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The Tánaiste has moved to assure the public that there will be no electricity blackouts this winter. But we are only in this mess, writes JOHN MCGUIRK, because of his Government's policies:
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https://gript.ie/good-news-from-varadkar-no-blackouts-this-winter/
A person earning €35k in Ireland pays a marginal tax rate of 52%. In the UK, it is less than 30%. In the USA, as low as 22%. In France, 30%.

Why do Irish people put up with such high taxes, in return for very poor service, asks JOHN MCGUIRK
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https://gript.ie/why-do-irish-people-put-up-with-such-high-income-taxes/
Professor Anthony Staines of the zero covid advocacy group ISAG has said that life is never returning to pre-Covid normality.

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https://gript.ie/zero-covid-staines-life-is-never-going-back-to-normal/
Shutting down power plants, banning gas extraction, banning gas imports: JOHN MCGUIRK walks through how in just 18 months, the Green Party has done what their policies are designed to do - drive the supply of electricity down, and the price up:
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https://gript.ie/the-energy-crisis-is-not-an-accident-it-is-green-policy/
China's big announcement on Climate Change yesterday was that they will stop funding coal power plants overseas. But they will keep building them at home: Using climate as a pretext to deny competitors cheap energy, while continuing to use it themselves:
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https://gript.ie/chinas-hilariously-self-interested-move-on-climate-change/
“I cried for a whole day”: In an interview with Gript, a 2nd Year Trinity student said that the college lied to her about in-person lectures, and that most of the upcoming semester would take place online yet again.

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https://gript.ie/trinity-student-says-college-lied-to-her-about-in-person-lectures/
A 14-year old boy attacks and violently rapes a teenage girl. He was sentenced to just five years. He'll be 21 when he is released. What does that mean for women and girls?

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https://gript.ie/the-boy-who-brutally-raped-at-14-will-be-just-21-when-he-gets-out/
Fine Gael Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said in the Dáil this week that Ireland was dependent on migrants from eastern and central Europe, as those groups often do jobs that Irish people won’t.

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https://gript.ie/leo-migrants-from-eastern-europe-do-jobs-irish-people-wont/