A Green councillor has called for Ireland to cut its number of cars by 50%, despite the fact that he himself drives a car. Nobody should take the Greens remotely seriously, says @Ben_Scallan, until they practice what they preach:
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https://gript.ie/green-cllr-drives-a-car-but-wants-to-cut-car-ownership-by-50/
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https://gript.ie/green-cllr-drives-a-car-but-wants-to-cut-car-ownership-by-50/
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Green Cllr. drives a car, but wants to cut car ownership by 50% - Gript
You first, mate.
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Griptmedia pinned «"Former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak gave a fascinating interview with Fraser Nelson, editor of The Spectator (published on 27 August 2022) in which he offers a useful insider’s perspective on how the British government conducted itself during…»
Irish privacy watchdog fines Facebook €406m over kids’ privacy concerns - the largest fine ever issued by the regulator
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https://gript.ie/irish-privacy-watchdog-fines-facebook-e406m-over-kids-privacy/
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https://gript.ie/irish-privacy-watchdog-fines-facebook-e406m-over-kids-privacy/
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Irish privacy watchdog fines Facebook €406m over kids’ privacy - Gript
Protecting children under 18.
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New British Health Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Therese Coffey is on record as voting against both abortion and assisted suicide since being elected as an MP in 2010.
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https://gript.ie/new-british-health-secretary-opposes-abortion-and-assisted-suicide/
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https://gript.ie/new-british-health-secretary-opposes-abortion-and-assisted-suicide/
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New British Health Secretary opposes abortion and assisted suicide - Gript
Abortion provider BPAS ‘concerned’
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ON THIS DAY: 7 SEPTEMBER 1695: Penal Laws are enacted
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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-7-september-1695-penal-laws-are-enacted-3/
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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-7-september-1695-penal-laws-are-enacted-3/
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ON THIS DAY: 7 SEPTEMBER 1695: Penal Laws are enacted - Gript
These laws sowed the seed for further discontent and rebellion.
The Swiss will have to abandon their saunas and hot showers this winter as the government considers sending energy guzzlers to jail.
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https://gript.ie/switzerland-possible-3-years-in-jail-if-rooms-heated-over-19c/
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https://gript.ie/switzerland-possible-3-years-in-jail-if-rooms-heated-over-19c/
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Switzerland: Possible 3 Years in Jail if Rooms Heated over 19°C - Gript
Rooms not to be warmer than 19°C. Imprisonment and fines
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ON THIS DAY: 8 SEPTEMBER 1908: Founding of St. Endas
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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-8-september-1908-founding-of-st-endas-3/
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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-8-september-1908-founding-of-st-endas-3/
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ON THIS DAY: 8 SEPTEMBER 1908: Founding of St. Endas - Gript
Pádraig Mac Piarais founded St. Enda's (Scoil Éanna) in Rathfarnham.
JOHN MCGUIRK: We are well prepared for the misery of the winter because the Government and the media trained us well, in the pandemic, to shut up and say nothing and do our bit.
#gript
https://gript.ie/we-will-sit-in-the-dark-and-like-it/
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https://gript.ie/we-will-sit-in-the-dark-and-like-it/
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We'll sit in the dark, and like it. - Gript
Accept it.
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What Paschal Donohoe didn't learn from Darth Vader:
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https://gript.ie/what-paschal-donohoe-didnt-learn-from-darth-vader/
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https://gript.ie/what-paschal-donohoe-didnt-learn-from-darth-vader/
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What Paschal Donohoe didn't learn from Darth Vader - Gript
I am altering the deal; pray I do not alter it further.
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FIRST, they came for Enoch.
"It is more important than ever to recognise resilience and character when we see it," writes KILLIAN FOLEY-WALSH.
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https://gript.ie/first-they-came-for-enoch/
"It is more important than ever to recognise resilience and character when we see it," writes KILLIAN FOLEY-WALSH.
#gript
https://gript.ie/first-they-came-for-enoch/
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"Proposals to ban the use and future installation of oil and gas boilers in domestic homes would create an express track to fuel poverty for thousands of Irish families who could not afford heating alternatives."
