Aontú: 10 people limit at funerals is ‘cruel’, churches are biggest building in towns

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https://gript.ie/aontu-10-people-limit-at-funerals-is-cruel-churches-are-biggest-building-in-towns/

A Cork man and serial thief who has admitted to two counts of shoplifting was spared a jail sentence by the court after telling about his charitable works, including captaining an Irish soccer team for a charity soccer contest in Portugal.

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https://gript.ie/cork-shoplifter-with-69-convictions-spared-jail-after-telling-court-about-charitable-works/

WATCH: Gript Editor John McGuirk on PrimeTime last night defended people's right to peaceful protest and be upset at the Government's appalling mishandling of the Covid-19 crisis.
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WATCH: Sinn Féin senator Paul Gavan has described Saturday’s anti-lockdown protesters as “far-right”, referencing previous “fascist” movements, and calling on people to challenge their ideology of "hatred, prejudice and poison."

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https://gript.ie/watch-sinn-fein-senator-describes-anti-lockdown-protesters-as-far-right/

"Like the Penal Times": TDs, including Michael Collins, Mattie McGrath and Carol Nolan have called for a Dáíl Debate to allow churches to open for Holy Week before Easter. Michael Collins TD said that the media were ignoring the real need and desire of people for worship. #gript

https://youtu.be/Z-RnzhtF9aY

ON THIS DAY: 3 MARCH 1831: First Clash of the Tithe War in Kilkenny

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-3-march-1831-first-clash-of-the-tithe-war-in-kilkenny-2/

The comments come after he last week confirmed young children could be vaccinated by early 2022 and teenagers in the US may have access to the vaccine by September.

https://gript.ie/fauci-life-normal/

Labhair í is mairfidh Sí – conas a chabhródh meon dearfach le forbairt na Gaeilge.

#seachtainnagaeilge #Bród

https://gript.ie/labhair-i-is-mairfidh-si-conas-a-chabhrodh-meon-dearfach-le-forbairt-na-gaeilge/

As students in UL face expulsion over their party the other night, it's worth asking: Why is a party in Limerick being treated so more harshly than a party in RTÉ?

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https://gript.ie/why-is-the-ul-party-not-getting-the-rte-party-treatment/

Rural TDs call for renewed focus on the Irish language during Seachtain na Gaeilge

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https://gript.ie/rural-tds-call-for-renewed-focus-on-the-irish-language-during-seachtain-na-gaeilge/

MARGARET HICKEY: Review of Irresistible Damage by Abigail Shrier

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https://gript.ie/irresistible-damage-by-abigail-shrier/

The Governor of Texas has lifted that state's facemask mandate and ALL covid restrictions after 6 million Texans - including all of the old and the sick - were vaccinated. But President Biden says it is a "neanderthal" decision

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https://gript.ie/governor-of-texas-declares-its-time-to-take-off-your-facemasks/

New Report: Stop asking non-Irish housing applicants if they own property abroad

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https://gript.ie/new-report-stop-asking-non-irish-housing-applicants-if-they-own-property-abroad/

The organisation which accredits the @journal_ie as a Facebook fact-checker has told Gript that a recent article, published by the Journal as a fact-check, does not meet the requirements to be a fact-check and is actually "non-fact-checking content."

https://gript.ie/recent-journal-fact-check-actually-non-fact-checking-content-international-fact-checking-network/

In an interview with Virgin Media, Táinaiste Leo Varadkar has said that he would be “very surprised” if the UK was able to achieve its stated targets for re-opening the British economy, and refused to give a similar timeline for Ireland.

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https://gript.ie/varadkar-doubts-that-the-uk-will-be-able-to-open-by-announced-date/

ON THIS DAY: 4TH MARCH is shared by 3 famous people connected with Irish freedom, whose birthdays occurred on this day.

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-4-march-birth-of-robert-emmett-daniel-patrick-mannix-grace-gifford/

In the middle of the worst economic crisis in decades, the government has announced that they will be ending the levy on banks that was brought in after the bailout, a move seen by many as essentially letting the banks off the hook after being saved by the taxpayers. At the same time, the VAT rate, lowered during the pandemic, is set to increase once again so that all of us ordinary consumers can foot the bill.

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https://gript.ie/government-to-scrap-banking-levy-while-restoring-vat-to-full-rate/

Signs were spotted in County Tyrone, reading “Our forefathers fought for our freedom and rights - no border in the sea or we continue to fight”, and portraying a man in a balaclava wielding an AK47 and standing next to a Union Jack.

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https://gript.ie/loyalist-paramilitaries-withdraw-support-for-the-good-friday-agreement/

Only 5,780 doses of vaccine were administered on Monday of this week. Low numbers over the past few weekends, and Mondays, have led to the Government missing its weekly vaccination numbers for the last two weeks running.

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https://gript.ie/vaccine-update-less-than-6000-vaccinated-on-monday/

Kumar, whose wife was also arrested following the murder, claimed he would have killed her boyfriend too if he had found him.

https://gript.ie/india-father-beheads-daughter/

The sex offender’s victim was a four-year-old boy whose mother had started a relationship with the abuser.
https://gript.ie/trans-sex-offender-abuse/