ON THIS DAY: 10 FEBRUARY 1917: Explosion at Naas Carpet Factory
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ON THIS DAY: 10 FEBRUARY 1917: Explosion at Naas Carpet Factory | Gript
As reported in the Leinster Leader Newspaper on the 10 February 1917, an explosion occurred in the Naas Carpet Factory and several young female employees were injured. As penned in the article: A rather serious accident occurred in the Naas Carpet Factory…
Prof RAY KINSELLA: A United Ireland cannot be “woke”
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Politicians in Belfast and Brussels – and Dublin and London – are understandably preoccupied by the fallout from the EU’s invoking of Article 16 and their rapid change of mind after the damage was done. It has temporarily deflected attention from the recent…
The Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has heard that Dublin’s National Children’s Hospital is unlikely to be completed before May of 2024, with further delays growing "month on month."
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€1bn overbudget Children's Hospital won't be completed until 2024 | Gript
The Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has heard that Dublin’s National Children’s Hospital is unlikely to be completed before May of 2024. Speaking at the committee hearing, David Gunning, chair of the National Paediatric Health Development Board…
Use “chestfeeding”, ditch terms ‘mother’ and ‘woman’, midwives told in new trans policy #gript
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Use "chestfeeding", ditch terms 'mother' and 'woman', midwives told in new trans policy - Gript
Words like "breastfeeding" and even "mothers" are out, as a major British hospital trust pushes a new 'trans friendly' policy.
You need a “reasonable excuse” to leave your home. Is this constitutional?
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You need a "reasonable excuse" to leave your home. Is this constitutional? | Gript
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, as reported on this forum, argued that quarantining travellers upon arrival in Ireland would be ‘disproportionate’, because people already living here who test positive for Covid-19 do not have to quarantine. He also argued that it…
“Mistakes were made” regarding the use of Article 16, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, referring to the controversial blunder that caused turbulence regarding Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit status.
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EU chief “deeply regrets mistakes” on Irish border | Gript
“Mistakes were made” regarding the use of Article 16, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, referring to the controversial blunder that caused turbulence regarding Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit status. The comment was made in an address…
TRSI 195 - It was closer to 6,000 a week than you'd like it to be
The Children's Hospital fiasco; medical evidence, risk, and why you should consider taking Vitamin D; and the more the HSE works the more behind schedule the vaccine rollout becomes.
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The Children's Hospital fiasco; medical evidence, risk, and why you should consider taking Vitamin D; and the more the HSE works the more behind schedule the vaccine rollout becomes.
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TRSI 195 - It was closer to 6,000 a week than you'd like it to be | Gript
The Children’s Hospital fiasco; medical evidence, risk, and why you should consider taking Vitamin D; and the more the HSE works the more behind schedule the vaccine rollout becomes. https://soundcloud.com/therightsideirl/interview-jimmy-sheehan-childrens…
Feminist “Herstory” on nuns is little more than mean, fictional history
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Herstory ie, founded in 2016, describes itself as telling “the stories of modern, historic, and mythic women”. On St. Brigid’s Day this year, this movement stuck firm to its commitment to furthering the mythic while denying the historic reality. Using some…
The CDC has recommended that people fit their mask more closely, or double up in order to reduce air leakage and enhance their protection by an estimated 90%.
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CDC recommends double masking, or tightly-knotted single | Gript
The CDC has recommended that people fit their mask more closely, or double up in order to reduce air leakage and enhance their protection by an estimated 90%.
Dr MATT TREACY: The Dáil virtue signals on Zero Covid while the economy – and our freedoms – are being demolished
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The Dáil virtue signals on Zero Covid while the economy - and our freedoms - are being demolished | Gript
Yesterday Leinster House hosted yet festival of virtue signalling or what was billed as a debate on the Labour Party’s proposal to pursue a “national aggressive suppression strategy” to bring about Zero Covid. This is something many experts believe is impossible…
"Indefinite lockdown" was what one FF source told a newspaper yesterday. "Indefinite lockdown", though, is just another way of saying that the Government is stuck, scared, and out of ideas. Meanwhile, the vaccination programme is still a disaster
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Good news from Fianna Fail: Lockdown to continue “indefinitely” | Gript
Incompetence.
"If it gets to the point where you have to threaten people with a decade in jail, just to keep the lockdown working, isn’t lockdown, by definition, close to collapse?"
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Boris’s draconian new law: 10 years in jail for lying about travel | Gript
Desperation.
BRENDAN CODY: By it’s own standards, Lockdown is a failure
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By its own standards, lockdown is a failure | Gript
You could be forgiven for thinking the first two lockdowns have failed. They have not achieved what they were for. We were told they would protect the HSE from excessive demand, and prevent deaths. Now with recent rises in hospitalisations and deaths, a third…
TIM JACKSON: Is it essential that he goes? Well, we know that anything of even the slightest importance could be said over Zoom, but we’re also aware that photo-ops are the bread and butter of self-serving careerist politicians, and they don’t get much bigger than handing a bowl of shamrocks to the US president.
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Taoiseach says 'travel rules for thee, but not for me' | Gript
An essential trip to meet Joe Biden?
Data released by the HSE shows that Irish vaccination numbers have fallen sharply since the start of January, with the numbers vaccinated per day now having fallen under 3,000, of which only 1,246 were first doses.
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Irish vaccination numbers appear to have collapsed | Gript
The number of vaccinations carried out each day seems to be collapsing, with the state having vaccinated only 1,296 people on the 8th of February, the last day we have vaccination data for. Of that figure 702 people were administered a first dose whilst 594…
Lockdown until Easter an “admission of failure” by the Government
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Lockdown until Easter an "admission of failure" by the Government | Gript
Aontú has said that the government’s reliance on “long-term draconian lockdown measures” is an “admission of failure” in efforts to tackle Covid-19. The party leader, Peadar Tóibín, said that the government’s failure to plan, its lack of control regarding…
Top 10 Irish political cringe moments in 2020 A year after the election, it can be handy to look back on some of the most cringeworthy moments from Ireland’s best & brightest: our beloved politicians. #gript
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TOP 10 IRISH POLITICAL CRINGE MOMENTS IN 2020: A year after the election, it can be handy to look back on some of the most cringeworthy moments from Ireland’s best & brightest: our beloved politicians.
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How the State wastes your money, part 597: Mayo County Council is offering a cool seven thousand euros, plus VAT, for someone to write an "LGBTI+ inclusion policy" for County Mayo. But the National LGBTI+ inclusion policy is only about 20 pages long
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Mayo County Council: Who wants €7,000 to write an LGBTI strategy for us? | Gript
Waste.