The HSE has withdrawn hundreds of thousands of euros in annual funding from the Transgender Equality Network of Ireland, after the group failed to file annual accounts in time.

#gript

https://gript.ie/hse-halts-trans-groups-funding-after-failure-to-file-accounts/

JOHN MCGUIRK: Costs up, Emissions up, Supply down. Across all three measurements - even the one that matters to the Greens - Irish energy and electricity policy had a disastrous 2021, as new figures show.
#gript
https://gript.ie/complete-policy-failure-irish-energy-costs-and-emissions-up-in-2021/

As the costs of living crisis intensifies, it’s being reported that the Green party leader, Eamon Ryan, will suggest to the Cabinet that people need to take shorter showers, and cut down on car journeys to deal with rising energy costs.

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https://gript.ie/ryan-short-showers-and-less-car-journeys-to-deal-with-cost-of-living-crisis/

Hungary’s general election result represents a huge victory for Viktor Orban’s Fidesz which won over 53% of the popular vote and will now hold a two thirds majority of seats.

DR MATT TREACY writes...

#gript

https://gript.ie/hungarys-decisive-rebuff-to-the-liberal-left/

Kevin Myers says "everyone knows" the idea of pregnant males is "rubbish." #gript

https://youtu.be/B3sh88XouXE

German supermarket giant Aldi is set to raise its prices by 20-50% from today, with similar hikes expected for other chains like Lidl.

#gript

https://gript.ie/german-aldi-set-to-raise-prices-by-up-to-50-from-today/

TRSI 312 - We are what we repeatedly do

Fine Gael are said to be trying to move to the economic right to bolster their polling numbers, but given their previous promises regarding the USC why would anyone trust them to tell the truth now?

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-312-we-are-what-we-repeatedly-do/

Britain's Equality and Human Rights Commission has asked for a 'fresh start' after trans activists sought to have the EHRC's UN accreditation revoked. The EHRC was targeted by Stonewall after it was deemed to be 'anti-trans.'

https://gript.ie/rights-group-calls-for-fresh-start-after-being-targeted-by-trans-activists/

An Irish grandmother will not be able to see her five-month-old grandchild on her 80th birthday this week due to delays from the Irish passport office, her son has told Gript.

#gript

https://gript.ie/irish-grandmother-wont-get-to-see-family-on-80th-birthday-due-to-passport-office-delay/

GRIPT EXCLUSIVE: A sex offender who was ordered to leave Ireland by the 27th of January is still in the country 2 months later, Gript can reveal.

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https://gript.ie/sex-offender-spotted-in-ireland-2-months-after-deportation/

An Independent TD for Laois Offaly says there is mounting anger among farmers, families and landowners who invested in Micro-generation solar panels in the expectation that they would be able to receive a payment for any residual or excess electricity they exported to the national grid, but who have found that the scheme is still not operational.

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https://gript.ie/nolan-farms-and-families-losing-out-as-micro-generation-support-scheme-still-not-operational/

JOHN MCGUIRK: A takeover of twitter would be welcome, but even if he succeeds in taking full control of the platform, those cheering Elon Musk to the rafters and imagining a free speech paradise should probably prepare themselves for disappointment.
#gript
https://gript.ie/can-elon-musk-save-twitter/

JOHN MCGUIRK: The voters are to blame for Eamon Ryan. He is just doing exactly what he said he would do - making us all poorer to save the world.
#gript
https://gript.ie/eamon-ryan-has-kept-his-promises-so-why-are-we-upset/

Over 60% of Yale law students have signed an open letter condemning a recent free speech event and urging less police presence on campus.

#gript

https://gript.ie/60-of-yale-law-students-sign-letter-blasting-free-speech-event/

The leading public health agency in the US has confirmed that it is withholding large amounts of Covid data, including information on vaccine boosters, because it fears the information might be misinterpreted.

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https://gript.ie/u-s-agency-withholding-covid-vaccine-data-over-fears-of-misinterpretation/

The government’s scheme for homes & businesses selling renewable power back to the grid is still not operational yet, a TD has said, despite people investing in renewables based on that promise.


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https://gript.ie/system-for-families-selling-power-to-the-grid-still-not-running/

BEN SCALLAN: With Professor Tony Holohan set to step down as CMO, why are we hearing that taxpayers will still be paying him to work at Trinity College?

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https://gript.ie/why-are-taxpayers-still-paying-tony-even-after-he-steps-down/

Publicly owned but commercially funded Channel 4 is set to be privatised by the UK Government. Opponents of the move say the sell-off is a punishment for the broadcaster’s left-wing stance and staunch criticism of Boris Johnson.

#gript

https://gript.ie/channel-4-to-be-privatised-by-uk-government/

POLL: Do you support the Government's decision to give a €365 a week payment to artists as a basic, tax free, income?

VOTE in the online poll and leave your comments!

#gript

https://gript.ie/poll-do-you-support-the-governments-decision-to-give-a-e365-a-week-payment-to-artists-as-a-basic-tax-free-income/

"Famed piper, Leo Rowsome was born 5th April 1903. To mark his birthday, Na Píobairí Uileann are delighted to share a previously unissued recording of his piping."

#gript

https://gript.ie/on-leo-rowsomes-birthday-a-previously-unissued-recording-of-his-piping/

“No other democracy would accept it”: Peadar Toibín speaks on the Irish Language Act, and says Northern Ireland MLAs should not be paid until they return to work.
#gript https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20DoPUoGurw