US President Joe Biden wants a single rate of corporation tax for the entire world, to prevent companies from taking advantage of tax havens. But such a one-world approach would be calamitous for Ireland. Should we worry? Probably not, yet, anyway
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Is this Joe Biden Corporate Tax plan worth worrying about? | Gript
One world..... Government?
DERMOT DORGAN: NPHET Advised Against Border Quarantines in February 2020 Part 2
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NPHET Advised Against Border Quarantines in February 2020 Part 2 | Gript
This is the second article of two that review NPHET’s decision to advise the Irish government against a border quarantine in February 2020. NPHET would later go on to reverse its position on the matter, but by that stage it was too late. The first wave was…
PODCAST: Hundreds of NGOs called for the "elimination" of laws stopping adolescents from consenting to sex and no one noticed; the job of media is to cover stories with a pillow until they stop moving; and 60 Minutes gives Ron DeSantis a wonderful present.
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https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-216-obviously-were-trustworthy-its-all-the-other-media/
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TRSI 216 - Obviously we're trustworthy, it's all the other media | Gript
Hundreds of NGOs called for the “elimination” of laws stopping adolescents from consenting to sex and no one noticed; the job of media is to cover stories with a pillow until they stop moving; and 60 Minutes gives Ron DeSantis a wonderful present. ht…
“One case occurred in a clinical trial and three cases occurred during the vaccine rollout in the USA. One of them was fatal.” - European Medicines Agency
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EMA investigates possible clot link to Johnson vaccine after fatality | Gript
"One case occurred in a clinical trial and three cases occurred during the vaccine rollout in the USA. One of them was fatal."
Kerry hotel gets €140,000 rates bill – despite being forced to close for Covid lockdown
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Kerry hotel gets €140,000 rates bill - despite being forced to close for Covid lockdown | Gript
Others on Twitter were quick to agree with the Kerry hotelier.
Dr. MARTIN FEELEY writes for Gript: Enough time has now passed that we can draw a definitive conclusion from the data, he says. Sweden's light touch approach was as effective as Ireland's lockdown, the longest and most restrictive in the western world
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Dr. Martin Feeley: Comparing Sweden to Ireland, lockdowns look to be a mistake - Gript
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ON THIS DAY: 10 April 1966: Kilmainham Gaol opens as a museum
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ON THIS DAY: 10 April 1966: Kilmainham Gaol opens as a museum | Gript
Since the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising the men and the words that inspired the eventual founding of the Irish Republic are thankfully being given a prominence by at least some people in the public arena – in places such as the voluntarily restored…
DAVID MULLINS: Report finds majority of complaints about solicitors and barristers relate to ‘alleged misconduct.’
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Report finds majority of complaints about solicitors and barristers relate to ‘alleged misconduct.’ | Gript
This represents a substantial increase on the 1,271 emails and phone calls received during the previous reporting period.
Independent Wexford TD Verona Murphy has hit out at regulators over new “Stalinist” rural planning rules that she says will force rural people into “urbanised ghettos”, claiming that a “Dublin-centric government” does not understand rural issues.
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Verona Murphy TD blasts planning rules for “forcing rural people into urbanised ghettos” | Gript
Independent Wexford TD Verona Murphy has hit out at regulators over new “Stalinist” rural planning rules that she says will force rural people into “urbanised ghettos”, claiming that a “Dublin-centric government” does not understand rural issues. “For a long…
Non-Covid waiting lists skyrocket – 100% increase in some hospitals
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Non-Covid waiting lists skyrocket - 100% increase in some hospitals | Gript
Hospital Consultants have warned that non-Covid waiting lists have skyrocketed, with a 100% increase in inpatient waiting lists in some hospitals. They also cautioned that the waiting list may be an “underestimation of the true unmet demand for treatment…
EMMA WOODS: " ‘Consent’ is not enough. We need to recover the lost meaning of sex"
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‘Consent’ is not enough. We need to recover the lost meaning of sex | Gript
If sex is merely a fun activity, why is sexual assault such a grave violation?
Irish priest blasts the government over lockdown
Monaghan Priest Fr. Sean Mulligan says that Christians must stand up against to a "leftwing liberal agenda, which seeks to destroy the Church eradicate God from society." #gript
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Monaghan Priest Fr. Sean Mulligan says that Christians must stand up against to a "leftwing liberal agenda, which seeks to destroy the Church eradicate God from society." #gript
https://youtu.be/3jRdYlsnbEM
MICHAEL COOK: Justice Thomas calls for regulation of Big Tech
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Justice Thomas calls for regulation of Big Tech | Gript
In a thoughtful comment, the Supreme Court justice asks why Twitter can deny the President of the United States his right to free speech.
Mental health effects of arthritis under-recognised, charity says
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Mental health effects of arthritis under-recognised, charity says | Gript
Arthritis Ireland will also launch a new online six-week programme to support people with their mental health during the week,
Biden’s Corporate Tax plan reflects his real history regarding Ireland
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Biden’s Corporate Tax plan reflects his real history regarding Ireland | Gript
That is the nature of politics.
Professor Gerry Killeen, who once said that he would like to "take a hurley" to a prominent opponent of lockdown, has said that he envisages restrictions in the form of lockdown or bans on inward travel lasting in Ireland until..... 2023:
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Zero Covid Campaigner: Say, what about lockdown until…2023? | Gript
What.
Yesterday, Ireland locked up a healthy man without trial and kept him from seeing his dying father. Crowds gathered at the Masters, even as Ireland insists golf is dangerous. With no end in sight, John McGuirk is moved to ask: Has Ireland gone mad?
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It's time to ask: Has the country gone mad? | Gript
Or have the rest of us?
As their parties get rewarded with more taxpayer funding, don’t expect those on the real gravy train to tackle anything other than mere trifles like social media accounts and “foreign interference”. #gript
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Moving deckchairs on the Titanic of corrupt political funding | Gript
Don't expect those on the real gravy train to tackle anything other than mere trifles like social media accounts and "foreign interference".
The Cambodian government has lashed out at the Canadian media company VICE after an Irish artist edited photos of victims of communist genocide, adding smiles to their mugshots. Politicians have called it a “grave insult” to victims of the “Cambodian Auschwitz.”
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Cambodia condemns Irish artist for adding smiles to victims of Communism | Gript
The Cambodian government has lashed out at the Canadian media company VICE after an Irish artist edited photos of victims of communist genocide, adding smiles to their mugshots. Politicians have called it a “grave insult” to victims of the “Cambodian Auschwitz.”…
Northern Ireland fully vaccinates 800k+ while the Republic flounders at 300k
The Republic, with 4.9 million citizens, has only fully-vaccinated 300,000, while Northern Ireland, with a population of 1.8 million, has vaccinated over 800,000 – over two and a half times time. #gript https://gript.ie/northern-ireland-fully-vaccinates-800k-while-the-republic-flounders-at-300k/
The Republic, with 4.9 million citizens, has only fully-vaccinated 300,000, while Northern Ireland, with a population of 1.8 million, has vaccinated over 800,000 – over two and a half times time. #gript https://gript.ie/northern-ireland-fully-vaccinates-800k-while-the-republic-flounders-at-300k/
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Northern Ireland fully vaccinates 800k+ while the Republic flounders at 300k | Gript
The Republic, with 4.9 million citizens, has only fully-vaccinated 300,000, while Northern Ireland, with a population of 1.8 million, has vaccinated over 800,000 – over two and a half times as much. According to the HSE, as of the 9th of April 2021, Ireland…