“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/

54 per cent of Britons polled would vote to maintain Brexit if asked today, with one in five former Remain voters now wanting to stay out of the EU and only 9 per cent of Leave voters regretting their decision.

https://gript.ie/brits-think-brexit-helped-vaccine/

This article has been updated with additional material showing that the apparent authors of the 'Feminist Declaration' define "adolescent" as meaning those aged between 10 and 19 years old.

https://gript.ie/allow-children-as-young-as-10-to-consent-to-sex-lgbt-ngo/

The French women’s rugby team won’t have to do a mandatory hotel quarantine ahead of their visit to play Ireland in Donnybrook.

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https://gript.ie/donnelly-athletes-hotel-quarantine/

MATT TREACY: Violence in the north: unlike the political parties, the ‘most deprived’ areas have gained little in 23 years

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https://gript.ie/violence-in-the-north-unlike-the-political-parties-the-most-deprived-areas-have-gained-little-in-23-years/

Dana receives six-figure damages, apology from Sunday World

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https://gript.ie/dana-receives-six-figure-damages-apology-from-sunday-world/

According to a recent report, China built enough coal power plants to increase global capacity even despite other countries closing down power stations across the globe.

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https://gript.ie/china-opening-coal-power-plants-faster-than-the-rest-of-the-world-can-cut-emissions-report/

The director of the Chinese Centre for Disease Control & Prevention, Gao Fu, has admitted that the country's vaccine effectiveness remains low compared to other jabs.

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https://gript.ie/chinas-top-health-official-admits-that-the-effectiveness-of-chinas-vaccines-is-low/

People on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent have been told by their Prime Minister that they won’t be rescued from an erupting volcano unless they’ve had the covid-19 vaccine.

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https://gript.ie/volcano-stricken-islanders-told-they-wont-be-rescued-unless-they-take-covid-vaccine/

The HSE appears to have reversed its requirement for student nurses to receive the covid-19 vaccine before taking up clinical placements.

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https://gript.ie/hse-appears-to-reverse-mandatory-vaccinations-for-student-nurses-in-letter/

Labour leader Alan Kelly called the situation “embarrassing”, particularly as it happened during the height of the most recent wave of Covid-19 cases. #gript
https://gript.ie/donnelly-twitter-mentions/

Boris Johnson lifted the lockdown in the UK yesterday, but he did something more: By unleashing these scenes of celebration and revelry in London, he also set the clock ticking for Ireland's lockdown, says John McGuirk:

https://gript.ie/footage-london-emerges-from-lockdown-as-ireland-does-not/

A Fine Gael Senator has called for an end to mandatory quarantine - for those who have been vaccinated - as the policy continues to look like an absolute mess

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https://gript.ie/fg-senator-lets-give-the-vaccinated-a-free-pass-on-quarantine/

NPHET has warned that the risk of a new wave of covid-19 over the summer is “considerable”. However, UK experts say a summer wave is no longer expected, and that their initial modelling was overly pessimistic. #gript

https://gript.ie/nphet-warn-of-considerable-covid-wave-risk-over-summer-uk-experts-say-otherwise/

A reported rise of covid-19 cases in children is because of an increase in covid testing - not the re-opening of schools, according to a senior health expert. #gript

https://gript.ie/covid-19-case-rise-in-children-due-to-increased-testing/

The Government has now stopped the administration of the AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine to those under 60 due to concerns regarding blood clots. Data presented by the National Immunization Advisory Committee (NIAC) shows that people who are 20-34 years old are twice as likely to die of Covid-19 as they are to suffer from blood clotting due to the vaccine.

https://gript.ie/vaccine-update-key-part-of-vaccine-programme-suspended/

Apu actor Hank Azaria said “The Simpsons” cartoon was part of “structural racism” by airing the character.

“I really didn’t know any better. I didn’t think about it. I was unaware how much relative advantage I had received in this country as a white kid from Queens."

https://gript.ie/actor-apologises-apu-stereotyping/

The young adult died with a blood clot in their brain and a diminished platelet count, outcomes that authorities have recently associated as a “very rare” possible side-effect of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

https://gript.ie/death-investigated-astrazeneca-vaccine/

The Green Party has called for increasing Ireland’s social welfare rate to €250 a week in a bid to end poverty - even as the national debt is set to soar to close to €250bn in coming years.

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https://gript.ie/greens-call-for-permanent-increase-in-welfare-as-national-debt-soars-to-e241bn/

Dubliner Mark Roche has become the first Irish person to complete Taiwan’s 100 Peaks Challenge. The challenge requires climbing 100 Taiwanese mountains, each of which is over 3,000 metres tall.

https://gript.ie/dubliner-becomes-first-irishman-to-completes-prestigious-taiwanese-hiking-challenge/

New York parent sues State for the right to marry their own child

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https://gript.ie/new-york-parent-sues-state-for-the-right-to-marry-their-own-child/