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/

A former left-wing Italian prime minister has rubbished claims that the country’s new Prime Minister may raise a risk of fascism, describing media descriptions as “absolutely fake news”.

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https://gript.ie/former-italian-leftwing-pm-georgia-meloni-is-no-fascist/

“Common sense has to prevail here”: Veteran Fianna Fáil TD Willie O’Dea has hit out at Eamon Ryan on a proposed ban on gas and oil boilers, saying that the plan is “ideology gone mad.”

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https://gript.ie/ideology-gone-mad-fianna-fail-td-slams-ryan-on-retrofitting/

The shocking video of a thirteen year old schoolgirl being beaten up near St Mel’s Cathedral is apparently still circulating on social media.

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https://gript.ie/school-asked-student-13-if-she-had-said-anything-racist-after-she-was-assaulted-by-black-student/

As part of #Budget2023, the government raised the carbon tax, and then immediately undid their own policy. Ben_Scallan reacts:

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https://gript.ie/pointless-govt-raises-carbon-tax-then-undoes-their-own-policy/

Why do so many Georgians claim asylum in Ireland?

MATT TREACY writes

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https://gript.ie/why-do-so-many-georgians-claim-asylum-in-ireland/

“Government policy repeatedly discriminates in favour of parents who put their children in day-care and against the big majority of parents who do not want day-care,” the Iona Institute said.

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https://gript.ie/childcare-provisions-in-budget-almost-totally-exclude-stay-at-home-parents/

A leading UK doctor and heart specialist who publicly advocated for Covid vaccines has said he is shocked by new data and studies on vaccine harm, and now argues that Covid vaccination may be linked to heart problems.

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https://gript.ie/leading-cardiologist-who-strongly-advocated-for-covid-vaccine-now-says-it-may-be-linked-to-heart-problems/