Gript talks to two people who have been waiting for social housing for over ten years: “I have a disability; I am living in pain. Because of this never-ending situation trying to be housed, I want to cry. I’m always stressed.”

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https://gript.ie/im-always-stressed-i-want-to-cry-over-govts-lies-and-broken-promises-those-on-housing-waiting-lists-in-ireland-speak-out/

"The extent to which Irish left liberalism is an adjunct – both ideologically and indeed to a large degree financially – of the Anglo liberal sphere is sharply illustrated by the reaction to the leaked United States Supreme Court judgement on the 1973 Roe v Wade decision that legalised abortion on demand"

MATT TREACY writes...

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https://gript.ie/reaction-of-irish-establishment-to-likely-roe-v-wade-overturn-is-telling/

A taxpayer-funded charity has told an Oireachtas committee that they are providing abortion services for illegal migrants, and requested further financial assistance from the HSE.

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https://gript.ie/tax-funded-charity-providing-abortions-for-illegal-migrants/

A meeting of Kerry County Council has heard serious concerns that families and other tenants are being evicted by landlords who think it will be more profitable to let properties to Ukrainian refugees.

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https://gript.ie/kerry-councillors-fear-tenants-being-evicted-to-make-way-for-ukrainian-refugees/

DAVID THUNDER on how Elon Musk might go about converting Twitter into a genuine free speech platform?

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https://gript.ie/how-might-elon-musk-go-about-converting-twitter-into-a-genuine-free-speech-platform/

Dr Marci Bowers, a 'pioneering' trans surgeon who has performed thousands of sex change surgeries, has said that children who begin to take puberty blockers prior to puberty will never develop normal, adult sexual function or be able to orgasm.

https://gript.ie/adolescents-who-change-sex-will-never-be-able-to-achieve-sexual-satisfaction-leading-surgeon/

LORCÁN MAC MATHÚNA on the common theme in the poems of Pearse and Hopkins. “It is the blight man was born for, It is Margaret you mourn for.” "This is the tragedy, and paradoxically, the beauty of life."

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https://gript.ie/the-wayfarer-and-margaret-pearse-and-hopkins-ponder-life-and-the-eternal/

JOHN MCGUIRK: "The rule appears to be that when the US Supreme Court issues a ruling that the Irish Times agrees with, it is a venerable institution. When it does not, it is a partisan institution undermining democracy."
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https://gript.ie/the-irish-times-very-weak-view-on-roe-v-wade/

BEN SCALLAN: The government says their target for establishing women’s shelters won’t be achieved for the better part of a decade. But if it was one of their pet trendy projects, would it take half as long?

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https://gript.ie/ireland-wont-have-enough-womens-shelters-until-end-of-the-decade/

Despite growth since last year, new car registrations are lagging by 20.9% behind that of pre-Covid levels, the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) has said as it released the official new vehicle registration figures for April.

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https://gript.ie/new-car-registrations-lag-behind-that-of-pre-covid-levels/

ON THIS DAY: 4 May 1916: Joseph Mary Plunkett, Poet and Revolutionary, was executed for his leadership of the Easter Rising

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-4-may-1916-joseph-mary-plunkett-poet-and-revolutionary-was-executed-for-his-leadership-of-the-easter-rising/

12,268 permits to take on workers from outside the EU were issued to April this year compared to 4,383 for the same period in 2021.

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https://gript.ie/work-permits-for-2022-on-course-to-vastly-outstrip-last-year/

A Fianna Fáil councillor has told Gript that he fears landlords are illegally evicting families to make way for Ukrainian refugees.

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https://gript.ie/cllr-fears-landlords-illegally-evicting-tenants-to-make-way-for-refugees/

“So ladies, if you […] plan on being on birth control pills, make sure you tell your doctor because having a stroke is a potential side effect from birth control pills,” the 25-year-old model told fans as she opened up about her mini-stroke.

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https://gript.ie/hailey-bieber-says-hormonal-birth-control-contributed-to-her-mini-stroke/

Would you like to share your story of waiting on a housing list in Ireland?

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On the eve of Northern Ireland’s Assembly election, Gript provides a run-down of the key policies of the political parties contesting the historic election — which has the potential, according to commentators, to produce a ‘seismic shift’.

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https://gript.ie/your-essential-guide-to-the-2022-northern-ireland-assembly-election/

DONAL HORGAN asks if the Main Problem is that the State is not Interfering Enough?

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https://gript.ie/the-main-problem-is-that-the-state-is-not-interfering-enough/

PROF RAY KINSELLA asks if the war in Ukraine was predictable and preventable and looks at the consequences of sanctions on already stressed global environment. And he looks at the increased probability of the conflict escalating into a nuclear exchange.

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https://gript.ie/where-will-the-war-in-ukraine-take-us/

"People were urged to get vaccinated and told the vaccine was safe. In most cases that was true, but those who were seriously injured as a consequence of taking a Covid-19 vaccine should not find themselves as 'collateral damage' or be forced to battle the state."

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https://gript.ie/zero-compensation-payouts-deaths-covid-vaccines-1200-claims-britain/

As RTÉ warns that Ireland’s sea level is rapidly rising due to climate change, Dublin City Council is investing millions in coastal housing developments. One of these organisations is very confused, says @Ben_Scallan.

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https://gript.ie/dcc-spent-millions-on-coastal-gaffs-as-rte-warns-of-climate-flooding/

An ex-PSNI superintendent has expressed worry that thousands of Belfast-made anti-tank weapons bound for Ukraine may end up being sold to Northern Irish paramilitaries by smugglers.

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https://gript.ie/thousands-of-anti-tank-weapons-could-go-to-ni-paramilitaries/