Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín has told the Dáil that the cost of what he described as the "overextended and over-severe" Covid lockdown would come to €41 billion euros.

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https://gript.ie/watch-a-staggering-e41-billion-is-the-cost-for-our-over-extended-covid-lockdown/

Thousands of Irish homeowners affected by the use of the mineral mica in construction blocks are to continue their fight for full redress. A protest has been organised in the capital on October 8th.

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https://gript.ie/mica-redress-dublin-protest-set-for-october-8th/

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A Socialist TD has indirectly called 80% of Irish people racist and tried to overturn their democratic will, just for disagreeing with him on the issue of birthright citizenship.

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https://youtu.be/ZCD2yrWVweY

DR ANGELO BOTTONE: A totalitarian twist as assisted suicide law targets Catholic hospitals

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https://gript.ie/a-totalitarian-twist-as-assisted-suicide-law-targets-catholic-hospitals/

POLL: Are you happy or sad to see Angela Merkel leaving her job as Chancellor of Germany?

VOTE and leave your comments!

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https://gript.ie/poll-are-you-happy-or-sad-to-see-angela-merkel-leaving-her-job-as-chancellor-of-germany/

JIM STACK: Welcome to 21st century Ireland: we have our principles, and if you do not like them, then we have others

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https://gript.ie/welcome-to-21st-century-ireland-we-have-our-principles-and-if-you-do-not-like-them-then-we-have-others/

Transgender medicine has failed us, say detransitioners

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https://gript.ie/transgender-medicine-has-failed-us-say-detransitioners/

WATCH: Why is Paddy Diver breaking a block with his bare fist?

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https://gript.ie/watch-why-is-paddy-diver-breaking-a-block-with-his-bare-fist/

The UK Labour Leader, Keir Starmer, says that it is "wrong" to state that "only women have a cervix". Being fully at odds with basic biological facts is not a helpful disposition for a politician, writes JOHN MCGUIRK:

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https://gript.ie/uk-labour-leader-no-women-arent-the-only-people-with-cervixes/

“They didn’t like change”: Cardinal Pell ‘underestimated’ opponents of Vatican financial reform attempts

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https://gript.ie/they-didnt-like-change-cardinal-pell-underestimated-opponents-of-vatican-financial-reform-attempts/

Revenue is planning to pursue Irish crypto traders who are making large profits from digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has said.

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https://gript.ie/revenue-to-clamp-down-on-big-irish-cryptocurrency-earners/

JOHN MCGUIRK: Government is pursuing a policy on ending direct provision which is - literally - insane, and yet opposition parties and journalists are afraid to criticise it for fear of being called racist. Ireland, 2021:
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https://gript.ie/ending-direct-provision-is-an-insane-policy/

Figures released to Carol Nolan TD show that "at the start of lockdown in March 2020, RTÉ purchased a number of laptops and other services (VPN licences and Netscaler) to immediately support staff that needed to work from home. Those costs were approx €100,000."

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https://gript.ie/e2-million-spent-by-rte-on-refresh-device-costs-in-lockdown/

NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN: Are 80% of us are "racist b****xes' now, as was thrown at Willie O'Dea?

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https://gript.ie/are-80-of-us-are-racist-bxes-now-as-was-thrown-at-willie-odea/

Senator Rónán Mullen has said that more people in the world are targeted for their religion than their sexual orientation, and that the government should establish a special envoy for religious expression.

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https://gript.ie/mullen-more-people-are-persecuted-for-religion-than-sexuality/

WATCH: Church tower collapses as lava pours across La Palma

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https://gript.ie/watch-church-tower-collapses-as-lava-pours-across-la-palma/

“Proposed Bord na Móna Energy Park just more hot air and empty rhetoric,” Carol Nolan

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https://gript.ie/proposed-bord-na-mona-energy-park-just-more-hot-air-and-empty-rhetoric-carol-nolan/

New figures have found that people from deprived areas wait significantly longer for treatment than those living in more affluent areas.

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https://gript.ie/people-in-deprived-areas-almost-twice-as-likely-to-wait-a-year-for-medical-treatment-in-uk/

6 things every rural person should know about climate change

Ben Scallan outlines 6 things that every rural person should know about climate change

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https://youtu.be/geOerA0Gy2M

A new report from the UK shows that deaths are surging in categories like heart disease and cancer, where screening was suspended during lockdown. With deaths above average here too, are we now seeing the true price of lockdown?

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https://gript.ie/wages-of-lockdown-non-covid-deaths-surge-in-uk/

The voters of Berlin have voted to seize property from institutional landlords at knockdown prices. While voter frustration over housing is understandable, JOHN MCGUIRK goes through the reasons this is a catastrophic idea:

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https://gript.ie/berlin-voters-hey-maybe-it-is-time-to-seize-property-from-the-landlords/