Ireland has resolutely rejected the ‘care’ and ‘family’ referendums with Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown the only constituency to record a majority ‘yes’ vote at 50.3% https://gript.ie/referendum-results-2024-resounding-defeat-for-government-as-nation-rejects-proposals/
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Referendum results 2024: Resounding defeat for government as nation rejects proposals - Gript
Resounding ‘No’
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In a special reaction episode, John and Sarah analyse the Government's crushing defeat in the referendums on the 39th and 40th amendments. Their takeaway? "A lot of people who felt very alone now know that they're not the ones in the minority at all". https://gript.ie/podcasts/youre-not-alone/
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You're not alone - Gript
In a special reaction episode, John and Sarah analyse the Government’s crushing defeat in the referendums on the 39th and 40th amendments. Their takeaway? “A lot of people who felt very alone now know that they’re not the ones in the minority at all”. Available…
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NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN: "The hands that rocked the cradle rocked the establishment with a mighty roar. There would be no removal of mothers from the Irish constitution, and no scrubbing of our right to raise our children at home from our foundational document."
https://gript.ie/irish-mammies-defeat-the-establishment-in-stunning-no-victory/
https://gript.ie/irish-mammies-defeat-the-establishment-in-stunning-no-victory/
Gript
Irish Mammies defeat the establishment in stunning NO victory - Gript
Landslide NO vote
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Following the crushing defeat of the ‘Yes’ campaign in #Referendum2024, a Fine Gael Minister has said that the government will have to consider how much the views of campaigning NGOs “reflect” those of society at large.
https://gript.ie/fine-gael-minister-asks-if-ngos-are-representative-of-society/
https://gript.ie/fine-gael-minister-asks-if-ngos-are-representative-of-society/
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Fine Gael Minister asks if NGOs are representative of society - Gript
“The roster of ‘Yes’ campaigners.”
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KEVIN MYERS writes that "intellectuals despise Trump, which is increasingly a good reason all by itself to listen to him"
Whatever you think of Donald Trump, he's an antidote to sanctimony:
https://gript.ie/myers-trump/
Whatever you think of Donald Trump, he's an antidote to sanctimony:
https://gript.ie/myers-trump/
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MYERS: Whatever you think of Trump, he's an antidote to sanctimony - Gript
No country in Europe needs a Trump more than Ireland, crushed beneath an iceberg of secular conformism, doctrinaire feminism, mumbo-jumbo egalitarianism and cowardly, pacifist neutralism
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"In the last ten years the NWCI has had an income of roughly €9.2 million, of which roughly €7.4 million came from either governmental or publicly funded entities...membership subscriptions and donations made up roughly 4.1% of the NWCI’s income." https://gript.ie/an-in-depth-look-at-the-funding-of-irelands-loudest-ngo/
Gript
An in-depth look at the funding of Ireland’s loudest NGO - Gript
The organisation has become massively dependent on the Irish state to support it.
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PODCAST: The worst referendum defeat in the history of the Irish state; the real power of the NGOs is the false belief that they’re representative organisations; and did Ministers lie to the public about the legal advice they had received. https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-386-the-ngos-can-only-hurt-you-if-you-believe-in-them/
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TRSI 386 - The NGOs can only hurt you if you believe in them - Gript
Belief is always the foundation.
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ON THIS DAY: 10 MARCH 1883: Birth of AN SEABHAC, author, storyteller, activist and politician
https://gript.ie/on-this-day-10-march-1883-birth-of-an-seabhac-author-storyteller-activist-and-politician-2/
https://gript.ie/on-this-day-10-march-1883-birth-of-an-seabhac-author-storyteller-activist-and-politician-2/
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ON THIS DAY: 10 MARCH 1883: Birth of AN SEABHAC, author, storyteller, activist and politician - Gript
He was involved in the establishment of the Irish Manuscripts Commission in 1928.
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ON THIS DAY: 11 MARCH 1858 – Birth of Thomas Clarke, leader in the 1916 Rising
https://gript.ie/on-this-day-11-march-1858-birth-of-thomas-clarke-leader-in-the-1916-rising-4/
https://gript.ie/on-this-day-11-march-1858-birth-of-thomas-clarke-leader-in-the-1916-rising-4/
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ON THIS DAY: 11 MARCH 1858 - Birth of Thomas Clarke, leader in the 1916 Rising - Gript
Thomas Clarke was born in Hampshire in the UK to Irish parents.They moved back to Dungannon when Thomas was 7 years old and the family spent the rest of his youth there.
