Ms Sweeney said: “We hear so much ‘guff’ from the Government about the importance of minding one’s mental health but here we have a service doing all the hard work on the ground, and they are being closed down. It is absolutely nauseating”.
#gript
https://gript.ie/aontus-donegal-candidate-furious-at-closure-of-mental-health-services/
#gript
https://gript.ie/aontus-donegal-candidate-furious-at-closure-of-mental-health-services/
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Aontú's Donegal candidate "furious" at closure of mental health services - Gript
Ms Sweeney said: “We hear so much ‘guff’ from the Government about the importanceof minding one’s mental health but here we have a service doing all the hard work on the ground, and they are being closed down. It is absolutely nauseating”.
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A court in Canada has ruled that the Ontario College of Psychologists can compel Jordan Peterson to attend “media retraining program” classes for an unspecified period.
#gript
https://gript.ie/ontario-college-of-psychiatrists-given-go-ahead-to-re-educate-dr-jordan-peterson/
#gript
https://gript.ie/ontario-college-of-psychiatrists-given-go-ahead-to-re-educate-dr-jordan-peterson/
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Ontario college of psychiatrists given go-ahead to “re-educate” Dr. Jordan Peterson - Gript
“weaponizing bureaucracy”
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A proposal to rename Cork GAA’s famed Páirc Uí Chaoimh as “Supervalu Park” has stirred up huge controversy, with the grandson of the former General Secretary of the GAA, after whom the park is named, saying he is “deeply shocked and saddened” by the plans:
https://gript.ie/ui-chaoimhs-grandson-in-shock-and-saddened-at-renaming-proposal/
https://gript.ie/ui-chaoimhs-grandson-in-shock-and-saddened-at-renaming-proposal/
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Uí Chaoimh's grandson "in shock" and "saddened" at renaming proposal - Gript
Grounds could be renamed SuperValu Park in brand deal
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"Long live freedom": Argentina's Javier Milei is trending on social media, after delivering an impassioned speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos which blasted socialism, abortion, population control, radical feminism, and social justice campaigns.
https://gript.ie/long-live-freedom-milei-blasts-socialism-abortion-in-davos-speech/
https://gript.ie/long-live-freedom-milei-blasts-socialism-abortion-in-davos-speech/
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'Long live freedom': Milei blasts socialism, abortion in Davos speech - Gript
‘The western world is in danger’
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“Tackling this has been our focus since the very beginning”: Speaking at the World Economic Forum meeting at Davos, Ursula Von Der Leyen has said that the “top concern” for the next two years is not war or climate change, but “disinformation.”
https://gript.ie/in-davos-eu-chief-warns-against-industrial-scale-disinformation/
https://gript.ie/in-davos-eu-chief-warns-against-industrial-scale-disinformation/
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In Davos, EU Chief warns against “industrial-scale disinformation” - Gript
“These risks are serious.”
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A Maynooth Professor has called for funding to be withdrawn from Mayo County Council after a motion called for staff to stop co-operating with the Department of Integration on asylum housing. He also wants Gript taken "off the air."
https://gript.ie/maynooth-prof-calls-for-funding-withdrawal-from-mayo-co-council-after-refugee-housing-motion/
https://gript.ie/maynooth-prof-calls-for-funding-withdrawal-from-mayo-co-council-after-refugee-housing-motion/
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Maynooth Prof calls for funding withdrawal from Mayo Co Council after refugee housing motion - Gript
Also wants Gript 'off the air'
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JOHN MCGUIRK: Why Cork GAA has no right to strip Pádraig Ó Caoimh of the honour granted to him by those who named their stadium.
#gript
https://gript.ie/why-cork-gaa-has-no-right-to-undo-the-past/
#gript
https://gript.ie/why-cork-gaa-has-no-right-to-undo-the-past/
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Why Cork GAA has no right to undo the past - Gript
In defence of Pairc Ui Chaoimh and other honours - even those we might not like.
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JOHN MCGUIRK: If you want evidence that the Government is in a state of drowning panic and desperately grasping at anything in sight that it thinks might resemble a lifejacket, look no further than the "community hotel" idea it announced for Roscrea.
#gript
https://gript.ie/the-disastrously-stupid-community-hotels-idea/
#gript
https://gript.ie/the-disastrously-stupid-community-hotels-idea/
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The disastrously stupid "community hotels" idea - Gript
C'mon.
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A 30-year-old man who Gardaí believe to be from Eastern Europe has been arrested in connection with the suspected human trafficking of 14 people into Rosslare port last week.
#gript https://gript.ie/man-arrested-in-connection-with-rosslare-alleged-human-trafficking-investigation/
#gript https://gript.ie/man-arrested-in-connection-with-rosslare-alleged-human-trafficking-investigation/
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Man arrested in connection with Rosslare alleged human trafficking investigation - Gript
Arrest made after “tip off”
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The Court of Appeal has ruled that an 18-month-sentence given to a man who punched, kicked, strangled, choked, falsely imprisoned, spat at and slapped his partner was too lenient.
