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.

#gript

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.

#gript


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.

#gript


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.


#gript


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?

#gript

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

"The Green solution? Make their journeys even longer and more costly. Make parking impossible or impossibly expensive. Make their lives so miserable that they have no choice but to comply and conform; Or crack up; Or lose their jobs with stress; Pass the pain to their children as well."

DAVID REYNOLDS writes

#gript


https://gript.ie/a-divine-right-to-tax-and-make-life-more-difficult/

JOHN MCGUIRK: Aside from the misleading statements announcing it, the problem with the Government's basic income scheme for artists is that it involves giving taxpayer money to comedians who can't tell jokes and singers nobody wants to hear.
#gript
https://gript.ie/the-government-announcement-that-contained-two-blatant-lies/

Free speech blogging site Substack is hiring - but have asked Twitter employees not to bother applying.

#gript

https://gript.ie/substack-to-twitter-employees-youre-not-working-here/

One in twenty 18–24-year-old women in the UK have been given abortion pills or other substances to cause abortion without their knowledge or consent, doubling from older age groups, a recent poll commissioned by BBC Radio 4 has found.

#gript

https://gript.ie/thousands-of-18-24-year-old-women-given-abortion-pills-substances-without-their-knowledge-or-consent-poll-suggests/

JOHN MCGUIRK: In the Graham Dwyer ruling, it is important to look past Dwyer himself and see the bigger picture.

#gript

https://gript.ie/why-we-should-welcome-the-graham-dwyer-ruling/