ie/farmers-alliance-say-green-policies-will-decimate-rural-ireland/

JOHN MCGUIRK on the lack of public appetite for a UK-style covid enquiry:
"If it were to transpire that Dr. Holohan was wrong about something major, then it would follow that the 60% or 70% of the country who tribally agreed with him were also wrong."
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https://gript.ie/boriss-covid-apology-and-why-it-wont-be-repeated-in-ireland/

“The government should not continue this gimmickry” according to a new report by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, who added: “These deliberate attempts to game fiscal assessments are deeply concerning.”

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https://gript.ie/ifac-government-employed-fiscal-gimmickry-to-flatter-its-numbers/

The assistant of a Swedish MEP is one of four people injured in a shooting in Brussels yesterday evening on a busy shopping street. Two Swedish tourists were shot dead and a third seriously injured in Brussels last November

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https://gript.ie/swedish-meps-assistant-injured-in-brussels-shooting/

A new report shows that a combined income of €127,000 per annum is now required to buy a home in the Greater Dublin Area – and that, nationally, both the hard and softs costs of delivering homes has increased.

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https://gript.ie/e127k-combined-salary-required-to-purchase-new-dublin-3-bed-semi/

JOHN MCGUIRK: The liberal left parties waiting to pounce on the Government for moral impurity, if they give as much as an inch on immigration.
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https://gript.ie/is-the-government-vulnerable-on-immigration-from-the-left/

“Do the math, or the compound interest perhaps”. New statistics on deportations and arrivals do not indicate crackdown on illegal migration, despite claims to the contrary, writes MATT TREACY

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https://gript.ie/new-statistics-on-deportations-and-arrivals-do-not-indicate-crackdown-on-illegal-migration/