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/

Several TDs have reacted negatively to the government’s decision to extend their Covid powers for a further 3 months, with some dubbing it “reckless,” “radical” and “undemocratic.”

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https://gript.ie/reckless-radical-tds-react-to-covid-power-extension/

Taiwan has pledged to defend its democracy against an increasingly aggressive China, with the island’s president warning that there will be “catastrophic consequences” for peace should the country fall to China.

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https://gript.ie/taiwan-president-catastrophic-consequences-await-if-country-is-to-be-invaded-by-china/

Politicians have been criticised on social media after Tánaiste Leo Varadkar shared an image of government representatives visiting the site of a new school build in Dublin 15.

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https://gript.ie/forcing-children-to-wear-a-mask-as-you-go-maskless-internet-responds-to-varadkars-instagram-post/

Michael Healy-Rae has slammed the government on energy prices, claiming that politicians have “lost touch” with the people.

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https://gript.ie/td-govt-has-lost-touch-with-the-people-on-energy-prices/

What do the Pandora Papers tell us? Well, for one thing, that people with money can, do, and always will shift it around the globe to beat high tax regimes:
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https://gript.ie/what-the-pandora-papers-really-tell-us-high-taxes-dont-work/

A Christian nurse is suing a London hospital for discrimination claiming she was “bullied out of her job and treated like a criminal” by administrators for wearing a cross around her neck

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https://gript.ie/i-have-been-treated-like-a-criminal-nurse-sues-london-hospital-over-ban-for-wearing-a-christian-cross/

Colmcille 1500: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of the famed saint

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https://gript.ie/colmcille-1500-celebrating-the-life-and-legacy-of-the-famed-saint/

JOHN MCGUIRK: On everything from the Corporate Tax, to Covid Jab Compliance, to Social Policy, there is never room in official Ireland for more than one acceptable opinion. Groupthink keeps causing disasters in Ireland, and yet, we remain addicted to it

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https://gript.ie/irelands-groupthink-crisis/