"But as we survey Shanghai from Western nations that have, at least for a while, recovered most of the liberties we were stripped of in the name of public health, we cannot afford to be complacent," writes David Thunder.

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https://gript.ie/shanghais-orwellian-nightmare/

DAVID REYNOLDS on why some media reporting on Ukraine may not be trusted. "Is the story as black and white as it is made out to be, or are there shades of grey?"

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https://gript.ie/war-in-ukraine-why-are-shades-of-grey-now-unmentionable/

In an effort to appease transgender activists, UK midwives have been urged to refer to the vagina as a “front-hole” or “genital opening.”

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https://gript.ie/midwives-told-to-call-vagina-front-hole-genital-opening/

"Reading these figures makes me extremely angry," said Peadar Tóibín. "Homeless people are dying at a rate we've never seen before".

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https://gript.ie/115-homeless-people-died-in-dublin-last-year-documents-released-to-aontu-show/

MATT TREACY: Minister McEntee is wrong - Irish society did not behead men because they are gay.

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https://gript.ie/minister-mcentee-is-wrong-irish-society-did-not-behead-men-because-they-are-gay/

Irish primary schools to teach pupils Ukrainian this year to “support integration”

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https://gript.ie/irish-primary-schools-to-teach-pupils-ukrainian-this-year/

After the Sligo murders, Sinn Féin was happy to demonstrate beside a Muslim cleric who believes LGBT lifestyles are sinful. @Ben_Scallan asks: would they be as tolerant of a Christian clergyman’s beliefs?

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https://gript.ie/would-sf-tolerate-a-muslim-clerics-views-if-held-by-a-priest/

A show aimed at children aged 5 and over and featuring full-frontal nudity and 'stories about sexual pleasure' based on real experiences of performers has been cancelled in several venues after an outcry from parents and commentators.

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https://gript.ie/family-sex-show-for-children-cancelled-after-outcry/

JOHN MCGUIRK: In a week where there were three horrific murders, and countless brutal assaults, Helen McEntee seems more interested in solving imaginary problems than she is in preventing actual crimes.
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https://gript.ie/helen-mcentees-imaginary-ireland-doesnt-exist/

Amid warnings of potential food shortages, the UK government’s Environment Department is offering English farmers up to £100k to exit the agriculture sector.

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https://gript.ie/uk-govt-paying-english-farmers-100k-to-quit-agriculture/

"This country's gone crazy": Cork TD says Irish food independence is disappearing, and says the agriculture sector is facing "complete ruination."

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JldE6jN-tSI

DR MATT TREACY takes issue with attempts to understate the catastrophic cruelty of the Famine in Ireland and the failure of the response from the British authorities.

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https://gript.ie/irish-times-narrative-cant-negate-the-facts-on-the-great-hunger-visited-on-ireland/

Ireland has officially exhausted hotel accommodation for Ukrainian refugees, with the government now forced to resort to emergency mass accommodation.

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https://gript.ie/ireland-has-exhausted-hotel-accommodation-for-refugees/

ON THIS DAY: On 20th April in 1879, the first of many ‘monster meetings’ was held by the Irish National Land League, memorable as the inauguration of what subsequently developed into a ‘gigantic’ movement.

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-20th-april-1879-first-monster-meetings-for-tenant-farmers-in-irishtown-county-mayo/

A professor at Shawnee State University in Ohio has won a substantial damages and legal fees payout after a three-year legal battle arising from his reluctance to use preferred pronouns when addressing a transgender student.

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https://gript.ie/professor-wins-400000-payout-after-refusing-to-use-transgender-pronouns/

A SDLP representative who complained that voters were 'never-ending' in quizzing her about support for abortion, and fumed that they needed to 'get a life' has now

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https://gript.ie/sdlp-candidate-telling-pro-life-voters-to-get-a-life-leads-to-apology/

A baby boy died after his mother, who requested an abortion, was given abortion pills after the hospital failed to realise she was 30 weeks pregnant, an inquest has heard.

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https://gript.ie/30-week-preborn-baby-killed-when-mother-given-abortion-pill-without-scan-from-hospital/

Mere days before the second round of French voting, the EU has accused Marine Le Pen of misusing funds over a decade ago. Le Pen says this is electoral “manipulation.” @Ben_Scallan comments.

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https://gript.ie/le-pen-says-eu-is-trying-to-manipulate-the-french-election/

Social Democrat TD for Cork South-West, Holly Cairns, has called for work to begin immediately on extending general election voting rights to all non-citizen residents.

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https://gript.ie/social-democrats-call-to-extend-general-election-voting-rights-to-all-non-citizen-residents/

JOHN MCGUIRK on the FF woman's conference row:
"The political parties barely compete with each other at all on issues that matter to the voters, but compete with the utmost intensity on the issues that matter to an elitist group of NGOs and lobby groups"
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https://gript.ie/latest-outrage-ff-womens-conference-has-wrong-kind-of-women/

"Irish motorways are incredibly safe - and there is something a little vindictive about the introduction of yet another plan to nab people for doing a few kilometres per hour above the speed limit while ignoring road safety on many more dangerous roads"
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https://gript.ie/is-it-time-for-a-rebellion-against-foolish-speeding-laws/