Ireland begging the EU to change tax rates is humiliating | Gript

Face it: Ireland begging the EU to change our own tax rates is humiliating. @Ben_Scallan comments.


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According to a government briefing, if Ireland accepts 200,000 Ukrainian refugees it could cost billions annually.
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https://gript.ie/briefing-housing-200k-ukrainian-refugees-could-cost-billions/

Double-dealing? Gript provides a run-down of the self-declared ‘pro-life’ MLAs in the North who have previously courted the pro-life vote — yet voted for a Bill that makes praying and offering support outside abortion centres a criminal offence.

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https://gript.ie/double-dealing-pro-life-politicians-vote-to-ban-prayer-and-outreach-at-abortion-centres-in-ni/?fbclid=IwAR0z41abi--BG0Hn3Dd2UGob4KorciLQ8o8XWLpF8LdqKbWLth1TUGMtqdY

Ireland has expelled four senior officials from the Russian embassy saying that "their activities are not in accordance with the standards of diplomatic behaviour".

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https://gript.ie/ireland-expels-four-russian-officials-from-embassy/

A crime gang trafficked more than 40 Syrian migrants into Britain via Dublin and Belfast in less than a month, the Belfast High Court has heard.
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https://gript.ie/crime-gang-trafficked-syrian-refugees-into-britain-via-dublin-and-belfast-court-hears/

Independent TD Carol Nolan has called on Minister Darragh O’Brien to explain why his department has no intention of publishing a report on ‘Research and information on the Rural Water Sector.’

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https://gript.ie/government-spent-e200000-on-report-on-rural-water-that-it-wont-publish/

THADE ANDY: "Although the West has championed Ukraine, experts now say that Russia's mission is a "strategic balancing act" to take enough territory to force negotiations."

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https://gript.ie/hashtags-wont-win-the-war-in-ukraine-and-the-pro-war-lobby-should-not-drag-us-into-the-conflict/

Since 2019 the ESRI ‘Growing Up in Ireland’ study team has been paid €10,491,242 – the biggest advance in publishing history says MATT TREACY

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https://gript.ie/the-social-scientists-are-doing-alright-esri-get-e10-million-for-report/

ON THIS DAY: 30TH MARCH 1849, Doolough Tragedy where a large crowd of starving people died on the journey to receive food they had been promised.

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-30-march-1849-doolough-tragedy-3/

Three reasons the proposed Leaving Cert reforms are a bad idea, and the Government should re-consider:
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https://gript.ie/why-the-leaving-cert-reforms-are-a-terrible-idea/

A major report is due to be published today which is expected to reveal that hundreds of babies at an NHS hospital trust potentially died or were left mentally disabled by preventable mistakes.

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https://gript.ie/report-hundreds-of-babies-died-in-nhs-maternity-care-scandal/

The 'Bantry' prawns that actually come from India and Donegal Catch thats caught in the Pacific and produced in Poland

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https://gript.ie/the-bantry-prawns-that-actually-come-from-india/

Staff at the Houses of the Oireachtas made multiple attempts to have a pro-life video, which mocked the pro-choice group Together for Safety, removed from YouTube. Youtube refused their requests, and the video remains available on the site. #gript

https://gript.ie/leinster-house-sought-removal-of-pro-life-political-video-from-youtube/

With their cable car closed for maintenance, a Cork TD has told Gript that the residents of Dursey island are going to be isolated from the mainland.

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"Her photo of that message has attracted huge attention online with many applauding the brave mum for calling out politicians on the issue. "Do not rap on my door for a vote if you are one of the following MLA or parties who voted against making it illegal to have an abortion at 40 weeks if your child has a disability including Down Syndrome," she wrote."

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https://gript.ie/praise-for-mums-gate-poster-blasting-politicians-who-voted-for-disability-abortion/

BEN SCALLAN: As Sinn Féin calls to expel the Russian ambassador, it’s worth remembering that in 2018 they said expelling Russian diplomats showed “a flagrant disregard for Irish neutrality.”

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https://gript.ie/sinn-feins-confused-approach-to-irish-neutrality/

“I fear for other families that are opening their homes”: As Irish households begin to take in Ukrainian refugees, claims are emerging of alleged tension and disputes between hosts and guests.

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https://gript.ie/meeting-men-for-money-claims-of-tension-with-refugees-hosts/

Anxious electricity consumers had more bad news today as Electric Ireland announced it was increasing not just its unit prices but also its standing charges.


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https://gript.ie/another-energy-hike-now-electric-ireland-up-25/

Ciarán Cuffe's call for a ban on cheap flights is consistent with the class war trend of modern Green politics, writes JOHN MCGUIRK: That the things we enjoy today must become the preserve of rich people only.

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https://gript.ie/cheap-flights-the-new-front-in-the-green-class-war/

Independent TD Carol Nolan has called on Taoiseach Micheál Martin to clarify if Government has conducted any assessment around the potential impact on adult and child disability respite services here following a commitment to provide services and disability specific accommodation to citizens fleeing war-torn Ukraine.

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https://gript.ie/nolan-what-is-possible-impact-of-ukrainian-crisis-on-disability-respite-services/

Hungary goes to the polls on Sunday, and it appears that the sitting Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will benefit from driving a strong message to the electorate about the war in Ukraine - that he'll keep his country out of it.

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https://gript.ie/orban-leads-the-field-after-vowing-to-keep-hungary-out-of-ukrainian-war/