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/

Ireland’s top university reportedly advised students to wear additional layers of clothing instead of turning the heating on, and to only use energy when essential in an email sent out today.

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https://gript.ie/trinity-college-to-students-wear-more-clothes-instead-of-turning-the-heating-on/

“A person providing full-time care for another has little value to this government”: Mother and full-time carer to little girl with Down Syndrome told Gript how she feels Budget 2023 favours those ‘who don’t want to work’.

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https://gript.ie/full-time-carer-says-government-cares-more-about-those-who-dont-want-to-work/

MATT TREACY recalls Budget 2006 when Sinn Féin had to scramble to react to Bertie Ahern’s Budget which gave more in some benefits than had been asked for in the party’s pre-Budget submission.

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https://gript.ie/has-sinn-fein-been-outbid-by-the-budget/

Fears have again been expressed for Joe Biden’s health after he called out for the late Rep. congresswoman Jackie Walorski while giving opening remarks at a White House conference earlier today. Walorski died in a car crash in August.

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https://gript.ie/jackie-are-you-here-fears-for-joe-bidens-health-after-he-calls-out-for-deceased-congresswoman/

ON THIS DAY: 29 September 1929: Death of Fenian Leader, John Devoy

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-29-september-1929-death-of-fenian-leader-john-devoy-4/

BOOK REVIEW: Michael Kelly's book is a valuable addition to the literature on the Holy Land. It doesn’t promise a solution to the problems of the Middle East. It doesn’t sugar-coat either. It captures much of the beauty in the history of the place in an easy-to-read manner that makes the Holy Land a little easier to navigate.

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https://gript.ie/review-an-irish-pilgrimage-to-the-holy-land-by-michael-kelly/

"The position of the nation state within Europe, at the moment, feels to me not dissimilar to the position of a German voter under the Kaiser: You can vote, all right. But don’t expect it to make much of a difference."
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https://gript.ie/is-the-voter-now-effectively-powerless/