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.
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https://gript.ie/the-bishops-speak-out-stop-protesting-immigration-irish-christians/
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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.
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https://gript.ie/homeless-man-who-grew-up-in-care-says-he-works-full-time-but-cannot-afford-housing/
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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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As a proportion of the total number of PPS numbers issued, people of Irish nationality accounted for 23.9% of the overall figure, writes MATT TREACY
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https://gript.ie/pps-numbers-continue-to-reflect-dramatic-demographic-shift-in-ireland/
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https://gript.ie/pps-numbers-continue-to-reflect-dramatic-demographic-shift-in-ireland/
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PPS numbers continue to reflect dramatic demographic shift in Ireland - Gript
As a proportion of the total number of PPS numbers issued, people of Irish nationality accounted for 23.9% of the overall figure, writes MATT TREACY
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The Countess has slammed the upcoming referendum on ‘women in the home’ as “incoherent” and “lazy” saying it is little more than “a narcissistic assault” on women which ignores their ‘foundational’ contribution to society
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https://gript.ie/women-and-childrens-rights-group-the-countess-launches-vote-no-referendum-campaign/
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https://gript.ie/women-and-childrens-rights-group-the-countess-launches-vote-no-referendum-campaign/
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Women and Children's Rights group ‘The Countess’ launches VOTE NO referendum campaign - Gript
‘contribution of women to society erased’
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The Digital Services Bill would grant "wide-ranging powers of regulation" and would have "a particular impact on free speech," a Dáil Committee has heard. Politicians this week heard that the Dáil was on "a very tight deadline" to pass the legislation.
https://gript.ie/digital-services-bill-would-grant-wide-ranging-powers-of-regulation-dail-committee-hears/
https://gript.ie/digital-services-bill-would-grant-wide-ranging-powers-of-regulation-dail-committee-hears/
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Digital Services Bill would grant ‘wide-ranging powers of regulation,' Dáil Committee hears - Gript
Concerns raised
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Michael Healy-Rae has voiced his opposition to a proposed ban on the use of electric shock collars for dogs, saying it would be a "totally wrong" and "backward" step. A government consultation on the issue will close next week:
https://gript.ie/michael-healy-rae-govt-proposal-to-ban-electric-dog-collars-totally-wrong-and-backward-step/
https://gript.ie/michael-healy-rae-govt-proposal-to-ban-electric-dog-collars-totally-wrong-and-backward-step/
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Michael Healy-Rae: Govt proposal to ban electric dog collars “totally wrong” and “backward step” - Gript
Senator calls for consultation extension
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Ceisteanna práinneacha sa Ghaeltacht maidir le tithíocht. Tá laghdú 25% tagtha ar dhaonra Oileán Chléire idir 2016 is 2022, agus, le baol a dúnta do bhunscoil an oileáin, níl tithe ar fáil ar cíos do mhúinteoir, a deir PÓL Ó MEADHRA
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https://gript.ie/ceisteanna-prainneacha-sa-ghaeltacht-maidir-le-tithiocht/
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https://gript.ie/ceisteanna-prainneacha-sa-ghaeltacht-maidir-le-tithiocht/
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Ceisteanna práinneacha sa Ghaeltacht maidir le tithíocht - Gript
Ísliú dhaonra
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“I have serious difficulty promoting this referendum...This is an insult”: Leas-Cheann Comhairle Catherine Connolly says she'd "take her chances" with the Constitution's existing wording over what the government has proposed for the women's referendum.
https://gript.ie/womens-referendum-absolutely-empty-symbolic-says-td/
https://gript.ie/womens-referendum-absolutely-empty-symbolic-says-td/
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Women’s referendum “absolutely empty” & “symbolic,” says TD - Gript
“I am now left with a decision to make.”
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MATT TREACY: "Hope and Courage: Another taxpayer-funded NGO, and one which a government TD thought it right to facilitate as it slurred a member of the public within the precincts of Leinster House."
