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

Teachers (88%), scientists (87%) and NPHET (87%) make up the rest of the Top 6 most trusted “types of people” in Ireland.

https://gript.ie/poll-trust-medics-social-media-influencers/

From today, two fully vaccinated people can legally meet up without face coverings or social distancing, provided they have had their second dose at least two weeks ago.

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https://gript.ie/lockdown-lifting-vaccinated-people/

IPSOS MRBI's annual trust survey shows that Irish people have almost absolute faith in NPHET, but have lost all faith in politicians who've spent the last year implementing NPHET policies. This explains a lot, says John McGuirk

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https://gript.ie/hot-new-poll-ireland-loves-nphet-but-hates-politicians/

The Governor of Florida has announced that he will take action to make so-called "vaccine passports" illegal. But what are the chances of them being introduced in Ireland, anyway?

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https://gript.ie/as-florida-bans-vaccine-passports-will-they-come-to-ireland