JOHN MCGUIRK: Change is welcome, but people who expect a sudden transformation of twitter into a free-speech free-for-all should not get their hopes up too much.
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Elon Musk's Donald Trump problem - Gript
Comeback.
Aontú is seeking support for a Bill which would institute an investigation into the extent and destruction of British collusion in Ireland, north and south.
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https://gript.ie/aontu-publishes-bill-to-investigate-british-state-collusion/
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Aontú Publishes Bill to Investigate British State Collusion - Gript
Aontú is seeking support for a Bill which would institute an investigation into the extent and destruction of British collusion in Ireland, north and south. An Teachta Tóibín: “For too long the Irish people from across the 32 counties have been denied the…
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Pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer, has recalled five batches of its Accupril blood pressure tablets after finding elevated levels of a potential cancer-causing agent in the medicine.
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Pfizer recalls batches of blood pressure tablets over cancer fears - Gript
The batches were voluntarily recalled
A Catholic nun has been praised for her bravery after disarming a knifeman who attacked a priest in a church in Nice, southern France, before Mass was due to take place.
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‘Extraordinary courage’: Nun injured while grabbing knife from man attacking priest in France - Gript
Nun intervened
“Is money for Just Transition funding used to import peat?" asks NOLAN
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“Is money for Just Transition funding used to import peat?" asks Nolan - Gript
Some 3,600 tonnes of horticultural peat arrived from Latvia into Drogheda Port
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BEN SCALLAN: Official Ireland is extremely unhappy about Elon Musk’s vow to return free speech to Twitter, & is already calling for new laws to regulate speech. But in doing so, they accidentally prove an important point about free expression.
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https://gript.ie/official-ireland-accidentally-proves-an-important-free-speech-point/
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Official Ireland accidentally proves an important free speech point - Gript
Echo chamber.
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BREAKING: According to Polish media, Russia has suspended all natural gas to the country, possibly in retaliation for Poland’s donation of tanks to Ukraine.
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Russia suspends gas to Poland following tank donation - Gript
Energy crisis.
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Matt Treacy asks what the GAA’s priorities are as championships are shunted aside for Ed Sheeran.
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Is the purpose of the GAA to host Ed Sheeran rather than our games? - Gript
Priorities?
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"There has been a strongly negative reaction online to proposals of spending "up to €3 billion" on housing refugees coming to Ireland, even as the country struggles with its own housing and homelessness crisis."
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"'What about our own?" Angry reaction to another €3 billion on refugee accommodation - Gript
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A group representing parents from across the country have expressed surprise and “some unease” at proposals suggesting that young primary school children be given talks about contraception.
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https://gript.ie/why-would-primary-school-kids-need-to-learn-about-contraception-parents-ask/
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"Why would primary school kids need to learn about contraception?" parents ask - Gript
Lacken school controversy
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The EU's "warnings" to Elon Musk about free speech policies in Europe are largely empty, writes JOHN MCGUIRK.
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https://gript.ie/the-eus-empty-threats-to-musk/
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https://gript.ie/the-eus-empty-threats-to-musk/
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The EU’s empty threats to Musk - Gript
Meltdown.
WATCH: An Irish senator was interrupted and spoken while asking about the WHO Pandemic Treaty.
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https://gript.ie/senator-interrupted-for-asking-about-who-pandemic-treaty/
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Senator interrupted for asking about WHO Pandemic Treaty - Gript
Cut off and interrupted.
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Replying to a question about serial sex offender Chico Makamda, Helen McEntee says the deportation of serious criminals “is a complex matter.”
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McEntee: Deportation of sex offenders “is a complex matter" - Gript
Also blamed Covid-19.
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The University of New Mexico will pay $365,000 to settle a lawsuit from the family members of a young woman killed by an abortion in 2017.
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University to pay $365,000 after 23-year-old student killed by septic abortion - Gript
New Mexico
KILLIAN FOLEY-WALSH: Our neutrality isn’t perfect— nothing is — but there is little to be said for sending our young people to die in foreign wars
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Their Country Doesn’t Need You - Gript
The most recent polls indicate that 2/3s of voters still support neutrality
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POLL: Do you think Elon Musk buying twitter is a Good thing or a Bad think?
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It has been claimed that four European gas buyers have already paid for supplies in rubles, as demanded by President Vladimir Putin. It comes as Europe scrambles to respond to Russia’s move to begin cutting off gas supplies.
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Four European Gas buyers have already paid for Russian supplies in rubles - Gript
EU unity being tested?
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Schedule of legislation listed by the government for coming months seems curiously short of practical solutions for problems the country faces.
MATT TREACY writes
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https://gript.ie/more-woke-stuff-seems-priority-in-new-legislation/
MATT TREACY writes
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https://gript.ie/more-woke-stuff-seems-priority-in-new-legislation/
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'More Woke Stuff' Seems Priority in New Legislation - Gript
One is a Bill to update the employment permits regulations
A conference on the problems facing Irish manufacturing and supply chains has had to change locations after the proposed venue was earmarked for Ukrainian refugees.
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https://gript.ie/supply-chain-conference-venue-moved-to-house-ukraine-refugees/
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Supply chain conference venue moved to house Ukraine refugees - Gript
"A pain in the arse."
JOHN MCGUIRK: "If you think turf cutting is fine, or that only men have penises, or that Irish people should be housed first, or that free speech should be the law, or that medical decisions are private, then this Government is just not for you."
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A Government that keeps making enemies of its own people - Gript
Turf Wars.
Read in Full: Fine Gael Councillor Karen Coakley's resignation speech, as she walks out of a party she says is full of "Bullying, intimidation, skulduggery, and destruction"
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https://gript.ie/fg-councillors-extraordinary-i-quit-speech/
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FG Councillor’s extraordinary “I quit” speech in full. - Gript
Bullying.
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