PREMIUM: "McGregor would provoke the media in Ireland to make the mistake of portraying him as an existential threat to established order – which may only make him more attractive."
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https://gript.ie/citizen-mcgregor-assessing-his-prospects-in-a-political-fistfight/
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https://gript.ie/citizen-mcgregor-assessing-his-prospects-in-a-political-fistfight/
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Citizen McGregor: Assessing his prospects in a political fistfight - Gript
Saviour?
An Post, Ireland’s postal service, is offering menopause advice to men and “non-binary” members of staff - though they clarify that the advice “mainly” applies to women. Report by @Ben_Scallan:
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https://gript.ie/an-post-offering-menopause-advice-to-male-staff-members/
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https://gript.ie/an-post-offering-menopause-advice-to-male-staff-members/
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An Post offering menopause advice to male staff members - Gript
“This policy applies to all people employed by An Post.”
PREMIUM: JOHN MCGUIRK: "Before Ireland signs up to global health surveillance standards, shouldn’t we know what those standards are, and how they might impact the civil liberties of Irish people?"
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https://gript.ie/explaining-the-big-problem-with-the-pandemic-treaty/
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https://gript.ie/explaining-the-big-problem-with-the-pandemic-treaty/
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Explaining the big problem with the Pandemic Treaty - Gript
Blank cheque
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/
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/
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Why the public needs answers on the McEntee/Musk row - Gript
Unofficial policing of speech?
JOHN MCGUIRK: Arguments for making the Judiciary "more diverse" are explicitly premised on the idea that Judges should make rulings based on factors other than the law.
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https://gript.ie/a-dangerous-and-under-the-radar-attack-on-the-judiciary/
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https://gript.ie/a-dangerous-and-under-the-radar-attack-on-the-judiciary/
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A dangerous – and under the radar – attack on the judiciary - Gript
Diversity Games: Judges Edition.
JOHN MCGUIRK: Irish populists need to start thinking properly about policy now - it won't be as simple as landing into Government and just saying "abolish the NGOs" or "cut that department".
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https://gript.ie/could-milleis-government-slashing-work-in-ireland/
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https://gript.ie/could-milleis-government-slashing-work-in-ireland/
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Could Millei's Government-slashing work in Ireland? - Gript
It's time to think about policy seriously.
“I worry that the Minister is not going to get this one passed”: The Irish Left are “worried” that the referendum on the role of women in society will fail due to “transphobia.” They’re right to worry, says BEN SCALLAN:
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https://gript.ie/irish-left-afraid-womens-referendum-will-fail-due-to-transphobia/
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https://gript.ie/irish-left-afraid-womens-referendum-will-fail-due-to-transphobia/
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Irish Left afraid Women’s Referendum will fail due to “transphobia” - Gript
“It nearly impossible for us to be enthusiastic about this referendum.”
PREMIUM: JOHN MCGUIRK: "Neither the Shaykh nor the Irish Government have any better ideas that can persuade people to abandon what that they are (dubiously) calling “fascism”"
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https://gript.ie/top-muslim-cleric-warns-theres-a-real-threat-of-fascism-in-ireland/
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https://gript.ie/top-muslim-cleric-warns-theres-a-real-threat-of-fascism-in-ireland/
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Top Muslim Cleric warns: There’s a real threat of fascism in Ireland - Gript
Jackboots rising?
