“Where will Anne Rabbitte, as Minister for Disabilties, draw the line on disability abortion? How far is Ireland now from the situation in other countries where 90% or more of babies diagnosed with Down Syndrome are aborted?”
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https://gript.ie/minister-for-disabilities-seeks-more-disability-abortions/
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https://gript.ie/minister-for-disabilities-seeks-more-disability-abortions/
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Minister for Disabilities seeks more disability abortions? - Gript
Cognitive dissonance
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A motion proposed by Aontú’s Sarah O’Reilly has been passed by Cavan County Council, stating that the Work Life Balance Bill should be redrafted to include the words woman, female and mother, in the clauses that relate to maternity protections.
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https://gript.ie/cavan-co-council-passes-motion-on-women-female-mother-being-included-in-maternity-provisions-of-bill/
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https://gript.ie/cavan-co-council-passes-motion-on-women-female-mother-being-included-in-maternity-provisions-of-bill/
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Cavan Co Council passes motion on 'women, female, mother' being included in maternity provisions of Bill - Gript
Aontú's Sarah O'Reilly
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Letting nature have a say and leaving gardens a little bit wild encourages a host of animals, birds, bees, and more to come and take up residence.
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https://gript.ie/re-wilding-gardens-wildlife-and-the-story-of-francis-the-squirrel/
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https://gript.ie/re-wilding-gardens-wildlife-and-the-story-of-francis-the-squirrel/
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Re-wilding Gardens, Wildlife, and the Story of Francis the Squirrel. - Gript
Letting nature have a say and leaving gardens a little bit wild encourages a host of animals, birds, bees, and more to come and take up residence. #gript
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An Irish man who says he is ‘homeless’ asks why more attention is being given to migrants than Irish nationals sleeping rough in emotional phone-call to the Sunday World.
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https://gript.ie/watch-homeless-irish-man-asks-paper-why-they-ran-migrant-story/
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https://gript.ie/watch-homeless-irish-man-asks-paper-why-they-ran-migrant-story/
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WATCH: “homeless” Irish man asks paper why they ran migrant story. - Gript
An Irish man was says he is “homeless” asks why more attention is being given to migrants than Irish nationals sleeping rough in emotional phone call to the Sunday World #gript
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A Franciscan friar has won praise for stepping in to break up a fight between young men in the Moyross housing estate in Limerick.
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https://gript.ie/watch-moyross-monk-praised-for-breaking-up-fight/
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https://gript.ie/watch-moyross-monk-praised-for-breaking-up-fight/
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WATCH: 'Moyross monk' praised for breaking up fight - Gript
Video widely shared
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ON THIS DAY: 13 September: 30 of the San Patricios who fought with Mexico were hanged in the U.S.
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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-13-september-30-of-the-san-patricios-who-fought-with-mexico-were-hanged-in-the-u-s-2/
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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-13-september-30-of-the-san-patricios-who-fought-with-mexico-were-hanged-in-the-u-s-2/
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ON THIS DAY: 13 September: 30 of the San Patricios who fought with Mexico were hanged in the U.S. - Gript
The men have continued to be honored and revered as heroes in Mexico.
Researchers have welcomed a potential “paradigm shift” in cancer screening, after publishing the results of a new trial that found that a simple blood test can detect signs of multiple different cancers without clear symptoms.
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https://gript.ie/simple-blood-test-can-detect-multiple-cancers-which-dont-have-clear-symptoms-study-finds/
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https://gript.ie/simple-blood-test-can-detect-multiple-cancers-which-dont-have-clear-symptoms-study-finds/
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Simple blood test can detect multiple cancers which don’t have clear symptoms, study finds - Gript
“Paradigm shift”
Jiggling Ministers around at a time of crisis just to give political parties a go at various jobs is the literal definition of political irresponsibility, and politicians should be mortified by it, writes JOHN MCGUIRK:
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https://gript.ie/the-ridiculous-coming-reshuffle/
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https://gript.ie/the-ridiculous-coming-reshuffle/
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The ridiculous coming reshuffle - Gript
Deckchairs, Titanic, etc.
A new paper from the Iona Institute argues that Catholic schools must be prepared to stand up for what they believe in, even as the pressure might increase to stop teaching truths deemed ‘offensive’ in modern Ireland.
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https://gript.ie/iona-paper-will-modern-ireland-tolerate-catholic-schools/
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https://gript.ie/iona-paper-will-modern-ireland-tolerate-catholic-schools/
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Iona paper: 'Will modern Ireland tolerate Catholic schools?" - Gript
Schools must stand up
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ON THIS DAY: 14 SEPTEMBER 1812: Napoleon enters Moscow, the poor fool
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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-14-september-1812-napoleon-enters-moscow-the-poor-fool-2/
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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-14-september-1812-napoleon-enters-moscow-the-poor-fool-2/
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ON THIS DAY: 14 SEPTEMBER 1812: Napoleon enters Moscow, the poor fool - Gript
A mistake, in retrospect.
