The Government announced yesterday that it is setting aside €143,000 of taxpayer money for the express purpose of helping some county councillors get re-elected. Why is this not a political scandal, asks John McGuirk?

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https://gript.ie/disgrace-women-councillors-to-get-taxpayer-funds-to-help-re-election-effort/

This could see vaccine certificates become mandatory for international travel and entry to sporting events, along with other possible restrictions being placed on those who refuse to take it.

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https://gript.ie/donnelly-vaccine-certificates-covid-19-possibility/

Investigators found "posts and comments I’ve made on my own personal Facebook page, and memes and articles that I’ve shared there; including articles by the American political commentator Matt Walsh, and the satire site Babylon Bee,” Kok explained.

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https://gript.ie/doctor-suspended-social-media-misconduct-trial/

Violent gang punch up on O'Connell Street, Dublin terrorises Christmas shoppers.

One eyewitness said:
"Gardaí arrived after but I didn't see any arrests, the gangs remained on the streets for ages. Very intimidating for Christmas shoppers out just trying to enjoy rare time together."

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The minister in charge of rolling out Britain’s vaccination programme has said there are no plans to introduce Covid-19 passports or restrict people who refuse the injection.

https://gript.ie/vaccine-minister-covid-passports/

Another rich celebrity, Peter Nygard, charged with raping teenage girls

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https://gript.ie/another-rich-celebrity-peter-nygard-charged-with-raping-teenage-girls/

MICHAEL COOK: Why do the elderly request euthanasia in the Netherlands?


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https://gript.ie/why-do-the-elderly-request-euthanasia-in-the-netherlands/

Having spent a decade trying to convince the Irish public that he's different from Brian Cowen and Bertie Ahern, the Taoiseach decided to do his best impression of them yesterday, in one of the more disastrous political gaffes in recent history

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https://gript.ie/taoiseach-bank-bailout-you-must-have-dreamt-it/

The HSE has used Covid as a cover to close small rural hospitals, Independent Td Mattie McGrath has claimed.

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https://gript.ie/watch-covid-being-used-as-cover-to-close-rural-hospitals-says-mattie-mcgrath/

The Editors: Making the Covid Vaccine compulsory, either directly, or via "vaccine certificates", would be a strike against civil liberties, and deal a devastating blow to public trust and social cohesion

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https://gript.ie/the-editors-vaccine-certificates-must-be-opposed/

Give your kids books for Christmas!

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https://gript.ie/give-your-kids-books-for-christmas/

Emails reveal Donnelly was wrong to accuse Tóibín of lies on nursing home in chaos

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https://gript.ie/emails-reveal-donnelly-was-wrong-to-accuse-toibin-of-lies-on-nursing-home-in-chaos/

Heasman, who said the charges were “trumped up”, insisted he was exempt from wearing a mask on health grounds, and that no medical evidence had to be provided to the garda under data protection laws.

https://gript.ie/activist-jailed-two-months-face-mask/

Swedish King Carl Gustav XVI says that his country's coronavirus policy has failed. But official figures show that Sweden has actually had fewer deaths this year compared to recent years.

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https://gript.ie/swedish-king-says-no-lockdown-policy-failed-but-did-it-really/

Pro-life coffee such a huge seller that monks build new roasting facility

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https://gript.ie/pro-life-coffee-such-a-huge-seller-that-monks-build-new-roasting-facility/

Book Review: Political scientist offers a guide for a counter sexual revolution

Professor Yenor: The Recovery of Family Life: Exposing the Limits of Modern Ideologies

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https://gript.ie/book-review-political-scientist-offers-a-guide-for-a-counter-sexual-revolution/

Dr MATT TREACY: Desmond Fennell remains a voice that should be heard

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https://gript.ie/desmond-fennell-remains-a-voice-that-should-be-heard/

"In the scalp grafts, fine human hair can be seen growing long and dark surrounded by the short white hairs of the mouse. The images literally show a patch of baby hair growing on a mouse’s back."

https://gript.ie/aborted-baby-scalps-rats-hair-growth/

Justice Minister: It's "compassionate" not to deport criminals 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”

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https://youtu.be/GTHnBV4pkL8

You may have heard news stories about Ireland being ranked the second best country in the world to live in. But there's bad news: Those figures are derived from a measurement our own Central Statistics Office considers inaccurate

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https://gript.ie/lets-face-it-ireland-isnt-the-second-best-country-in-the-world-to-live-in/

Oops: Nurse passes out on air after getting Covid vaccine

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https://gript.ie/oops-nurse-passes-out-on-air-after-getting-covid-vaccine/