A TD has said that it is “criminal” that a Galway 70-turbine windfarm capable of powering 50,000 homes was decommissioned earlier this year and now sits idle during the energy crisis.

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https://gript.ie/td-says-its-criminal-that-windfarm-left-idle-during-energy-crisis/

JOHN MCGUIRK: Why should Enoch Burke be compelled to refer to a person, even a child, in a way that he feels is fundamentally dishonest?

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https://gript.ie/enoch-burke-and-the-philosophers-they-them/

MICHAEL COOK: A brilliant cartoon about false roads to what everyone desires

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https://gript.ie/this-is-a-powerful-animated-guide-about-where-not-to-seek-for-happiness/

ON THIS DAY: 1 SEPTEMBER 1914: Death of Martha, the last passenger pigeon

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-1-september-1914-death-of-martha-the-last-passenger-pigeon-2/

An investigation has revealed that ambulance dispatches and 999 calls dealing with concerns about abortion pills have soared by 64% since NHS abortion pills by post were legalised in Britain in 2019 – a measure which was made permanent this week.

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https://gript.ie/64-increase-in-999-calls-ambulance-dispatches-over-abortion-pill-concerns-uk-investigation-finds/

Q1 2021 was the absolute height of the pandemic in Ireland, with over 9,000 recorded deaths from all causes.
So why were deaths in Q1 2022 at an almost identical level, with deaths from everything but Covid rising dramatically?
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https://gript.ie/the-weirdly-unchanging-cso-death-figures/

The Save Navan Hospital Campaign is to “significantly ramp-up” its campaign to stop the local A&E from closure according to local TD and Cathaoirleach of the Campaign Peadar Tóibín TD.

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https://gript.ie/save-navan-hospital-campaign-to-significantly-ramp-up-protest-over-ae-threat/

Amid the ongoing cost of living crisis, a new public sector pay deal could see TDs taking home an extra €6,500 per year, bringing their total salary to almost €108,000.

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https://gript.ie/tds-set-to-receive-a-e6-5k-pay-rise-bringing-salaries-to-e108k/

I tried the Liveline tip of boiling my egg in water for the tea. Here’s what happened

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https://gript.ie/austerity-egg-water-ala-joe-duffy-has-it-really-come-to-this/

Over 1 million Irish households are set to experience hikes of hundreds of euros to their annual gas and electricity bills from October, in a situation that industry experts are calling “unprecedented.”

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https://gript.ie/one-million-irish-households-set-for-large-gas-energy-price-hikes/

POLL: Do you think the government should restart peat harvesting given the energy crisis?

VOTE in our online poll and leave your comments

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https://gript.ie/poll-do-you-think-the-government-should-restart-peat-harvesting-given-the-energy-crisis/

LORCÁN MAC MATHÚNA: "The desire to predict future events has plagued mankind in the mythological age of uncertainty, and even more pressingly in the present age that craves certainty. As we crave certainty we find uncertainty increasingly disorientating."

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https://gript.ie/the-aisling-oracles-the-unknown-future-and-the-impulse-to-control/

Minister warns of “contagion effect” saying she believes some nursing homes are opting to repurpose themselves as refugee centres. Nursing Homes Ireland refutes this saying operators are being forced to close due to mounting costs.


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https://gript.ie/are-we-putting-elderly-folks-out-on-the-road-due-to-our-immigration-policy/

An assassination attempt on Argentina’s vice-president has sent shockwaves through the country.

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https://gript.ie/watch-shocking-moment-as-assassination-attempt-on-argentinian-vp-caught-on-camera/

An investigation released this week by GB News uncovered a significant rise in the number of women making 999 calls after taking abortion pills at home.


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https://gript.ie/how-to-deal-with-babies-that-survive-abortion-pill-uk-ambulance-staff-shown-baby-mannequins/

ON THIS DAY: 2 SEPTEMBER 1792: The September Massacres were a number of killings in Paris and other cities that occurred from 2–6 September 1792 during the French Revolution. Catholic Bishops, priests, prisoners and peasants were singled out.

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-2-september-1792-september-massacres-3/

"Rulers cannot ask this much of their people, for so long, and expect it to be borne without rebellion"
- JOHN MCGUIRK on the ESB bill increases, which come, he writes, "after a decade or more of the public constantly being asked to make sacrifices"
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https://gript.ie/the-breaking-point-approaches/

The Irish Farming Association has said that it “beggars belief” that farming land has been included in a newly proposed tax on “idle lands” unless owners use it to build housing.

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https://gript.ie/beggars-belief-that-irish-farmers-will-be-charged-on-agri-land/

Local authority water service workers will take to the streets of Kilkenny this month to protest the treatment they say they have received from SIPTU over the transfer of their employment to Irish Water.

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https://gript.ie/local-authority-workers-to-protest-transfer-of-3000-staff-to-irish-water/

ICCL blasts “abuse of legislative process” as Bill was amended at last minute to include sweeping powers to restrict expression of political opinion.

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https://gript.ie/iccl-flags-chilling-effect-on-the-free-expression-of-opinion-in-government-bill/