A refusal by the local authority to maintain safe swimming and sea
access in Doolin has sparked shock and dismay in the community, writes LOUISE ROSEINGRAVE

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https://gript.ie/dismay-over-council-refusal-to-designate-doolin-bathing/

On immigration, the government and the media "love to intentionally misconstrue and straw man" those they disagree with, Tipperary TD Mattie McGrath has said. It came as he told the Dáil that "all voices must be heard" on the issue.

https://gript.ie/govt-and-media-love-to-intentionally-misconstrue-and-straw-man-those-they-disagree-with-mcgrath/

"It would take away a huge amount of freedom for dogs. It may even take certain dogs away from people": A professional K9 handler and trainer says a ban on e-collars could drive their use underground, and would mean less freedom for dogs and their owners.

https://gript.ie/ban-on-e-collars-would-be-devastating-could-drive-use-underground-says-professional-trainer/

Ireland’s official Covid inquiry will take a “no blame approach,” a draft government plan suggests.

https://gript.ie/irish-covid-inquiry-to-pursue-no-blame-approach-draft-plan-suggests/

A man who exposed his genitals to a 10-year-old girl asking her ‘Do you want to sleep with them?’ has been given a fully suspended sentence with the sitting judge remarking that he may have been ‘under stress’ at the time of the incident.

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https://gript.ie/businessman-who-exposed-genitals-to-10-year-old-girl-gets-suspended-sentence/

"It was a spectacular flop, and the TV licence payers should rightly be angered by what has happened": A Fine Gael TD has said that the position of the remaining of the RTÉ board members is “no longer tenable” following a report on the Toy Show musical.

https://gript.ie/rtes-toy-show-the-musical-saga-is-farcical-says-fine-gael-td/

Minister Catherine Martin has said that despite “serious failings in governance oversight” at RTÉ over the failed Toy Show musical, the current board should stay in place “for now,” and that RTÉ remains “a fundamental part of our society and democracy.”
https://gript.ie/martin-rte-fundamental-to-democracy-despite-musical-report/

“Bystander CPR is proven to save lives”: A Fianna Fáil TD has called for CPR training to be made mandatory in all Irish secondary schools.

https://gript.ie/td-suggests-mandatory-cpr-training-for-secondary-schools/

Speakers at a Free Speech Ireland event heard claims that Helen McEntee’s ‘hate speech’ bill will be used as a means of silencing political opposition, controlling narratives, censoring dissenting journalists, and has the potential to enable state mandated versions of historical events.

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https://gript.ie/restrictions-on-freedom-of-expression-will-kill-democracy-say-free-speech-campaigners/

Supreme Court Judge and Chair of the Electoral Commission, Marie Baker, clarifies the Constitution does not say "a woman's place is in the home," but merely that mothers provide an "important support" to society and shouldn't "have to go out to work" due to "economic necessity."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESQAmpiJ00I

JOHN MCGUIRK: "The difficulty for RTÉ is that while this might suit the Government, it is terrible news for Montrose. RTÉ’s position is not getting stronger by the day – it is getting weaker."

https://gript.ie/the-real-reason-the-tv-licence-is-staying-for-now/

"This is the problem with this particular referendum. Nobody, not even the people paid to tell you the official truth, can say with 100% what the new wording in the constitution will mean," writes JOHN MCGUIRK

https://gript.ie/throuplegate-listen-very-carefully-to-the-electoral-commission/

A UK court has heard how a man spied on his housemate and offered to get plastic surgery to make her ‘love’ him before stabbing her to death after she began a relationship with someone else.

https://gript.ie/man-who-spied-on-housemate-with-recording-devices-killed-her-after-stalking-her-boyfriend/

If we make it impossible for Gardaí to carry out basic duties without a fear of disproportionate disciplinary procedures then we can expect, not just lowered morale, but a exodus from the force, writes NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN.

https://gript.ie/punished-for-doing-their-job-no-wonder-gardai-are-leaving-in-droves/

Jordan Peterson has said his professional licence is “as good as gone” and that “woke” regulatory boards are “a major threat to the free speech and free thought of all Canadians, not just professionals,”


https://gript.ie/jordan-peterson-says-his-psychologists-licence-is-as-good-as-gone-amid-row-with-regulators/

WATCH: "French farmers' SOS to the world": Protests by farmers in France are intensifying and edging closer to Paris, one week after demonstrations erupted in the south of the country over the impact of Green climate policies.

https://gript.ie/watch-sos-french-farmers-protest-against-climate-policies-approaches-paris/

The latest release of payments for the provision of accommodation and other services for Ukrainian refugees and those who have applied for International Protection show large payments for modular home provider, MATT TREACY writes.

https://gript.ie/new-figures-on-asylum-accommodation-show-large-payments-for-modular-home-provider/