“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/

David & Carol Stone, the owners of Ashton Dog Pound, have been ordered to pay €18,000 to a whistle-blower whose disclosure led to the pound being raided and criminal charges being brought against a number of individuals associated with the pound.


https://gript.ie/ashton-pound-ordered-to-pay-e18000-to-animal-cruelty-whistle-blower/

As part of #Budget2023, the government has pledged around 5 times more money to foreign aid than to homeless services in Ireland.

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https://gript.ie/budget-allocates-5-times-more-to-foreign-aid-than-homeless-services/

JOHN MCGUIRK: We may have been one Garda investigation removed from one of the state's biggest drug gangs having the ear of the next Taoiseach.
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https://gript.ie/dowdall-sinn-fein/

Hundreds of patients on hospital trolleys across Ireland - INMO

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https://gript.ie/hundreds-of-patients-on-hospital-trolleys-across-ireland-inmo/

The USC is a charge on every taxpayer to meet the cost of bailing out reckless banks - and it costs you thousands of euros every year. But if those banks are now profitable, isn't it time to scrap the USC as promised, asks NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN

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https://gript.ie/usc-why-are-you-still-paying-thousands-every-year-for-the-bailout-of-now-profitable-banks/

As part of #Budget2023, the government has allocated only €236 per week in full-time carers allowance, compared to €325 per week for artists taking part in a new basic income scheme.

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https://gript.ie/full-time-carers-allowance-is-less-than-basic-income-for-artists/

FATIMA GUNNING - It seems to me that the left view children as a commodity, something to want in much the same way as one might want a handbag - on their terms irrespective of biological limitations.

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https://gript.ie/the-lefts-meloni-meltdown-and-their-entitlement-complex-as-i-see-it/

Heating in Leinster House will not be switched on as planned because of the Government’s climate action targets, the energy crisis, and the national effort to reduce energy consumption, staff have been told.

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https://gript.ie/leinster-house-staff-feel-the-chill-of-governments-climate-policy/

Despite billions of euros in increased funding on healthcare, Ireland’s ICU capacity is still far lower than HSE recommendations ahead of winter, as doctors warn of incoming “hell on earth” and “armageddon” scenarios in Irish hospitals:

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https://gript.ie/icu-capacity-still-far-below-hse-recommendation-ahead-of-winter/

Representative groups for people with dementia have hailed as potentially “historic” the results of clinical trials which show that a new drug may reduce memory decline in patients in the early stages of the disease.

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https://gript.ie/major-breakthrough-for-dementia-new-drug-found-to-reduce-memory-decline/