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.

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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/

NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN: Attack on Sharon Keogan had all the viciousness of a bar-room brawl

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https://gript.ie/attack-on-sharon-keogan-had-all-the-viciousness-of-a-bar-room-brawl/

The Editors: "The Irish Government is taking measures to aid Ukrainian refugees that it has never so much as considered for its own citizens, in the hour of their need."
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https://gript.ie/the-editors-irish-people-deserve-the-same-prioritisation-as-refugees/

The independent TD for Laois Offaly Carol Nolan has said that there is mounting concern among parents and within schools following confirmation from the Minister for Education that schools could be asked to accommodate more than 40,000 new students in the education system.

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https://gript.ie/government-must-address-parents-concerns-around-the-impact-of-the-refugee-crisis-carol-nolan/

During the Centenary of Celebrations, the essential work of Cumann na mBan in the fight for freedom must be remembered, BECKY KEALY writes

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https://gript.ie/becky-kealy-freedoms-of-today-also-owed-to-cumann-na-mban/

TD’s and Senators have been invited to attend a seminar in Leinster House exploring how Ireland can “maximise the impact of vaccination in a post-pandemic Ireland.”

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https://gript.ie/oireachtas-members-to-attend-pharma-supported-seminar-on-vaccines/

A convicted Lithuanian rapist with 13 prior convictions has been released from prison just 4 years after killing a young Monaghan father of two in an “unprovoked” attack. Ireland’s injustice system strikes again, says @Ben_Scallan.

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https://gript.ie/the-bell-family-are-the-latest-to-be-let-down-by-irish-justice/

The National Women's Council of Ireland, which is funded nearly entirely by public money, has spent over €3.3 million on staff costs over the past five years.
Less than 1% of the NWCI's income during that time came from donations from the public.

https://gript.ie/the-nwci-has-spent-over-e3-million-on-staff-since-2016/

PODCAST: The Minister for Justice has made illegal two things that were already illegal; the Government appears to be trying to cause resentment of refugees; & the ICCL is claiming to be 100% independent, but it’s not the Irish public who pay their wages.


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https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-314-the-politics-of-the-current-thing/

A couple from Inishowen in County Donegal has filed Ireland’s first High Court case related to mica defective blocks. The ‘pathfinder’ case could pave the way for a number of cases to be taken by families impacted by the mica scandal.

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https://gript.ie/donegal-couple-files-first-mica-lawsuit/

BEN SCALLAN: Stephen Donnelly, by rejecting the finance committee’s invitation on the Tony Holohan job scandal, exposes a major accountability crisis at the heart of the State.

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https://gript.ie/donnelly-rejecting-committee-invite-exposes-accountability-crisis/