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Dutch PM Mark Rutte has said his country will pledge 200m in reparations for the nation’s historic involvement in the slave trade.
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https://gript.ie/dutch-prime-minister-pledges-e200million-in-reperations-for-slavery/
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https://gript.ie/dutch-prime-minister-pledges-e200million-in-reperations-for-slavery/
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Dutch Prime Minister Pledges €200million in Reperations for Slavery - Gript
Official Apology
Blackouts across Ukraine as Russian missiles target power plants
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https://gript.ie/blackouts-across-ukraine-as-russian-missiles-target-power-plants/
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https://gript.ie/blackouts-across-ukraine-as-russian-missiles-target-power-plants/
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Blackouts across Ukraine as Russian missiles target power plants - Gript
Critical infrastructure.
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Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán has called on Europe to “fight the fundamentalist greens” to end the energy crisis, adding that Europe is the only continent that "makes our own lives this much harder."
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https://gript.ie/orban-europe-must-fight-fundamentalist-greens-on-energy-crisis/
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https://gript.ie/orban-europe-must-fight-fundamentalist-greens-on-energy-crisis/
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Orbán: Europe must “fight fundamentalist greens” on energy crisis - Gript
“They need to be defeated.”
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A review of the last ten years of data from Europol’s EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT) shows that there have been seven times more left-wing and anarchist acts of terrorism, than right-wing, in the EU. #gript
https://gript.ie/left-wing-and-anarchist-terrorism-far-more-common-than-right-wing-in-eu/
https://gript.ie/left-wing-and-anarchist-terrorism-far-more-common-than-right-wing-in-eu/
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Left-wing and anarchist terrorism far more common than right-wing in EU - Gript
Europol statistics shows left-wing and anarchist terrorist attacks are far, far more common than right-wing terrorist attacks
Senator Sharon Keogan has made a heartfelt appeal to young people not to leave Ireland as polls show growing numbers say the country has become a harsh place for their generation.
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https://gript.ie/young-people-do-not-leave-ireland-this-is-your-country/
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https://gript.ie/young-people-do-not-leave-ireland-this-is-your-country/
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"Young people do not leave Ireland. This is your country." - Gript
Senator Keogan's tweet attracted hundreds of likes and some strong responses.
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The body of a man believed to have been murdered lay in the bedroom of a Dublin City flat for one week before it was discovered by Gardaí.
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https://gript.ie/man-named-in-case-where-body-lay-in-dublin-city-centre-flat-for-a-week/
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https://gript.ie/man-named-in-case-where-body-lay-in-dublin-city-centre-flat-for-a-week/
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Man named in case where body lay in Dublin city centre flat for a week - Gript
Murder investigation launched
Rural TDs have hit out at the government for blocking a debate on the energy crisis from taking place in the Dáil.
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https://gript.ie/government-tds-block-crucial-dail-debate-on-energy-security-says-rural-independent/
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https://gript.ie/government-tds-block-crucial-dail-debate-on-energy-security-says-rural-independent/
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'Government TDs block crucial Dail debate on energy security' says Rural Independent - Gript
"Ireland is now categorised as the most energy insecure country in Europe"
Sod it: A Co Limerick businessman has got people talking after advertising his sods of turf as bags of “decorative hardened Irish mud” in joke protest at the Government’s proposed ban on the sale of peat and other fossil fuels.
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https://gript.ie/thats-one-way-of-getting-around-it-limerick-businessman-advertises-turf-as-hardened-irish-mud/
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https://gript.ie/thats-one-way-of-getting-around-it-limerick-businessman-advertises-turf-as-hardened-irish-mud/
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That’s one way of getting around it: Limerick businessman advertises turf as ‘hardened Irish mud’ - Gript
Sod it
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The strongest argument against introducing a Republican Civil honours system in Ireland, writes JOHN MCGUIRK defending the idea in principle, is that we all know the kind of people who'd end up bedecked in medals:
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https://gript.ie/does-ireland-need-a-civic-honours-system/
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https://gript.ie/does-ireland-need-a-civic-honours-system/
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Does Ireland need a civic honours system? - Gript
Medals
"One of these days, we may find a problem that Richard Boyd Barrett does not propose to solve by nationalising. But today, my friends, is sadly not that day"
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https://gript.ie/surprise-from-rbb-nationalise-the-energy-sector-i-say/
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https://gript.ie/surprise-from-rbb-nationalise-the-energy-sector-i-say/
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Surprise from RBB: Nationalise the energy sector, I say! - Gript
Predictable.