Pfizer boss dodges answering questions to EU Covid Panel about issues including alleged personal communications with Ursula von der Leyen before the EU’s most lucrative covid vaccine contracts were made.

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https://gript.ie/eu-covid-panel-pfizer-ceo-pulls-out-of-testifying/

BEN SCALLAN: The same Sinn Féin Senator known for praising a brutal Communist dictator is suddenly deeply concerned about supposedly extreme parties taking power in Europe.

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https://gript.ie/ben-scallan-sinn-feins-authoritarian-hypocrisy/

According to a new poll, one third of French women of childbearing age do not ever want to have children, with some citing climate change as the reason:

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https://gript.ie/poll-one-third-of-french-women-dont-ever-want-to-have-children/

An author and former sociology professor who said some small children can consent to sex is reportedly on the board of sponsors for a new LGBT daycare centres as part of a social project in Berlin.

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https://gript.ie/germanyauthor-who-says-children-can-consent-to-sex-on-board-of-lgbt-kindergarten/

"Emails seen by Gript show that some faculty members in UCD have described a ‘dignity and respect pledge’ as leaving ‘Faculty in the most left wing institution imaginable .. suspected of being bullies, harassers, potential sexual predators'."

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https://gript.ie/suggesting-we-need-training-to-behave-decently-ucd-staff-hit-out-at-dignity-and-respect-pledge/

A museum in Scotland has cancelled a show for kids under 12 that was to be hosted by Tom Harlow, a male stripper, and threatened to report complainants to the police.

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https://gript.ie/scotland-museum-cancels-kids-show-performed-by-male-stripper/

Dutch company HAK is one of the largest processed vegetables producers in northern Europe, but the process is energy intensive and the company announced this week that the energy crisis means they will close for six weeks in January to deal with high costs and uncertainty.

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https://gript.ie/dutch-food-producer-to-halt-processing-for-6-weeks-as-energy-crisis-deepens/

The Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation has warned that Ireland is “sleepwalking again into a massive crisis” of home repossessions amid rising inflation, with many at risk of losing their homes.

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https://gript.ie/rising-interest-rates-leading-ireland-into-a-massive-crisis-of-home-repossessions/

To the end of August, 12,135 new PPS numbers had been issued to persons claiming to be Brazilian, yet, just 3,577 new work permits have been issued to persons from Brazil over the same period.

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https://gript.ie/new-pps-numbers-issued-shows-rising-scale-of-mass-immigration-to-ireland/

A trustee of the transgender youth charity Mermaids immediately resigned from the charity after being asked to comment on a speech he gave to a group founded by a convicted paedophile. The speech "challenged assumptions about minors and sexuality."

https://gript.ie/trans-charity-trustee-resigns-after-paedophilia-comments-queried/

Local people who are opposed to the decision of Minister Roderic O'Gorman to "impose" modular homes for Ukrainians in a housing estate in Newbridge, say that they will block builders if attempts are made to ignore the concerns of local people.

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https://gript.ie/well-block-the-builders-newbridge-locals-say-modular-homes-for-ukrainians-are-in-wrong-place/

“We own the science”: A UN official speaking at a World Economic Forum event has admitted that Google’s algorithm manipulates what climate change info appears at the top of searches.

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https://gript.ie/un-official-admits-googles-algorithm-manipulates-climate-info/

JK Rowling slams celebrities like Emma Watson who endorsed controversial trans kid’s charity ‘mermaids’ amid allegations of serious misconduct. Prince Harry had met the CEO of the charity in 2019.

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https://gript.ie/jk-rowling-celebs-like-harry-and-megan-should-be-ashamed-for-supporting-mermaids-charity/

Jailed Irish secondary school teacher Enoch Burke has formally lodged an appeal against an injunction preventing him from attending the school where he is employed. It is believed that the hearing will not be heard until after Christmas.

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https://gript.ie/enoch-burke-formally-appeals-injunction-preventing-him-attending-school/

BEN SCALLAN: No, Ireland should not lower the age of consent to 16, despite what one NUIG lecturer might say:

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https://gript.ie/scallan-no-ireland-should-not-lower-the-age-of-consent-to-16/

WATCH: Senator Sharon Keogan has said that the accusation of “far-right” is “the worn to death catch-all phrase for when people did not like something and had to slap a label on it to deplatform, discredit, cancel and silence.”

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https://gript.ie/everything-is-far-right-senator-hits-out-at-catch-all-phrase/

A leading pro-life doctor has said proposed zones which seek to criminalise pro-life prayer are an “infringement of free speech, free assembly and religious liberty”, and described proposals on same as “a vindictive attempt to silence dissent.”

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https://gript.ie/zones-at-abortion-centres-part-of-bullying-to-shut-down-debate-says-doctor/

An appeal by the underage murderer of teenager Ana Kriégel, known as Boy B, has been withdrawn.

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https://gript.ie/appeal-of-conviction-withdrawn-in-murder-of-teenager-ana-kriegel/

America’s sex reassignment surgery market size was US$1.9 billion in 2021, according to market analyst Grand View Research.

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https://gript.ie/sex-reassignment-surgery-market-in-us-forecast-to-soar-to-us6-billion/

BEN SCALLAN: While Enoch Burke rots in Mount Joy prison, three other men have walked free without jail time despite breaking a similar court order:

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https://gript.ie/as-burke-rots-in-jail-others-go-free-after-breaking-court-order/

The National Gender Service (NGS), which is operated by the HSE, says it has seen a significant increase in the number of people attending their service with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

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https://gript.ie/up-to-90-of-those-who-used-hses-gender-service-in-2022-may-have-been-autistic-audit-finds/