BEN SCALLAN: Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has partially blamed low winds for the power shortage - even as his government moves to increase Ireland’s reliance on wind power.

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https://gript.ie/leo-blames-low-wind-for-power-shortage-while-investing-in-more-turbines/

Abortion provider, Informing Choice NI, which was the central access point for early medical abortions in Northern Ireland, has folded due to a lack of funding.

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https://gript.ie/abortion-provider-in-ni-to-close/

Independent TD Michael Collins has said that Ireland is “the laughing stock of the world” because of its climate policies, adding that “The Brazilians must be falling over in stitches because of what is happening in this country.”

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https://gript.ie/collins-ireland-a-laughing-stock-because-of-green-policies/

COMMENT: A global economic collapse? Hmmm. We haven’t had one of those for a while

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https://gript.ie/a-global-economic-collapse-hmmm-we-havent-had-one-of-those-for-a-while/

ON THIS DAY: 2 OCTOBER 2007: Death of Dan Keating, survivor of the Tan war. Read this insightful interview

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-2-october-2007-death-of-dan-keating-survivor-of-the-tan-war/

Slovenia has suspended the use of the Covid-19 vaccine produced by Johnson & Johnson after a 20-year-old woman died two weeks after receiving the jab.

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https://gript.ie/jj-covid-vaccine-suspended-in-slovenia-after-20-year-old-dies/

An Irish-registered pharmaceutical company, Perrigo, has settled its €1.6 billion tax bill with the Irish Revenue Commissioners for €297 million. The settlement is also exempt from interest or penalty charges.

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https://gript.ie/perrigo-settles-with-revenue-as-80-of-tax-bill-written-off/

A therapeutic pill by pharmaceutical giant Merck appears to offer what some doctors are calling “phenomenal” protection against Covid-19, even in very vulnerable patients.

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https://gript.ie/new-pill-appears-to-offer-phenomenal-covid-protection/

POLL: Do you think the Government should set a maximum price that can be charged for rent?

VOTE in our online poll and leave your comments!

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https://gript.ie/poll-do-you-think-the-government-should-set-a-maximum-price-that-can-be-charged-for-rent/

A well-known Belfast priest, Fr Paddy McCafferty, has responded to the latest criticism of the Catholic Church by former President Mary McAleese who claimed that the Church needed to provide freedom of speech for its members.

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https://gript.ie/priest-mary-mcaleese-no-right-to-impose-ideologies-on-church/

Newport Council: Welsh language should be ‘part of everyone’s lives’ within a decade

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https://gript.ie/newport-council-welsh-language-should-be-part-of-everyones-lives-within-a-decade/

ON THIS DAY: 3 OCTOBER 1981: Hunger Strike in the Maze Prison ends

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-3-october-1981-hunger-strike-in-the-maze-prison-ends/

The infamous multi-million euro Dáil printer which was too large to fit in its room has finally come into use, three years after it was initially purchased.

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https://gript.ie/infamous-dail-printer-finally-operational-after-three-years/

A Fianna Fáil TD has slammed his own government’s climate policy, saying it’s his belief that most of the government’s climate rhetoric is simply “to placate the Green Party,” and reiterating that Ireland “must be the laughing stock of Europe.”

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https://gript.ie/ff-td-govts-climate-policies-mostly-just-to-placate-greens/

JOHN MCGUIRK: In Donegal, thousands of houses are in the process of falling down. It will likely cost the taxpayer billions. And yet, as ever in Ireland, nobody has been prosecuted, or held to account, for one of the worst scandals in living memory:
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https://gript.ie/the-mica-crisis-is-about-more-than-just-hard-cash/

VAT on electricity in Ireland is 13.5%. In the UK, it is just 5%. As prices surge, JOHN MCGUIRK asks: Why won't the Government reduce the taxes on electricity to help struggling families?

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https://gript.ie/why-is-the-government-not-cutting-the-special-vat-rate-for-electricity/

The CEO of pharmaceutical giant BioNTech has said that soon Covid-19 may mutate to evade the body’s immune defences, requiring a new vaccine to be developed by mid-next year.

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https://gript.ie/biontech-ceo-we-may-need-to-develop-new-vaccines-in-2022/

Independent TD Carol Nolan has said that the government’s Covid lockdown was “catastrophic” for hospital waiting lists, and that it will be “years” before the extent of the damage becomes fully apparent.

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https://gript.ie/nolan-lockdown-catastrophic-for-hospital-waiting-lists/

MATT TREACY: The Woke are silent as China cracks down on “sissy boys”

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https://gript.ie/the-woke-are-silent-as-china-cracks-down-on-sissy-boys/

New Zealand's government has now given up on its Zero Covid strategy after continued strict lockdowns failed to completely get rid of the coronavirus.

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https://gript.ie/new-zealand-gives-up-on-zero-covid-strategy/

FLASHBACK: Eamon Ryan suggests rural families share one car for every ten households

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https://gript.ie/flashback-eamon-ryan-suggests-rural-families-share-one-car-for-every-ten-households/