Is Josepha Madigan the right person to advocate for children with special needs?
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Is Josepha Madigan the right person to advocate for children with special needs? | Gript
She is under fire for the 2nd time
Cars are set to be banned from a huge chunk of Dublin City Centre after a well-organised pressure campaign from Green and pro-cycling groups swamped a little known Dublin City Council consultation process. MATT TREACY has more
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War on Cars update: Cyclists set to conquer College Green | Gript
Cars are set to be banned from a huge chunk of Dublin City Centre after a well-organised pressure campaign from Green and pro-cycling groups swamped a little known Dublin City Council consultation process.
“From Sunday, notwithstanding the outliers, the nursing homes will have been done,” he explained.
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Everyone can be vaccinated by September, says Health Minister | Gript
“You don’t have to be a citizen, it’s for anybody who’s here,” Mr Donnelly said.
Táinaiste Leo Varadkar has said that quarantining incoming passengers would be “disproportionate”, as it would go against EU free movement.
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LEO: Quarantine at border would be “disproportionate”, against EU free movement | Gript
The Táinaiste said that a policy of quarantining incoming air and sea passengers would be “disproportionate” and “unworkable.”
Dr MATT TREACY: Despite Covid, almost 16,000 work permits issued for non-EU nationals in 2020
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Despite Covid, no real fall in work permits issued for non-EU nationals in 2020 | Gript
In 2020 up to the end of November, there were 15,295 work permits issued to non EU nationals. The total for the previous year including renewals was 16,380. It is quite likely then, given the numbers who have arrived since Christmas from Brazil that the total…
Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation impacts us all
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Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation impacts us all | Gript
There is a fundamental difference between VAD and palliative care
Twitter refused to take down sick child porn, lawsuit alleges
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Twitter refused to take down sick child porn, lawsuit alleges | Gript
Given that other major sporting events - Formula One, The Super Bowl, Major soccer leagues, and even the GAA - are going ahead almost as normal, is there really a need to cancel the Olympics? Yes, says Japan
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Bad News: Olympics cancelled, most likely | Gript
Heartbreak.
There's a push underway in Europe for Covid-related border controls restricting movement between EU countries for the first time. But it could leave Ireland in an odd position: With the airports effectively closed, but the border to the UK wide open:
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EU: Say, maybe Free Movement isn’t sacred after all | Gript
Borders.
TIM JACKSON: Two Irish academics have proposed overturning a parent’s right to decide if their child will attend sex-education classes.
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Legal Paper: Push parents out of child's sex-ed | Gript
The authors' opinions on individual and societal interests, although not explored in depth, appear to be the major factor motivating their attempt to wrest control away from parents, who they claim could "include discriminatory views" in any sex education…
“It seems obvious for me to take the New Zealand strategy or else you’re going to be in and out of lockdown for the rest of the year and into 2022. “There is a way out and it is to seal up your borders and within the country to drive the number down to zero, and you almost had that done by last July.”
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Zero Covid Expert: Ireland "can be sealed" to avoid lockdowns in 2022 | Gript
A senior microbiologist has said an island nation like Ireland could achieve "Zero Covid" if it followed the same course as New Zealand.
Dr MATT TREACY: So you’re a nativist populist now, Father?
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So you’re a nativist populist now Father? | Gript
Sinn Féin asks about Irish jobs
MARGARET HICKEY: Redbreasted Robins and other Fake News
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Redbreasted Robins and other Fake News | Gript
Ask anyone what colour a robin’s breast is and they will answer ‘red’. Ask anyone to paint a robin and they will reach for the red tube. It is a perception, coloured you might say, by what we have been told, by the way the robin is portrayed in Christmas cards…
POLL: If the vaccine becomes mandatory for travel, what will you do?
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POLL: If the vaccine becomes mandatory for travel, what will you do? | Gript
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Vatican intervened to spike Bishop’s statement critical of Biden’s policies
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Vatican intervened to spike Bishop's statement critical of Biden's policies | Gript
In an astonishing revelation, it has been claimed the Vatican actively intervened to prevent the release of a statement from US Bishops which was critical of Joe Biden's policies of abortion ahead of the President's inauguration.
Poland seeks to save Polish man in coma in British Hospital
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Poland seeks to save Polish man in coma in British Hospital | Gript
Polish court has ruled that a man who is a coma in a British hospital be brought to Poland for treatment
With just over a year to go, a new poll shows Marine LePen leading incumbent President Emmanuel Macron by 26% to 23% in voting preferences for the first round of the French Presidential Election:
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One year out: LePen leads Macron in race for French Presidency | Gript
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Over the weekend, Sweden closed its land border with Norway, and Israel banned all flights into the country. Meanwhile in Ireland, Gardai boasted of preventing people from going to the airport: Does Ireland have an unofficial closed border policy? #gript
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Covid: Sweden shuts borders; Israel shuts skies; Ireland to follow? | Gript
Proper Lockdown.
WATCH: ‘Blue Jet’ lightning seen shooting into space
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WATCH: 'Blue Jet' lightning seen shooting into space | Gript
A bolt of lightning that shoots upwards in space from thunderstorm clouds – named blue jet lightning by scientists – has been spotted by astronomers working at the European Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) in the Pacific Ocean. Publishing their…
NANCY VALKO: How Missouri became the first abortion-free state in the U.S.
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How Missouri became the first abortion-free state in the U.S. | Gript
Grassroots action over decades has borne fruit.