DR MATT TREACY looks at first-hand accounts of the bata scóir - used in national schools from 1831 to ensure children were beaten if they used Gaeilge - and its contribution to the decline of the language. There were also those, he explains, who resisted.

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https://gript.ie/an-bata-scoir-a-first-hand-account-of-beating-the-language-out-of-people/

WATCH: This clever experiment shows how rain on parched ground leads to floods

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https://gript.ie/watch-this-clever-experiment-shows-how-rain-on-parched-ground-leads-to-floods/

TD for Laois Offaly, Carol Nolan, has called on the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, the HSE, and the National Ambulance Service (NAS) to place a renewed focus on supporting schemes that ensure greater numbers of people can act as community first responders.

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https://gript.ie/td-calls-for-focus-on-community-first-responders-as-ambulance-service-faces-staffing-crisis/

“They thought I was a token cage fighter”: Paddy Holohan tells all in exclusive interview on his split from Sinn Féin, cancel culture and much more.

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https://gript.ie/they-thought-i-was-a-token-cage-fighter-holohan-tells-all/

It has been alleged that an Egyptian migrant residing at the City West DP centre was “badly beaten” by 7 members of the security staff at the hotel.

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gript.ie/gardai-have-no-record-of-alleged-abuse-of-migrant/

An unreleased consultative report from the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, which Gript has acquired, shows the research conducted by the NCCA is of staggeringly poor quality.

https://gript.ie/upcoming-ncca-report-deeply-flawed/

The number of people euthanised increases ten-fold in Canada in just 5 years. Is there an unspoken understanding amongst policymakers that assisted suicide is cheaper than healthcare?

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https://gript.ie/number-of-people-euthanised-increases-ten-fold-in-canada-in-just-5-years/

Car “wasn’t self-driving” during fatal crash, manufacturer claims

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https://gript.ie/car-wasnt-self-driving-during-fatal-crash-manufacturer-claims/

Roseanna Ruane, the mother of Saoírse Ruane, the ten-year-old Co. Galway girl who has won the hearts of the nation as she battles childhood cancer, addressed crowds gathered at Knock Basilica.

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https://gript.ie/mother-of-saoirse-ruane-gives-moving-testimony-on-power-of-prayer-in-difficult-times/

"The people who assaulted Mr. Sheehan have no fear of getting caught. If they do get caught, they have no fear of prison. The practical consequences for behaving like a thug, as a young person in Ireland, are non-existent"


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https://gript.ie/dublin-has-a-policing-problem-not-a-homophobia-problem/

Though they might deny it, western leaders are borrowing more and more from the totalitarian communications methods of the esoteric North Korean state, writes DAVID REYNOLDS

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https://gript.ie/the-westward-march-of-juche/

President Higgins said politicians must “lead by example” & become “exemplars” on climate change if they want to have “any credibility” - shortly before flying from Dublin to Kerry by helicopter, in a trip that could have been taken by car.

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https://gript.ie/climate-obsessed-higgins-flew-to-kerry-on-official-helicopter/

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín has called out government ministers for their spending on foreign trips, after revealing that more than half a million euros was spent on international travel in the last two and a half years, even with the Covid lockdown.

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https://gript.ie/ching-ching-aontu-leader-questions-500k-splurge-on-govt-travel/

New figures have provided an analysis of the Covid-19 deaths reported from the beginning of the pandemic until February 2022, examining the Underlying Cause of Death (UCOD) in 5,384 cases.

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https://gript.ie/cso-says-183-deaths-3-of-total-during-pandemic-had-covid-as-single-cause/

Gript investigations reveal no report was made to An Garda Siochana about an alleged serious assault on an Egyptian migrant contrary to claims made by Say No to Direct Provision.

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https://gript.ie/gardai-deny-claim-by-say-no-to-direct-provision-that-incident-was-reported-to-them/

Unrest is brewing in Italy as protestors target police vehicle amid soaring cost of electricity. Meanwhile right wing candidate Giorgia Meloni’s popularity grows.

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https://gript.ie/right-wing-candidates-popularity-soars-amid-signs-of-unrest-in-italy/

An 87-year-old pensioner who was stabbed to death in west London on Tuesday has been named as Thomas O’Halloran, originally from Ennistymon in county Clare. Police are seeking a man caught on video running from the scene.

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https://gript.ie/kind-and-much-loved-87-year-old-clare-man-stabbed-to-death-on-mobility-scooter-in-daylight-attack-in-london/

A long and slow-moving queue of dozens mostly young people who stood in line for hours to look at a rental property has caught the attention of online commentators after it was posted by blogger Conor Finn.

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https://gript.ie/watch-no-country-for-young-people-long-queue-to-rent-house-goes-viral/

The brutal murder of the 87 year old Clare native has send shockwaves across Ireland and the UK

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gript.ie/arrest-made-after-savage-murder-of-87-year-old-thomas-ohalloran/

"Theology is not the greatest amongst their concerns. Read the document they have produced, and you’ll find that theology gets barely a mention. The real truth of it is more banal: These people are just embarrassed by the conservatism of their church."
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https://gript.ie/the-embarrassing-irish-church-reform-document/

Modern progressive politics is almost entirely fueled by a deep self loathing embedded in western civilisation, writes Seaghán Breathnach

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https://gript.ie/the-self-esteem-crisis-fueling-the-politics-of-rage/