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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/

Italy's public broadcaster yesterday released the full text of the contract between AstraZeneca and the EU.

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https://gript.ie/full-text-of-the-astrazeneca-contract-with-the-eu/

ON THIS DAY: 20 FEBRUARY 1979: Shankill Butchers sentenced to life imprisonment

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-20-february-1979-shankill-butchers-sentenced-to-life-imprisonment/

WATCH: Gym owner’s response to 9 more weeks lockdown goes viral

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https://gript.ie/watch-gym-owners-response-to-9-more-weeks-lockdown-goes-viral/

Alejo José G. Sison: Master and commander: the dialectic of human-AI engagement

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https://gript.ie/master-and-commander-the-dialectic-of-human-ai-engagement/

TRSI 199 - Every day is exactly the same

Mary Robinson may just be getting old; Ireland becomes the world's largest open plan prison; AstraZeneca contract shows EU has waived the right to bring AstraZeneca to court for delays; Martin deals a kindness to the restaurant industry.

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-199-every-day-is-exactly-the-same/

The EU alone has hoarded 2.6 billion vaccine doses, which would be enough to vaccinate every European citizen twice, with 500 million jabs left over, according to the report.

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https://gript.ie/rich-countries-1bn-vaccine-stockpile-leaves-little-for-3rd-world-report-says/

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Arlene Foster has said that the DUP will be launching a legal challenge to the Northern Ireland protocol of the EU-UK Brexit deal.

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https://gript.ie/dup-planning-to-launch-a-legal-challenge-against-the-brexit-deal/

PROF RAY KINSELLA: As Ulster Bank departs, what’s next for Irish mortgage holders?

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https://gript.ie/as-ulster-bank-departs-whats-next-for-irish-mortgage-holders/

Justice Minister Helen McEntee has ruled out the idea of making treatment programmes for prison sex offenders mandatory, despite previously supporting sexual consent classes for primary school students.

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https://gript.ie/mcentee-rules-out-mandatory-treatment-for-jailed-sex-offenders/

Ireland's forest parks, and beauty spots, had no shortage of people in them this weekend, writes John McGuirk. As public confidence rises, and observance of strict lockdown collapses, Government is going to have to relax restrictions more quickly

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https://gript.ie/is-observance-of-lockdown-rules-collapsing/

The rate at which doses are being administered has nearly doubled since the HSE made daily information available.

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https://gript.ie/vaccine-update-71000-vaccine-doses-administered-over-7-days/