#gript
https://gript.ie/court-of-appeal-rules-sentence-for-man-who-repeatedly-punched-and-kicked-partner-too-lenient/
#gript
https://gript.ie/court-of-appeal-rules-sentence-for-man-who-repeatedly-punched-and-kicked-partner-too-lenient/
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Court of Appeal rules sentence for man who repeatedly punched and kicked partner too lenient - Gript
Victim thought she would die
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A man has died following an explosion at a homeless accommodation centre in Dublin City.
#gript
https://gript.ie/man-dies-after-explosion-at-de-paul-homeless-accommodation-in-dublin/
#gript
https://gript.ie/man-dies-after-explosion-at-de-paul-homeless-accommodation-in-dublin/
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Man dies after explosion at De Paul homeless accommodation in Dublin - Gript
Cause of blast under investigation’
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“Why are people in breach of the law not being prosecuted in this state? Who is giving the order not to do so?”
Michael McNamara TD has asked the Housing Minister why there are almost no prosecutions for entering the state without valid documents.
https://gript.ie/the-law-is-not-being-applied-td-on-migrants-without-passports/
Michael McNamara TD has asked the Housing Minister why there are almost no prosecutions for entering the state without valid documents.
https://gript.ie/the-law-is-not-being-applied-td-on-migrants-without-passports/
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“The law is not being applied”: TD on migrants without passports - Gript
“Sometimes rules are applied, sometimes they're not.”
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THADE ANDY looks at the beauty and value of Gaeilge - and at the motivations of those who seem determined to hasten its decline. "A nation’s language nurtures its soul. Tír gan teanga, Tír gan anam."
#gript
https://gript.ie/the-answer-to-the-question-of-falling-irish-standards-is-not-to-abandon-the-language/
#gript
https://gript.ie/the-answer-to-the-question-of-falling-irish-standards-is-not-to-abandon-the-language/
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The answer to the question of falling Irish standards is not to abandon the language - Gript
THADE ANDY looks at the beauty and value of Gaeilge - and at the motivations of those who seem determined to hasten its decline. A nation’s language nurtures its soul. Tír gan teanga, Tír gan anam.
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The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Tourism, Arts, Sports and Culture has heard that traditional mainstream media in Ireland is now perceived as the “big bad wolf,” and that social media is “eroding” journalism.
https://gript.ie/traditional-mainstream-media-now-perceived-as-the-big-bad-wolf-oireachtas-committee-hears/
https://gript.ie/traditional-mainstream-media-now-perceived-as-the-big-bad-wolf-oireachtas-committee-hears/
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Traditional mainstream media ‘now perceived as the big bad wolf,’ Oireachtas Committee hears - Gript
Claims social media is ‘eroding’ journalism
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JOHN MCGUIRK: "Roderic O'Gorman's assertion that the family referendum has nothing to do with "throuples" requires the public to bet the house that the Supreme Court will side with him, and not senior counsel and former attorney general Michael McDowell".#gript
https://gript.ie/the-family-referendum-and-roderic-ogormans-throuple-trouble/
https://gript.ie/the-family-referendum-and-roderic-ogormans-throuple-trouble/
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The family referendum and Roderic O’Gorman’s throuple trouble - Gript
Good news for polygamists?
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PREMIUM: Irish Bishops these days reserve their moral lectures to the public for those occasions when they're certain the state and the media will pat them on the head, and the intervention over Roscrea proves it, argues JOHN MCGUIRK.
#gript
https://gript.ie/the-bishops-speak-out-stop-protesting-immigration-irish-christians/
#gript
https://gript.ie/the-bishops-speak-out-stop-protesting-immigration-irish-christians/
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The Bishops speak out: Stop protesting immigration, Irish Christians - Gript
Warning.
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A 30-year-old man who grew up in state care says he cannot afford rent even though he regularly works on construction sites. A Limerick based community centre has started a campaign to help Cian find a home.
#gript
https://gript.ie/homeless-man-who-grew-up-in-care-says-he-works-full-time-but-cannot-afford-housing/
#gript
https://gript.ie/homeless-man-who-grew-up-in-care-says-he-works-full-time-but-cannot-afford-housing/
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Homeless man who grew up in care says he works full-time but cannot afford housing - Gript
‘I didn’t choose to live like this
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REVEALED: Despite claims from senior government figures regarding checks that take place after asylum seekers are fingerprinted, information obtained from the Dept of Justice shows that no such checks against criminal databases are, in fact, carried out.
https://gript.ie/revealed-asylum-seekers-fingerprints-not-checked-against-criminal-databases/
https://gript.ie/revealed-asylum-seekers-fingerprints-not-checked-against-criminal-databases/
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REVEALED: asylum seekers' fingerprints NOT checked against criminal databases - Gript
European databases only
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