JOHN MCGUIRK: The truth of the matter is that even today, the government places more value on the anxiety of the middle aged covid-hyper-cautious than it does on young people whose lives have been ravaged by lockdown:
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https://gript.ie/surprise-surge-in-mental-health-issues-amongst-young-people-reported/

A documentary about former British army intelligence officer Colin Wallace premiered at the end of September. The film, entitled The Man Who Knew Too Much, detailed his time in the north during the early 1970s, and his subsequent conviction for manslaughter – a conviction that was later overturned.

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https://gript.ie/colin-wallace-a-new-documentary-on-the-man-who-knew-too-much/

Miss World Netherlands has withdrawn from the Miss World beauty contest, citing the competition’s vaccine requirement

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https://gript.ie/it-would-not-feel-right-dutch-miss-world-hopeful-pulls-out-of-beauty-contest-due-to-vaccine-mandate/

Kuno Meyer was a German scholar who as an expert in Celtic philogoy and literature and a pioneering scholar of old Irish.

On this Day: 11th September 1919: death of Kuno Meyer, Celtic scholar

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-11-october-1919-death-of-kuno-meyer-celtic-scholar/

TRSI 278 - The Gender Recognition Act May Finally be Useful

Callum Robinson and public shaming; a new bill aims to bring gender balance to the boards of companies and charities, for their own good; and the Government continues its run of fine governance by giving up on 12.5% at the second hurdle.

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https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-278-the-gender-recognition-act-may-finally-be-useful/

A leading Irish support network has called for safeguards to be put in place after a new study revealed that noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for the screening of chromosomal abnormalities in twin pregnancies showed correct results just 15.4% of the time.

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https://gript.ie/prenatal-testing-for-abnormalities-only-correct-15-of-time-for-twins-study/

“Minister confirms he cannot provide sign-off date for revised Wind Energy Guidelines": Nolan

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https://gript.ie/minister-confirms-he-cannot-provide-sign-off-date-for-revised-wind-energy-guidelines-nolan/

Tony MacMahon from Clare has died, and we are the poorer for his passing.

He loved the music of his people with a passion that imbued every note of his splendid, powerful performances that enriched our lives for decades.

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https://gript.ie/tony-mcmahon-has-died-laoch-mor-ar-lar/

Senior EU officials warned of a "Polexit" after the Polish Constitutional Court ruled that some articles of EU treaties were "incompatible" with the country's constitution.

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https://gript.ie/polexit-polands-top-court-says-part-of-eu-law-incompatible-with-polish-constitution/

UK health chiefs have warned that flu deaths could hit 60,000 in the worst winter Britain has seen for 50 years because of reduced immunity due to lockdowns and social distancing, as the NHS launches its biggest ever flu vaccination drive.

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https://gript.ie/experts-warn-flu-deaths-could-reach-60000-this-winter-in-uk-due-to-low-immunity/

LOYALIST murderer Garfield Beattie has been convicted of attempting to intimidate Mid Ulster councillor Denise Mullen in order to force her into dropping a legal action seeking to seize his assets for murdering her father.

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https://gript.ie/uvf-killer-intimidated-his-victims-daughter-court-finds/

TRSI 279 - No one ever said not to speak ill of the recently retired

Poland would really like an apology from RTE; as Frank Clark retires we remember attempts to retire Seamus Woulfe; and Austrian PM resigns after allegations of trying to buy positive media coverage with public money.

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-279-no-one-ever-said-not-to-speak-ill-of-the-recently-retired/

Carbon Taxes are "regressive" taxes. That is to say, they hurt the poor more than they hurt the rich. Nevertheless, the self-styled "progressive" Government will proceed with a big carbon tax increase today:
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https://gript.ie/report-government-will-increase-price-of-home-heating-oil-by-e20-a-tank-today/

JOHN MCGUIRK: For almost a year, RTÉ has been giving extensive coverage and backing to a taxpayer funded campaign to redefine St. Brigid as a "celtic goddess, lesbian, and abortionist". But it is complete nonsense:
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https://gript.ie/rte-backs-absurd-campaign-to-redefine-st-brigid-as-a-lesbian-abortionist/

Unfair, unjust & illogical”: An organisation representing Irish dairy farmers has written a letter to the government, calling the way carbon emissions are calculated in Ireland “a bad joke.”

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https://gript.ie/farming-group-govts-climate-policies-are-a-bad-joke/

€259m announced for revamped asylum seeker system and ending Direct Provision

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https://gript.ie/e259m-announced-for-revamped-asylum-seeker-system-and-ending-direct-provision/

The Money-Burning Budget: "The clear plan was to toss a little bit of cash at every problem to keep people quiet, but to actually fix no problems. It speaks to the fundamental problem with this Government, which is a lack of vision."
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https://gript.ie/the-budget-billions-spent-but-nothing-done/

JOHN MCGUIRK: On Budget Day, we hear incessantly from Ireland's taxpayer funded lobby groups. It seems there is a taxpayer funded lobby group to represent every interest, all clamouring for more money. Every interest, that is, except the taxpayer

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https://gript.ie/why-is-there-a-taxpayer-funded-group-for-everyone-except-the-taxpayer

Budget 2022 has been described as “deeply anti-Rural” and a measure which “will do nothing to support the rural economy or the family farm”.

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https://gript.ie/farmers-deserted-in-flop-budget-rural-independents-say/

Mateusz Morawiecki, the Prime Minister of Poland, writes on the need for European countries to reject neoliberalism and build strong national economies capable of providing security for their citizens.

https://gript.ie/mateusz-morawiecki-a-strong-economy-is-important-for-security/

Danish toy company Lego has said it will remove ‘gender bias’ from its toys after commissioning a worldwide survey that found boys feared they would be “made fun of” if they played with products geared towards girls.

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https://gript.ie/so-ridiculous-lego-to-remove-gender-bias-from-its-toys-in-a-bid-to-make-brand-more-inclusive/