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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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https://gript.ie/bad-news-olympics-cancelled-most-likely/
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:

https://gript.ie/eu-say-maybe-free-movement-isnt-sacred-after-all/
“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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https://gript.ie/zero-covid-expert-ireland-lockdowns/
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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https://gript.ie/one-year-out-lepen-leads-macron-in-race-for-french-presidency/
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

https://gript.ie/covid-sweden-shuts-borders-israel-shuts-skies-ireland-to-follow/
THIS TIME LAST YEAR: Farmers protests in Dublin were taking place

"NO FARMERS, NO FOOD, NO FUTURE". Low prices and carbon taxes mean "It'll be GAME OVER over for rural Ireland". Farmers tell Gript why they are protesting in Dublin
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https://youtu.be/WHnrdz2eHGQ
A survey on behalf of Irish company BoxofWine has found that almost 10% of Irish wine drinkers "stocked up on their wine to prepare for a Covid apocalypse"

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https://gript.ie/new-poll-irish-people-like-their-wine-apparently/
TRSI 188 - Obscure statistics are what the people crave

Politico says it will be 2023 before Ireland has 70% of its adult population vaccinated if we don't speed up; GPs have been told, by their professional body the ICGP, to contact a transgender advocacy group for advice on treatment pathways for their patients; and China's attacks on the Pfizer vaccine.  https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-188-obscure-statistics-are-what-the-people-crave/