"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/
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https://gript.ie/115-homeless-people-died-in-dublin-last-year-documents-released-to-aontu-show/
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115 Homeless People Died In Dublin Last Year, Documents Released to Aontú Show. - Gript
"Shameful"
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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/
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https://gript.ie/minister-mcentee-is-wrong-irish-society-did-not-behead-men-because-they-are-gay/
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Minister McEntee is wrong: Irish society did not behead men because they are gay - Gript
Real issue is not being faced
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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/
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https://gript.ie/irish-primary-schools-to-teach-pupils-ukrainian-this-year/
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Irish primary schools to teach pupils Ukrainian this year - Gript
“We want to equip our students with the skills that they will need to live in our globalised world.”
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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/
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https://gript.ie/would-sf-tolerate-a-muslim-clerics-views-if-held-by-a-priest/
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Would SF tolerate a Muslim cleric’s views if held by a priest? - Gript
Flip-flop.
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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/
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https://gript.ie/family-sex-show-for-children-cancelled-after-outcry/
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'Family Sex Show' for children cancelled after outcry - Gript
Nudity and masturbation
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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/
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https://gript.ie/helen-mcentees-imaginary-ireland-doesnt-exist/
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Helen McEntee's imaginary Ireland doesn't exist - Gript
Progressive Utopia.
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Amid warnings of potential food shortages, the UK government’s Environment Department is offering English farmers up to £100k to exit the agriculture sector.
#gript
https://gript.ie/uk-govt-paying-english-farmers-100k-to-quit-agriculture/
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https://gript.ie/uk-govt-paying-english-farmers-100k-to-quit-agriculture/
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UK govt paying English farmers £100k to quit agriculture - Gript
Lump sum.
"This country's gone crazy": Cork TD says Irish food independence is disappearing, and says the agriculture sector is facing "complete ruination."
#gript
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JldE6jN-tSI
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JldE6jN-tSI
YouTube
This country's gone crazy": Irish politician on green policies
"This country's gone crazy": Cork TD says Irish food independence is disappearing, and says the agriculture sector is facing "complete ruination." #griptDona...
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/
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https://gript.ie/irish-times-narrative-cant-negate-the-facts-on-the-great-hunger-visited-on-ireland/
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Irish Times narrative can’t negate the facts on the Great Hunger visited on Ireland - Gript
Revisionist history
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Ireland has officially exhausted hotel accommodation for Ukrainian refugees, with the government now forced to resort to emergency mass accommodation.
#gript
https://gript.ie/ireland-has-exhausted-hotel-accommodation-for-refugees/
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https://gript.ie/ireland-has-exhausted-hotel-accommodation-for-refugees/
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Ireland has exhausted hotel accommodation for refugees - Gript
Depleted.
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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/
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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-20th-april-1879-first-monster-meetings-for-tenant-farmers-in-irishtown-county-mayo/
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ON THIS DAY: 20TH APRIL 1879: First ‘monster meetings’ for tenant farmers in Irishtown, County Mayo - Gript
Start of ‘gigantic’ movement
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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.
#gript
https://gript.ie/professor-wins-400000-payout-after-refusing-to-use-transgender-pronouns/
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https://gript.ie/professor-wins-400000-payout-after-refusing-to-use-transgender-pronouns/
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Professor wins $400,000 payout after refusing to use transgender pronouns - Gript
Offered to use first name
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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/
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https://gript.ie/sdlp-candidate-telling-pro-life-voters-to-get-a-life-leads-to-apology/
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SDLP candidate telling pro-life voters to 'get a life' leads to apology - Gript
Abortion concerns at doors
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.
#gript
https://gript.ie/30-week-preborn-baby-killed-when-mother-given-abortion-pill-without-scan-from-hospital/
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https://gript.ie/30-week-preborn-baby-killed-when-mother-given-abortion-pill-without-scan-from-hospital/
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30-week preborn baby killed when mother given abortion pill without scan from hospital - Gript
Harrowing evidence
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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/
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https://gript.ie/le-pen-says-eu-is-trying-to-manipulate-the-french-election/
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Le Pen says EU is trying to “manipulate” the French election - Gript
Suspicious timing.
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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.
#gript
https://gript.ie/social-democrats-call-to-extend-general-election-voting-rights-to-all-non-citizen-residents/
#gript
https://gript.ie/social-democrats-call-to-extend-general-election-voting-rights-to-all-non-citizen-residents/
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Social Democrats call to extend general election voting rights to all non-citizen residents - Gript
Deputy Cairns said that discrimination, sexism, racism “and ableist thinking” all need be actively confronted.
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/
"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"
#gript
https://gript.ie/latest-outrage-ff-womens-conference-has-wrong-kind-of-women/
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Latest outrage: FF women’s conference has wrong kind of women - Gript
Important. Very, very, very important.
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"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"
#Gript
https://gript.ie/is-it-time-for-a-rebellion-against-foolish-speeding-laws/
#Gript
https://gript.ie/is-it-time-for-a-rebellion-against-foolish-speeding-laws/
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C'mon: Are "average speed" checks on motorways really necessary? - Gript
Big Brother
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ON THIS DAY: 21 APRIL 1916: Roger Casement captured at Banna Strand
The story of Roger Casement’s landing and capture at Banna Strand in Kerry as he attempted to bring arms ashore for the 1916 Rising, is commemorated in the famed ballad Banna Strand.
#gript
https://gript.ie/on-this-day-21-april-1916-roger-casement-captured-at-banna-strand-landing-rifles-for-1916-rising-2/
The story of Roger Casement’s landing and capture at Banna Strand in Kerry as he attempted to bring arms ashore for the 1916 Rising, is commemorated in the famed ballad Banna Strand.
#gript
https://gript.ie/on-this-day-21-april-1916-roger-casement-captured-at-banna-strand-landing-rifles-for-1916-rising-2/
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ON THIS DAY: 21 April 1916: Roger Casement captured at Banna Strand landing rifles for 1916 Rising - Gript
“It was in an English prison that they led him to his death. ‘I’m dying for my country,’ he said with his last breath. He’s buried in a prison yard, far from his native land And the wild waves sing his Requiem on lonely Banna Strand.” The story of Roger…
"Will the level of immigration to Ireland be accurately reflected in the Census?," asks MATT TREACY.
What does data say and how many people might be unaccounted?
#gript
https://gript.ie/will-the-level-of-immigration-to-ireland-be-accurately-reflected-in-the-census/
What does data say and how many people might be unaccounted?
#gript
https://gript.ie/will-the-level-of-immigration-to-ireland-be-accurately-reflected-in-the-census/
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Will the level of immigration to Ireland be accurately reflected in the Census? - Gript
What does data say?
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An international team of scientists led by Trinity College Dublin tagged and released a record-breaking 2.8 m porbeagle shark, Lamna nasus, off the coast of Donegal last week.
#gript
https://gript.ie/irish-scientists-tag-giant-porbeagle-shark-off-donegal-coast/
#gript
https://gript.ie/irish-scientists-tag-giant-porbeagle-shark-off-donegal-coast/
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Irish scientists tag giant porbeagle shark off Donegal coast - Gript
Record in Irish waters
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