"The media’s job, in a democracy, is to tell the voters when politicians are spoofing. In that spirit, we may as well tell you plain: Mr. Martin is engaging in olympic-level spoofing on this issue." READ MORE:
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https://gript.ie/good-news-from-taoiseach-12-5-rate-not-actually-very-important/

JOHN MCGUIRK: "The new spin is that Ireland's electricity supply is in a "transition phase". Indeed it is. We are transitioning from reliable sources of energy to unreliable sources of energy. All of it a result of political choices":
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https://gript.ie/eamon-ryan-having-sabotaged-irelands-electricity-supply-now-wants-to-regulate-demand/

AARON KHERIATY: Pushing back against intimidation to protect the rights of Covid-recovered patients

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https://gript.ie/pushing-back-against-intimidation-to-protect-the-rights-of-covid-recovered-patients/

The CEO of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has said that normal life could return within a year, but not without regular Covid-19 vaccinations.

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https://gript.ie/pfizer-ceo-no-normal-life-without-regular-vaccinations/

ON THIS DAY: 29 SEPTEMBER 1929: Death of Fenian Leader, John Devoy


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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-29-september-1929-death-of-fenian-leader-john-devoy-3/

DR MATT TREACY: The support of luuvies like Ben and Jerry’s for attempts to bully southern American states on abortion restrictions contrasts rather embarrassingly one would think, if you were a leftie, with the fact that Ben and Jerry’s had to be browbeaten into signing an agreement to pay Vermont minimum wage to migrant workers in 2010.

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https://gript.ie/texas-the-left-are-now-the-establishment-backed-by-big-capital/

"Thanksgiving as an Irish bank holiday is truly a brown-nosing, genuflecting gesture absolutely no one has ever asked for - not even Americans."

By @Ben_Scallan.

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https://gript.ie/fine-gael-hey-lads-lets-make-thanksgiving-a-bank-holiday/

The TD for Cork North Central Mick Barry has called for the Leaving Cert to be abolished. He has form on this issue, although earlier in the year he was content on the exams just being cancelled for 2021.

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https://gript.ie/mick-barry-says-to-abolish-the-leaving-cert/

The Sports Councils in the UK have released new guidelines which say that the inclusion of transgender players in female sports undermines the safety and competitive fairness of those sports.

https://gript.ie/trans-inclusion-cannot-co-exist-with-fairness-and-safety-uk-sports-councils/

Another Australian state, Queensland, legalised assisted dying last week. The bill passed in the unicameral parliament by an impressive margin — 61 to 30 — on Thursday afternoon. It was a “conscience vote”, ie, MPs were not bound by their party’s policy."

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https://gript.ie/why-has-opposition-to-euthanasia-crumbled/

"Mr. Martin attempted to win votes for his struggling Government. Instead, with this bonus scheme, he will have alienated most of the public sector, and won weeks of miserable coverage about who will get what"
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https://gript.ie/on-bonuses-the-government-shoots-itself-in-the-foot-yet-again/

POLL: Do you think the state should step in and pay the cost of the crumbling Mica homes in Donegal, which could run to the hundreds of millions?

VOTE in our online poll and leave your comments!

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https://gript.ie/poll-do-you-think-the-state-should-step-in-and-pay-the-cost-of-the-crumbling-mica-homes-in-donegal-which-could-run-to-the-hundreds-of-millions/

JOHN MCGUIRK: Irish politicians have no idea how to solve big problems, and are addicted instead to inventing small, symbolic, and entirely fake problems to solve instead. "Birth Mother" is not, and never was, an offensive term:
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https://gript.ie/ogorman-identifies-new-problem-birth-mothers-is-an-offensive-term/

Murderer used police ID to kidnap Sarah Everard under pretence she had breached Covid rules

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https://gript.ie/murderer-used-police-id-to-kidnap-sarah-everard-under-pretence-she-had-breached-covid-rules/

“Government must grasp opportunity to support Family Carers": Carol Nolan

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https://gript.ie/government-must-grasp-opportunity-to-support-family-carers-carol-nolan/

Revealed: What the ICHH internal report says about the Anthony Flynn case

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A planned “Instagram experience” for children under-13 called “Instagram Kids” has been suspended after significant backlash from parents.

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https://gript.ie/instagram-for-children-paused-after-backlash-from-parents/

According to figures from the Belgian statistical agency Stratbel, 74% of those living in the capital city of Brussels are of a foreign background.

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https://gript.ie/study-only-26-of-brussels-residents-are-native-belgians/

TDs pledge support to healthcare staff “segregated because of vaccine status”

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https://gript.ie/tds-pledge-support-to-healthcare-staff-segregated-because-of-vaccine-status/

McGrath: "The lunatics are running the asylum" on green energy

Mattie McGrath TD says that "the lunatics are running the asylum" when it comes to green energy and potential power outages this winter.

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https://youtu.be/fT4tjj-qdkU

ON THIS DAY: 30 SEPTEMBER 1935: Hoover Dam opened

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-30-september-1935-hoover-dam-opened/