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/
https://gript.ie/ashton-pound-ordered-to-pay-e18000-to-animal-cruelty-whistle-blower/
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Ashton Pound ordered to pay €18,000 to animal cruelty whistle-blower - Gript
The whistle-blower faced retaliation after reporting animal welfare concerns to the police.
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As part of #Budget2023, the government has pledged around 5 times more money to foreign aid than to homeless services in Ireland.
#gript
https://gript.ie/budget-allocates-5-times-more-to-foreign-aid-than-homeless-services/
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https://gript.ie/budget-allocates-5-times-more-to-foreign-aid-than-homeless-services/
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Budget allocates 5 times more to foreign aid than homeless services - Gript
“Those who are most vulnerable in our society.”
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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.
#gript
https://gript.ie/dowdall-sinn-fein/
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https://gript.ie/dowdall-sinn-fein/
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What would have happened had Dowdall not been caught? - Gript
This is not a simple or unserious matter, or just a stick to beat Sinn Féin with
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Hundreds of patients on hospital trolleys across Ireland - INMO
#gript
https://gript.ie/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/
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Hundreds of patients on hospital trolleys across Ireland - INMO - Gript
Record numbers in Cork University Hospital.
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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
#gript
https://gript.ie/usc-why-are-you-still-paying-thousands-every-year-for-the-bailout-of-now-profitable-banks/
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https://gript.ie/usc-why-are-you-still-paying-thousands-every-year-for-the-bailout-of-now-profitable-banks/
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USC: Why are you still paying thousands every year for the bailout of now-profitable banks? - Gript
Scrap it
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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.
#gript
https://gript.ie/full-time-carers-allowance-is-less-than-basic-income-for-artists/
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https://gript.ie/full-time-carers-allowance-is-less-than-basic-income-for-artists/
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Full-time carers allowance is less than basic income for artists - Gript
Basic income scheme.
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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.
#gript
https://gript.ie/the-lefts-meloni-meltdown-and-their-entitlement-complex-as-i-see-it/
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https://gript.ie/the-lefts-meloni-meltdown-and-their-entitlement-complex-as-i-see-it/
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The Left’s Meloni Meltdown and their Entitlement Complex - as I see it. - Gript
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.#gript
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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.
#gript
https://gript.ie/leinster-house-staff-feel-the-chill-of-governments-climate-policy/
#gript
https://gript.ie/leinster-house-staff-feel-the-chill-of-governments-climate-policy/
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Leinster House staff feel the chill of Government’s climate policy - Gript
“I did suggest burning copies of the net zero carbon strategy”
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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:
#gript
https://gript.ie/icu-capacity-still-far-below-hse-recommendation-ahead-of-winter/
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https://gript.ie/icu-capacity-still-far-below-hse-recommendation-ahead-of-winter/
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ICU capacity still far below HSE recommendation ahead of winter - Gript
More ICU beds in 2009 than in 2020.
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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.
#gript
https://gript.ie/major-breakthrough-for-dementia-new-drug-found-to-reduce-memory-decline/
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https://gript.ie/major-breakthrough-for-dementia-new-drug-found-to-reduce-memory-decline/
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"Major breakthrough" for dementia: New drug found to reduce memory decline - Gript
Lecanemab
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"The interesting thing about Biden’s increasingly obvious impediments is the veil of respectable silence around them"
#gript
https://gript.ie/all-is-not-as-it-should-be-with-joe-biden/
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https://gript.ie/all-is-not-as-it-should-be-with-joe-biden/
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All is not as it should be with Joe Biden - Gript
Doddery.
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JOHN MCGUIRK: How can any Irish media outlet have the nerve to call itself "independent", when - as the budget revealed - the Irish media is now entirely dependent on the Government for survival?
#gript
https://gript.ie/the-governments-shameless-budget-bribe-to-the-media/
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https://gript.ie/the-governments-shameless-budget-bribe-to-the-media/
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The Government’s shameless budget bribe to the media - Gript
And why no paper should call itself "Independent"
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The EU has threatened to take Ireland to court if it doesn’t cease peat cutting in certain areas, as the practice goes against European climate policy.
#gript
https://gript.ie/ultimatum-eu-threatens-ireland-with-legal-action-over-peat-cutting/
#gript
https://gript.ie/ultimatum-eu-threatens-ireland-with-legal-action-over-peat-cutting/
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Ultimatum: EU threatens Ireland with legal action over peat-cutting - Gript
“Carbon sinks.”
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“We're in an Energy War with Russia,” says German Finance Minister
#gript
https://gript.ie/were-in-an-energy-war-with-russia-says-german-finance-minister/
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https://gript.ie/were-in-an-energy-war-with-russia-says-german-finance-minister/
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“We're in an Energy War with Russia,” says German Finance Minister - Gript
“The situation has intensified."
Most of us are motivated to work hard to help our children, argues DAVID REYNOLDS. If the governments swipes most of it in inheritance tax why would we bother?
#gript
https://gript.ie/heres-why-increasing-inheritance-tax-would-be-a-further-attack-on-social-cohesion/
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https://gript.ie/heres-why-increasing-inheritance-tax-would-be-a-further-attack-on-social-cohesion/
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Here's why increasing inheritance tax would be a further attack on social cohesion - Gript
No incentive
Spain’s Supreme Court has confirmed a ruling from a lower court that found a leading Spanish abortion provider guilty of misleading advertising in its claim that abortion is a procedure which does not carry risk.
#gript
https://gript.ie/misleading-spanish-supreme-court-rules-against-abortion-provider-for-advertising-abortion-as-risk-free/
#gript
https://gript.ie/misleading-spanish-supreme-court-rules-against-abortion-provider-for-advertising-abortion-as-risk-free/
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‘Misleading’: Spanish Supreme Court rules against abortion provider for advertising abortion as ‘risk-free’ - Gript
‘Lying to women’
Álainn: Dublin City Council has committed to the specialist repair of a number of the enamel Cló Gaelach – Old Irish Script – street signs in Dublin 8.
#gript
https://gript.ie/alainn-iconic-clo-gaelach-street-signs-to-be-restored-by-city-council/
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https://gript.ie/alainn-iconic-clo-gaelach-street-signs-to-be-restored-by-city-council/
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Álainn: Iconic Cló Gaelach street signs to be restored by City Council - Gript
From early 1900s
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A Donegal student attending Maynooth University has been told by her landlord that half her double bed is going to be rented out to a stranger for 25 euro a night, it has been claimed.
#gript
https://gript.ie/staggering-maynooth-student-told-by-landlord-half-her-double-bed-to-be-rented-out-for-e25-a-night/
#gript
https://gript.ie/staggering-maynooth-student-told-by-landlord-half-her-double-bed-to-be-rented-out-for-e25-a-night/
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‘Staggering’: Maynooth student told by landlord half her double bed to be rented out for €25 a night - Gript
‘Unreal’
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