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/

A majority of Stormont parties have voted to criminalise pro-life prayer and outreach outside abortion centres in Northern Ireland. The ‘Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones)’ was brought by former abortion ‘escort’ worker Claire Bailey MLA, and passed its second stage in the NI Assembly yesterday, 12 October.

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https://gript.ie/oppressive-and-discriminatory-ni-politicians-vote-to-criminalise-pro-life-outreaches-at-abortion-centres/

“The standard in politics today is pathetic”: Bassett on his run for the Seanad

“The standard in politics today is pathetic...I want to make a difference” - Ray Bassett on why he’s running for the Seanad.

https://youtu.be/BL6mdi42TjQ

ON THIS DAY: 13 OCTOBER 1889: Birth of Pádraig De Brún, priest, mathematician, poet, professor, Gaelic revivalist

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-13-october-1889-birth-of-padraig-de-brun-priest-mathematician-poet-classical-scholar-professor-gaelic-revivalist/

MATT TREACY: SDLP Bill on period poverty never mentions women once

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https://gript.ie/sdlp-bill-on-period-poverty-never-mentions-women-once/

WATCH: Why London College is telling women to watch their fertility

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https://gript.ie/watch-why-london-college-is-telling-women-to-watch-their-fertility/

“EU solidarity is a total fiction”: Carol Nolan TD has accused the government of “selling out” Ireland to our “EU masters” by raising the country’s corporation tax rate, which she said was a disgrace to the leaders of 1916.

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https://gript.ie/td-government-sold-out-to-eu-masters-on-corporation-tax/

The easing of Covid-19 restrictions originally planned for October 22nd may be delayed, the government has hinted, after members of NPHET expressed concern over recent virus trends.

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https://gript.ie/easing-of-covid-restrictions-may-be-delayed-govt-hints/