"The latest from our patronising Tánaiste is that we might have to get used to plenty more lockdown. This is delivered in a “tune in next week” cheap serial suspense style, but for some of us the only thing we are left feeling is that the script is old and we have seen it all before"

THADE ANDY: The evidence is in: Lockdown is creating a health crisis worse than Covid

https://gript.ie/the-evidence-is-in-lockdown-is-creating-a-health-crisis-worse-than-covid/

LOOKBACK... We published this piece this time LAST YEAR...

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WATCH: The State has overstepped the mark with threats of arrest, jail and fines, according to TIM JACKSON
#gript https://youtu.be/U3NisHpK6-c

“This is an extremely serious and upsetting incident. I would ask that we all remain vigilant." - School principal Mr. Shane Greene.

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https://gript.ie/parents-child-abductions/

MATT TREACY: Malta sent four flights with migrants to Ireland in March

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https://gript.ie/malta-sent-four-flights-with-migrants-to-ireland-in-march/

TRSI 211 - Get back to the strawberry fields

The state isn't sure what the law says, the courts aren't sure either, but the guards will still punish you for breaking it; the anatomy of a small fake news story; racism, racism everywhere but not a stat to see; and a new anti-Covid nasal spray hits the market.

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-211-get-back-to-the-strawberry-fields/

The school has suspended the teacher and apologised for the incident.
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https://gript.ie/teacher-hiding-mohammed/

“Most anti-Christian Government of all time” Dáil hears – people “persecuted for going to Mass” 

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https://gript.ie/most-anti-christian-government-of-all-time-dail-hears-people-persecuted-for-going-to-mass/

Eamon Ryan’s Climate Bill: Slán anois, economy! | Gript

The government’s cabinet has just approved Eamon Ryan’s climate bill, which means we can all say “slán anois” to the Irish economy and common sense. Ben Scallan comments. #gript

https://youtu.be/KgdAbKXlZlk

It’s a good day for racists as the Government embraces the one drop rule; good news as unemployment falls to a mere 24.8%; the EU accidentally raided a facility shipping vaccines to the third world; and despite what Government TDs may have told you we are nowhere near hitting our vaccination targets.

#gript https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-212-purity-control/

DOMHNALL Ó DUBHDA: The State kept dossiers on children with autism

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https://gript.ie/the-state-kept-dossiers-on-children-with-autism/

DAVID MULLINS: Just 31 families moved on from emergency homelessness accommodation in February


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https://gript.ie/just-31-families-moved-on-from-emergency-homelessness-accommodation-in-february/

The Witches of Easterweek. The real controversy should surround the appalling mismanagement of Covid-19 by both government and opposition.

Sunday Griptoon by Brian Doyle

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Catholic church bombed in Indonesia on first day of Easter

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https://gript.ie/catholic-church-bombed-in-indonesia-on-first-day-of-easter/

MATT TREACY: Irish soccer is on its knees – but why don’t they protest modern exploitation?

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https://gript.ie/irish-soccer-is-on-its-knees-but-why-dont-they-protest-modern-exploitation/

Several Garda checkpoints with over a dozen Gardaí were in place around Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Mullahoran, Co. Cavan this morning.

https://gript.ie/garda-checkpoints-mass/

"Having spent some weeks trying to avoid saying whether its policy on holding masses was that of Elizabeth I (officially discouraged) or that of Oliver Cromwell (Banned), the Irish Government finally picked a side: Cromwell it is."
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https://gript.ie/government-finally-decides-yes-mass-is-illegal/

“We feel like our children are an easy target”: Parents say removal of therapist from Deaf school is ‘devastating’

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https://gript.ie/we-feel-like-our-children-are-an-easy-target-parents-say-removal-of-therapist-from-deaf-school-is-devastating/

The death of Tracey Campbell-Fitzpatrick, dossiers on children with autism, and a culture of denying rights

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https://gript.ie/the-death-of-tracey-campbell-fitzpatrick-dossiers-on-children-with-autism-and-a-culture-of-denying-right/

This weekend, the Irish Soccer team lost 1-0 to Luxembourg, while Fianna Fáil, in an opinion poll, drew 11-11 with Danny Healy Rae and the independents. The declines of both organisations, writes
John McGuirk, have real parallels

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https://gript.ie/who-had-the-worse-weekend-irish-soccer-or-fianna-fail/

Croppies stay home. MATT TREACY on closure of churches at Easter

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https://gript.ie/croppies-stay-home-matt-treacy-on-closure-of-churches-at-easter/

Bloodshed in Mozambique as Islamist militants attack hotel: 60 foreign citizens believed dead

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https://gript.ie/bloodshed-in-mozambique-as-islamist-militants-attack-hotel-60-foreign-citizens-believed-dead/