The Health Authority of Oregon, the first state in America to allow physician-assisted suicide, has voluntarily decided they will no longer enforce one of the safeguards put in place when Oregon initially legalised assisted suicide. #gript

https://gript.ie/oregon-removes-residency-requirement-for-assisted-suicide-2/

“What opposition?”: Only 8 TDs out of a total 160 opposed the carbon budget in the Dáil, all of them Independents.

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https://gript.ie/what-opposition-only-8-tds-opposed-carbon-budget/

Black Lives Matter used donations to buy a lavish California home for nearly $6 million, according to a new report released this week. It is not the first time the social justice movement has faced intense scrutiny for its financial management.

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https://gript.ie/report-black-lives-matter-used-donations-to-buy-secret-6-million-california-home/

“What Opposition?”: How Sinn Féin pretends to be at odds with the govt | Gript

“If you want to know Sinn Féin’s policy on anything, take the government policy, and multiply it by two.” @Ben_Scallan says there is no major opposition in Irish politics.

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https://youtu.be/2mXbG73VsWY

JOHN MCGUIRK: If the Irish authorities believe, as they claim, that climate change might cause mass flooding in Dublin by 2030, then there is a major piece missing from Irish climate policy:
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https://gript.ie/the-missing-piece-which-undermines-irish-climate-policy/

JOHN MCGUIRK: Establishment groupthink in Ireland has, once again, led us to a national crisis. This time, it's the absurd pretence that we could and would accommodate 200,000 Ukrainian refugees.
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https://gript.ie/irish-politicians-and-the-emperors-new-ukrainian-refugees/

Writer Jane Harris took to Twitter on Wednesday to ask women about their thoughts on transgenderism – and the response was overwhelming. Hundreds responded to explain why they turned off the trans movement. Here’s what they said:

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https://gript.ie/women-were-asked-why-they-turned-off-the-trans-movement-heres-what-they-said/?fbclid=IwAR3122zXLSYP6NqZKzp0oPdnM-tSFFZ4Otke-uZ-oAcFCTYyXSSTlWbqEqs

BEN SCALLAN: As the government plans a referendum to let Irish diaspora vote by post in presidential elections, it’s worth considering how this could all go pear-shaped.

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https://gript.ie/letting-the-diaspora-vote-by-post-could-end-in-disaster/

Irish truckers to shut Dublin down for over a week from Monday

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https://gript.ie/irish-truckers-to-lock-down-dublin-for-over-a-week/

‘A deserving winner’: An 11-year-old boy who captured the hearts of the nation through his motivational and heart-warming videos during lockdown, has been named Limerick Person of the Year.
#gript https://gript.ie/11-year-old-paudcast-star-padraig-ocallaghan-named-limerick-person-of-the-year/

Insurance Issue Threatens Ireland’s Oldest Fair At Spancilhill

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https://gript.ie/insurance-issue-threatens-irelands-oldest-fair-at-spancilhill/

"Official figures from January show that large numbers of those claiming asylum in Ireland continue to come from countries without war."

MATT TREACY writes

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https://gript.ie/asylum-seekers-from-safe-countries-typically-dominate-irish-applications/

A family-run Monaghan business has been ordered to stop extracting peat by the courts - a move which the EPA has celebrated.

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https://gript.ie/family-business-told-to-stop-extracting-peat-epa-celebrates/

According to a UK government report, babies and young children are experiencing “particularly worrying” developmental issues due to years of masking, struggling to speak and understand facial expressions.

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https://gript.ie/babies-development-stunted-due-to-adult-masking-report/

Radical environmentalist group Extinction Rebellion has been disrupting and blocking fuel depots in the UK this week - all during the ongoing energy crisis.

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https://gript.ie/climate-radicals-blockade-oil-depots-during-energy-crisis/

The Belfast Health Trust has apologised to MLAs, after it admitted boosting the number of alleged incidents at pro-life protests retrospectively from 11 to 41 over six months. Precious Life says the Trust manipulated the figures to push for the criminalisation of peaceful pro-life protest.

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https://gript.ie/belfast-health-hugely-inflated-alleged-incidents-at-pro-life-protests-apologises-for-misleading-mlas/

Food delivery companies in France have signed a pledge not to hire illegal immigrants after the French government raised the issue.

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https://gript.ie/french-uber-eats-deliveroo-vow-not-to-hire-illegal-migrants/

A German ethics council has sharply criticised the country’s media for its reporting on the Covid-19 pandemic, dubbing the coverage “one-sided.”

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https://gript.ie/german-ethics-council-slams-media-over-covid-reporting/

TD: New EU green directive will be an “utter disaster” for farming

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https://gript.ie/td-new-eu-green-directive-will-be-an-utter-disaster-for-farming/

JOHN MCGUIRK: In Shanghai, China, the horrifying consequences of a zero covid policy taken to its logical conclusion are on full display.
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https://gript.ie/why-arent-we-talking-about-the-zero-covid-disaster-in-shanghai/

JOHN MCGUIRK: We'll never have a properly functioning democracy until people in the public sector can be sacked, by Ministers, for incompetence. It's the single biggest roadblock to change.
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https://gript.ie/the-holohan-mess-shows-it-is-time-to-make-civil-servants-sackable/