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MICHAEL COOK: "More than 3,400 Belgians were euthanised in 2023 – a 15% increase over 2022."
https://gript.ie/euthanasia-cases-increased-by-15-in-belgium-in-2023/
https://gript.ie/euthanasia-cases-increased-by-15-in-belgium-in-2023/
Gript
Euthanasia cases increased by 15% in Belgium in 2023 - Gript
The Commission reported that 110 patients came from abroad – mostly from France – to be euthanised.
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Minister Roderic O’Gorman has ruled out a proposal to split use of Drogheda’s biggest hotel between accommodation for asylum seekers and regular guests citing “child safeguarding” concerns.
https://gript.ie/roderic-ogorman-rules-out-mixed-use-of-d-hotel-in-drogheda-over-child-safety-concerns/
https://gript.ie/roderic-ogorman-rules-out-mixed-use-of-d-hotel-in-drogheda-over-child-safety-concerns/
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Roderic O’Gorman rules out ‘mixed use’ of D Hotel in Drogheda over ‘child safety’ concerns - Gript
Half of tourist beds gone
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A man in his 60s is to appear before Monaghan District Court this morning in connection to a crash which claimed the lives of Kiea McCann (17) and Dlava Mohamed (16) last July.
https://gript.ie/man-60s-to-appear-before-courts-in-connection-with-fatal-debs-car-crash/
https://gript.ie/man-60s-to-appear-before-courts-in-connection-with-fatal-debs-car-crash/
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Man (60s) to appear before courts in connection with fatal debs car crash - Gript
Tragic debs crash
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"I think the National Women's Council, Ciara, has fundamental questions to ask itself this morning" - Gript Editor John McGuirk gave his reaction to Saturday's results on Newstalk Breakfast this morning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHoPBp1vKTA
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Fundamental questions
"I think the National Women's Council, Ciara, has fundamental questions to ask itself this morning" - Gript Editor John McGuirk gave his reaction to Saturday's results on Newstalk Breakfast this morning.
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The minister said the information regarding unsolved homicides had never been collated within the Garda or the Department of Justice – and added that she had been advised it would “require a disproportionate amount of Garda time and resources to compile”.
https://gript.ie/minister-says-dept-doesnt-know-how-many-unsolved-homicides-since-1995/
https://gript.ie/minister-says-dept-doesnt-know-how-many-unsolved-homicides-since-1995/
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Minister says Dept doesn't know how many unsolved homicides since 1995 - Gript
The Minister said she was advised it would require a disproportionate amount of Garda time and resources to compile.
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JOHN MCGUIRK: In the wake of Saturday's results, some have turned their critical gaze towards opinion pollsters who didn't predict the result - but in fairness to the pollsters, the clues were there in the numbers all along.
https://gript.ie/premium-in-defence-of-the-opinion-pollsters/
https://gript.ie/premium-in-defence-of-the-opinion-pollsters/
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In defence of the opinion pollsters - Gript
They didn't get it as wrong as you think they did.
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The HSE has dropped its target to increase breastfeeding rates by two percent per year following consistent failures to meet those targets.
https://gript.ie/hse-stops-increasing-breastfeeding-targets-following-repeated-failures/
https://gript.ie/hse-stops-increasing-breastfeeding-targets-following-repeated-failures/
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HSE stops increasing breastfeeding targets following repeated failures - Gript
The HSE has dropped its target to increase breastfeeding rates by two percent per year following consistent failures to meet those targets.
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Portugal’s centre-right Democratic Alliance Party has claimed victory in the country’s general election, concluding eight years of Socialist Party rule. The conservative right-wing Chega Party saw the biggest surge in the election - quadrupling its seats.
https://gript.ie/portugal-sees-shift-to-the-right-in-general-election/
https://gript.ie/portugal-sees-shift-to-the-right-in-general-election/
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Portugal sees shift to the Right in general election - Gript
Socialist Party concedes defeat
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Media is too big
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"The National Women's Council is a thundering disgrace and should be disbanded" - Sarah Ryan wasn't holding back in her post-referendum analysis of "a women's organisation that doesn't represent women".
PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/youre-not-alone/
Available on Spotify & iTunes
PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/youre-not-alone/
Available on Spotify & iTunes
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As disturbing revelations are made about vulnerable children going missing from TUSLA’s care, MATT TREACY finds that accommodation for at-risk children is being farmed out to private companies without a formal procurement process.
https://gript.ie/tusla-no-formal-procurement-process-for-private-companies-providing-accommodation-for-children-at-risk/
https://gript.ie/tusla-no-formal-procurement-process-for-private-companies-providing-accommodation-for-children-at-risk/
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TUSLA: No formal procurement process for private companies providing accommodation for children at risk - Gript
As disturbing revelations are made about vulnerable children going missing from TUSLA’s care, MATT TREACY finds that accommodation for at-risk children is being farmed out to private companies without a formal procurement process.
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