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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https://gript.ie/dr-martin-feeley-comparing-sweden-to-ireland-lockdowns-look-to-be-a-mistake/

ON THIS DAY: 10 April 1966: Kilmainham Gaol opens as a museum

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-10-april-1966-kilmainham-gaol-opens-as-a-museum/

KARL D STEPHAN: Don’t be a technocrat

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https://gript.ie/dont-be-a-technocrat/

DAVID MULLINS: Report finds majority of complaints about solicitors and barristers relate to ‘alleged misconduct.’

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https://gript.ie/report-finds-majority-of-complaints-about-solicitors-and-barristers-relate-to-alleged-misconduct/

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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https://gript.ie/verona-murphy-td-blasts-planning-rules-forcing-rural-people-into-urbanised-ghettos/

Non-Covid waiting lists skyrocket – 100% increase in some hospitals

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https://gript.ie/non-covid-waiting-lists-skyrocket-100-increase-in-some-hospitals/

EMMA WOODS: " ‘Consent’ is not enough. We need to recover the lost meaning of sex"

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https://gript.ie/consent-is-not-enough-we-need-to-recover-the-lost-meaning-of-sex/

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

https://youtu.be/3jRdYlsnbEM

MICHAEL COOK: Justice Thomas calls for regulation of Big Tech

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https://gript.ie/justice-thomas-calls-for-regulation-of-big-tech/

Mental health effects of arthritis under-recognised, charity says

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https://gript.ie/mental-health-effects-of-arthritis-under-recognised-charity-says/

Biden’s Corporate Tax plan reflects his real history regarding Ireland

https://gript.ie/bidens-corporate-tax-plan-reflects-his-real-history-regarding-ireland/

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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https://gript.ie/zero-covid-campaigner-say-what-about-lockdown-until-2023/

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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https://gript.ie/seriously-has-the-irish-government-gone-mad/

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

https://gript.ie/moving-deckchairs-corrupt-political-funding/

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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https://gript.ie/cambodia-condemns-irish-artist-for-adding-smiles-to-victims-of-communism/

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/

According to newly released figures from the Department of Transport, almost 200,000 passengers have entered Ireland since the start of the year.

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https://gript.ie/almost-200000-passengers-have-entered-ireland-from-abroad-so-far-this-year/

The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Intersex Association, which signed a Declaration calling on governments to eliminate “all laws and policies” that stop adolescents from consenting to sex, counts paedophile activist Ian Dunn as one of its founding members.

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https://gript.ie/pedophile-information-exchange-pie-founder-among-the-founders-of-ilga/

The majority of alleged asylum seekers in Ireland who have no identification will soon be able to open Irish bank accounts using State-issued documents.

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https://gript.ie/asylum-seekers-with-no-id-to-open-irish-bank-accounts-using-state-issued-documents

Biden warns of “consequences” if Russia shows “aggression” towards Ukraine


Biden Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the US is concerned about the number of Russian troops gathering at the Ukrainian border and said that “there will be consequences” for Russia if they show aggressive behaviour.

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https://gript.ie/biden-warns-of-consequences-if-russia-shows-aggression-towards-ukraine/

“Turf cutting should be protected cultural practice,” says Carol Nolan

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https://gript.ie/turf-cutting-should-be-protected-cultural-practice-says-carol-nolan/