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/

Irish Nurses for Transparency and Openness (INFTO) say they have been contacted by more than 200 nurses and healthcare workers since their inception last month.

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https://gript.ie/nurses-tds-adverse-reactions-vaccines/

The controversial World Economic Forum, who first proposed the “Great Reset”, have suggested that laser beams may be used to identify people by their heartbeat’s unique signature if their face is covered by a covid mask.

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https://gript.ie/wef-you-could-be-identified-by-your-heartbeat-using-lasers/

"Irish climate policy is destroying many more lives and livelihoods than it will ever save", says John McGuirk, arguing that Brazil's latest announcement makes a mockery of the Irish Government's war on cattle:

https://gript.ie/report-brazil-to-add-24million-cattle-to-national-herd-by-2030/

Some people are talking about ditching the Tricolour as the price for a United Ireland, again:

https://gript.ie/good-news-were-having-the-irish-flag-in-a-united-ireland-debate-again/

Consultants at Beaumont Hospital have been told to suspend patients who are unvaccinated, "for whatever reason," from the organ transplant waiting list "with immediate effect" and "until the COVID crisis has passed."

https://gript.ie/beaumont-hospital-to-suspend-unvaccinated-from-organ-transplant-waiting-list/

The video style is similar to that of ISIS propaganda clips.

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https://gript.ie/watch-taliban-troll-usa-video/

“There was no grand scheme with Roger Stone and Alex Jones and all of these people to storm the Capitol and to take hostages.”

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https://gript.ie/fbi-trump-january-insurrection/

Why Ireland should legalise pepper spray | Gript

With violent crime surging across the country, it may finally be a time for Ireland to have a conversation about legalising tools like pepper spray for self-defence. Ben Scallan comments.

https://youtu.be/302z03dVOhU

MARGARET HICKEY: REVIEW: Covid-19 and Žižek’s Hoped for Revolution

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https://gript.ie/review-covid-19-and-zizeks-hoped-for-revolution/

No biodiversity plan for Ireland until agreement reached in China

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https://gript.ie/no-biodiversity-plan-for-ireland-until-agreement-reached-in-china/

This week was the anniversary of the famous Catalpa rescue mission which freed 6 fenian prisoners from Australia

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-19-august-1876-catalpa-sails-into-new-york-with-6-fenians-who-had-escaped-fremantle-prison-2/

TRSI 263 - Michael on auto-pilot

The ICCL now thinks political databases are bad; the Journal fact-checks a claim from Aontú and you'll be shocked to learn how that worked out; the alcohol prohibitionists are at it again; and the perfect is the enemy of the good when building houses.

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-263-michael-on-auto-pilot/

Children should not be vaccinated if one parent objects says HSE consent group

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https://gript.ie/children-should-not-be-vaccinated-if-one-parent-objects-says-hse-consent-group/

Polish region votes to reject "LGBT ideology" despite loss of EU funds likely

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https://gript.ie/polish-region-votes-to-reject-lgbt-ideology-despite-loss-of-eu-funds-likely/