"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/

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.

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-21-april-1916-roger-casement-captured-at-banna-strand-landing-rifles-for-1916-rising-2/

"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?

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https://gript.ie/will-the-level-of-immigration-to-ireland-be-accurately-reflected-in-the-census/

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/

The government is now scrambling to source accommodation for Ukrainian refugees as more than half of the 24,000 pledges of accommodation made to the Red Cross by people living in Ireland have now failed to materialise.

#gript

https://gript.ie/more-than-half-of-housing-pledges-for-ukrainian-refugees-dont-materialise/

The HSE has admitted that Ireland’s ‘DIY’ abortion pill system makes it harder to identify when women are being coerced or abused by their partners.

#gript

https://gript.ie/hse-admits-diy-abortion-pill-system-makes-it-harder-to-spot-coercion-and-abuse/

Elon Musk: “Woke mind virus” making Netflix “unwatchable”

#gript

https://gript.ie/elon-musk-woke-mind-virus-making-netflix-unwatchable/

The European Commission and IEA have warned that rationing of motor fuel and fuel for home-heating may soon be a reality across Europe.

#gript

https://gript.ie/international-energy-agency-warns-energy-rationing-looming/

An investigation by Maryanne Demasi for the British Medical Journal has found that “America’s system for covid vaccine injury claims is costly, opaque, and yet to issue a single payout”.

#gript


https://gript.ie/bmj-finds-us-covid-vaccine-injury-claims-system-costly-and-opaque/

A well-known West Belfast priest has won praise for a 'Vote Pro-Life' message delivered on Easter Monday, as the campaign heats up in the north ahead of the May 5th elections.

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https://gript.ie/well-known-west-belfast-priest-praised-for-vote-pro-life-message/

Half of all Ben Dunne gyms around Ireland - six in total - closed due to the impact of Covid restrictions.

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https://gript.ie/half-of-ben-dunne-gyms-closed-due-to-covid-restrictions/

DAVID REYNOLDS asks if its really victim blaming to tell cyclists to be safe on the roads.

#gript

https://gript.ie/the-cycling-lobbys-war-on-motorists-is-misguided/

Libs of TikTok, a wildly popular Twitter account came under fire from the establishment media this week. But what did the account actually do?

MATT TREACY writes

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https://gript.ie/the-real-story-about-the-medias-assault-on-libs-of-tiktok/

JOHN MCGUIRK: Minister McEntee's announcement yesterday that she will ban stalking, and non-fatal strangling - two already illegal activities - amounts to using Dáil time for virtue signalling.
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https://gript.ie/minister-mcentees-legislated-virtue-signal/

Government must give now serious consideration to extending receipt of the Child Benefit payment (Children’s Allowance) to parents and guardians of full-time students in second level education who are over 18 years of age. That is according to the Independent TD for Laois Offaly Carol Nolan.

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https://gript.ie/extend-childrens-allowance-to-all-secondary-school-students-to-ease-cost-of-living-crisis-carol-nolan/

BEN SCALLAN: People Before Profit is very upset about the Covid wealth transfer - which their own policies caused.

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https://gript.ie/pbp-upset-about-covid-wealth-transfer-caused-by-their-policies/

Despite the ICCL's claim that they are "completely independent of government and big business" somewhere between 62% and 85% of their total income between 2018 and 2020 came from either government monies or entities funded by wealthy businesspeople. #gript

https://gript.ie/less-than-5-of-the-iccls-funding-in-2020-came-from-membership-fees-and-individual-donations/

Dozens of Longford businesses, politicians and sports clubs have signed an open letter to Justice Minister Helen McEntee and Garda Commissioner Drew Harris urging them to deal with the recent rise in violent crime.

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https://gript.ie/longford-groups-sign-open-letter-to-mcentee-on-violent-crime/

"It feels very disingenuous that the government is making a big deal about new ‘rights’ when it continues to work through agencies to avoid giving equality to its own staff who are not considered to be government ‘employees’ but doing the same roles?"

DAVID REYNOLDS writes

https://gript.ie/will-new-workers-rights-be-available-agency-workers-employed-by-the-state-itself/

Fr. Brendan Kilcoyne of Immaculata Productions talks to Ben Scallan about the future of the Irish Church, how it gets its messaging wrong, and what can be done about it. #gript

https://youtu.be/GaRkrvRpbEU

Mchangama primarily focuses on the legal or state restrictions on free speech through the whole book and only gently touches on the social tendency to impose conformity as means of stifling speech, says DUALTA ROUGHNEEN


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https://gript.ie/review-free-speech-a-global-history-from-socrates-to-social-media-by-jacob-mchangama/