The continuing high-profile campaign by Dutch farmers against radical proposals to reduce carbon emissions within the agricultural sector has led to a potential split within the ruling coalition.

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https://gript.ie/dutch-farmers-protests-may-split-coalition/

A Fine Gael councillor has described the proposed windfarm on the rim of Gougane Barra as “absolute ridiculous”, saying that the historic valley should instead be made a world heritage site.

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https://gript.ie/fg-councillor-gougane-barra-should-be-a-world-heritage-site/

Finglas residents object to unsuitable asylum accommodation. Last Saturday around 150 local people staged a protest at an asylum accommodation centre on North Road, Finglas.

https://youtu.be/2QPMgjmZhAA

The Westport Chamber Festival, now in its tenth year, plays host to an amazing line-up of musicians on August 26th and September 8th -11th. As part of the festival’s collaborative programme, Artistic Director Catherine Leonard will host this special preview concert.

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https://gript.ie/westport-chamber-festival-offers-opportunity-to-hear-beethovens-finest/

FLASHBACK: During the last migrant crisis, Sinn Féin said they “would not put an upper limit” on the number of refugees Ireland should accept, and urged the government to house all asylum seekers that arrived in Ireland.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4mEaLIur2Q

“The worsening energy crisis is especially frustrating as government has facilitated it spiralling out of control. While the rest of Europe has spent the summer building up gas reserves, the Irish government made no effort to do so”, the Aontú leader said.

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https://gript.ie/government-policy-is-worsening-energy-crisis-toibin-says/

Meet St. Colman, the 6th century Irish saint who absolutely loved ducks

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https://gript.ie/meet-st-colman-the-6th-century-irish-saint-who-loved-ducks/

Right-wing candidate Giorgia Meloni has received criticism for sharing images of a migrant raping a woman in broad daylight in the Italian town of Piacenza. She said that she would not be silent as atrocious crimes were happening.

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https://gript.ie/italy-candidate-draws-fire-after-sharing-video-of-broad-daylight-rape/

In recent weeks Joe Biden's Democrats have gone from rank outsiders to moderate favourites to hold the US Senate in November's midterm elections, as Republicans struggle with candidate selection, a challenging map, and difficulty staying on message:

https://gript.ie/are-americas-republicans-blowing-the-midterms/

Virtually every party and politician in Ireland supported rent controls when they were introduced - and so none of them now have the authority to say what needs to be said, writes JOHN MCGUIRK: That rent caps have been a historic disaster.

https://gript.ie/when-will-ireland-admit-that-rent-controls-are-a-catastrophe/

Both the Irish Times and the Irish Independent have recently published stories saying a new report shows that the far-right is growing in Ireland. Unfortunately, Gary Kavanagh writes, the report they say shows this doesn’t seem to actually exist.

https://gript.ie/no-there-is-no-report-showing-a-rise-in-the-far-right-in-ireland/

DUP MLA Paul Frew has told Gript that questions need to be asked and answered around excess deaths taking place in Northern Ireland and in the UK, describing the situation as a “silent crisis”.

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https://gript.ie/dup-mla-says-questions-need-to-be-answered-around-excess-deaths-in-ni-and-uk/

A review of the effectiveness of a schools-based mindfulness training programme involving more than 28,000 children found it did not help young people’s mental health or well-being.

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https://gript.ie/major-study-finds-mindfulness-school-programme-did-not-help-mental-health-issues-for-young-people/

“Far Right” is just the bucket, increasingly, into which the state and its allies toss every issue and group and argument that they do not wish to deal with" - JOHN MCGUIRK, on how the "Far Right" has supplanted Sinn Fein as the national boogeyman:

https://gript.ie/the-far-right-and-the-national-need-for-a-boogeyman/

"If you want my opinion, it’s this: Robert Troy should be hounded out of office. Chased. Given the boot. Fecked out. Perhaps even made a national pariah.

But not for this."

- JOHN MCGUIRK, annoying our readers, again.

https://gript.ie/robert-troy-and-the-publics-obsession-with-irrelevance/

74-year-old Sligo farmer Tom Niland remains on life support with ‘no feeling from the neck down’, his family have said — 7 months after he was brutally assaulted in his own home.

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https://gript.ie/sligo-pensioner-tom-niland-remains-on-life-support-paralysed-from-the-neck-down-after-horrific-assault-at-home/

A woman just days short of her 94th birthday who was the victim of an aggravated burglary at her home in Ballintubber, County Roscommon, on Monday, has slammed those who attacked her home as “cowards”.

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https://gript.ie/cowards-elderly-woman-93-slams-the-masked-men-who-terrorised-her-in-aggravated-burglary/

“Legal decisions should be based on carefully-considered expertise about what laws and precedents say, and never be at the mercy of internet ghost-writers.”

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https://gript.ie/academics-defend-research-claiming-irish-judges-use-wikipedia/

A record number of migrants crossed the Channel to England on Monday - yet an analysis of the numbers shows that Ireland is receiving 3 times that number per capita. Where is the debate here? asks MATT TREACY.

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https://gript.ie/record-number-of-asylum-seekers-cross-english-channel/

BEN SCALLAN: Some of the weapons being poured into Ukraine will inevitably end up on the European black market, meaning we can all look forward to a new breed of military-armed gangs and super terrorists:

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https://gript.ie/get-ready-for-europes-new-military-armed-cartels-extremists/