Well known columnist and media personality Colette Browne has joined the Social Democrats as Communications Director. It's a canny career move, but is the job going to be as easy as it seems?
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New Soc Dems spindoctor is…. Colette Browne? | Gript
New Signing.
NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN: Is RTÉ’s ridiculous apology to Paschal Donohue a symptom of reliance on State funding?
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Is RTÉ's ridiculous apology to Paschal Donohue a symptom of reliance on State funding? | Gript
Asking mildly-mean questions about children's shoes might put you on a naughty list in that regard.
Malachy Steenson on remembering Cumann na mBan, his grandmother’s role and mother's memories.
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Cumann na mBan: remembering my mother, Marion Steenson - Gript
Easter is perhaps the most important time of the year to remember those who fought for our freedom, and by commemorating the past, we look forward to the future. We celebrate the various battles in the fight for Irish Freedom and recall with pride the ultimate…
Larry McCarthy has said the GAA will introduce vaccine passports for crowds if they are “allowed to do it”.
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GAA president supports "vaccine passports" for match-day crowds | Gript
The president of the GAA has said vaccine passports might be needed to allow crowds attend matches in the near future.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the increased testing capacity was needed so that the months of lockdown sacrifices “are not wasted.”
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English people to be offered two free Covid-19 tests every week | Gript
"Everyone will be able to take a free rapid coronavirus test twice a week from the 9th April."
NEW: It has now been four full weeks since the US State of Texas lifted all lockdown restrictions, including the mandatory use of facemasks. In the four weeks since, Covid cases have not spiked. In fact, they've fallen by 50%:
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Texas: No lockdowns or masks for a month, cases down by half. | Gript
Progress.
For the first part of the Covid pandemic, the Irish Media could not stop comparing Ireland's record on the virus to that of Boris Johnson and Britain. Now, 14 months on, it's the subject that cannot be mentioned:
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As Boris opens up Britain, Irish media comparisons disappear. | Gript
Victory.
BEN SCALLAN: The Department of Transport has announced that they will be significantly reducing the grant incentives for electric hybrid vehicles, making a nonsense of their other “green schemes.”
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Government halves grants for electric vehicles, consumers pick up the tab | Gript
The Department of Transport has announced that they will be significantly reducing the grant incentives for electric and hybrid vehicles, making a nonsense of their other “green schemes.” Currently, if one wants to purchase an electric car or hybrid, you…
Was Ireland lied to about abortion? | Gript
Several years on from repealing the 8th Amendment, it must be asked: were Irish people lied to about the reality of abortion? Ben Scallan investigates. #gript
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Several years on from repealing the 8th Amendment, it must be asked: were Irish people lied to about the reality of abortion? Ben Scallan investigates. #gript
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Was Ireland lied to about abortion? | Gript
Several years on from repealing the 8th Amendment, it must be asked: were Irish people lied to about the reality of abortion? Ben Scallan investigates. #grip...
THADE ANDY: H&M’s standoff with China must not end in placation – for everyone’s sake
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H&M’s standoff with China must not end in placation - for everyone's sake - Gript
China accounts for an estimated 22% of world cotton production and 84% of their cotton is grown and picked in the Xinjiang province
A non-denominational Christian pastor has been given a prosecution notice and threatened with up to six months in prison by Gardaí for opening her church on Easter Sunday.
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Irish pastor given prosecution notice for Easter service, facing 6 months in jail - Gript
A non-denominational Christian pastor has been given a prosecution notice and threatened with up to six months in prison by Gardaí for opening her church on Easter Sunday. Pastor Sharon Perry of the Abundant Grace Christian Assembly in Ringsend, Dublin, said…
Two senior BBC Newsnight journalists have been accused of “killing children” after they reported on an NHS commissioned report which found the evidence for using puberty blockers on children was of low quality and unreliable.
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Transgender activists accuse senior BBC journalists of “killing children” | Gript
Two senior BBC Newsnight journalists have been accused of “killing children” after they reported on a new evidence review of puberty blockers.
DAVID MULLINS: Government set to radically revise laws on mandatory minimum sentences
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Government set to radically revise laws on mandatory minimum sentences | Gript
The governments amendment will remove that mandatory minimum sentence
MATT TREACY: State’s own Covid watchdog shows outdoor activities safe
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State's own Covid watchdog shows outdoor activities safe | Gript
Official figures confirm common sense: Outdoor activity is safe
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The head of vaccines at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has said there is a “clear” link between the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccination and reports of blood clots in certain people who have received the jab.
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Regulator chief claims "clear" link between clots and AstraZeneca jab | Gript
Marco Cavaleri told Italian newspaper Il Messaggero that a brain blockage called CVST was occuring at a higher rate than expected in younger people who have been vaccinated.
An international LGBT NGO, which lists Labour LGBT as a member, signed a “Feminist Declaration” calling for the elimination of laws which limit the ability of children as young as 10 to consent to sex.
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Allow children as young as 10 to consent to sex - LGBT NGO - Gript
An organisation which lists Labour LGBT as a member called for the elimination of laws which limit the right of children as young as 10 to consent to sex.
Varadkar said a “digital green certificate vaccine pass” being developed by the Irish government will give “fully vaccinated” people “more freedoms”.
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Varadkar: Vaccinated will be given "green pass" for extra freedoms - Gript
“We are developing a digital green certificate vaccine pass, so you’ll be able to prove that you’re fully vaccinated,” he confirmed.
The job of restoring the six entrance gates (pictured) into Dublin's Phoenix Park has taken three years, and cost a staggering eight hundred thousand euros. John McGuirk has one question: How??
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Are Dublin’s new €800,000 gates the world’s most expensive? | Gript
Classy entrance.
"You’d have to wonder, too, how much nonsense like this is contributing to the atmosphere of fear and trepidation around the virus...
Very few scientists – at least, not any likely to get air time on RTE – seem interested in calming fears."
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Very few scientists – at least, not any likely to get air time on RTE – seem interested in calming fears."
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Absurd new Covid warning: Stay out of the “slipstream” of joggers | Gript
Danger.
DAVID MULLINS : Are politicians prepared to criminalise the religious orders to enable seizure of assets?
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Are politicians prepared to criminalise the religious orders to enable seizure of assets? - Gript
The rhetoric from some members of the Oireachtas should seriously worry us, writes David Mullins