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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https://gript.ie/shia-lebeouf-to-play-st-padre-pio-in-upcoming-film/

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:

https://gript.ie/australian-politician-i-decree-it-illegal-to-take-your-mask-off-to-drink/

The rate has declined from a height of 30.5% in August of 2020.

https://gript.ie/unemployment-rate-13-5-in-july/

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.


https://gript.ie/td-calls-for-lemanaghan-bog-windfarm-project-to-be-abandoned/

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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https://gript.ie/project-2040-irelands-housing-policy/

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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https://gript.ie/plans-to-prevent-electricity-blackouts-this-winter-abandoned/

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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https://gript.ie/us-presidents-causing-chaos/

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:

https://gript.ie/the-king-of-dublin-has-outstayed-his-welcome/

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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https://gript.ie/watch-boston-dynamics-atlas-robots-get-an-upgrade/

Donnie Wiseman is a hero.

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https://gript.ie/watch-man-wrestles-alligator-attacks-handler/

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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https://gript.ie/cork-politician-refuses-to-apologize-for-calling-for-vetting-of-afghan-refugees/

CCTV footage suggests the driver of the vehicle which damaged the cars was trying to hit a man on foot who was involved in the fight.

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https://gript.ie/car-crashes-pitchfork-fight-derry/

The sudden death of Dublin City Councilor Anthony Flynn has taken place this afternoon.

https://gript.ie/dublin-city-councillor-anthony-flynn-dies/

Ireland’s best boy in the class eagerness to accept Afghan refugees is not matched by similar enthusiasm in the rest of Europe, writes Matt Treacy, where memories of the refugee crisis of 2015 still linger:

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https://gript.ie/coveney-open-ireland-door/

The UK is to shift emphasis in the battle against drugs, with Home Secretary Priti Patel telling police to "name and shame" middle class drug users. Should Ireland follow suit? Yes, argues John McGuirk, who would actually go further:


https://gript.ie/should-ireland-follow-the-uk-and-prosecute-middle-class-drug-users/

"From the very beginning of the Covid pandemic, their sole function has not been to provide any scientific insight, but to provide doom-mongering takes for radio and television programmes hungry for exactly that."
- John McGuirk has had enough of ISAG

https://gript.ie/zero-covid-crowds-new-crusade-facemasks-for-children/

As thousands of Americans remain trapped in Afghanistan, President Biden is under fire for cancelling a Trump era crisis-preparedness protocol that critics say may have proved essential.

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https://gript.ie/biden-cancelling-afghan-plans/

As New York City residents seek to avert their City’s decline and prepare for a mayoral election John Aidan Byrne sits down with Matthew Taylor to discuss his new documentary This is New York.

https://gript.ie/podcast-john-aidan-byrne-interviews-filmmaker-matthew-taylor-on-his-documentary-this-is-new-york/

Most of the staff of the socialist magazine Current Affairs have been sacked “without warning” after they tried to apply socialist principles to the magazine by turning it a worker’s co-op.

https://gript.ie/socialist-magazine-fires-majority-of-staff-for-trying-to-start-a-workers-co-op/