THE GOOD SHIP COVID

Cartoon by Brian Doyle

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The Taoiseach says that lockdown will have to be extended by two months because of a shortage of vaccines, and has claimed that "his hands are tied":

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https://gript.ie/my-hands-are-tied-says-martin-as-he-plans-to-extend-lockdown-again/

COMMENT: Is science or spite behind the Government’s refusal to allow public worship?

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https://gript.ie/is-science-or-spite-behind-the-governments-refusal-to-allow-public-worship/

JENNIFER MOONEY: The Little Stories of Coronavirus

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https://gript.ie/jennifer-mooney-the-little-stories-of-coronavirus/

Why is RTÉ partnered with climate change activists? | Gript

The State broadcaster is supposed to be impartial - so why is RTÉ partnered with a climate change activist group? Ben Scallan reacts.

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https://youtu.be/Gp1KqsAajqo

Boyd-Barrett’s claim that the Sisters of Charity are evicting elderly blind women is dangerous nonsense

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https://gript.ie/boyd-barretts-claim-that-the-sisters-of-charity-are-evicting-elderly-blind-women-is-dangerous-nonsense/

MARGARET HICKEY: Meghan, Harry and the power of victimhood

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https://gript.ie/meghan-harry-and-the-power-of-victimhood/

ON THIS DAY: 11 MARCH 1858 – Birth of Thomas Clarke, leader in the 1916 Rising

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-11-march-1858-birth-of-thomas-clarke-leader-in-the-1916-rising-2/

TRSI 204 - Oh the places you'll go!

More on Moonshot's recent study of the far-right in Ireland, particularly the Irish Time's coverage of it; fact-checking the Journal; and Dr Seuss is out, but Mein Kampf is still in.

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-204-oh-the-places-youll-go/

“{T}he strategy often appears to be to set the legal restrictions at a certain level, imply a higher level of restriction through misleading public pronouncements, and then allow legally ungrounded threats of prosecution to bring people in line with that higher level of restriction,” Professor Doyle said.

https://gript.ie/tcd-law-lecturer-illegal/

"We will be counting the catastrophic health and psychological harms, imposed on nearly every poor person on the face of the earth, for a generation,” the professor said.

https://gript.ie/stanford-lockdowns-public-health/

"When you look at the rest of the world, and then look back at Ireland, what you see is a country that is now a total outlier in terms of the length and severity of our restrictions. This fact never makes the RTE news, but that doesn’t make it untrue."

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https://gript.ie/bad-news-from-nphet-we-are-at-a-dangerous-point/

By offering free education to those seeking asylum, Government is continuing to implement a set of policies which are making Ireland the most attractive place in Europe to seek asylum in. That's good for asylum seekers. But is it good policy for Ireland?

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https://gript.ie/governments-new-policy-free-college-for-asylum-seekers/

TRSI 205 - A Final Embarrassment

The ISAG situation continues to develop despite the silence of the zero-covid group; the IFCN attempts a course correction; the Bishops still have the capacity to surprise; and the government's forced quarantine plans are effectively a total ban on travel to Ireland from large parts of Africa.

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-205-a-final-embarrassment/

Dr MATT TREACY: China is guilty of genocide. When will Ireland acknowledge that?

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https://gript.ie/china-is-guilty-of-genocide-when-will-ireland-acknowledge-that/

9 countries pause AstraZeneca jabs after blood clot fear: EU says its safe

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https://gript.ie/9-countries-pause-astrazeneca-jabs-after-blood-clot-fear-eu-says-its-safe/

yrus Chu, former Minister of the Taiwanese Government: The hope that China would become a democratic country has died. Now they actively work to spread authoritarian thinking around the world. Conflicts are inevitable.

https://gript.ie/economic-conflicts-between-china-and-democratic-regimes-are-inevitable/

High Court case on abortion after mistaken diagnosis will be heard in June

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https://gript.ie/high-court-case-on-abortion-after-mistaken-diagnosis-will-be-heard-in-june/

Richard Boyd-Barrett, has declared a new far-Left crusade in the Dáil, and this time it’s against exams and the concept of “competition” itself.

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https://gript.ie/genius-pbp-wants-to-ban-exams-because-they-create-inequality/

The EU has exported more than 34 million doses of covid-19 vaccines outside the bloc, sending jabs to Mexico & Saudi Arabia even as Ireland struggles to acquire its own.

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https://gript.ie/as-ireland-struggles-to-get-vaccines-eu-exports-tens-of-millions-of-jabs-outside-bloc/

AstraZeneca could legally declare the pandemic over by 1 July 2021, ending its no-profit pledge of providing countries with cost-price Covid-19 inoculations.

https://gript.ie/leaked-document-astrazeneca-no-profit/