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https://gript.ie/hope-and-courage-the-taxpayer-supported-political-police-with-far-left-origins/
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https://gript.ie/hope-and-courage-the-taxpayer-supported-political-police-with-far-left-origins/
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Hope and Courage? The taxpayer-supported political police with far-left origins - Gript
“Collective”
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WATCH: A march held in Roscrea this afternoon has heard that protests will continue at the Racket Hall Hotel until the government listens to proposals from locals who are mounting a 24/7 protest at the venue.
https://gript.ie/watch-were-not-going-anywhere-roscrea-march-against-migrant-centre-hears/
https://gript.ie/watch-were-not-going-anywhere-roscrea-march-against-migrant-centre-hears/
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WATCH: "We're not going anywhere" Roscrea march against migrant centre hears - Gript
Tipp FM described it as a 'massive crowd'
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FLASHBACK: While this week asylum seekers were found in a refrigerated trailer in Rosslare, last month Gript asked Garda Detective Superintendent Derek McGuire about the role that border control plays in fighting human trafficking: #gript https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxSi9BL9hkw
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FLASHBACK: Gardaí discuss link between human trafficking and border control
FLASHBACK: While this week asylum seekers were found in a refrigerated trailer in Rosslare, last month Gript asked Garda Detective Superintendent Derek McGuire about the role that border control plays in fighting human trafficking.
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PREMIUM: Irish people are being sold a pernicious fantasy about renewable energy by their leaders and will ultimately pay a price for it, writes KEVIN MYERS, in his first column for Gript
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https://gript.ie/kevin-myers-irelands-great-self-deception-on-energy/
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https://gript.ie/kevin-myers-irelands-great-self-deception-on-energy/
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Ireland's great self-deception on energy - Gript
PREMIUM: Irish people are being sold a pernicious fantasy about renewable energy by their leaders and will ultimately pay a price for it, writes KEVIN MYERS, in his first weekly column for Gript
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PODCAST: The Business Post reports that COVID-era debt warehousing is going to be extended; Garda made 0 criminal checks against EURODAC between 2015 and the start of 2023; and Malcolm Byrne seems unhappy with Gript https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-381-malcolm-byrne-reminds-us-he-can-still-throw-a-punch/
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TRSI 381 - Malcolm Byrne reminds us he can still throw a punch - Gript
We must stress that Malcolm Byrne has only hit one woman.
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JOHN MCGUIRK: "Perhaps the media really is right about the rise of extremism in Ireland - after all, we now have a very senior politician and journalist endorsing a political purge of all those who dissent from his views."
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https://gript.ie/shane-ross-its-time-for-a-purge-of-unbeliever-tds-on-immigration/
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https://gript.ie/shane-ross-its-time-for-a-purge-of-unbeliever-tds-on-immigration/
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Shane Ross: It’s time for a purge of unbeliever TDs on immigration - Gript
Night of the middling-sized knives?
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JOHN MCGUIRK: Chances are the Government will see sense and not implement this madcap "tax broadband to fund RTÉ" scheme - but it's consideration shows what a political problem RTÉ has become for politicians.
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https://gript.ie/hot-new-catherine-martin-idea-lets-tax-broadband-to-pay-for-rte/
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https://gript.ie/hot-new-catherine-martin-idea-lets-tax-broadband-to-pay-for-rte/
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Hot new Catherine Martin idea: Let’s tax broadband to pay for RTE - Gript
Courageous.
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POLL: Now that Biden and Trump have effectively secured their respective nominations who would you vote for?
VOTE in our online poll and leave your comments
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https://gript.ie/now-that-biden-and-trump-have-effectively-secured-their-respective-nominations-who-would-you-vote-for/
VOTE in our online poll and leave your comments
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https://gript.ie/now-that-biden-and-trump-have-effectively-secured-their-respective-nominations-who-would-you-vote-for/
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Now that Biden and Trump have effectively secured their respective nominations who would you vote for? - Gript
VOTE in our poll and leave your comments here and on social media.
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ON THIS DAY: 22 January 1925: Birth of Raymond Crotty, Economist, writer, academic, political activist
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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-22-january-1925-birth-of-raymond-crotty-economist-writer-academic-political-activist-2/
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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-22-january-1925-birth-of-raymond-crotty-economist-writer-academic-political-activist-2/
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ON THIS DAY: 22 January 1925: Birth of Raymond Crotty, Economist, writer, academic, political activist - Gript
Crotty is probably best known to the general public for the ‘Crotty judgement’ of 1987
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