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/

KURT MAHLBURG ask 'Peak Woke - are we there yet?

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https://gript.ie/peak-woke-are-we-there-yet/

In Tandem is a new short documentary by the Emmy-Nominated team 1 Girl Revolution and BEHOLD (“The Girl Inside”) featuring the inspiring story of Detroit-born, Milwaukee-based chef Caitlin Cullen and the innovative social project and restaurant she created – The Tandem.

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https://gript.ie/new-documentary-featuring-inspiring-and-innovative-chef-and-restaurant-that-fed-over-115000-people-in-need-during-covid/

The National Women's Council faces renewed calls to defund the organisation after the Liveline controversy - as some activists believe the group is failing to speak up for women.

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https://gript.ie/womens-rights-groups-should-reconsider-nwci-membership-say-activists/

Tributes have been paid to a ‘gentle’ and ‘caring’ wife and mother who died after giving birth at her home in County Limerick earlier this month. Home births in the midwest region have been temporarily suspended following the tragedy.

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https://gript.ie/home-birth-supports-suspended-after-limerick-woman-dies-giving-birth-to-first-baby/

DAVID REYNOLDS: "Is there a reason President Higgins seemed blind to persecution of Christians?"

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https://gript.ie/is-there-a-reason-president-higgins-seemed-blind-to-persecution-of-christians/

GABRIEL ANDRADE looks at MATT WALSH'S documentary "What is a woman?"

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https://gript.ie/what-is-a-woman-a-provocative-look-at-the-transgender-debate/

BOOK REVIEW: MARGARET HICKEY reviews Sally Rooney's "Beatiful World, where are you"

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https://gript.ie/review-beautiful-world-where-are-you-by-sally-rooney/

THE EDITORS: "What we saw, last week, was a masterclass in the gaslighting of the nation"
Our view on the trans rights debate, which sees one solitary grassroots group, The Countess, take on a massive, state funded NGO armada:
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https://gript.ie/the-editors-the-countess-fights-the-inquisition/

The relative lack of media enthusiasm for this weekend's calls for a return to mask wearing marks a stark contrast with 12 months ago and underlines how much Covid worry was driven by media hysteria, writes JOHN MCGUIRK:
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https://gript.ie/inmo-declares-its-time-to-bring-back-facemasks/

Three people have been killed and others have been kidnapped during an attack on a Baptist and a Catholic Church in Nigeria over the weekend — just two weeks after 22 Catholics were killed attending Mass in the southwest of the county.

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https://gript.ie/nigeria-sunday-worshippers-killed-during-fresh-attack-on-churches/?fbclid=IwAR0-oP_e6ISkXHZOCPab3kx_BckvwTMddozBngdS5KUepFigjPLL-D1_Ki0&fs=e&s=cl