PODCAST: With Michael over in Italy sampling wine Gary mutters aimlessly about authoritarianism.

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https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-332-technically-its-an-episode/

Fianna Fáil TD Willie O’Dea has hit out at the “Cherry Orchard louts,” who he says must be “taught a lesson” following last week’s shocking scenes.

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https://gript.ie/odea-cherry-orchard-louts-must-be-taught-a-lesson/

Tens of thousands of people living with dementia in Ireland will have access to clinical trials aimed at improving their quality of life and/or lifespan under a new initiative set to begin on Tuesday.

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https://gript.ie/thousands-in-ireland-to-have-access-to-dementia-trials-under-new-initiative-commencing-this-week/

Figures from the European Union’s statistics agency show a sharp rise in excess deaths in July, with Spain and Cyprus recording death rates higher than the average EU excess mortality during the peaks of the Covid crisis.

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https://gript.ie/excess-deaths-in-spain-surge-to-37-as-europe-also-sees-sharp-rise-in-mortality-rates/

The HSE has stopped step down and respite care at Clifden District Hospital prompting a series of public meetings by political representatives and concerned locals who will be forced to travel miles to Galway city to receive care for their loved ones.

#gript https://gript.ie/hse-stops-needed-services-at-clifden-district-hospital-amid-local-objection/

Aontú has called on the government to begin Child Benefit payments 6 months before the birth of a child.

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https://gript.ie/aontu-seek-child-benefit-for-6-months-before-baby-is-born/

A British teacher has been dismissed from his job after refusing to use a teenage pupil’s preferred pronouns. The teacher insisted he would not affirm the student’s gender transition as he wanted to first obtain the permission of the pupil’s parents.

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https://gript.ie/uk-teacher-sacked-over-trans-pupils-preferred-pronouns/

"At the heart of progressivism – the dominant ideology across the EU – is a loathing of traditional western values and a sense of shame at western history. Giorgia Meloni's ability to articulate that - and defend those values - was key to her success" #gript

https://gript.ie/giorgia-meloni-and-the-war-for-western-values/

JOHN MCGUIRK: "I’m trying to think here of a dumber housing policy proposed by a relatively mainstream Irish political party with legitimate ambitions for Government, and honestly, nothing comes to mind":
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https://gript.ie/is-an-eviction-ban-labours-worst-idea-ever/

An 84-year-old woman was shot by a third party after a heated exchange while distributing pro life literature in the US state of Michigan

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https://gript.ie/84-year-old-pro-life-activist-shot-while-leafleting-in-michigan/

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has called for a ‘national consultation’ and a vote on EU sanctions imposed on Russia saying the decision was “undemocratic” as the people had no say.

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https://gript.ie/orban-says-eu-shot-itself-in-the-foot-over-russian-sanctions-calls-for-vote/

COLUMN: The Final Word on Covid in Ireland and a Word on the Vaccines

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https://gript.ie/the-final-word-on-covid-in-ireland-a-word-on-vaccines/

"Back to the VAT. It was a relatively small source of revenue – at somewhere around €18 million – and it’s abolition is not necessarily a bad thing. However, to be doubly cynical, it might be regarded as a favour to a media which by any standards is unusually meek and on the same page on almost everything the state does."

MATT TREACY writes

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https://gript.ie/will-newspapers-pass-on-the-abolished-vat-saving-to-their-subscribers/

Fingal library has 'unfollowed' famed author JK Rowling - and everyone else - on Twitter after transgender activists kicked up a row regarding the Twitter accounts the library was following.

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https://gript.ie/fingal-library-unfollows-jk-rowling-and-others-after-trans-row/

An €11bn budget has been announced, the biggest in the history of the Irish State. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath, said the Budget is delivered today against an “extraordinary backdrop of uncertainty and challenge”.

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https://gript.ie/at-a-glance-your-guide-to-the-2023-budget/

Millions tuned in to watch NASA successfully crash a "vending machine-sized spacecraft" into an asteroid - one named Dimorphos, which was the size of a football stadium, and which, the state agency were quick to reassure us all 'poses no threat to Earth'.

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https://gript.ie/watch-why-did-nasa-deliberately-crash-into-asteroid/

Budget Day reaction: Many have expressed disappointment that a Budget which could have made a real difference to people’s lives has fallen short, with renters and young people among those ‘forgotten in a two-tier Ireland’.

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https://gript.ie/budget-day-lack-of-vision-and-ambition-behind-a-budget-which-fails-to-help-those-most-in-need/

The government has announced and new levy on unoccupied houses which will be charged at 3 times the basic rate of property tax and based on self assessment criteria

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https://gript.ie/budget-2023-gov-announces-new-tax-on-unoccupied-homes/

Russia has said that it cannot rule out sabotage as leaks from its Nord Stream pipes used to transport gas to Germany continued to cause serious concern in Danish and Swedish waters.

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https://gript.ie/watch-no-doubt-these-are-explosions-sabotage-suspected-in-russian-gas-pipe/

LOUISE ROSEINGRAVE: A study has shown that breastfeeding mothers can pass trace amounts of Covid 19 vaccine mRNA to babies through breast milk.

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https://gript.ie/study-shows-breastfeeding-mothers-can-pass-c19-mrna-to-babies/

JOHN MCGUIRK argues that "Budget Day" as a set piece, and a ritual, brings out the worst in Governments and the worst in voters, making the country less well governed in the process:
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https://gript.ie/why-budget-day-leaves-me-cold/