The "living wage" plan announced yesterday is another sign that Government has yet to figure out that part-implementing opposition plans does not make it more popular, but just makes voters think the opposition must have been right, writes JOHN MCGUIRK:

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https://gript.ie/the-political-folly-of-the-living-wage-plan/?fbclid=IwAR0KHBlwpKxj_HNWNMWezgivTBLIDtPOQpAcqOGCoaZoVVsXdNj662MW1r4&fs=e&s=cl

Finance advisor Eddie Hobbs has predicted that Ireland will go into a ‘fireball’ recession by the Autumn. Elon Musk has also voiced concern about the economy, while the ONS published new figures reigniting fears that the UK is heading for a recession.

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https://gript.ie/recession-warnings-eddie-hobbs-to-elon-musk-via-the-british-statistics-office/

“A better focus would be to ensure that certain sectors are not allowed to become dominated by low wage, part-time agency, and “zero-hours” contracts which reflect a conscious effort by employers in those sectors to lower costs,” writes Dr MATT TREACY.

https://gript.ie/would-a-living-wage-decrease-poverty-esri-seems-to-think-not/?fbclid=IwAR26ksKrRQ3rRD6YoQ00NlDRIATExy1XzjiaIW6V5hzaCgjLDmlYaiMsHpo&fs=e&s=cl

Tracy McGinnis, a full-time carer, received a letter from social welfare ordering her to refund a disability payment of €208 she had received just a day after her 17-year-old son Brendan died.

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https://gript.ie/grieving-mother-campaigns-for-grace-period-on-disability-payment/

Illegal migrant crossings into EU on the rise, says Frontex
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https://gript.ie/illegal-migrant-crossings-into-eu-on-the-rise-says-frontex/

Dublin Pride aren't the only lobby group that RTE is involved with. It's the only state broadcaster to be a member of the progressive lobby group Covering Climate Now.

RTÉ have refused to release details of their involvement with CCN. https://gript.ie/ben-scallan-why-is-rte-a-member-of-a-climate-change-activism-group/

Mattie McGrath TD slams President Higgins' linking Nigerian church attack to "climate change."

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https://youtu.be/f5y0axXhA5s

"WE'RE IN THE BEGINNINGS OF A RECESSION": Rural Independents on energy crisis.

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https://youtu.be/8mxPVYi4LTU

Germany urges citizens to ration energy after Russia cuts gas supply, dubbing the situation “serious”

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https://gript.ie/germany-urges-citizens-to-ration-energy-after-russia-cuts-supply/

On housing, an Irish senator has called for a policy of “Irish homes for Irish people” rather than “multinational companies,” complaining that “meeting the needs of your own country is now extremism.”

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https://gript.ie/on-housing-senator-urges-irish-homes-for-irish-people/

New figures suggest that up to a third of Irish people are already experiencing energy poverty, and that families are facing increased energy costs of almost €3,500 per year when motor fuel is included.

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https://gript.ie/families-face-e3500-in-extra-annual-fuel-costs-as-crisis-deepens/

In a society with growing hostility to children and the nuclear family, @Ben_Scallan investigates what the anti-child movement can teach us about happiness (or a lack thereof).

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https://gript.ie/what-the-anti-child-movement-can-teach-us-about-life-happiness/

While the Irish media pays obsessive attention to every twist and turn in Boris Johnson's political troubles, it is mysteriously muted on the crisis of confidence in Joe Biden, whose troubles get a fraction of the coverage those of his predecessor got"
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https://gript.ie/usa-bidens-approval-rating-hits-record-low-again/

"If the President is going to exceed his remit to criticise housing policy, why has he not exceeded his remit to do anything about it? He has signed every housing bill put before him without comment, or complaint"
JOHN MCGUIRK on the Presidential speech:
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https://gript.ie/the-presidents-staggering-cynicism-on-housing/

ON THIS DAY in 1887: The O’Halloran sisters, armed with poles and boiling water, fended off the officers evicting their family during the Irish Land War. The sisters became known far and wide for their feisty, courageous and defiant stand against the crew sent to drag them from their home.
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https://gript.ie/otd-the-magnificent-ohalloran-sisters-fight-back-to-stop-family-eviction/

BOOK REVIEW: " Chums: How a tiny caste of Oxford Tories took over the UK" by Simon Kuper

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https://gript.ie/reveiw-chums-how-a-tiny-caste-of-oxford-tories-took-over-the-uk-by-simon-kuper/

LISTEN: the trans debate on Liveline that caused a furore

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https://gript.ie/listen-the-trans-debate-on-liveline-that-caused-a-furore/

Locals have called for the removal of a ‘satanic’ statue of a Wicca witchcraft deity from a forest park in Co. Down. The “monstrous and grotesque” statue — along with nine others — came at a total cost to NI taxpayers of £707,000, according to The Belfast Newsletter.

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https://gript.ie/locals-protest-lisburn-councils-satanic-statue-at-a-cost-of-707000-to-taxpayer-for-whole-series/

A judge at the Coleraine Magistrates Court has described four Romanian men, who are charged with commercial burglaries of goods worth more than £10,000, as being on a "criminally inspired tourist trip" to Northern Ireland.

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https://gript.ie/judge-romanian-men-in-ni-on-criminal-inspired-tourist-trip/

RyanAir staff are planning strike action in row over pay and working conditions, while European airlines are forced to scrap schedules due to staffing shortages.

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https://gript.ie/ryanair-strike-action-could-cause-flight-disruption/

Minister Charlie McConalogue has confirmed to TD Carol Nolan that turf gathering rights may be subject to limitation by law.


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https://gript.ie/minister-confirms-turbary-rights-to-bog-land-could-be-removed-or-delimited-by-law/