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/

The photos show how life has almost returned to normal in Wuhan, with party-goers roaming free throughout the city this week, leaving social distancing and masks firmly in the past.
https://gript.ie/reuters-wuhan-nightlife-covid-19-may/

State to give “significant” funds to Migrant Academy with “enormous impact”

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https://gript.ie/state-to-give-significant-funds-to-migrant-academy-with-enormous-impact/

Government “Yo-Yo” Policy on Covid a Disaster for Many says Aontú

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https://gript.ie/government-yo-yo-policy-on-covid-a-disaster-for-many-says-aontu/

Social Democrats: ‘We will abolish the use of ‘He’ and ‘She’ wherever possible

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https://gript.ie/social-democrats-we-will-abolish-the-use-of-he-and-she-wherever-possible/

'Abortion was just one part of that new project, but a key one. In the early 1980s Fennell presciently forecast that the promoters of faux pluralism would not be content with ticking all the other boxes until they had achieved abortion on demand, given that “we have conformed already in other respects.” Only the stout resistance of substantial numbers of our people delayed the existing hegemony of the anti-humanist doctrine that “if the mass killing of human beings seems necessary, or useful, it is legitimate.” '

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/

TRSI 177 - No, CETA does not give companies the right to overturn laws
A new B&A opinion poll puts SF as the largest party; the difficulty attacking SF TD's for speaking positively of the IRA when the state was founded on violence; and why the CETA trade agreement is causing so much trouble for the Greens.
https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-177-no-ceta-does-not-give-companies-the-right-to-overturn-laws/

A new poll at the weekend showed Sinn Fein surging into a five point lead over their nearest rivals. But the bad news (or good news, depending on your view) is that leading a Government still looks like a big challenge for the party

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https://gript.ie/mary-woo-new-poll-gives-sinn-fein-five-point-lead/

Some experts are beginning to warn that the new Mutant covid virus in the UK shows that the virus is "on the pathway to vaccine escape". This may mean that for the vaccine to work, it needs an annual update - much like the flu jab

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https://gript.ie/brutal-new-covid-mutant-on-pathway-for-vaccine-escape/

Ireland has decided to ban flights from the UK over the new strain of covid-19. But back in March they said travel bans don't work.

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https://gript.ie/flashback-irish-govt-in-march-said-closing-borders-to-covid-hotspots-wouldnt-work/

United States prosecutors have charged a fired Chinese Zoom executive with disrupting multiple video calls which were to mark the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, and handing over user information to the Chinese Communist Party.

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https://gript.ie/us-charges-chinese-zoom-executive-with-disrupting-calls-about-tiananmen-square-massacre/

GARY KAVANAGH: A new report from the Department of Justice lays the groundwork for the introduction of expansive and draconian hate speech laws which pay little to no concern to your right to free speech.

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https://gript.ie/new-government-report-calls-for-draconian-hate-speech-laws/

Important court ruling in UK finds free speech includes right to offend

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https://gript.ie/important-court-ruling-in-uk-finds-free-speech-includes-right-to-offend/

Dr MATT TREACY: James Connolly would have had no truck with the cranky woke modern left

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https://gript.ie/james-connolly-would-have-had-no-truck-with-the-cranky-woke-modern-left/

As Ireland faces into another lockdown, and closes its doors to Irish people who just want to come home for Christmas, John McGuirk has finally had enough

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https://gript.ie/the-cure-is-worse-than-the-disease

Poland has proposed a new bill which promises to combat Big Tech censorship with a threat of fines if they do not uphold legal speech.

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https://gript.ie/polish-bill-threatens-multi-million-dollar-fines-for-tech-companies-that-censor-legal-speech/

Good News: yet another address to nation imminent


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https://gript.ie/good-news-yet-another-address-to-nation-imminent/

The restrictions, which are likely to be reviewed in early January, come after last night’s warning from Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan that the country was experiencing a significant rise in cases and needed a return to Level 5.
https://gript.ie/inter-county-travel-ban-pubs-barbers/

Australian Cardinal George Pell, whose previous conviction for alleged child abuse was overturned after he was unanimously acquitted by all 7 justices of the highest Australian court this year, claims that his conservative and traditionalist views were what drove public opinion against him.

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https://gript.ie/wrongly-convicted-cardinal-pell-my-conservative-views-drove-public-against-me/

The restrictions, which include a ban on inter-county travel after St. Stephen’s Day, are set to be reviewed on January 12, but Varadkar insists that all options remain open.

https://gript.ie/varadkar-third-lockdown-march/