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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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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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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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BEN SCALLAN: Judging by an Irish Senator’s controversial comments last week, it logically follows that his government’s “hate speech” bill will target problematic journalists:

https://gript.ie/irish-senators-comments-imply-hate-speech-bill-will-target-press/
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Gardaí have appealed to the public to assist them in locating 38-year-old Oliver Gaughan, missing from Ballina since Saturday.

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https://gript.ie/gardai-seek-assistance-in-locating-man-missing-from-co-mayo/
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PTSB tells staff they have “privilege” and “power” based on criteria like skin colour, sexuality, and nationality. It also warned staff to stop using gendered language like "Cash is King", and to start using the gender-neutral, "cash is a valuable asset"

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https://gript.ie/ptsb-instructs-staff-to-know-your-privilege-in-mandatory-dei-awareness-course/
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The Government has proposed the “Access To Cash” bill, which would mandate easy access to ATMs across Ireland, and require suppliers of essential goods and services like food and medicine to accept cash payments. This is a great idea, says Ben Scallan:

https://gript.ie/the-governments-commitment-to-cash-is-good-for-civil-liberties/
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Over €750,000,000 in social welfare has been paid to Ukrainian refugees from March 2022 to the end of last month, figures from the Department of Social Protection reveal

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https://gript.ie/ukrainian-refugees-paid-over-750m-in-social-welfare-since-start-of-conflict/
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'We deserve better': Hundreds braved stormy conditions on Saturday to protest chronic overcrowding and waiting times at University Hospital Limerick. It comes as the hospital hit a new overcrowding record today, with 132 patients currently on trolleys.

https://gript.ie/we-deserve-better-uhl-protest-hears-calls-to-reopen-nenagh-ennis-and-st-johns-aes/
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A survey of staff at the European Central Bank found that a majority rated Christine Lagarde’s overall performance as President as “very poor” or “poor” – with some believing her implementation of diversity efforts to be “adversarial and discriminatory”.
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https://gript.ie/woke-christine-lagardes-performance-rated-poor-by-majority-of-ecb-staff/
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"To put the referendum on International Women’s Day is a worthless, cheap gimmick," Senator Michael McDowell has told the Seanad, with the House hearing claims that the legislation was being "rushed through" the Dáil and the Seanad.

https://gript.ie/holding-referendum-on-international-womens-day-worthless-cheap-gimmick-seanad-hears/
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JOHN MCGUIRK: Rather than seeking UN protection for the Irish pub, as an overly excitable Irish Times columnist suggested yesterday, sometimes we should recognise that not everything is the Government's fault, or can be fixed by politicians.
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https://gript.ie/blame-the-internet-not-the-government-for-the-decline-of-the-irish-pub/
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PREMIUM: JOHN MCGUIRK walks through the main points of Chief Justice Donal O'Donnell's landmark opinion granting a widower's pension to an unmarried man, and explores its significance ahead of the referendum on the family:
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https://gript.ie/understanding-yesterdays-big-supreme-court-ruling-on-the-family/
“We need to continue to raise what is happening to those who disagree with the Chinese Communist Party.”

Fianna Fáil Senator Malcolm Byrne has said he intends to raise the issue of rights abuses by the Chinese State in the Seanad later today.

https://gript.ie/ff-senator-to-raise-chinas-rights-abuses-in-seanad-today/
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