TRSI 171 - It's not like anyone actually reads Dail debates

Is it fair to say the government voted against paying student nurses? How is the Tavistock judgement being report in Irish media; it should not be national news that a foreigner said something negative about Ireland; and a new NGO promises to free us of the far-right.

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-171-its-not-like-anyone-actually-reads-dail-debates/

The UK High Court has ruled against puberty blockers for children under 16. Ben Scallan reacts.

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https://youtu.be/izpPZyGi4Pg

Weasel words and sophistry from Amnesty Ireland over the letter they signed last week is nothing new, says John Hamill, who says that Amnesty's attempts to change the laws around political funding features the same tactic:

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https://gript.ie/for-amnesty-ireland-dissembling-and-sophistry-is-a-way-of-life/

DANIEL O'DOWD: The Greens versus Rural Ireland

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https://gript.ie/the-greens-versus-rural-ireland/

Dr MATT TREACY: Chris Andrews's daft apology

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https://gript.ie/chris-andrewss-daft-apology/

Protests nationwide against “barbaric” late-term abortion revelation

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https://gript.ie/protests-nationwide-against-barbaric-late-term-abortion-revelation/

PODCAST: Maybe people wouldn't have to live 12 to a room if we'd let developers actually build anything in Dublin; working from home is just the middle stage of a process which ends with your job outsourced to Uzbekistan; and we've been reading the submissions to the Gender Equality Citizen's Assembly, so that you don't have to.

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https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-172-another-ngo-betrays-its-mission/

When an act becomes de-facto compulsory, it is no longer a protest. The people protesting at the weekend were not the players kneeling in the middle of the pitch – they were simply complying. The people protesting were those in the stands, booing.

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https://gript.ie/yes-taking-the-knee-should-be-booed/

"Imagine if Government announced that anybody who had stolen a car in the past year would not only avoid prosecution, but would be allowed to keep the car they stole." Does that sound mad? Congratulations, you now understand the amnesty for migrants

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https://gript.ie/amnesty-17000-illegal-immigrants-to-be-given-residency-in-ireland/

Donegal TD says he “hates” women who speak up on trans extremism

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https://gript.ie/donegal-td-says-he-hates-women-who-speak-up-on-trans-extremism/

MARIA PIA CHIRINOS: Want to spread happiness? Perhaps you could care more

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https://gript.ie/want-to-spread-happiness-perhaps-you-could-care-more/

Pfizer has dismissed concerns from a former executive that its Covid-19 vaccine contains a potential risk to fertility in women.

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https://gript.ie/former-pfizer-executive-claims-risk-infertility-vaccine/

CULTURE: A musical treat, and an invaluable teaching guide, from Sligo’s Carmel Gunning

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https://gript.ie/a-musical-treat-and-an-invaluable-teaching-guide-from-sligos-carmel-gunning/

An Israeli General who was in charge of that country's space defence programme for thirty years has announced - seriously - that aliens exist, and that an alien "Galactic Federation" has been negotiating with Israel and the USA for years:

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https://gript.ie/senior-israeli-general-aliens-exist-and-weve-been-chatting-to-them/

In a move which would seem to play to all of Ireland's strengths a new international campaign has called on the public to fight back against Chinese coercion by getting drunk on Australian wine.

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https://gript.ie/the-irish-government-wont-stand-up-to-china-but-this-christmas-you-can/

Under legislation passed by the Government, a pub which breaches Covid regulations can be forcibly closed for up to a month. A national broadcaster which breaches regulations, however, gets no sanction, provided that "lessons have been learned"

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https://gript.ie/good-news-lessons-have-been-learned-in-rte-after-covid-breach/

DAVID MULLINS: NGO says deportation is a form of 'brutal racism'. This is nonsense.

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https://gript.ie/ngo-says-deportation-is-a-form-of-brutal-racism-this-is-nonsense/

On December 21st, a 'Christmas Star' will shine its brightest in 800 years.

It will, in fact, not be a star but a rare phenomenon which occurs when two plants - Jupiter and Saturn - get very close to one another and appear to nearly collide.


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https://gript.ie/the-brightest-christmas-star-in-800-years/

The Tavistock Clinic, Britain's only sex-change clinic for children, has been refused permission to appeal a recent court case which ruled that children under 16 generally could not consent to puberty blockers or taking sex-change hormones.

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https://gript.ie/child-sex-change-clinic-suffers-legal-setback-as-permission-to-appeal-denied/

Students feel censored on campus, poll finds

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https://gript.ie/students-feel-censored-on-campus-poll-finds/

TIM JACKSON: The idea of excluding unvaccinated citizens from day-to-day activities based on a small chance that a 95%-effective vaccine doesn’t work is about as divisive and intolerant as any policy could be.

Despite often lecturing us on inclusion, tolerance and compassion, all three virtues are being thrown by the wayside in the race to appear virtuous and denounce our fellow citizen.

https://gript.ie/denouncing-vaccine-critics-doesnt-build-trust/