Gardai have shut down a Priest who was offering a form of "drive thru" communion for people who had watched online mass. But how is it that you can safely partake of drive-thru McDonalds, but getting communion under the exact same model is banned?
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C’mon: Dublin’s ban on handing out communion after mass is absurd | Gript
Rules for me, but not for thee.
“LEAD BY EXAMPLE”: A Trinity student running for University Times editor has pledged that if he wins, he will give his student accommodation to an asylum seeker, insisting that if students are passionate about the issue, they should dedicate their own resources.
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University Times editor candidate: “I’ll give my student accommodation to asylum seeker” | Gript
A student running for the position of University Times editor has pledged that if he wins he will give his student accommodation to an asylum seeker.
THADE ANDY: Amazon bans books – and Clarence Thomas
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Amazon bans books - and Clarence Thomas | Gript
It has recently emerged that Amazon has decided to ban books – and a documentary about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. They say they will not sell anything containing “hate speech,” though they haven’t defined what they mean by that. Sometime from…
Dr MATT TREACY: The Left Unity Webinar: using Covid to get higher taxes, and more state control
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The Left Unity Webinar: using Covid to get higher taxes, and more state control | Gript
What is interesting about the left’s response to the Covid crisis is that they have actively embraced the possibilities of the massively increased level of state power over all aspects of life.
Camogie stars say people are "collateral damage" in government's lockdown
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Camogie stars say people are "collateral damage" in government's lockdown | Gript
Two Cork camogie stars who took part in Saturday’s protest in the city centre against the continued Covid-19 restrictions have said that people with other illnesses are “collateral damage” in the lockdown being imposed by the government. Cork camogie players…
LMFM radio presenter Ken O’Sullivan took to Twitter this weekend to express his desire to see anti-lockdown protesters who took part in a peaceful assembly on Saturday in Cork fired from their jobs.
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“SEND THE GOBSH*TES PACKING” - LMFM radio presenter wants Cork protesters fired | Gript
LMFM radio presenter Ken O’Sullivan took to Twitter this weekend to express his desire to see anti-lockdown protesters fired from their jobs.
Tracey Campbell-Fitzpatrick: why did her maternal death not rock the nation?
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Tracey Campbell-Fitzpatrick: why did her maternal death not rock the nation? | Gript
On 24th February 2021, after five years of what the family described as being ‘through hell’ the HSE and St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny, finally admitted liability in the death of Tracey Campbell-Fitzpatrick after the birth of her second child in 2016.
A majority of Swiss voters have elected to ban the wearing of face coverings in public, including the niqab and burqa worn by Muslim women.
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Switzerland votes to ban public wearing of the Burqa by referendum | Gript
A majority of Swiss voters have elected to ban the wearing of face coverings in public, including the niqab and burqa worn by Muslim women. The referendum, which passed by 51.2% to 48.8%, was proposed by the Swiss People’s Party (SVP), which campaigned on…
NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN: Why are RTÉ paying for the Meghan and Harry show?
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Why are RTÉ paying for the Meghan and Harry show? | Gript
Two hours. Two whole hours? Why on earth would anyone bother taking two hours out of their lives to watch two irrelevant Royals whinge about how mean everyone is to them and how hard their pampered, cosseted lives are? I suppose we’re in the middle of a…
Barrister Tracey O'Mahony is commencing a case against the State this week challenging almost all of Ireland's lockdown restrictions. Gript Editor John McGuirk has seen the court papers and thinks that the argument she intends to make is a very good one:
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Barrister Tracey O’Mahony launches lockdown challenge - Gript
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“Why are [they] allowed to scaremonger without at least being challenged?” Senator Ronan Mullen raises the Gript ISAG leaks in the Seanad.
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WATCH: Senator Ronan Mullen raises Zero Covid leaks in the Seanad - Gript
Senator Ronan Mullen raised Gript’s Zero Covid leaks in the Seanad this week, demanding to know why the group has been allowed to “scaremonger” without challenge from politicians or the media. “I want to raise the so-called “Zero Covid” proposal today Cathaoirleach…
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has said that a recent mass stabbing of 7 people by an Afghan migrant is “not a migration issue” after calls for better border control.
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Swedish Prime Minister: Mass stabbing by Afghan migrant “not a migration issue” | Gript
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has said that a recent mass stabbing of 7 people by an Afghan migrant is “not a migration issue” after calls for better border control. The attack, which took place in Vetlanda, Sweden, left 7 stabbed and 3 with potentially…
Volunteer workers at the Dublin Samaritans have doubled their usual hours as the number of distressed calls they receive has skyrocketed due to covid-19 and the lockdown.
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Dublin suicide helpline volunteers DOUBLE their hours as calls skyrocket amid lockdown - Gript
Volunteer workers at the Dublin Samaritans have doubled their usual hours as the number of distressed calls they receive has skyrocketed due to covid-19 and the lockdown. Reportedly, almost all callers mentioned covid-19 and the lockdown as a major part of…
Compo Culture? A child has had a settlement in the astounding amount of €90,000 approved by the Irish courts after she sustained scars on her face from falling into a bush at her childcare facility:
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Court approves €90,000 for child after fall into a bush | Gript
Compo Culture.
Labour Party seeks to liberalise already extreme abortion law and clamp down on pro-life protest
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Labour Party seeks to liberalise already extreme abortion law and clamp down on pro-life protest | Gript
The Labour Party manifesto also says the Party will “ban rogue crisis pregnancy agencies.”
Pieta House founder: Assisted Suicide bill ‘tells people they are a burden’
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Pieta House founder: Assisted Suicide bill 'tells people they are a burden' | Gript
A conference on Assisted Suicide and euthanasia has heard that a bill seeking to legalise Assisted Suicide in Ireland was a simplistic solution to a complex problem and tells people at the end of life that they are a burden.
PODCAST: John Aidan Byrne talks with Dick Bove on the return of 1970s style inflation in the US
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PODCAST: John Aidan Byrne talks with Dick Bove on the return of 1970s style inflation in the US | Gript
The box office hit TULSA has just became the #2 All-Time Box Office for self-distributed films and announced that it will be available for streaming everywhere on February 2nd.
SIMON GRIFFIN: I attended the Stephen’s Green protest, and this is why
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SIMON GRIFFIN: I attended the Stephen’s Green protest, and this is why | Gript
If these fallacies go unchallenged, we may yet witness the splitting of Irish communities along politically ideological lines, with those who feel unrepresented and marginalised sending a message to those who dismiss and demonise them.
MICHAEL COOK: Shuffling off this mortal coil is not always pleasant
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Shuffling off this mortal coil is not always pleasant | Gript
The dying process is an under-examined aspect of euthanasia and assisted suicide. Most people assume that it is swift and painless, but this is not always the case. In Oregon, for instance, which publishes very informative statistics about its “Death with…
A government spokesperson has said An Taoiseach Micheál Martin is “surprised” at the Catholic bishop’s request that Masses be re-opened to the public when Level 5 restrictions are eased.
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Taoiseach "surprised" bishops want Mass re-opened | Gript
The Taoiseach expressed surprise at the bishops’ statement on the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions.
Morgan had claimed on Monday morning he “didn’t believe a word” of Markle’s claim she was suicidal.
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Morgan quits show after ridiculing Meghan's claims | Gript
Morgan had claimed on Monday morning he "didn't believe a word" of Markle's claim she was suicidal.