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/

Soldiers and civilians on both sides of the conflict continue to die and, in truth, we are all in trouble. The war is having devastating consequences in Ukraine and it is also having a global effect.

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https://gript.ie/peace-should-now-be-a-priority-for-the-war-in-the-ukraine/

This week, the US Federal reserve increased US interest rates by .75%. Why does that matter, and what might it mean for the global economy? An explainer:
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https://gript.ie/explainer-the-us-federal-reserves-big-move-on-interest-rates/

Irish politicians are in no position to lecture Russia or anybody else about media freedom after their "totalitarian" summons to RTE this week, writes JOHN MCGUIRK:
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https://gript.ie/how-the-dail-just-exposed-the-myth-that-rte-is-independent/

Britain’s national broadcaster has been accused of “institutional alarmism” over its coverage regarding weather-related news and climate change – and it has been forced to correct up to a ‘dozen false claims’, a report claims.

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https://gript.ie/report-accuses-bbc-of-institutional-alarmism-on-climate-change/

A study published on Monday has connected a spike in youth suicides to sex-change hormones, puberty blockers and a lack of parental consent regarding transgender treatments for children.

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https://gript.ie/study-spike-in-youth-suicide-linked-to-increased-access-to-sex-change-hormones-puberty-blockers/?fbclid=IwAR2dmY0kpn04uxWkLA_mB2P88EjlFDPEs7qsjNEjMMnllLkWtdBAGUzfKP8&fs=e&s=cl

A Swedish MEP has criticised Ireland's migration policy as "reckless", saying the Taoiseach is making life "worse for the Irish with house prices, social issues and homeless people" as well as Europe as a whole. #gript
https://youtu.be/qqT7iNVhfQM

BEN SCALLAN: While Pearse Doherty & Leo Varadkar raise hell over soaring energy costs, remember that this time last year basically every party in the Dáil voted for the Climate Action Bill which directly contributed to the problem.

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https://gript.ie/energy-crisis-reminder-almost-every-party-voted-for-climate-bill/

Increases in the cost of tree pulp is driving up the price of toilet paper as more and more household items become increasingly expensive.

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https://gript.ie/toilet-paper-is-becoming-more-expensive-can-we-do-without-it/

NGOs like to claim that transgender activists in Ireland are “marginalised.” But is this a reality? BEN SCALLAN investigates.

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https://gript.ie/are-transgender-activists-really-marginalised-in-ireland/

ON THIS DAY: 17 JUNE 1871: The Westmeath Act and the unbroken resistance offered by secret Catholic societies against colonialism in Ireland.

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-17-june-1871-the-westmeath-act-and-the-unbroken-resistance-of-the-ribbonmen-2/

"Illegal immigrants are not Irish citizens. And this small country cannot care for everyone."

MATT TREACY writes...

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https://gript.ie/illegal-immigrants-are-not-irish-citizens-and-this-small-country-cannot-care-for-everyone/

Irate Italian motorists dragged climate change protesters from a busy Italian motorway in Rome this week.

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https://gript.ie/watch-irate-italian-motorists-drag-climate-protesters-from-road/