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:
#gript
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.

#gript

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.

#gript

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/

Amid ongoing inflation, the HSE wants to make supermarket meal deals “illegal” and is considering minimum pricing on high calorie foods.

#gript

https://gript.ie/hse-wants-to-make-supermarket-meal-deals-illegal/

ANGELO BOTTONE: How religious sisters are the real founders of modern nursing

#gript


https://gript.ie/how-religious-sisters-are-the-real-founders-of-modern-nursing/

Might our own justice authorities look at Denmark as a model of how to address such problems, asks MATT TREACY

#gript

https://gript.ie/denmark-to-send-foreign-criminals-to-prison-in-kosovo/

JONATHON VAN MAREN: "We are now facing Schrodinger’s Roe: we do not yet know if Roe v. Wade is alive or dead. But what we do know, courtesy of the Politico leak, is how supporters of the Sexual Revolution’s bloody sacrament will respond. Abortion activists are going to war for the right to kill, and the mask has slipped."

#gript


https://gript.ie/firebombing-threats-intimidation-the-vile-face-of-pro-abortion-america/

SUNNY PETER: "Ordinary people are willing to step forward to care for the dying and support their families. However, mutual relationships and connections of volunteers with people at end-of-life and their relatives are important. There is also a need to redefine the narrative around death and dying – making it a social concern, rather than a purely medical decision."

#gript

https://gript.ie/community-palliative-care-in-india-is-a-model-for-the-world/

PODCAST: Journalism is an industry flush with morals but lacking ethics; the HSE thinks meal deals should be illegal; and Alcohol Action Ireland is going to win regardless of which way the numbers go.

#gript

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-317-youll-take-my-meal-deal-from-my-cold-dead-hands/

New study finds that Covid-19 restrictions accelerated a global decline in mental health among young people.

LOUISE ROSEINGRAVE writes

https://gript.ie/new-study-says-lockdown-led-to-a-huge-jump-in-mental-health-difficulties-for-young-people/

The mother of a 12-year-old boy at the centre of a life support treatment dispute says she is “not giving up” as doctors announced they will carry out a brain-stem test to determine if the schoolboy is brain dead.
#gript https://gript.ie/uk-family-fight-to-keep-12-year-old-son-alive-as-judge-rules-he-must-undergo-brain-stem-test/

THE EDITORS: The World Health Organisation, after Covid, deserves no benefit of the doubt. There exists no compelling case for a "pandemic treaty", and lots of reasons to oppose one:
#gript
https://gript.ie/the-editors-the-pandemic-treaty-is-unnecessary-and-wrong/

Will Roe V. Wade be overturned? Ben Scallan and Ed Morrissey discuss. #gript

#gript
https://youtu.be/9xGELVYXLmo

POLL: Are you in favour of the WHO's proposed Pandemic Treaty?

VOTE in our online poll and leave your comments!

#gript

https://gript.ie/poll-are-you-in-favour-of-the-whos-proposed-pandemic-treaty/

Young woman raped in foster home says Tusla apology “fixes nothing,” saying “the damage is done”

#gript

https://gript.ie/woman-raped-in-foster-home-says-tusla-apology-fixes-nothing/

ON THIS DAY: 16 MAY 1920, Joan of Arch was cannonised a Saint

#gript

https://gript.ie/on-this-day-16-may-1920-joan-of-arc-was-cannonised-a-saint-2/

Swedish young military-aged males are the demographic most reluctant to join NATO

#gript

https://gript.ie/swedish-young-military-aged-males-most-reluctant-to-join-nato/

The “despicable” treatment of 500,000 Irish banking customers by exiting KBC and Ulster Bank must be urgently addressed by the Finance Minister and the Central Bank, according to Rural Independent TDs.

#gript


https://gript.ie/finance-minister-must-intervene-to-protect-kbc-and-ulster-bank-customers-say-rural-tds/

"Attacking the reputation of a Catholic saint, no longer alive to defend herself (although it’s unlikely she would bother in any case), is a popular sport."

DUALTA ROUGHNEEN writes

#gript

https://gript.ie/critics-of-mother-teresa-dont-have-a-clue-about-poverty/

‘I feel I am being punished for accepting and loving my child, not perfect in the eyes of this world’. Mother of baby with Down Syndrome speaks out as Carer's Allowance means test says family of 7 can't earn more than €750 a week.

https://gript.ie/mum-of-baby-with-down-syndrome-has-carers-allowance-removed/

#gript