A Christian woman has been shot dead after rejecting the unwanted physical advances, marriage proposal and invitation to convert to Islam from a Muslim man in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

https://gript.ie/christian-woman-killed-in-pakistan/

TRSI 173 - Oh that Caravaggio

Families are now apologizing for the opinions of their dead relatives; the fairest option is to allow the COVID-19 vaccine to be sold on the private market; and is giving TDs maternity leave just a way of making it easier for TDs to defraud the public?

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-173-oh-that-caravaggio/

TIM JACKSON: Whilst the authors of the document readily imply readers “could” risk the lives of others by refusing the vaccine, they don’t seem troubled enough to mention the prospect of Covid-19 vaccines becoming mandatory for travel, a discriminatory permutation that would ride rough-shod over the otherwise prized forum of conscientious objection.
https://gript.ie/bishops-vaccine-statement-catholics/

Dignifying life to the last: a nurse’s story

#gript

https://gript.ie/dignifying-life-to-the-last-a-nurses-story/

Dr MATT TREACY: What does the actual data tell us about who is seeking asylum in Ireland?

#gript

https://gript.ie/what-does-the-actual-data-tell-us-about-who-is-seeking-asylum-in-ireland/

Most decent people will instinctively applaud the decision by Mastercard to block all payments to Pornhub and its affiliates. But although the outcome is good in this case, John McGuirk worries that it's a very bad precedent:

#gript

https://gript.ie/mastercard-and-visa-you-cant-use-our-cards-on-pornhub-any-more/

Missing, feared dead: Have you seen the Winter Flu?

Ireland is the latest country to report the mysterious disappearance of the flu, with no cases in Ireland this week, compared to hundreds at this time last year.

But globally, some experts fear that it is lying in wait, preparing a terrible vengeance:

#gript
https://gript.ie/missing-feared-dead-have-you-seen-the-winter-flu/

At this point, Irish politics has devolved into a bunch of ultra-liberal crybabies accusing each other of racism and misogyny, despite ultimately agreeing on basically everything.

#gript

https://gript.ie/leo-sinn-fein-views-mixed-race-people-gays-women-as-fair-game-you-know/

The Mayo publican, who conducted rapid-testing for Covid-19 on his customers, had told Midwest Radio before opening that “food, as we know, does not stop Covid, or prevent Covid”, but was arrested late last night after Gardaí visited his bar.

https://gript.ie/irish-pub-owner-arrested/

We've just sent out an end of week round up. So if you are subscribed to our EZINE, check your inbox. If its not there, check your promotions folder and move it from there so you don't miss it in the future

If you haven't SUBSCRIBED yet, you can do it here : https://gript.ie/sign-up/

#gript

The Democrat congresswoman has raised eyebrows on both sides of the aisle this week.

#gript

https://gript.ie/democrat-tulsi-failed-abortions-female-sports/

Fine Gael Justice Minister, Helen McEntee, has taken to Twitter to boast about the fact that there have been almost no deportations under her watch throughout the covid-19 pandemic, describing this as a “compassionate and pragmatic approach”.

#gript

https://gript.ie/justice-minister-its-compassionate-not-to-deport-violent-criminals/

REVEALED: Journal.ie signed off as Facebook 'fact-checker' by biased liberal activist

#gript

https://gript.ie/revealed-journal-ie-signed-off-as-facebook-fact-checker-by-biased-liberal-activist/

ON THIS DAY: 12 DECEMBER: Feast Day of St. Finnian, father of Irish monasticism

#gript

https://gript.ie/on-this-day-12-december-feast-day-of-st-finnian-father-of-irish-monasticism/

ON THIS DAY: 12 DECEMBER 2001: Nuala O’Loan presents report to relatives of the Omagh bombing victims

#gript

https://gript.ie/on-this-day-12-december-2001-nuala-oloan-presents-report-to-relatives-of-the-omagh-bombing-victims/

Dr MATT TREACY: No one is shouting stop as the Greens wreck havoc on rural communities

#gript

https://gript.ie/no-one-is-shouting-stop-as-the-greens-wreck-havoc-on-rural-communities/

"A new Covid "health passport" is being developed by a company, ROQU, that earlier this year sold the Government €14m's worth of Chinese ventilators. The ventilators didn't work:"

#gript

https://gript.ie/company-behind-faulty-chinese-ventilators-pushing-new-health-passport/

BOOK REVIEW: The Tyranny of Merit: The morally stunted values of life in a meritocracy

#gript

https://gript.ie/book-review-the-morally-stunted-values-of-life-in-a-meritocracy/

"The ESRI says that demand for housing in Ireland may fall as a result of the pandemic reducing immigration. The Irish establishment treats immigration like weather: Something we can forecast, but not control. We can control it, we just don't want to


https://gript.ie/esri-admits-immigration-is-key-driver-of-housing-demand/

“Today, we were asked to leave the plane after it had rolled out, and they had to bring it back to the gate because our two-year-old daughter would not ‘comply’ and keep her mask on.”

#gript


https://gript.ie/watch-family-kicked-off-flight-after-toddler-2-would-not-wear-mask/

MARGARET HICKEY: Perhaps Leo Varadkar finds Social Media ‘Polarising’ Because He Can’t Control It?

#gript

https://gript.ie/perhaps-leo-varadkar-finds-social-media-polarising-because-he-cant-control-it/