How Green is a country that authorises the destruction of the nests, and the slaughter of adult birds, of a globally threatened species, just because the locals don't like Seagull poo?
Not very, writes JOHN MCGUIRK:
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https://gript.ie/the-great-balbriggan-seagull-massacre/

Kerry TD, Danny Healy Rae, says that Ireland is facing serious food security issues because of government policy encouraging farmers to cull cattle and leave land unfarmed.

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https://gript.ie/the-last-famine-was-not-that-long-ago-danny-healy-rae-says-food-security-threatened-by-govt-policy/

ON THIS DAY: 16 SEPTEMBER 1810: Mexican Independence Day

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-16-september-1810-mexican-independence-day-3/

Forbes removed an article calling a young woman who had a double mastectomy at 15 a “poster child for far-right” after she testified to being autistic and not understanding the ramifications of the procedure.

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https://gript.ie/forbes-removes-article-criticizing-detransitioner-and-calling-biological-sex-terms-nonsence/

NewsTalk suggests Ireland becomes the land of 500,000 (more) welcomes by bringing in vast numbers of low skilled workers to fill the alleged deficit of toilet cleaners and coffee makers. Elsewhere the French Embassy has issued a warning on the severe lack of housing here #gript

https://gript.ie/newstalk-presenters-say-ireland-needs-half-a-million-more-immigrants/

Ireland is one of just two countries that failed to apply for European Commission funding to secure energy continuity, it has emerged, as the energy crisis continues to take hold.

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https://gript.ie/ireland-one-of-just-two-countries-that-failed-to-apply-for-european-funding-energy-initiative/

“Kill the Rich”: BEN SCALLAN asks why violent Leftwing rhetoric is so widely tolerated by the media in an Ireland that claims to have no place for extremism:

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https://gript.ie/kill-the-rich-how-irish-media-tolerates-violent-leftwing-rhetoric/

MATT TREACY asks whether the operation of a Chinese police station in Dublin ought surely to be something that the Gardaí might be interested in and if it amounts to the creation of a “parallel policing mechanism using illegal methods.”

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https://gript.ie/are-the-chinese-public-security-police-operating-a-station-in-dublin/

MICHAEL COOK: "Parents have the most important job in the world. If they fail, we all fail."

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https://gript.ie/our-civilizational-crisis-is-really-a-crisis-in-parenting/

Born the 20 of September 1847, Michael Cusack’s love for education, Irish culture and sport led to the foundation of what is today the world’s largest amateur sporting organisation.

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https://gript.ie/cusack-175-celebrated-in-gaa-founders-native-clare/

The ranks of gender detransitioners appear to be growing. Over the last number of years, an emerging community of people who have undergone medical and/or surgical treatment to change their sex, and then realised this was a mistake, has formed and begun to find its voice.

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https://gript.ie/what-have-i-done-the-people-who-realised-changing-sex-was-a-mistake-now-speak-out/

“€900 a month to live in a shed”: Top 5 craziest Irish house offers that highlight the extent of the crisis

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https://gript.ie/5-crazy-irish-house-offers-that-highlight-the-extent-of-the-crisis/

TRSI 331 - Aristotle said a lot of things

PODCAST: Mary McAleese discovers the joys of realpolitik; and the government's commission has decided that you, and everyone you know, are not paying anywhere near enough tax.

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https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-331-aristotle-said-a-lot-of-things/

Joe Biden says the US would defend Taiwan from China if the island was invaded, in a more direct way than the country has helped Ukraine.

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https://gript.ie/biden-usa-would-defend-taiwan-from-china-if-invaded/

Metal industry leaders in Europe have warned that the continent could face “permanent de-industrialisation” if something is not done soon to alleviate the energy crisis.

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https://gript.ie/europe-facing-permanent-de-industrialisation-say-experts/

"There’s an old proverb, which says that if you want to find out who your rulers are, first find out who you are not allowed to offend - and offending the Chinese Communist Party is something that the Irish establishment cower at the very though of"
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https://gript.ie/trinitys-dalai-lama-disgrace/

In recent days the trailer for the new "Little Mermaid" film accumulated 2.5m "dislikes" on Youtube - a reaction, writes JOHN MCGUIRK, which the filmmakers entirely intended to provoke:
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https://gript.ie/progressive-trolling-and-the-black-little-mermaid/

A 22 year old woman has died after being arrested and beaten in Tehran allegedly under Islamic modesty laws because her hair line was visible.

#gript https://gript.ie/young-woman-dies-after-being-beaten-by-irans-modesty-police/

The EU Commission’s move to withdraw €7.5 Billion from funds for Hungary is a draconian penalty for that country because they dared to decide their own values, writes MATT TREACY

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https://gript.ie/eu-launches-financial-assault-on-hungary/

ON THIS DAY: 19 SEPTEMBER 1803: Execution of Robert Emmett

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-19-september-1803-execution-of-robert-emmett-3/