An online search shows that the cheapest three-star hotel room a ten minute walk from Croke Park on Saturday costs €324, while staying at the Croke Park Hotel for the night will leave you €409 out of pocket.

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https://gript.ie/rip-off-hotels-gaa-fans-paying-e314-for-a-one-night-stay-in-dublin-for-all-ireland-quarter-final-weekend/?fbclid=IwAR1RoR3tqMwVuDgGZtBYGuUW-poolv6JbySf9bGLBw3RtwLxHdUb7opsgGY&fs=e&s=cl

"There is a sense, in the country, that things are a bit out of control", writes JOHN MCGUIRK, on the week of €2.14 a litre diesel, nine genders, unlimited immigration, and the closure of another CATH lab, this time in Sligo:
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https://gript.ie/a-political-class-from-another-planet/

BEN SCALLAN: Fine Gael Senator Garrett Ahearn says Mattie McGrath’s views on capping refugee numbers “do not reflect the majority.” But according to recent polls, they actually do - and Ahearn, not McGrath, is woefully out of step with public opinion:

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https://gript.ie/actually-fine-gael-is-out-of-step-with-the-public-not-mattie-mcgrath/

Videos have been shared online showing teenage boys being threatened, slapped, and kicked by an older attacker.

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https://gript.ie/gardai-investigating-viral-bullying-videos-showing-thug-beating-boys/

Austria is set to end its mandatory Covid-19 vaccination policy. Health Minister Johannes Rauch admitted the controversial policy introduced in February had been ineffective, stating: “No one is getting vaccinated because of the compulsory vaccination”.

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https://gript.ie/austria-ends-mandatory-covid-19-vaccination-as-health-minister-admits-mandate-didnt-work/

President Joe Biden on Thursday unintentionally revealed a very specific cheat note prepared by his staff instructing the leader of the free world to “take YOUR seat” and limit his speech to “2 minutes” — amid concerns over his capability to hold office.

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https://gript.ie/watch-you-take-your-seat-bidens-step-by-step-instructions-from-staff-for-walking-into-room-and-sitting-down/

The US Supreme Court today struck down Roe v Wade, a 1973 ruling which claimed that women had a constitutional right to access abortions.

https://gript.ie/roe-struck-down-us-supreme-court-releases-ruling/

The remarks followed heated exchanges from a recent Dail sitting between TD Carol Nolan and Housing Minister Dara O’Brian after Nolan suggested uncapped immigration was a contributing factor to the ongoing housing crisis.

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https://gript.ie/controversy-continues-as-sf-td-labels-remarks-made-by-carol-nolan-right-wing/

“A victory for women, for babies, for human rights”: Irish pro-life groups have welcomed the US Supreme Court decision to overturn the 1973 Roe v Wade decision which interpreted the US Constitution as providing a right to abortion.

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https://gript.ie/ireland-will-follow-pro-life-groups-welcome-roe-v-wade-overturn/

“The only vetting we have is our own fishermen”: TD criticises Ireland’s lax border control.

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https://youtu.be/cfiivBi8Gp8

Law enforcement agencies across the US are preparing for a “night of rage” in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. One militant group said: “We have demonstrated in the past month how easy and fun it is to attack”.

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https://gript.ie/night-of-rage-pro-abortion-groups-pledge-extreme-violence-in-wake-of-roe-v-wade-judgement/?fbclid=IwAR33gO0BQ_eezubpwFoyHz6CA2wLS-vLE9H-kdgclq-aPilGkxRrk2a25b8&fs=e&s=cl

MATT TREACY notes that Ireland is seeing a demographic change unprecedented since the mass starvation and emigration of the mid 19th century, and the earlier plantations.

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https://gript.ie/census-2022-reveals-massive-demographic-change/

ANN FARMER: Slaves to wokeness sleep though modern slavery

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https://gript.ie/slaves-to-wokeness-sleep-through-modern-slavery/

MARGARET HICKEY: If a Constitution isn't the appropriate place to guarantee the right to life, how can it be the place to guarantee the right to abortion?

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https://gript.ie/roe-the-constitution-and-the-hypocrisy-of-irish-commentators/

KILLIAN FOLEY WALSH: "How much must our society have rotted to make this just the most recent of similar discoveries in Cork, Galway, and elsewhere over the course of the pandemic?"

"Maybe the Old Ireland might not have been all bad after all."

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https://gript.ie/another-day-another-macabre-discovery-down-the-country/

DAVID THUNDER: Every self-respecting Western nation should launch a public Covid Inquiry — but the devil will be in the detail.

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https://gript.ie/every-self-respecting-western-nation-should-launch-a-public-covid-inquiry/

Goodbye Roe: At least 11 states in the U.S. have already banned abortions after trigger laws went into immediate effect.

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https://gript.ie/goodbye-roe-abortion-bans-and-restrictions-in-multiple-us-states-as-trigger-laws-come-into-effect/

An elderly man is fighting to save his beloved pet dog after a court order to have her destroyed was upheld.

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https://gript.ie/roscommon-man-fights-to-save-pet-jack-russell-from-being-put-down-2/

Glastonbury: they cheered Greta Thunberg and then left this mess

MÁIRÍN DE BARRA writes...

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https://gript.ie/glastonbury-they-cheered-greta-thunberg-and-then-left-this-mess/

Our Monday Editorial:
"There are practical limits to this country’s ability to accommodate an unlimited number of people before there are serious and lasting negative consequences"
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https://gript.ie/the-editors-a-cap-on-migration-is-sensible-popular-and-necessary/

The Government continues to plumb new depths of unpopularity, with the combined support for the three Government parties hitting a new low of just 36% in a weekend opinion poll:
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https://gript.ie/poll-the-governments-relentless-slide-continues/