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The Irish political establishment, argues David Thunder, has richly earned the rejection that seems to be heading its way in less than a week:

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"Now there is a sense in our country that violence and bad things might randomly descend on any person. This relates to what people have said about what is happening with regards to the Drogheda feud. How in the name of God did we get here?"

https://gript.ie/on-the-canvass-the-feeling-that-random-violence-can-descend-on-any-person/

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ON THE CANVASS: the feeling that random violence can descend on any person. | Gript

I lived in Navan in 1982. I worked on an archaeology site of all things at Randalstown near where the mines had their dumps. It had been part of the Everard estate which grew tobacco but much longer ago had been a village on the Boyne. So in digging down…

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JAMES BRADSHAW reviews the film 'A Hidden Life'

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Film Review: A Hidden Life | Gript

The release of A Hidden Life - for which filming began way back in 2016 - is finally bringing the story of Blessed Franz Jägerstätter to a global audience.

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Brexit has happened. Is it the end of civilisation as we know it?

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https://gript.ie/brexit-has-happened-is-it-the-end-of-civilisation-as-we-know-it/

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Brexit has happened. Is it the end of civilisation as we know it? | Gript

Stockholm Syndrome. It is the psychological description of a state in which a captive comes to identify with their captor.

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SHOCKING FOOTAGE as Antifa throw smoke bombs, assault Garda, as free speech rally attacked

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https://gript.ie/shocking-footage-as-antifa-throw-smoke-bombs-assault-garda-as-free-speech-rally-attacked/

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SHOCKING FOOTAGE as Antifa throw smoke bombs, assault Garda, as free speech rally attacked | Gript

Left-wing extremists, including masked members of Antifa, threw a smoke bomb during an attempted attack on a free-speech rally outside the Dáil, Saturday afternoon. At least one Antifa activist appears to have been arrested after a Garda was assaulted with…

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Every time Irish voters fall for the idea that there are pain free solutions to every problem, the country ends up in the toilet bowl and your kids end up in Australia. It won't be different because this time it's Sinn Fein.

https://gript.ie/sinn-fein-bertienomics/

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Bertie 2.0: We've seen these Sinn Fein promises before | Gript

You fell for it in 1977. You fell for it in 1997. And 2002. And 2007. Don't fall for it again just because it's coming from a different party.

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"As a veteran of many losing campaigns (and an occasional, very rare, winning one), I recognise the signs. Fine Gael is in real trouble, and it can't save itself this time"

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https://gript.ie/ive-been-in-losing-campaigns-fine-gael-is-in-real-trouble/

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I've been in losing campaigns. Fine Gael is in real trouble. | Gript

You can't win an election in a country when you believe fundamentally that you're campaigning in a totally different country.

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"Stockholm Syndrome. It is the psychological description of a state in which a captive comes to identify with their captor.

On the day on which our nearest neighbour has formally departed the European Union, perhaps it is apt to reflect on this state’s relationship to that entity."

Matt Treacy on Brexit...

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https://gript.ie/brexit-has-happened-is-it-the-end-of-civilisation-as-we-know-it/

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Brexit has happened. Is it the end of civilisation as we know it? | Gript

Stockholm Syndrome. It is the psychological description of a state in which a captive comes to identify with their captor.

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"Helping mother out – of life?" ANN FARMER writes on assisted suicide in the UK

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https://gript.ie/helping-mother-out-of-life/

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Helping mother out - of life? | Gript

In an interview, writer Guy Kennaway reveals to Rosa Silverman how, three years ago, he was asked by ‘his elderly mother and her third husband’ to help them to die, telling him: ‘“We have decided to kill ourselves … I need to get hold of the right drugs.…

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PEADAR TÓIBÍN outlined Aontú's 'United Ireland Policy' at the GPO today

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A young seminarian, Michael Nnadi, who was kidnapped in Nigeria last month has been killed. He was just 18-years-old.

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https://gript.ie/kidnapped-seminarian-woman-executed-nigeria/

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Kidnapped seminarian and woman executed in Nigeria | Gript

The area surrounding the Abuja-Kaduna highway is notorious for kidnappings, with schoolchildren and clergy being regularly targeted by both Islamic terrorists and criminal gangs for ransom.

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Ben Gilroy is no stranger to publicity, with the anti-eviction campaigner a regular fixture in the courts and newspapers for his activities to date.

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https://gript.ie/watch-ben-gilroy-ready-run-through-walls-latest-hit-election-video/

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WATCH: Ben Gilroy ready to run through walls in latest hit election video | Gript

Ben Gilroy is no stranger to publicity, with the anti-eviction campaigner a regular fixture in the courts and newspapers for his activities to date.

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PODCAST: With one week to the election the polls show SF pulling ahead of FG and becoming level with FF, but how much faith should we put in those polls and can FF and FG push them back down or is this the death of the two party system?

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https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-54-the-sinn-fein-detente/

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TRSI 54 - The Sinn Fein Detente | Gript

With one week to the election the polls show SF pulling ahead of FG and becoming level with FF, but how much faith should we put in those polls and can FF and FG push them back down or is this the death of the two party system?

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Patricia shows you how to make a roasted eggplant and tomato orzo pasta. It’s a great dinner recipe for when you’re looking for something light.

She pairs it with the Hallelujah Chorus from Händel’s Messiah.

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https://gript.ie/podcasts/you-can-cook-too-21-roasted-eggplant-and-tomato-orzo-pasta/

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You Can Cook Too 21 - Roasted Eggplant and Tomato Orzo Pasta | Gript

Ben Gilroy is no stranger to publicity, with the anti-eviction campaigner a regular fixture in the courts and newspapers for his activities to date.#gripthttps://gript.ie/watch-ben-gilroy-ready-run-through-walls-latest-hit-election-video/

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The consequences of the one-child policy continue to live with China. The latest demographic news from the world’s largest country is that its birthrate has dropped to its lowest level since the Communist Party took power in 1949.

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https://gript.ie/chinas-ongoing-baby-decline/

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China’s ongoing baby decline | Gript

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A TOTALLY alternative party political broadcast on behalf of Fianna Fáil. #Gript #TheFurtherSide https://youtu.be/beSOP_HUTe4

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RTE held a single issue debate last night on the issue that was supposed to dominate the election. It was pre-ordained before the poll was called that there would be a Green surge. Some thoughts, for those interested, on why that's turned out to be wrong

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https://gript.ie/whats-happened-to-the-greens/

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What’s happened to the Greens? | Gript

This was supposed to be the Climate Election. A good number of the pundits said so. It turns out they were wrong.

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Rural candidate says sale of ATMs will lead to more charges for customers, risks further rural decline

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https://gript.ie/rural-candidate-sale-atms-more-charges-customers-risks-rural-decline/

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Rural candidate says sale of ATMs will lead to more charges for customers, risks further rural decline | Gript

Mrs Bernie O'Hara, who is running as an Independent candidate in the Sligo-Leitrim-North Roscommon-South Donegal constituency, said that the move is another "slap in the face for the taxpayer" and that the government has stood by and allowed it to happen.

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On The Canvass: Elderly parents of people with disabilities live in terror of what might happen to them

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https://gript.ie/on-the-canvass-elderly-parents-of-people-with-disabilities-live-in-terror-of-what-might-happen-to-them/