Despite the fact that we are a neutral country, we are not safe from cyber-warfare: Ireland is home to about 30% of all EU data, and experts have been warning that the country is a significant target for cyber-attacks for some time.

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https://gript.ie/the-hse-cyber-attack-how-worried-should-we-be/

Aontú leader Peadar Toibín TD has hit out at the UK’s Tory government for offering amnesty to British soldiers over killings carried out in Ireland. #gript

https://youtu.be/uqtP8XODEBk

Creaven, with an address at Adelaide Street, Dún Laoghaire, was remanded in custody until sentencing in July.

#gript

https://gript.ie/rte-producer-guilty-child-sex-abuse/

ISME, the organisation representing small and medium enterprises in Ireland, has written to the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly to express their concern with recent health authorities’ dismissal of rapid antigen testing, arguing that their objections are “not based on science.”

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https://gript.ie/small-business-group-isme-blasts-nphets-unscientific-view-on-antigen-tests/

They found that mask-skeptics were very well informed; scientifically literate; and “value unmediated access to information and privilege personal research and direct reading over ‘expert’ interpretations.”

Mask critics ARE following the science says MIT report reports THADE ANDY

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https://gript.ie/mask-critics-are-following-the-science-says-mit-report/

Sinn Féin accused of “siding with government on Climate Bill while telling farmers it opposes it”


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https://gript.ie/sinn-fein-accused-of-siding-with-government-on-climate-bill-while-telling-farmers-it-opposes-it/

A spokesman for An Garda Siochana said: “An investigation file was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions who has since directed no prosecution in the matter. An Garda Siochana will not be making any further comment.”

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https://gript.ie/gardai-no-prosecutions-rte-party/

From the 1st of June, following a brief moratorium during the covid lockdown, gas & electricity companies will once again be able to disconnect their customers if they fail to pay their bills.

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https://gript.ie/gas-electricity-companies-will-be-able-to-disconnect-customers-from-june/

Dr MATT TREACY: Dáil votes down debate on Project 2040 amid concerns on high migration, housing, and decline of rural Ireland

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https://gript.ie/dail-votes-down-debate-on-project-2040-amid-concerns-on-high-migration-housing-and-decline-of-rural-ireland/

TRSI 228 - You asked for this

Michael has some feelings about alcohol prices he needs to work out; the Government thinks problem drinkers should switch to vodka; NPHET comes out against rapid antigen testing in the same way they came out against masks; and the British elections.

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-228-you-asked-for-this/

Climate Advisory Council members receive almost €350,000 in fees and expenses

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https://gript.ie/climate-advisory-council-members-receive-almost-e350000-in-fees-and-expenses/

Investment firm making nearly $1000 more in average rent in Ireland than US

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https://gript.ie/investment-firm-making-nearly-1000-more-in-average-rent-in-ireland-than-us/

A woman was taken from mandatory quarantine to hospital, due to stress arising from being prevented from seeing her sick father, reports LOUISE ROSEINGRAVE

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https://gript.ie/woman-in-mandatory-quarantine-hospitalised-due-to-stress/

"This talk of the epicurean artisan life reminded me of a dark and very funny scene depicted by, Tibor Fischer, in Under the Frog, a novel set in Hungary during its first decades after the fall to communism."

From Hungary to Glasnevin with love

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https://gript.ie/from-hungary-to-glasnevin-with-love/

TRSI 229 - The M Night Shyamalan of ethnographic research papers

The Royal College of Physicians goes to war on the concept of academic freedom; politicians keep shouting at each other over a problem none of them have really tried to fix; and a fascinating study on anti-mask sentiment gets so much right before going totally off the deep end.

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-229-the-m-night-shyamalan-of-ethnographic-research-papers/

Dr ANGELO BOTTONE: Covid caused a bigger decline in Catholic weddings than civil ones. Why?

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https://gript.ie/covid-caused-a-bigger-decline-in-catholic-weddings-than-civil-ones-why/

MARGARET HICKEY: The massive over-reaction to Eoghan Harris

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https://gript.ie/the-massive-over-reaction-to-eoghan-harris/

MASSIMO INTROVIGNE: Xi Jinping: “Marxism is winning the global ideological war”

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https://gript.ie/xi-jinping-marxism-is-winning-the-global-ideological-war/

TRSI 231 - Votes are equal, voters are not

Arlene Foster and the DUP demonstrate the danger of getting what you wish for; and public confidence in the Government's ability to handle COVID-19 improves, but SF continue to move up in the polls.

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-231-votes-are-equal-voters-are-not/

TD says "bestiality, violence and torture' in sexually explicit books on English curriculum for secondary schools


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https://gript.ie/td-bestiality-violence-torture-sexually-explicit-books-english-curriculum-secondary-schools/

The Sex Workers Alliance of Ireland - which campaigns for legal prostitution - is to get €135,000 of taxpayer money to support its work. We're all paying to be taken for a ride, says John McGuirk:
#gript https://gript.ie/finally-taxpayer-funding-for-pro-prostitution-lobby/