Despite recent, increasingly desperate overtures towards them, the Social Democrats would be mad to consider a marriage with Ivana Bacik's Labour Party, writes JOHN MCGUIRK. #premium
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https://gript.ie/baciks-hopeless-dream-of-a-socdem-marriage/
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https://gript.ie/baciks-hopeless-dream-of-a-socdem-marriage/
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Bacik’s hopeless dream of a SocDem marriage - Gript
And why the Soc Dems have no incentive to say "I do"
KEVIN MYERS on Ireland's immigration mess: "We’ve learnt from nothing from other European societies, instead depending on the childish abracadabra of "we’re Irish". The outcome? Same as everywhere else." #Premium
https://gript.ie/kevin-myers-immigration-and-the-tyranny-of-the-human-rights-lawyers/
https://gript.ie/kevin-myers-immigration-and-the-tyranny-of-the-human-rights-lawyers/
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KEVIN MYERS: Immigration and the tyranny of the Human Rights Lawyers - Gript
Simpering solipsisms about exclusion and inequality might lubricate agreeable fictions into a national myth, but that myth does not long survive the stark realities of north central Dublin. Moreover, exclusion has been central to the national discourse, firstly…
"While other cities glory in open, uncluttered spaces, Dublin does its best to feel, and appear, cramped and over-regulated" - JOHN MCGUIRK on why a trip to the Hungarian Capital made him "ashamed" of Dublin.
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https://gript.ie/premium-four-lessons-for-dublin-from-budapest/
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https://gript.ie/premium-four-lessons-for-dublin-from-budapest/
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PREMIUM: Four lessons for Dublin, from Budapest - Gript
Each time the answer to the question “did you like Dublin” has been met with a very blunt, and almost refreshing “no”.
Dublin Airport has ended its 75-year-long annual tradition of allowing a Catholic priest to bless the airport's planes after a secular campaigner requested the right to hold a non-religious blessing.
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https://gript.ie/dublin-airport-ends-75-year-long-tradition-of-allowing-priests-to-bless-planes
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https://gript.ie/dublin-airport-ends-75-year-long-tradition-of-allowing-priests-to-bless-planes
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Dublin Airport ends 75-year-long tradition of allowing priests to bless planes - Gript
Letter from secular campaigner
"Sinn Féin's local election candidates are delivering leaflets promising that it will end the open border policy." said Simon Harris.
"They are not," said Mary Lou McDonald.
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https://gript.ie/we-wont-close-open-borders-say-sinn-fein-or-do-they/
"They are not," said Mary Lou McDonald.
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https://gript.ie/we-wont-close-open-borders-say-sinn-fein-or-do-they/
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We won't close open borders say Sinn Féin...or do they? - Gript
Confusion
"I can't wrap my head around this": An Irish mum says she was left shaken after allegedly encountering a man in a woman’s swimming suit in the female changing rooms of a Dublin pool last week after a swim class for mums and small babies.
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https://gript.ie/irish-mum-says-she-was-left-shaken-by-man-in-womens-changing-rooms-at-dublin-pool/
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https://gript.ie/irish-mum-says-she-was-left-shaken-by-man-in-womens-changing-rooms-at-dublin-pool/
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Irish mum says she was left shaken by man in women’s changing rooms at Dublin pool - Gript
After mums and babies class
Figures released under Freedom of Information request show that the number of pupils missing school in Northern Ireland more than doubled in the wake of Covid lockdowns.
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https://gript.ie/school-absences-in-ni-more-than-doubled-in-wake-of-covid-lockdowns/
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https://gript.ie/school-absences-in-ni-more-than-doubled-in-wake-of-covid-lockdowns/
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School absences in NI more than doubled in wake of Covid lockdowns - Gript
2021-2022 ‘particularly challenging’
MYERS: The European Union is and always was a post-national project - the reawakening of nationalism in Europe is a mortal threat to its survival, and thank God for that.
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https://gript.ie/myers-the-eu-is-doomed-by-a-re-awakening-of-nationalism/
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https://gript.ie/myers-the-eu-is-doomed-by-a-re-awakening-of-nationalism/
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MYERS: The EU is doomed by a re-awakening of nationalism - Gript
"The political wing of the Eurovision Song Contest"
"The aggressive funding and promotion of mass delusion": Students at University College Cork can claim chest binders under a Students Union Social Transition Fund which gives money to students who wish to socially transition to the opposite sex."
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https://gript.ie/students-can-claim-free-chest-binders-under-ucc-su-social-transition-fund/
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https://gript.ie/students-can-claim-free-chest-binders-under-ucc-su-social-transition-fund/
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Students can claim free chest binders under UCC SU Social Transition Fund - Gript
Funding for gender recognition certificates also available