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/

WATCH: Minister Arrested during Sunday Service by Gardai

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https://gript.ie/minister-arrested-during-sunday-service-by-gardai/

WATCH: Minister arrested, removed during Sunday Service by Gardai

Read more here : https://gript.ie/minister-arrested-during-sunday-service-by-gardai/

Arlene Foster and Simon Coveney have tentatively welcomed a Sunday Times report that the British government is discussing plans to share almost 4 million vaccines with Ireland.

https://gript.ie/coveney-foster-uk-vaccines-ireland/

MICHAEL COOK: Dutch euthanasia criticised in leading medical journal

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https://gript.ie/dutch-euthanasia-criticised-in-leading-medical-journal/

BREAKING: A large number of trainee nurses were banned from starting their hospital placements this week after the HSE made the vaccine mandatory for them, and they declined. "We have a right to consent, too", they told Gript:

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https://gript.ie/hse-to-trainee-nurses-no-vaccine-no-placement/

The Government met yesterday to consider easing lockdown restrictions, and will announce their decision, we believe, today. You'll never guess, though, what NPHET's position on the whole thing was

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https://gript.ie/nphet-to-government-dont-even-think-about-ending-lockdown-chumps/

“We’re looking at hospitalisation rates in children of 1 in 30,” he claimed to the hundreds of thousands of listeners tuned into the national broadcaster.

But the HSE’s own data does not appear to support Prof Kileen’s assertion."

https://gript.ie/rte-has-now-allowed-two-false-or-misleading-covid-statements-to-stand-uncorrected-in-a-week/

Perfidious Albion to the rescue; If you’re angry about the Beacon Hospital you may want to look at who exactly the HSE has been vaccinating; multiple people escape from mandatory quarantine on its first full day; and Fianna Fail survived the crash but look increasingly unlikely to survive Martin.

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https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-213-come-in-ye-black-and-tans-come-in-and-jab-me-like-a-man/

Donnelly must correct Dáil record regarding claim ‘no penal offence’ for saying Mass remarks: NOLAN

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https://gript.ie/donnelly-must-correct-dail-record-regarding-claim-no-penal-offence-for-saying-mass-remarks-nolan/

DAVID MULLINS: Revealed - Private solicitors receive millions to determine Asylum/Refugee applications

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https://gript.ie/revealed-private-solicitors-receive-millions-to-determine-asylum-refugee-applications/

ON THIS DAY: 30 MARCH 1849, Doolough Tragedy

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-30-march-1849-doolough-tragedy-2/

KARL D STEPHAN: Getting used to liquid modernity

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https://gript.ie/getting-used-to-liquid-modernity/

Sweden, which drew significant criticism last year for refusing to lockdown its economy to prevent the spread of covid-19, saw a smaller increase in its death rate than most of Europe, according to official figures.

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https://gript.ie/no-lockdown-sweden-had-less-excess-deaths-in-2020-of-most-of-europe/

"This government is anti-religion" - rural TDs Mattie McGrath, Richard Donohoe, Michael Collins and Carol Nolan blast the government's ban on public worship and the restrictions on funerals.

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https://youtu.be/X5zN98pRwhs