WILLIAM HUANG speaks of the demographic collapse in South Korea, Taiwan, Japan amongst others

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What's happening at the Turkey & Greece border; Is it a new crisis where migrants are used as political weapon?

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Arctic Sea Ice is well above its recent average levels for this time of year, seven years after Al Gore said that the Arctic summers would be ice free.


https://gript.ie/arctic-sea-ice-2020/

Former FF Ard Comhairle member James Doyle writes that after the election, his party finds itself in uncharted territory:

"It would be bitterly ironic if the changes introduced during Micheál Martin’s tenure ultimately proved to be his undoing."

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https://gript.ie/fianna-fail-is-in-uncharted-territory/

Clouds...

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Credit: Peter Carvill

Dept, Harris silent on fears of COVID-19 threat at conference

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REVIEW: DARK WATERS: How an American icon poisoned a town

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https://gript.ie/review-dark-waters-how-an-american-icon-poisoned-a-town/

Ireland is and or at least was, in one of the best positions to contain or minimize the impact of this pandemic. As an island nation, we have very clearly defined entry points for inward travelers which should have been appropriately managed."


Dr. Paul O'Brien writes an open letter to the Irish Government


https://gript.ie/an-evidence-based-critique-of-irelands-covid-19-response/

Women are being silenced during International Women’s Week. And this time it’s not the patriarchy

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https://gript.ie/women-are-being-silenced-during-international-womens-week-and-this-time-its-not-the-patriarchy/

Women are being discriminated against in the new transgender rights debate: International Womens Day #IWD #gript

https://youtu.be/NTHOO5QrhqU

ON THIS DAY: 8TH MARCH 1981

On the 5th February 1981, republican prisoners in Long Kesh issued a statement to the British government that unless the prisoners were awarded special category status, there could be further hunger strikes. There had been several smaller strikes in the Maze and Armagh Women’s Prison previously following the tradition of Thomas Ashe, Terence MacSwiney, Frank Stagg and others.

There were Five demands that the prisoners were looking for. They started their campaign in 1976 but it did not gain traction until Catholic Archbishop Tomás O Fiaciah visited the prison and condemned the conditions there. The requests were:

1. The right not to wear a prison uniform;
2. The right not to do prison work;
3. The right of free association with other prisoners, and to organise educational and recreational pursuits;
4. The right to one visit, one letter and one parcel per week;
5. Full restoration of remission lost through the protest.

The British authorities kept refusing their demands and so o

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"I’ve been reflecting on the care and love my grandfather received at the end of his life. He passed away barely a week ago, with two of his daughters (my mother included) at his side, after living a full 84-year life."

Beautiful piece reflecting on helping to care for a sick and dying relative

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

GRÉGOR PUPPINCK asks about the relationships between the judges of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and leading non-governmental organisations, and what should the Court be doing about them, particularly in cases in which doubts as to the judges’ impartiality might arise?

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https://gript.ie/ngos-and-judges-at-the-ecthr-a-need-for-clarification/

DR ANGELO BOTTONE writes that no voluntary organisation in the world does more work in the fields of education, healthcare, poverty relief, etc. than the Catholic Church, led in many cases by the Church’s religious orders. Amidst all the criticism of the Church, this basic fact is often forgotten.

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https://gript.ie/quantifying-the-enormous-good-the-church-does-worldwide/

Listening to feminist author Rosemary MacCabe brought CHRISTINE D'ARCY to some profound conclusions about feminism, womanhood, and being a mother. She writes about them here.

"The Taboo of the Childless Feminist".

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https://gript.ie/taboo-childless-feminist/

"The raw truth is that if it breaks out and people die, {politicians will} get less blame than if nobody dies, and we tank the economy for nothing”

Politicians are weighing the risks to the country, and themselves, of drastic action on COVID-19.

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https://gript.ie/coronavirus-political-dilemma/

Ó Cuiv calls for St Patrick’s parade to be cancelled: Italian deaths from COVID-19 now 366

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https://gript.ie/o-cuiv-calls-for-st-patricks-parade-to-be-cancelled-italian-deaths-from-covid-19-now-366/