The European Parliament on Thursday voted to make abortion a fundamental right, just weeks after French MPs voted to enshrine the right to abortion in the country's constitution.

12 out of 13 Irish MEPs voted for the non-binding proposal.

https://gript.ie/irish-meps-join-eu-lawmakers-in-voting-to-enshrine-abortion-as-a-fundamental-right/

Chair of the EU Parliament’s Budgetary Control committee Monika Hohlmeier, who is also a member of the EPP group to which Fine Gael is aligned, has accused the EU’s Green Party group of hypocrisy by failing to combat instances of historical and ongoing harassment of its own membership within the parliament.

https://gript.ie/european-parliament-greens-accused-of-hiding-harassment-cases-in-their-own-ranks/

As the Cass Report warns puberty blockers must not be given to u-18s, a LOOKBACK at the Gript investigation which caused the ICGP to remove advise, which repeatedly referenced TENI, and said that said puberty blockers were “reversible interventions”. https://gript.ie/irish-college-of-gps-removes-newly-published-transgender-guidelines-from-website/

John and Sarah discuss Simon Harris's cowardly reshuffle, the desired return of Kate O'Connell to frontline politics, the Cass Review, and the state of abortion politics, stateside.
PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/satan-lives/

MATT TREACY: A review of the voting records showed Chris McManus, the Sinn Féin MEP, abstained on specific proposals in the EU Migration Pact - but voted against the composite measure.

https://gript.ie/more-evidence-of-sinn-fein-desperation-in-vote-on-migration-pact/

The Government has been slammed for scheduling a Motion for next Tuesday without debate to refer to Committee the proposal to opt into measures of the EU Asylum and Migration Pact.

https://gript.ie/government-propose-dail-motion-without-debate-on-eu-asylum-and-migration-pact/

A Green Party Councillor has denied she wanted to see a newly-replaced statue of Jesus in Hardwicke Street flats removed after controversy arose online regarding queries she raised on funding the statue in Dublin City Council.

https://gript.ie/watch-green-cllr-slammed-after-querying-funding-for-statue-of-jesus-in-hardwicke-street-flats/

The personal data of thousands of taxi app users' across Ireland and the UK was found to be in a non-password-protected database.

https://t.co/CbOAdnyz8v

The number of Ukrainian pupils attending Irish schools continues to rise, reaching 18,268.

https://gript.ie/18268-ukrainian-pupils-now-attending-irish-schools/

A man has been arrested in Santry, Co. Dublin, as Gardaí seized tens of thousands of euros worth of cannabis jellies and herb while searching a property.

https://gript.ie/man-arrested-as-gardai-seize-e38k-worth-of-cannabis-jellies/

This week’s cases include a man who sexually assaulted a teen girl on a RyanAir flight, a man who sexually assaulted a baby, and a man who threatened to kill his girlfriend before falsely imprisoning her.

https://gript.ie/the-week-in-crime-man-who-filmed-himself-sexually-assaulting-baby-jailed/

If you saw the Irish Refugee Council’s explanation around how asylum seekers are fingerprinted you’d be forgiven for thinking they’re being vetted for criminal history with the EURODAC database: They’re not.

https://gript.ie/the-irish-refugee-councils-confusing-line-on-asylum-seeker-vetting/

“We offer the same opportunities, but then we go a step further”: Ireland’s Social Democrats party has called for a state that aims for “equality of outcome” rather than merely offering equal opportunities.

https://gript.ie/social-democrats-call-for-equality-of-outcome/

International Development Assistance (ODA) programmes managed by the Department of Foreign Affairs have received their highest ever allocation of €775.3 million for 2024.

https://gript.ie/department-of-foreign-affairs-to-spend-record-e775-million-on-overseas-development-aid/

MICHAEL COOK: "A Belgian businessman has a solution to the pensions crisis. It’s called euthanasia"

https://gript.ie/a-belgian-businessman-has-a-solution-to-the-pensions-crisis-its-called-euthanasia/

The EU has helped Ireland to achieve “real sovereignty”, Tánaiste Micheál Martin said during his Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis speech.

He added that Ireland would help Ukraine to "rebuild" when the war ends "as a future member of the European Union."

https://gript.ie/martin-eu-helped-ireland-to-achieve-real-sovereignty/

PODCAST: Harris manages to appear weak less than a week into the job; SF’s internal issues; and Ireland tries its hand at some serious geopolitics.

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-391-its-not-about-morality-its-about-power/

Social Democrat TD for Wicklow, Jennifer Whitmore has again asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, if he intends to endorse the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Climate Action for a referendum that would “acknowledge the rights of nature.”

https://gript.ie/soc-dem-td-asks-minister-if-he-will-endorse-a-referendum-on-the-rights-of-nature/

Electric vehicle sales are plummeting in Ireland and across the world. PETER RYAN looks at why – and whether the huge investment allocated by the government can be justified.

https://gript.ie/fried-play-electric-vehicles-burn-out-in-ireland/

Poland's divided politics are often explained with reference to its history of partition. Is there anything to this, asks JASON OSBORNE?

https://gript.ie/does-polands-partitioned-past-haunt-its-present/