DONAL HORGAN describes the main political offerings to the Irish public
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Finding it difficult to make sense of #GE2020? Going by the fact that on a good day, about one out of every three voters won’t even bother voting, it looks like you’re not alone.
Local people in Tullamore are being “leapfrogged” for housing and services, and are ‘angry and frustrated’ at the lack of consultation with the community before the announcement that a new direct provision centre would be opened, according to local politicians.
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"Getting houses ahead of people on lists for 8/10 years". Calls for suspension of direct provision centre in Tullamore to allow…
Local people in Tullamore are being "leapfrogged" for housing and services, and are 'angry and frustrated' at the lack of consultation with the community before the announcement that a new direct provision centre would be opened, according to local politicians.
Are we safer & happier in the new, shiny, progressive Ireland? crime, sexual assault, mental health
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New poll: Only 5% of people support extreme abortion framework imposed on North
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New poll: Only 5% of people support extreme abortion framework imposed on North | Gript
A new poll has shown that only 5% of voters in Northern Ireland support introducing abortion to 24 weeks – which is what is being proposed by the Conservative government and Sinn Féin after last year’s vote to impose abortion on the region. The poll, organised…
Dutch psychiatric patient “couldn’t believe” doctor proposed euthanasia to her
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Dutch psychiatric patient "couldn't believe" doctor proposed euthanasia to her | Gript
A Dutch woman suffering with mental health problems has shared her story of how a psychiatrist suggested she ask for euthanasia because he could see she was "tired out" and had "gone through too much".
ANN FARMER on the eugenics of the right vs the eugenics of the right on
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Andrew Sabisky: the eugenics of the Right vs the eugenics of the right-on | Gript
In the wake of widespread condemnation of Government ‘“super-forecaster”’ Andrew Sabisky’s remarks about ‘the intelligence of black people and compulsory birth control to prevent the creation of a “permanent underclass” Conservative peer Lord Shinkwin says…
"If the Irish establishment wants a properly far-right, anti-immigration party to succeed, they are doing everything right.
The problem is not, and never has been, “racism”, the problem is neglect, and the attitude to these towns shown by Dublin."
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The problem is not, and never has been, “racism”, the problem is neglect, and the attitude to these towns shown by Dublin."
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Tullamore is right to object to Dublin's absurd direct provision policy | Gript
The problem is not, and never has been, “racism”, the problem is neglect, and the attitude to these towns shown by Dublin.
GriptComment: Is Ireland a nation in thrall to Landlords again? Tim Jackson on bad government policy
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Cllr John Leahy speaks out on the proposed Direct Provision centre for Tullamore #gript
Turf cutter says he’ll return to EU-protected bog after four men found not guilty
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“They don’t see themselves as criminals. They’re just doing what they’ve done all their lives and their parents and grandparents did before them.”
Tullamore is right to object to Dublin’s absurd direct provision policy
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Tullamore is right to object to Dublin's absurd direct provision policy | Gript
The problem is not, and never has been, “racism”, the problem is neglect, and the attitude to these towns shown by Dublin.
‘Her apparently friendly neighbour delivered masked & armed gunmen to her home’: Inquiry into State collusion with Glennane Gang
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'Her apparently friendly neighbour delivered masked and armed gunmen to her home': A new inquiry into State collusion with the…
I knew a woman from around Ardboe in East Tyrone whose family narrowly missed being killed by the loyalist outfit now commonly referred to as the Glenanne Gang. They were fortunate to have been out of their farmhouse in the fields and outhouses when their…
Outpouring of love for little boy bullied so badly he was suicidal
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Outpouring of love for little boy bullied so badly he was suicidal | Gript
An nine-year old Australian boy with dwarfism has received a huge outpouring of love and support after his mother felt forced into sharing a video showing that he wanted to take his own life because of repeated bullying.
Minister spends €86,600 on ‘awareness’ raising for Sulky Racers
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Minister spends €86,600 on ‘awareness’ raising for Sulky Racers | Gript
Footage of a sulky race being held in the early hours of last weekend on the N7 near Citywest in Dublin has brought the issue back into the public spotlight.
MARCUS ROBERTS on South Korea's ongoing demographic crisis
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Is South Korea’s population peak upon us? | Gript
It is incredible how rare babies are becoming in the Republic of Korea. In 2018, the country’s total fertility rate (the number of babies a woman will have on average in her lifetime) crashed down to 0.98. That’s far below the rate of 2.1 considered necessary…
Once again, the Belgian parliament is debating abortion – not whether to decriminalise it, for that happened in 1990, but whether to criminalise protests against it.
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Belgium could criminalise abortion protest | Gript
Once again, the Belgian parliament is debating abortion – not whether to decriminalise it, for that happened in 1990, but whether to criminalise protests against it. A new bill would relax existing restrictions by allowing abortions up to 18 weeks (from 12…
US Intelligence: Russia trying to help Bernie Sanders win nomination
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US Intelligence: Russia trying to help Bernie Sanders win nomination | Gript
US officials have informed Senator Bernie Sanders that Russian agents are trying to help him win the Democratic nomination to contest the US presidential election.
Jean Vanier, the deceased founder of the acclaimed L’Arche community set up to help people with intellectual disabilities, is now at the centre of several sexual abuse allegations that will be detailed in a soon-to-be released report commissioned by the community’s new leader.
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L'Arche founder Jean Vanier sexually abused women - report | Gript
His legacy came under suspicion just before his death when allegations were leveled by no less than six women that they had been coerced and manipulated into sexual activity with the founder between 1970 and 2005.