#gript
https://gript.ie/nolan-pressing-ahead-with-ban-on-boilers-will-place-families-in-spiral-of-debt/
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https://gript.ie/nolan-pressing-ahead-with-ban-on-boilers-will-place-families-in-spiral-of-debt/
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Nolan: "Pressing ahead with ban on boilers will place families in spiral of debt - Gript
Oil & Gas
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The Swedish general election on Sunday looks set to see the nationalist Swedish Democrats become the second largest party. Concerns about immigration and crime are shaping voting patterns in the country. MATT TREACY writes
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https://gript.ie/anti-immigration-party-may-become-second-largest-in-sweden/
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https://gript.ie/anti-immigration-party-may-become-second-largest-in-sweden/
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Anti-immigration party may become second largest in Sweden - Gript
Vote on Sunday
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“RTÉ has become a manufacturer of stress” woman details why she will not be contributing to the six figure sums of RTÉ fat cats salaries.
#gript
https://gript.ie/irish-woman-tells-an-post-why-she-wont-pay-tv-licence/
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https://gript.ie/irish-woman-tells-an-post-why-she-wont-pay-tv-licence/
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Irish Woman Tells An Post Why She Won’t Pay TV Licence - Gript
“RTÉ has become a manufacturer of stress” woman details why she will not be contributing to the six figure sums of RTÉ fat cats' salaries
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Black Lives Matter has once again found itself embroiled in controversy following fresh accusations of financial impropriety, with one executive now accused of syphoning $10 million in donations.
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https://gript.ie/black-lives-matter-leader-accused-of-stealing-10-million/
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https://gript.ie/black-lives-matter-leader-accused-of-stealing-10-million/
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Black Lives Matter leader accused of stealing $10 million - Gript
Like ‘personal piggy bank’
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White House hears how covid jabs should provide protection from “serious illness” in the absence of new variants if taken once a year.
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https://gript.ie/covid-shots-to-be-made-annual-in-the-us-in-absence-of-curveball-variants/
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https://gript.ie/covid-shots-to-be-made-annual-in-the-us-in-absence-of-curveball-variants/
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Covid Shots to be Made Annual in the US in absence of “Curveball” variants - Gript
White House hears how covid jabs should provide protection from “serious illness” in the absence of new variants if taken once a year. #gript
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BEN SCALLAN: With EU officials saying we need to “flatten the curve” of energy consumption, we may now be staring down the barrel of what amounts to a climate lockdown:
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https://gript.ie/eu-officials-want-to-flatten-the-curve-of-energy-consumption/
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https://gript.ie/eu-officials-want-to-flatten-the-curve-of-energy-consumption/
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EU officials want to “flatten the curve” of energy consumption - Gript
Just six weeks...?
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“Something has got to give in the very near future”: Irish fishing group says EU claim of “level playing field” is “a joke”
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https://gript.ie/irish-fishing-group-says-eu-claim-of-level-playing-field-is-a-joke/
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https://gript.ie/irish-fishing-group-says-eu-claim-of-level-playing-field-is-a-joke/
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Irish fishing group says EU claim of “level playing field” is “a joke” - Gript
“The Irish fishing industry has reached breaking point.”
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This weekend, the life of the magnificent Gaelic prince Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill will be remembered and celebrated in Spain where he died as he sought assistance for Ireland after the Battle of Kinsale.
DR MATT TREACY writes
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https://gript.ie/aodh-ruadh-a-magnificent-gaelic-leader-remembered-in-spain/
DR MATT TREACY writes
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https://gript.ie/aodh-ruadh-a-magnificent-gaelic-leader-remembered-in-spain/
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Aodh Ruadh: A magnificent Gaelic leader remembered in Spain - Gript
This weekend, the life of the magnificent Gaelic prince Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill will be remembered and celebrated in Spain where he died as he sought assistance for Ireland after the Battle of Kinsale.
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The funeral of twins Chelsea and Christy Cawley (8) and Lisa Cash (18) will be held this morning in Brookfield, Tallaght.
#gript
https://gript.ie/forever-loved-funeral-of-tallaght-siblings-lisa-chelsea-and-christy-to-take-place-today/
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https://gript.ie/forever-loved-funeral-of-tallaght-siblings-lisa-chelsea-and-christy-to-take-place-today/
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"Forever loved": Funeral of Tallaght siblings Lisa, Chelsea and Christy to take place today - Gript
'Shattered lives'
Government immigration policy is teaching Irish students what the Universities apparently cannot, writes JOHN MCGUIRK: Maths.
#gript
https://gript.ie/the-housing-crisis-bites-students-and-they-deserve-it/
#gript
https://gript.ie/the-housing-crisis-bites-students-and-they-deserve-it/
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The housing crisis bites students, and they deserve it. - Gript
Can't do sums.
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