ON THIS DAY: 18 FEBRUARY 1366: Statute of Killkenny was passed

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-18-february-1366-statute-of-killkenny-was-passed/

NASA’s Perseverance rover is set to land on Mars tonight around 9pm Irish time, which, if successful, will be the 5th man-made rover to land on the red planet. But there’s still lots that could go wrong.

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https://gript.ie/7-minutes-of-terror-perseverance-rover-to-land-on-mars-today/

Mark McGowan, the premier of Western Australia went even further, accusing Facebook of “behaving like a North Korean dictator”.

https://gript.ie/australian-pm-facebook-news/

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has called for “zero greenhouse gas emissions” only weeks after increasing his shareholding in a private-jet base company.

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https://gript.ie/gates-zero-emissions-jet-company/

POLL: GAA star Aidan O’Rourke says the GAA needs to urge government to open up kids’ sports, as children are suffering.

Do you agree?

VOTE in our poll below and leave your comments here and on social media.

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https://gript.ie/poll-should-the-government-open-up-kids-sports-as-children-are-suffering

CAROL NOLAN: €45 million in drug seizures reveals the scale of the challenge we are facing

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https://gript.ie/carol-nolan-e45-million-in-drug-seizures-reveals-the-scale-of-the-challenge-we-are-facing/

COLM MEANEY: With lockdown, We have unleashed an age of petty tyranny

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https://gript.ie/with-lockdown-we-have-unleashed-an-age-of-petty-tyranny/

A survivor of serial Paedophile James McClean - who was sentenced to 8 years in prison yesterday - has credited Gemma O'Doherty for his conviction. But why did it fall to O'Doherty, and why did it take so long to act?

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https://gript.ie/terenure-abuse-survivor-we-wouldnt-have-got-justice-without-gemma-odoherty/

As the Taoiseach announces nine more weeks - minimum - of lockdown, the Government should consider renaming the "living with covid" strategy to the "hiding from covid" strategy, writes John McGuirk:
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https://gript.ie/taoiseach-to-mirror-what-we-need-now-is-more-lockdown/

Vatican reverses ‘no jab, no job’ policy after widespread criticism

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https://gript.ie/vatican-reverses-no-jab-no-job-policy-after-widespread-criticism/

Ireland imported a little over €3.5 million euros worth of peat and peat products in 2020, while exporting almost a million tonnes abroad, according to new figures revealed to Gript.

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https://gript.ie/revealed-ireland-imported-millions-of-euros-of-peat-in-2020-while-sending-1m-tonnes-abroad/

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MIXED MESSAGING: Táinaiste Leo Varadkar has denied that Michéal Martin said the Level 5 restrictions would last until May, in an apparent contradiction of the Taoiseach’s Irish Mirror interview last night.
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https://gript.ie/confusion-reigns-varadkar-claims-says-martin-did-not-say-level-5-will-last-until-may/

#ZeroLeaks: Gript has been supplied with an extensive tranche of internal communications from the so-called "Zero Covid" campaign. In this first part, we reveal that their public confidence about their policy is not quite matched by private rhetoric

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https://gript.ie/uncertainty-and-doubt-behind-the-scenes-of-the-zero-covid-campaign/

Normally at this time of the year the roads around where I live would have children in their Erin’s Isle and Finglas Celtic tops carrying footballs and hurleys to and from training as the games begin again. Now it is as though all the children have disappeared. "

Dr Matt Treacy on why he agrees with All-star Aidan O'Rourke that the GAA should be taking a stand to open up children's sports. #gript

https://gript.ie/aidan-orourke-childrens-sports-disgrace/

Bill Gates says we should only be eating ‘fake’ beef 


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https://gript.ie/bill-gates-says-we-should-only-be-eating-fake-beef/

One of Crystal Palace’s top strikers, Wilfried Zaha, has said he won’t be taking the knee anymore, despite all Premier League players so far complying with the Black Lives Matter protest.

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https://gript.ie/premier-league-striker-knee/

Does being a ‘cultural icon’ entitle you to a ‘paedophile pass’?

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https://gript.ie/does-being-a-cultural-icon-entitle-you-to-a-paedophile-pass/

TRSI 198 - An accidental discharge of policy

9 more weeks of lockdown; the unemployment rates hits numbers that don't even look real; and the wonderful revelation that there's nothing stopping you from privately buying vaccines.

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-198-an-accidental-discharge-of-policy/

Memo to Joe Biden: stop bullying us Africans

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https://gript.ie/memo-to-joe-biden-stop-bullying-us-africans/

“It will be slow, we’ll be cautious, because we have to monitor the effect on the virus,” he said.

https://gript.ie/taoiseach-pubs-restaurants-summer/