DAVID REYNOLDS: Neil Francis is the latest Irish journalist to put his foot in it, and lose his job. But the idea that he somehow a closet racist is nonsense:
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St. Francis lived with the wolves. Neil Francis has just been eaten by them | Gript
Neil Francis recently lost his job as a rugby columnist with the Irish Independent following comments he made about British and Irish Lions out-half Marcus Smith on a podcast in July. Francis described Smith as “a Harlequins out-half with a David Beckham…
In 2001, then-president of the US George Bush declared that “the Taliban regime is coming to an end.” Now, 20 years later, they control the entire country of Afghanistan.
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George Bush in 2001: “Taliban regime is coming to an end” | Gript
20 years later, they control the entire country of Afghanistan.
The pharma industry paid over €9 million in travel expenses, donations, and consultancy fees to Irish health care professionals and organizations in 2020.
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Pharma industry paid €9.5 million in fees and expenses to Irish doctors in 2020 - Gript
The figure includes nearly €1.5 million in consultancy fees.
TDs enjoy ink cartridges, pre-paid envelopes, new mobile phones, shredders, laptops, iPads, the full payment of staff wages and salaries, ‘entertainment’ and research costs.
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Free pens for TD’s on €100k while back-to-school costs spiral | Gript
Annual cost of child attending secondary school is €1,500, on average.
What most don’t realize is that the disaster predictions of the IPCC report have been downgraded from “most likely future” in the 2013 IPCC report, to “low likelihood” in the recent one.
- Thade Andy
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- Thade Andy
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No, the IPPC report didn't say we're done for - Gript
How can you be wrong this many times and still have credibility?
“We are seeing a country collapsing and I think you can only describe this as probably the most significant foreign policy catastrophe in the last 20 years, globally,” Coveney said.
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23 Irish left in Kabul as Coveney slams foreign policy "catastrophe" | Gript
100-150 more Afghani refugees coming to Ireland.
Controversial actor Shia LeBeouf is set to play the 20th century Catholic monk and Saint Padre Pio in an upcoming film featuring Willem Dafoe.
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Shia LeBeouf to play St. Padre Pio in upcoming film - Gript
“I’m completely immersed in something way bigger than myself.”
If you're one of those people who thinks NPHET are bad, writes John McGuirk, take a moment to look at Australia, and be thankful that the Zero Covid people did not get their way. It can always be worse:
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Australian Politician: I decree it illegal to take your mask off…. To drink - Gript
Well now.
The rate has declined from a height of 30.5% in August of 2020.
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Unemployment rate 13.5% in July | Gript
That's down from a height of 30.5% in August of 2020.
Laois-Offaly TD Carol Nolan (Ind) has called on Bord na Mona to abandon plans to construct up to 17 wind turbines, each up to 220 metres in height, in Lemanaghan Bog.
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TD calls for Lemanaghan bog windfarm project to be abandoned | Gript
The plan involves 17 wind turbines, each up to 220 metres in height.
The government’s long-term housing strategy is based on population figures which experts increasingly dispute, reports Dr. Matt Treacy, as immigration continues to outstrip even the government’s high projections:
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Project 2040: The fantasy numbers behind Ireland’s housing policy - Gript
Moving deck chairs around.
The government’s plans to prevent rolling electricity outages from green energy policies this winter have been abandoned, meaning Ireland is very likely facing blackouts this winter.
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Plans to prevent electricity blackouts this winter abandoned | Gript
The plans, which would have cost €130 million to implement, were initially signed off on in June of this year by Climate Minister Eamon Ryan.
TIM JACKSON: Forgive me if I’m a little sceptical about the US establishment’s outrage that the Taliban are back in power, knowing, as Joe Biden stated, that the militants were expected to retake Afghanistan within six months of a US withdrawal.
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US presidents have rarely avoided causing chaos - Gript
Mainstreaming the Taliban.
Owen Keegan is in trouble over comments about homeless people. But the real point is that it is wrong, in a democracy, for an unelected official like Keegan to have the power he does in Dublin, where he has ruled for almost a decade, writes John McGuirk:
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The King of Dublin has outstayed his welcome - Gript
Democracy, anyone?
WATCH: A new video released by MIT’s Boston Dynamics shows a bipedal humanoid robot running through a parkour obstacle course. It’s as impressive as it is scary.
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WATCH: Boston Dynamics “Atlas” robots get an upgrade - Gript
A new video released by MIT’s Boston Dynamics shows a bipedal humanoid robot running through a parkour obstacle course. It’s as impressive as it is scary.
An independent Cork City councillor has refused to apologise for calling for “checks and balances” on Afghan refugees, dismissing those criticising him as “snowflakes.”
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Cork politician refuses to apologize for calling for vetting of Afghan refugees | Gript
“Checks and balances need to be put in place to ensure that these people coming in are genuine, and not the brainwashed who have lived under Sharia Law.”