Aquila Bioscience at NUIG has developed a technology, called Abwipe, which they say could prove a useful countermeasure to the Wuhan coronavirus, Corvid-19. The technology was originally designed in consultation with the European Defence Agency to protect military and emergency personnel from biological agents such as anthrax.

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https://gript.ie/an-emerging-irish-technology-may-be-key-to-containing-the-wuhan-coronavirus/

Hardly anybody has an incentive to form a Government. And at least two of the larger parties stand to gain from another election. John McGuirk writes that a second trip to the polls is starting to look like the most likely outcome:


https://gript.ie/a-second-election-is-starting-to-look-very-likely-indeed/

The bad news: Ireland is the second most expensive place in Europe to live.

The good news: Fianna Fáil has a brilliant new plan to solve the problem: Rent Freezes.


https://gript.ie/report-ireland-is-the-second-most-expensive-country-in-europe/

Recent reports indicate Fine Gael thinks it has hit rock bottom and a second election can not possibly hit it any harder than the first. That’s unlikely to be the case.

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https://gript.ie/a-second-election-could-destroy-fine-gael/

PÓL Ó MEADHRA ag scríobh ar Seán Sabhat

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https://gript.ie/sean-sabhat/

With the Labour Leadership contest underway, and the country slowly coming apart without a government, it’s time to bring back what is undoubtedly one of the greatest achievements of Irish politics – the Alan Kelly election rap.

In the upcoming election the starkest difference between Kelly and O’Riordain may be that O’Riordain has never produced an election rap, and may in fact have never produced an election song of any type.

https://gript.ie/the-alan-kelly-rap-is-the-anthem-for-unity-we-need-to-heal-the-country/

Master Herbalist Ciara Murphy Ir RGN talks about the importance of the bowel to the body and the simple, natural steps that you can take to improve digestion, reduce constipation, and improve your overall health.

https://gript.ie/podcasts/the-irish-herbalist-01-constipation-and-the-bowel/

Pro-family academic wins defamation case after play depicts her as fascist zombie to be killed

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https://gript.ie/pro-family-academic-wins-defamation-case-play-depicts-fascist-zombie-killed/

WATCH: My daughter was paralyzed in horrific accident but HSE won't give me care package to bring her home

Caroline O'Toole is fighting for care for her daughter Amira-Anne

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https://buff.ly/395ZY1R

Bank of Ireland made €758 million in 2019, but won’t pay ANY corporation tax

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https://gript.ie/bank-ireland-758-million-2019-pay-any-corporation-tax/

BREAKING: First coronavirus case confirmed in Northern Ireland, via Italy/Dublin

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https://gript.ie/breaking-first-coronavirus-case-confirmed-in-northern-ireland-via-italy-dublin/

The Minister for Health has failed for years. He had plenty of time to prepare for the crisis that has arrived this evening, and he didn't take it.

It is impossible to have confidence in Simon Harris over Coronavirus

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https://gript.ie/it-is-impossible-to-have-confidence-in-simon-harris-over-coronavirus/

PODCAST: A Government minister says SF’s planned public meetings are akin to the Nuremberg rallies of Nazi Germany; Martin and FF are coming out on top of Government formation talks; and it looks like Simon Harris forgot to ask the IRFU to cancel the Ireland v Italy match before he went out and publicly announced its cancellation.https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-61-not-quite-the-nuremberg-rallies/

NICOLE SCHEDI writes on the assisted suicide debate: death is becoming very efficient in Canada

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https://gript.ie/death-is-becoming-very-efficient-in-canada/

"So when someone buys their coke at the weekend, they are buying shares in the torture and murder of young fellas like 17-year old Keane Mulready-Woods in Drogheda. He too made his choice, restricted no doubt by all sorts of issues, to become part of it all. This morning, a man was charged with his murder, in Drogheda District Court, but those in every stratum of society who consume the products of drug gangs have some culpability for the never ending spiral of violence."

MATT TREACY writes

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https://gript.ie/when-you-buy-coke-at-the-weekend-youre-buying-shares-in-the-torture-and-murder-of-17-year-olds/

DR ANGELO BOTTONE writes that the Citizens Assembly now has the special status of marriage in its sights

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https://gript.ie/the-citizens-assembly-now-has-the-special-status-of-marriage-in-its-sights/

"The UK must hold Nigeria to account over Christian persecution"

Sir Edward Leigh, MP, in a speech he delivered during a debate on the Persecution of Christians

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https://gript.ie/the-uk-must-hold-nigeria-to-account-over-christian-persecution/

Donald Trump will have a keen eye on tomorrow's Democratic Primary in South Carolina - which will either hand Bernie Sanders the nomination to oppose him, or signal a long bitter battle for the Democratic nod in the months ahead.

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https://gript.ie/is-biden-going-to-come-roaring-back-in-south-carolina/

As the first case of the Corona Virus is being confirmed on the island of Ireland, Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD has called for the immediate recall of the Dáil in order to help deal with the crisis.

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https://gript.ie/aontu-recall-dail-now-to-deal-with-corona-virus/

MICHAEL COOK writes that the Great Plague of 1630 which makes the coronavirus seem like a Sunday summer picnic

"The Great Plague of 1630 in which perhaps a million (1,000,000) people died. Seventeen (17) have died so far in Italy’s coronavirus outbreak. That figure alone should immunise you against nostalgia for the Good Old Days."

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https://gript.ie/count-your-blessings-if-you-catch-coronavirus-you-still-missed-out-on-bubonic-plague/

The former Tory MEP Daniel Hannan has said that the recent vote for Sinn Fein means Ireland is moving away from democracy because of SF's links to the IRA, but it was British violence and oppression that caused the birth of Sinn Fein and the IRA. Writes Daniel O'Dowd.

https://gript.ie/british-politicians-created-sinn-fein-and-the-ira/