MICHAEL COOK writes that the Great Plague of 1630 which makes the coronavirus seem like a Sunday summer picnic
"The Great Plague of 1630 in which perhaps a million (1,000,000) people died. Seventeen (17) have died so far in Italy’s coronavirus outbreak. That figure alone should immunise you against nostalgia for the Good Old Days."
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"The Great Plague of 1630 in which perhaps a million (1,000,000) people died. Seventeen (17) have died so far in Italy’s coronavirus outbreak. That figure alone should immunise you against nostalgia for the Good Old Days."
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Count your blessings. If you catch coronavirus, you still missed out on bubonic plague | Gript
Milan is in the grip of an epidemic. Towns have been quarantined. Public gatherings have been cancelled. The streets are empty. Public officials try to dampen mounting hysteria. Dark rumours are circulating. Hospital wards are overflowing.
The former Tory MEP Daniel Hannan has said that the recent vote for Sinn Fein means Ireland is moving away from democracy because of SF's links to the IRA, but it was British violence and oppression that caused the birth of Sinn Fein and the IRA. Writes Daniel O'Dowd.
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British politicians created Sinn Fein and the IRA | Gript
Last week former Tory MEP Daniel Hannan wrote an op-ed for the Washington Examiner entitled “Ireland just stepped back from democracy.” The op-ed argued that the Sinn Féin wave in the recent election undermined Irish democracy because of the past of Sinn…
TikTok video shows drag queen performing lewd dance for little girl as room full of adults looks on
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TikTok video shows drag queen performing lewd dance for little girl as room full of adults looks on | Gript
A video on the social media site TikTok has surfaced showing a drag queen performing a suggestive dance for a little girl.
When you buy coke at the weekend, you’re buying shares in the torture and murder of 17-year olds
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When you buy coke at the weekend, you're buying shares in the torture and murder of 17-year olds | Gript
Those of us who live in certain parts of Dublin and other cities and towns will be aware that there is a significant drug economy. Lots of people it would seem use all sorts of substances that can only be bought from the people who are the Dunnes Stores and…
The campaign against the Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter saw a Supreme Court case, vandalism, and dead rats nailed to the door of the shelter.
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Canada’s Oldest Rape Shelter Loses Funding After Campaign by Trans Rights Activists | Gript
The campaign against the Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter saw a Supreme Court case, vandalism, and dead rats nailed to the door of the shelter. The city council of Vancouver this week voted to withdraw its funding from Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s…
Death for disabled in Germany – ‘never again’?
ANN FARMER writes Germany’s highest court overturning a ban on assisted suicide which was introduced in 2015
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ANN FARMER writes Germany’s highest court overturning a ban on assisted suicide which was introduced in 2015
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Death for disabled in Germany – ‘never again’? | Gript
Germany’s highest court has overturned a ban on assisted suicide, introduced in 2015, which was ‘supposed to prevent anyone offering assisted sucide as a commercial venture’ while excempting from punishment ‘relatives or doctors who helped a single patient…
MARCUS ROBERS writes on how the implications of Brexit, particularly in relation to immigration, are starting to worry the Scottish government.
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How will immigration to Scotland survive post-Brexit? | Gript
As you may have noticed, the last three years or so has seen the UK consumed with the ins and outs, the minutiae and meanderings of some little thing called Brexit. Now, it seems as if it has really happened, and the UK has actually left the EU. Of course…
DANIEL O'DOWD writes on Domhnall Ua Buachalla – the Quiet, but Undoubted Republican
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Domhnall Ua Buachalla - the Quiet, but Undoubted Republican | Gript
For the people of Maynooth, Domhnall Ua Buachalla is a name not known to many of the town's current population. Some may know of him as the propietor of a Hardware Store that had been in his family since 1853. The store itself closed its shutters for good…
"We need to get a grip on it before it gets a grip on us". Irish people have some great comments to make about #coronavirus #gript
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DELICIOUS! Patricia shows you how to make a beautiful vegan recipe that serves 3, although you can add cheese to it and it’ll work beautifully.
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A medical conference in Dublin has heard that abortion pill reversal – where the effects of the abortion pill are reversed by giving the pregnant woman extra progesterone – has already been safely and successfully provided in Ireland.
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Abortion Pill Reversal already safely and successfully provided in Ireland, conference hears | Gript
A medical conference in Dublin has heard that abortion pill reversal - where the effects of the abortion pill are reversed by giving the pregnant woman extra progesterone - has already been safely and successfully provided in Ireland.
Stabbed in the back or the victim of her own hubris? Interviews with Fine Gael sources tell the real story of the fall of the party's liberal icon. In the end, the enemies she'd made united against her:
PROFILE: The inside story of Kate O'Connell's fall.
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PROFILE: The inside story of Kate O'Connell's fall.
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PROFILE: The inside story of Kate O'Connell's fall - Gript
Perhaps nobody has defined the public face of the new Fine Gael more than Kate O'Connell. Now she's gone for good. Here's the inside story.
REPORT: A report by the European Centre for Law and Justice in Strasbourg has revealed several conflicts of interest between judges at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and NGOs funded by George Soros.
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Report: Soros-funded NGOs undermine independence of European Court of Human Rights - Gript
A report by the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) in Strasbourg has revealed several conflicts of interest between judges at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and NGOs funded by George Soros.
A doctor in Canada has written that children should be involved in the euthanasia of their relatives
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Involve the kids in euthanasia, advises Canadian doctor | Gript
Bedside gatherings at a Canadian euthanasia are normally an adults-only affair. But one doctor suggests that young children would benefit from becoming involved.
The Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter gives shelter and relief to 1200 women and children suffering from sexual and domestic abuse.
Transgender activists got the funding it needs to operate withdrawn
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Transgender activists got the funding it needs to operate withdrawn
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Canada’s Oldest Rape Shelter Loses Funding After Campaign by Trans Rights Activists | Gript
The campaign against the Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter saw a Supreme Court case, vandalism, and dead rats nailed to the door of the shelter. The city council of Vancouver this week voted to withdraw its funding from Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s…
Joe Biden roared back into the fight for the Democratic nomination to oppose President Trump with a thumping victory in South Carolina on Saturday. But his triumph probably means that the Democratic fight will be long - and bloody.
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Biden back in it as Buttigieg bails out | Gript
Biden has roared back into the fight for the Democratic nomination - but his win on Saturday almost guarantees that the fight will be long, and bloody.
Cassie Jaye, now 33, was a struggling actress in Hollywood in her late teens and early twenties. Her story sheds light on the Weinstein debacle. She describes how young beautiful actresses have contracts with publicists and now the publicists find them entry-level work with the rich and powerful of Los Angeles.
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Another actress, another point of view on Harvey Weinstein | Gript
Cassie Jaye, now 33, was a struggling actress in Hollywood in her late teens and early twenties. Her story sheds light on the Weinstein debacle. She describes how young beautiful actresses have contracts with publicists and now the publicists find them entry…
Irish baby saved after mum takes abortion reversal pill, Dublin conference told
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Abortion Pill Reversal already safely and successfully provided in Ireland, conference hears | Gript
A medical conference in Dublin has heard that abortion pill reversal - where the effects of the abortion pill are reversed by giving the pregnant woman extra progesterone - has already been safely and successfully provided in Ireland.