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/

"If Covid lockdowns have led us to a 15-year backlog for medical treatment, with all the excess deaths and suffering that will cause, the very least we need are some answers."

NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN writes...

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https://gript.ie/15-years-to-flatten-the-curve-real-price-of-covid-lockdown-now-coming-to-light/

Independent TD for Laois Offaly, Carol Nolan, has said that her offices are dealing with an increasing number of families who say their children are being left with no means of travelling to school following last minute refusals by Bus Éireann to offer school transport tickets for the forthcoming academic year.

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https://gript.ie/families-students-abandoned-as-school-bus-places-refused-at-the-last-minute/

The National Parents Council is encouraging parents from “diverse backgrounds” to join its board. Anybody who is a parent is free to apply.


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https://gript.ie/national-parents-council-seeking-new-board-members/

“I was in shock yesterday. I couldn’t speak”: The owner of a small coffee shop in Athlone has told Gript of her shock after receiving a bill of over €9,800 from Electric Ireland for just over two months’ worth of electricity.

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https://gript.ie/its-unbelievable-coffee-shop-billed-almost-e10000-for-electricity/

RTÉ has failed to issue a formal public apology to Eurovision winner Dana Rosemary Scallon after excluding her from an RTÉ Eurovision TV celebration. One close source told Gript that the failure to issue an apology to the Eurovision star is ‘extraordinary’.

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https://gript.ie/no-public-apology-from-rte-over-dana-exclusion-despite-public-backlash/

The Ukrainian request for aid from the Irish Armed forces poses questions about our neutrality that are not just black and white, writes JOHN MCGUIRK:
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https://gript.ie/does-irish-neutrality-mean-leaving-landmines-in-the-ground/

"Only fools pay their rent to the council" writes JOHN MCGUIRK, of news that over €105m in rent owed has gone unpaid, with no obvious consequence:
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https://gript.ie/in-ireland-only-fools-pay-rent-to-the-council/

Gary Kavanagh breaks down why the GPAHE document is not a report, why there is no rise of ‘far-right’ extremism in Ireland, and discusses the possible motivation behind claims that there is.

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https://youtu.be/SBJWlcQGhiA