DR MATT TREACY looks into the data underlying reports from the CSO, and finds that the number of non-Irish nationals is understated by almost 40%.

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https://gript.ie/number-of-non-irish-nationals-understated-by-almost-40-in-cso-reports/

Battle of Bantry to be remembered at Centenary Commemoration. https://gript.ie/battle-of-bantry-to-be-remembered-at-centenary-commemoration/

LOUISE ROSEINGRAVE: A Galway based company is gearing up to launch a dating app for unvaccinated individuals next month.

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https://gript.ie/galway-company-to-launch-dating-app-for-unvaccinated-people/

DINA CENIZA reviews ANNE PERROTTET's book "Thriving and Surviving Raising Thirteen"

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https://gript.ie/thriving-and-surviving-raising-thirteen-scenes-from-a-great-australian-adventure/

PODCAST: TRSI 328 - One short step from self-awareness

Fighting hate is big business these days.

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https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-328-one-short-step-from-self-awareness/

A person wrote to an Irish newspaper this weekend seeking advice about a conflict in her relationship over whether to have children. The advice she received was..... interesting, writes JOHN MCGUIRK:
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https://gript.ie/is-this-the-worst-relationship-advice-ever-published-in-an-irish-newspaper/

Irish people tweet their frustration as Housing Minister welcomes new tenants to affordable rental scheme while Dept. blocks replies on Twitter posts.

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https://gript.ie/backlash-housing-dept-disables-comments-on-affordable-housing-posts/

Three quarters of people who arrive here with no passport are allowed to stay

MATT TREACY writes...

https://gript.ie/three-quarters-of-people-who-arrive-here-with-no-passport-are-allowed-to-stay/

Amidst increasing concerns that rocketing energy prices will send Europe into a deep recession, the European Union is to convene an emergency meeting of ministers to try to agree measures to deal with the crisis.

MÁIRÍN DE BARRA writes

https://gript.ie/deep-recession-threatened-in-europe-as-gas-prices-rocket/

Defence Minister Simon Coveney refused to rule out sending Irish troops on a mission to train the Ukrainian military.

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https://gript.ie/coveney-wont-rule-out-sending-irish-troops-to-train-ukrainians/

"Matt Treacy’s article on “An bata scóir” made me think on my research about how Shane Leslie, an Irish writer, Catholic convert and member of the Gaelic League, collected 5468 signatures of Irish children from northern counties (Co. Monaghan, Louth, Tyrone and Donegal) to his appeal of moral support for the Polish children."

KATARZYNA GMEREK writes

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https://gript.ie/the-irish-support-for-language-struggle-in-poland-1906-1911/

The Chancellor of Germany has called for an “enlarged EU,” in which countries have no veto and Ukraine and Georgia are member states.

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https://gript.ie/german-chancellor-calls-to-end-eu-member-states-veto/

Scientists call for a review of a 2019 study with severely overestimated ‘links’ between the consumption of red meat and death.

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https://gript.ie/put-your-cricket-burger-down-another-blow-to-the-meat-is-bad-brigade/

BEN SCALLAN: Scientists casting new doubt on our understanding of the “Big Bang” theory is further evidence that humanity doesn’t know nearly as much as we think we do.

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https://youtu.be/7cA0DYuVZsU

KURT MAHLBURG: Drag queens wear ‘womanface’ like minstrels wore ‘blackface’ — but you’ll be sacked if you say so

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https://gript.ie/drag-queens-wear-womanface-like-minstrels-wore-blackface-but-youll-be-sacked-if-you-say-so/

A socially significant event took place in Nairobi, Kenya recently with the opening of the Mary & Joseph Life Center (MJLC) which is another outreach programme by Irish missionary priest, Dr Patrick Devine SMA, who has ministered in Africa since 1988.


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https://gript.ie/kenya-mary-joseph-life-center-opens-in-nairobi/

Sweden’s Leftwing Prime Minister has vowed to end ethnic ghettos within the country, saying that all parts of the country should speak Swedish.

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https://gript.ie/swedens-leftwing-prime-minister-vows-to-end-ethnic-ghettos/

McIlroy's stunning comeback to take the FedEx Cup at the weekend was his 34th career win, and his 22nd on the PGA tour. Is he staking a claim to be the greatest sportsperson Ireland has ever produced?

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https://gript.ie/is-mcilroy-irelands-greatest-ever-sportsperson/

"On the one hand, they fret openly about the “rise of the far right”. On the other hand, they desperately, keenly, want the “far right” to rise."
JOHN MCGUIRK on the Department of Housing's provocative approach to social media:
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https://gript.ie/bernardo-the-cost-rental-house-and-the-willy-wonka-government/

BEN SCALLAN: Despite alarm bells about the energy crisis already being sounded, the government decided to put up the tax on certain kinds of candles earlier this year, making life that much harder in the event of blackouts this winter:

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https://gript.ie/irish-government-put-up-tax-on-candles-ahead-of-energy-crisis/