Several members of the elite Swiss guard, the Pope’s historic bodyguard force, have resigned in the wake of the Vatican’s vaccine mandate.

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https://gript.ie/swiss-guard-members-resign-over-vatican-vaccine-mandate/

Ex-employees of the explicit content site OnlyFans are able to access user information, including passport, credit card, and bank account info - even after they left the company, according to a new report.

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https://gript.ie/report-ex-onlyfans-staff-can-access-users-personal-info/

Diplomat Ray Bassett talks about his run for the Seanad, Ireland’s 12.5% corporation tax, an EU Army, Euroscepticism, & more.

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https://youtu.be/DBUf4Dsi34o

Independent TD Carol Nolan has said that former Minister Richard Bruton has a “brass neck” to tell farmers they are contributing to high carbon emissions, when he “encouraged dairy farmers to increase their herds only a few short years ago.”

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https://gript.ie/deputy-bruton-has-a-brass-neck-to-lecture-farmers-says-nolan/

The antibody treatment used to treat Donald Trump for Covid-19 last October is set to become a vital part of the UK’s Covid-19 strategy this winter.

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https://gript.ie/antibody-treatment-given-to-trump-could-be-vital-in-fighting-covid-19-this-winter-in-uk/

JOHN MCGUIRK: When newspapers say "Pregnant People" instead of "Pregnant Women", they are engaging in activism, not journalism. They are asserting as fact that the views of an extreme fringe are correct:
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https://gript.ie/washington-post-tells-journalists-stop-saying-pregnant-women/

JOHN MCGUIRK: "The convenient net effect of the “misinformation” panic is to protect the people in power. Fear of “misinformation” is often used to protect established interests: Politicians, Newspapers, Government departments, from legitimate criticism."
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https://gript.ie/misinformationoct21/

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https://gript.ie/poll-do-you-think-that-the-irish-media-is-honest-and-trustworthy-in-general/

ON THIS DAY: 5 OCTOBER 1968: A civil march rights attacked by police marked day ‘Troubles’ began

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-5-october-1968-a-civil-march-rights-attacked-by-police-marked-day-troubles-began-2/

MATT TREACY: Is Brexit Britain an answer to being “drunk on cheap labour”?

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https://gript.ie/is-brexit-britain-an-answer-to-being-drunk-on-cheap-labour/

Senator Gerard Craughwell has told Gript he was "shocked" to learn that the HSE had flagged a video of him speaking in the Seanad as misinformation.

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https://gript.ie/senator-shocked-to-learn-hse-reported-video-of-seanad-speech-as-misinformation/

The EU will be giving Irish fishermen no more quota in Irish waters according to a bloc official, in a major blow to the already-struggling native industry.

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https://gript.ie/eu-to-give-irish-fishermen-no-more-quota-in-their-own-waters/

A Freedom of Information (FOI) request by The Irish News has revealed that just 60 per cent of nurses and midwives were vaccinated against Covid by late June.


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https://gript.ie/just-60-of-belfast-trusts-nurses-and-midwives-had-covid-vaccine-by-june/

Paul Murphy announced two new contradictory policies yesterday. First he said he would nationalise Facebook - which would cost about one trillion euros. Then, later, he said he would simply "expropriate" Facebook, without compensation:
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https://gript.ie/paul-murphy-declares-its-time-to-nationalise-facebook/

JOHN MCGUIRK: "It is remarkable how quickly Ireland, and Irish politicians and, most importantly, Irish voters, have forgotten what happened to Ireland in 2008. We said never again. Just 13 years later, we're back spending like drunken sailors once more."

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https://gript.ie/irelands-finances-are-poor-so-where-are-the-calls-for-fiscal-restraint/

Some Irish schools are helping children to “socially transition” to the opposite gender, sometimes without even informing the child’s parents, Senator Sharon Keoghan has told the Seanad.

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https://gript.ie/senator-irish-schools-helping-children-transition-to-other-gender/

An Australian security company has reported that purchases of PCR tests in China’s Hubei Province surged months before the first official reports of a coronavirus case there.

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https://gript.ie/pcr-test-orders-in-china-soared-before-first-covid-case-confirmed/

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has hinted that the “exceptional” emergency Covid powers seized by the government may not be temporary, as the government votes to extend them until January.

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https://gript.ie/donnelly-hints-covid-power-extension-may-be-permanent/

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD will introduce his party’s Bill to end restrictions around maternity care in the Dáil today at approximately 1pm, to coincide with the #BetterMaternityCare March which will take place outside the Dáil.

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https://gript.ie/aontu-bill-to-end-maternity-restrictions-to-be-introduced-in-dail-today/

MATT TREACY: Callum Robinson is right: It is his body, and his choice

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https://gript.ie/callum-robinson-is-right-it-is-his-body-and-his-choice/

An old video clip shot in 1929 showing a young girl singing a sean-nós song while feeding ducklings is going viral after being colourised and posted by to Twitter by Old Ireland in Colour.

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https://gript.ie/watch-old-footage-of-girl-singing-sean-nos-song-while-feeding-ducks-is-going-viral/