BEN SCALLAN: The government say they’re broke and need people to urgently pay tax on their covid payments, while wasting billions on some of the most useless tripe you’ve ever seen in your life.
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PUP is being taxed because the State is broke - so why do they keep wasting money? | Gript
With the economy in shreds and thousands of people forced into joblessness due to repeated covid lockdowns, the Irish government now wants to tax the pandemic unemployment payment and hand everyone a big fat tax bill to add insult to injury. As the Irish…
US prosecutors have opened a murder investigation into the death of a US Capitol Police man who died of the injuries he sustained following Wednesday’s rioting at Capitol Hill. #gript
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Murder probe begins into death of Trump-supporting Capitol police man | Gript
Brian D Sicknick was hit on the head by rioters with a fire extinguisher, eventually dying of his injuries on Thursday night.
Blue ribbons were fixed to the gates of Stormont as mourners gathered to remember 14-year-old Noah Donohoe.
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Blue ribbons tied to Stormont Gates in support of Belfast schoolboy Noah Donohoe | Gript
A demonstration was held on Thursday night in remembrance of deceased schoolboy Noah Donohoe. Blue ribbons were fixed to the gates of Stormont as mourners gathered to remember the 14-year-old boy as a cavalcade of cars in his honour took off across Belfast…
The company claims two of the president’s tweets today had violated its policy prohibiting the glorification of violence.
They were, “The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!” and, “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th”.
https://gript.ie/twitter-permanently-suspends-trumps-account/
They were, “The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!” and, “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th”.
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Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account over risk of inciting violence | Gript
Donald Trump's Twitter account has been permanently suspended by the company's CEO Jack Dorsey.
BEN SCALLAN: Birthrates can change a lot in a society over time - & they may just be the key to a long-term conservative victory.
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The Long Game: how the family will decide the future | Gript
The future belongs to those who invest in it.
MATT TREACY: Ireland is getting no favours from the EU re the vaccine roll-out
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Ireland is getting no favours from the EU re the vaccine roll-out | Gript
Naturally, the announcement prior to Christmas that the Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna Covid vaccines were good to go came as a great relief to people who at last could see an end to the “new normal.”
Paul Murphy TD is all in favour of zero covid and a total lockdown.
Unless you want to hold a large protest about the shooting of George Nkencho:
https://gript.ie/paul-murphys-exception-to-zero-covid-is/
Unless you want to hold a large protest about the shooting of George Nkencho:
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Paul Murphy’s exception to “Zero Covid” is…….. | Gript
Need you ask?
"What happened this weekend happened because a critical mass of western liberals would rather live in a world run by corporate boards who share their values, rather than risk losing elections to their fellow citizens."
https://gript.ie/the-purge-of-the-deplorables/
https://gript.ie/the-purge-of-the-deplorables/
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The Purge of the Deplorables. | Gript
Wipe out.
“A cultural coup”: reactions to Big Tech’s ban on Trump
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"A cultural coup": reactions to Big Tech's ban on Trump | Gript
Big Tech - the handful of powerful companies who have a near-monopoly on social media and many avenues of public speech - moved in concert last week to ban or severely restrict Donald Trump from communicating with his followers.
Der Spiegel is reporting that the EU is set to give Germany 27 million more doses of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines than the country should receive based on its population. This means other EU countries will receive less of these vaccines.
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https://gript.ie/selfish-germany-getting-60-more-moderna-vaccine-than-other-eu-states/
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"Selfish" Germany getting 60% more Moderna vaccine than other EU states | Gript
Germany is set to recieve tens of millions more doses of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccine from the EU than other member states.
Thierry Breton, one of the key EU commissioners pushing for greater regulation of digital platforms, also criticised “the fact that a CEO can pull the plug on POTUS’s loudspeaker without any checks and balances is perplexing. It is not only confirmation of the power of these platforms, but it also displays deep weaknesses in the way our society is organized in the digital space.”
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https://gript.ie/angela-merkel-criticises-twitter-trump/
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Angela Merkel criticises Twitter's de-platforming of Donald Trump | Gript
A spokesman for German leader Angela Merkel said the Chancellor found it "problematic" that Twitter had permanently suspended US president Donald Trump.
TIM JACKSON: Donald Trump didn’t “incite” any violent wars, unlike Mr. Biden
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Donald Trump didn't "incite" any violent wars, unlike Mr. Biden | Gript
The difference between a "largely peaceful" demonstration, as leftist media like to call BLM protests, and the all-out war overlooked by this week's pearl-clutchers is vast.
Dr MATT TREACY: All aboard for the asylum appeals gravy train
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All aboard for the asylum appeals gravy train | Gript
Number of applications has continued to rise with a further 194 people having lodged applications in the months of October and November
ON THIS DAY: 12 JANUARY 1885: Birth of Thomas Ashe was born in Kerry
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ON THIS DAY: 12 JANUARY 1885: Birth of Thomas Ashe was born in Kerry | Gript
Thomas Ashe trained as a teacher and worked as a school principal in Lusk, Co. Dublin. He was a poet, piper and talented singer and having being reared in the Gaeltacht in Kerry, was an avid supporter of the Irish language. This brought him to the governing…
The German lockdown - which is almost identical to the Irish one - could last until April, Mrs. Merkel says. But Germany had seven times fewer cases than Ireland, per capita, yesterday. So if theirs will last till April, how realistic are Dublin's hopes?
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https://gript.ie/merkel-our-german-lockdown-could-last-till-april
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Merkel: Our German lockdown could last till…. April | Gript
Brutal.
The new Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Dermot Farrell, says he is in favour of married priests, female deacons, and blessing rings for gay couples. Nothing wrong with any of that, says John McGuirk, but is he sure he's in the right denomination?
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Is the new Catholic Archbishop of Dublin….. a Protestant? | Gript
Questions.
The men, who were broadcasting Mass on speakers from a nearby car, are thought to have been arrested by Gardaí for failing to provide their names and addresses when asked, and for reportedly gathering illegally on the street.
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WATCH: Three Mass-goers arrested outside Waterford cathedral - Gript
Three Waterford men standing outside the doors of the city's Most Holy Trinity cathedral were arrested on Sunday.
Dr MATT TREACY: Damien Duff, Lyle Taylor and having the courage of your convictions
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Damien Duff, Lyle Taylor and having the courage of your convictions | Gript
The consequences of courage
TRSI 183 - Defining the exception
New limits on alcohol sales mean that today is the last day you can use loyalty cards to buy alcohol; and Trump’s removal from pretty much everything online shows that elections have consequences.
https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-183-defining-the-exception/
New limits on alcohol sales mean that today is the last day you can use loyalty cards to buy alcohol; and Trump’s removal from pretty much everything online shows that elections have consequences.
https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-183-defining-the-exception/
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TRSI 183 - Defining the exception | Gript
New limits on alcohol sales mean that today is the last day you can use loyalty cards to buy alcohol; and Trump’s removal from pretty much everything online shows that elections have consequences. https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/doctors…