Toddler stabbed to death at home, mother & other child in hospital

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https://gript.ie/toddler-stabbed-death-mother-child-hospital/

MATT TREACY: What have other countries done to halt to the growth of Cuckoo Funds and can we learn from them

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https://gript.ie/housing-what-have-other-countries-done-to-halt-to-the-growth-of-cuckoo-funds/

NEW: Despite restricting Irish citizens from attending a citizenship ceremony yesterday, and cancelling the Rugby match, the department of health is inviting 1000 people from infected countries to attend an alcohol policy conference in Dublin next Monday.

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https://gript.ie/harris-gapc-covid-19/

Walkout at new ‘paedophile’ movie featuring sex robot as 10-year-old girl

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https://gript.ie/walkout-paedophile-movie-featuring-sex-robot-10-year-old-girl/

€100,00 income required? 80% of Irish people now priced out of buying home in Dublin

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https://gript.ie/e10000-income-required-80-of-irish-people-now-priced-out-of-buying-home-in-dublin/

"We have no where to live". University authorities r raising the price of accommodation on campus by 12.5% - an increase students say they cannot afford. With housing already a major issue in the capital, they say its putting university out of reach #gript

https://youtu.be/uNMhCs1cEXI

ON THIS DAY: 4TH March 1918: First reported case of Spanish flu which starts a worldwide pandemic

The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, the deadliest in history, infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide—about one-third of the planet’s population—and killed an estimated 20 million to 50 million victims, including some 675,000 Americans.

Though the original origin of the virus is disputed, the first known case was reported at a military base in Kansas on this day, 1918.

It quickly spread around the word as there there were no effective drugs or vaccines to treat this killer flu strain. Citizens were ordered to wear masks, schools, theatres and businesses were shuttered and bodies piled up in makeshift morgues before the virus ended its deadly global march.

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Photo shows Emergency military hospital during influenza epidemic, Camp Funston, Kansas, USA

ANALYSIS: In the midst of the Coronavirus outbreak, lacking a Government, and with Brexit trade uncertainty still rising, the Irish economy suddenly looks very shaky - and new car sales figures out this week should concern us all.


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https://gript.ie/irish-economy-coronavirus/

Mary McAleese has written to the Pope threatening to leave the Church over its "protection" of Jean Vanier. But there's no evidence that the Church did protect Vanier - a man who McAleese praised to the rafters herself in a speech in 2000.

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https://gript.ie/mcaleese-pope-vanier/

ON THIS DAY: 4TH MARCH

4th March is shared by 3 famous people connected with Irish freedom, whose birthdays occurred on this day.

Robert Emmet - 1778
was an Irish Republican and nationalist, patriot, orator and rebel leader. After leading an abortive rebellion against British rule in 1803 he was captured then tried and executed for high treason against the British king George III of Great Britain and Ireland. HIs impromtu speech from the dock after he was charged is considered to be one of the best political speeches ever made. Read the whole speech here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Speech_from_the_Dock_(Emmet)


Daniel Patrick Mannix - 1864
He was Archbishop of Melbourne and advocate of Irish independence, he was considered to be one of the most influential public figures in 20th-century Australia.

Though initially opposed to the to the Easter Rising, he became increasingly radicalised and in October 1920 led an Irish republican funeral cortège through the streets of London following the death of t

Anger as trans activists “remove women” from International Women’s Week

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https://gript.ie/anger-as-trans-activists-remove-women-from-international-womens-week/

This year is a big year for the USA. What happens in 2020 will shape the course of the country for years to come with far-reaching political and economic effects. Of course, I am talking about the decennial census which is being held this year.

MARCUS ROBERTS writes on demographic changes in the US

https://gript.ie/the-upcoming-us-census/

Female infloresces of alder (Alnus glutinosa) at Airfield.

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Credit: Peter Carvill

School to close as 4 new cases of COVID-19 in Co Clare

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https://gript.ie/school-to-close-as-4-new-cases-of-covid-19-in-co-clare/

The Government's COVID-19 containment strategy doesn't make any sense and is doomed to failure while flights keep landing in Ireland from infected areas.

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https://gript.ie/ban-flights-from-italy/

Columbia’s top Court rules against abortion – President says he is pro-life

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https://gript.ie/columbias-top-court-rules-against-abortion-president-says-he-is-pro-life/

MARGARET HICKY writes that the Citizens’ Assembly is blatant in pushing ideology that bends reality as well as gender

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https://gript.ie/citizens-assembly-blatant-in-pushing-ideology-that-bends-reality-as-well-as-gender/

In Sickness and In Health: Reflections on Death, Disability, and Caregiving

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https://gript.ie/in-sickness-and-in-health-reflections-on-death-disability-and-caregiving/