COMMENT: “The collapse of the SDLP vote in many places is a discussion which has taken a back seat, while the influence of the new Republican party Aontú on the SDLP’s decline has been left out of most of the discussion in the establishment media.”

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https://gript.ie/aontus-gains-and-sdlps-collapse-should-give-pro-life-nationalist-dissenters-hope/

WATCH: Fianna Fáil TD Willie O’Dea has confronted Taoiseach Micheál Martin on the Pandemic Treaty, saying he fears the government is “ceding power” to the World Health Organisation.

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https://gript.ie/ffs-willie-odea-confronts-taoiseach-on-who-pandemic-treaty/

Supreme Court of India strikes down vaccine mandates, orders release of Covid-19 vaccine trial data

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https://gript.ie/supreme-court-of-india-strikes-down-vaccine-mandates/

Mental health service needs for new mums at 'all time high' after Covid lockdowns

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https://gript.ie/mental-health-service-needs-for-new-mums-at-all-time-high-after-covid-lockdowns/

The Vatican must act in response to the arrest of Cardinal Zeb and pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, writes Dr MATT TREACY. It is no time for moral cowardice.

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https://gript.ie/vatican-must-act-after-cardinal-zen-arrested-with-pro-democracy-forces-in-china/

Peadar Tóibín sends legal letter to Aodhán Ó Riordáin over abortion tweet

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https://gript.ie/peadar-toibin-sends-legal-letter-to-aodhan-o-riordain-over-abortion-tweet/

It is very difficult to have any sympathy with the Sisters of Charity for the concerted, barely sane campaign to demonise them over the new maternity hospital, writes JOHN MCGUIRK.
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https://gript.ie/senator-human-dignity-is-a-dangerously-catholic-term-guys/

"We haven’t been asleep since March 2020, and we didn’t invent the checkpoints or the missed funerals."

KILLIAN FOLEY-WALSH asks where is Ireland's Covid Inquiry?

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https://gript.ie/where-is-irelands-covid-inquiry/

Amid the ongoing energy crisis, a Cork TD has urged the government to “urgently” approve development of Cork’s Barryroe oil field to help Ireland become “self-sufficient from an energy perspective.”

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https://gript.ie/energy-crisis-td-calls-for-ireland-to-use-corks-barryroe-oil-field/

An Irish senator has raised serious concerns over a new EU “mass surveillance” law, claiming the AI system will represent “the end of secure online communications within the EU.”

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https://gript.ie/irish-senator-raises-concern-over-eu-mass-surveillance-law/

A European Parliament report, meant to highlight the persecution of religious minorities, has been criticised for being “openly hostile” to religion. The report has also been slammed for criticising religion’s role in limiting abortions. No Irish MEPs voted against the report.

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https://gript.ie/eu-parliament-report-on-persecution-of-religious-minorities-openly-hostile-to-religion-supportive-of-abortion-rights/?fbclid=IwAR1-lyCvp_bPAL3qyBgjlGxtRzbRrkwh3Jxi5fOADqru_1_tTGv1lJvKlRo

A 31 year old woman living with disabilities in Canada has been approved by doctors to have her life ended by Assisted Suicide - because she has tried in vain to secure affordable accommodation which would assist her to live.

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https://gript.ie/woman-offered-assisted-suicide-for-abject-poverty-as-she-couldnt-get-housing-for-her-disability/

Covid vaccines: "I think the media have been told to be quiet" says BBC radio host

LOUISE ROSEINGRAVE writes


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https://gript.ie/covid-vaccines-i-think-the-media-have-been-told-to-be-quiet-says-bbc-radio-host/

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://youtu.be/QuACY9VI8QU

NI's abortion exclusion zones Bill set to be challenged in judicial review at Supreme Court


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https://gript.ie/nis-abortion-exclusion-zones-bill-set-to-be-challenged-in-judicial-review-at-supreme-court/

"It is not fair that a woman should have to suffer debilitating pain for days or more than a week every month."
Are Spain's plans to give women three days leave per month for their period workable, or will they backfire?
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https://gript.ie/spain-were-going-to-give-women-three-days-off-a-month-for-their-period/

Dig into the new DAFT report, writes JOHN MCGUIRK, and you'll find incontrovertible evidence that the Government's policy of rent controls is making Ireland's housing crisis much worse than it otherwise would be:
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https://gript.ie/the-devastating-daft-report/

This week, a poll found 88% of Irish people in favour of continued EU membership. JAMES DARBY, Communications Director for the Irish Freedom Party, argues that on this issue, the majority is wrong:
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https://gript.ie/eu-membership-ifp/

41 years ago today, on the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima, the attempted assassination of polish Pope John Paul II took place in Rome. The now Saint famously forgave his attacker, visiting him in prison just weeks after the attempt on his life.

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-13th-may-1981-attempted-assassination-of-st-pope-john-paul-ii/

WATCH: Both US President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have announced that “the pandemic is not over,” with Ursula Von Der Leyen calling for a faster vaccine rollout.

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https://gript.ie/pandemic-is-not-over-say-biden-and-german-leader/

The Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a group dedicated to "reversing the rising tide of disinformation worldwide," spread some misinformation of its own at a recent training day they held in the Houses of the Oireachtas. #gript

https://gript.ie/anti-misinformation-think-tank-spreads-trans-misinformation/