“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/
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https://gript.ie/un-official-admits-googles-algorithm-manipulates-climate-info/
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UN official admits Google’s algorithm manipulates climate info - Gript
“We are becoming much more proactive.”
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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/
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https://gript.ie/jk-rowling-celebs-like-harry-and-megan-should-be-ashamed-for-supporting-mermaids-charity/
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JK Rowling: celebs like Harry and Megan should be “ashamed” for supporting ‘Mermaids’ charity. - Gript
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. #gript
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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/
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https://gript.ie/enoch-burke-formally-appeals-injunction-preventing-him-attending-school/
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Enoch Burke formally appeals injunction preventing him attending school - Gript
“No intention” of purging contempt
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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/
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https://gript.ie/scallan-no-ireland-should-not-lower-the-age-of-consent-to-16/
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SCALLAN: No, Ireland should not lower the age of consent to 16 - Gript
Gross.
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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/
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https://gript.ie/everything-is-far-right-senator-hits-out-at-catch-all-phrase/
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“Everything is far right”: Senator hits out at “catch-all phrase” - Gript
Alternative views “upset the ruling progressive elite to such an extent that they changed tactics.”
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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/
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https://gript.ie/zones-at-abortion-centres-part-of-bullying-to-shut-down-debate-says-doctor/
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Zones at abortion centres part of 'bullying' to shut down debate says doctor - Gript
Irish Medical Times response
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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/
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https://gript.ie/appeal-of-conviction-withdrawn-in-murder-of-teenager-ana-kriegel/
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Appeal of Conviction Withdrawn in Murder of teenager Ana Kriégel - Gript
One of the two boys convicted in relation to the brutal murder of teenager Ana Kriégel has withdrawn his appeal at the Court of Appeal #gript
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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/
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https://gript.ie/sex-reassignment-surgery-market-in-us-forecast-to-soar-to-us6-billion/
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Sex-reassignment surgery market in US forecast to soar to US$6 billion - Gript
America’s sex reassignment surgery market size was US$1.9 billion in 2021, according to market analyst Grand View Research. It is expected to grow at a rate of about 11% annually, reaching about $6 billion in 2030. Demand for this highly specialised surgery…
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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/
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https://gript.ie/as-burke-rots-in-jail-others-go-free-after-breaking-court-order/
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As Burke rots in jail, others go free after breaking court order - Gript
Double standards.
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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/
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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/
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Europe’s top human rights court has ruled that Belgium violated the right to life in a 2012 euthanasia case against a doctor who killed a woman who was suffering from depression.
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https://gript.ie/belgium-violated-right-to-life-when-67-year-old-mother-with-depression-was-euthanized-echr-rules/
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https://gript.ie/belgium-violated-right-to-life-when-67-year-old-mother-with-depression-was-euthanized-echr-rules/
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Belgium violated right to life when 67-year-old mother with depression was euthanized, ECHR rules - Gript
Woman’s son not informed
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"This morning the ESRI said that Irish house prices are overvalued. Monthly mortgage repayments are rocketing, and households are also facing record electricity bills. What does this all this mean for the housing market?" asks NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN
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https://gript.ie/is-irelands-housing-market-also-headed-for-disaster/
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https://gript.ie/is-irelands-housing-market-also-headed-for-disaster/
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Is Ireland's housing market also 'headed for disaster'? - Gript
Global slump
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ON THIS DAY: 6 OCTOBER 1928: Death of Pádraic Ó Conaire at the age of 46
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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-6-october-1928-death-of-padraic-o-conaire-at-the-age-of-46-4/
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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-6-october-1928-death-of-padraic-o-conaire-at-the-age-of-46-4/
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ON THIS DAY: 6 OCTOBER 1928: Death of Pádraic Ó Conaire at the age of 46 - Gript
Pádraic Ó Conaire was an Irish writer who wrote extensively in the Irish Language and wrote 26 books, 473 stories, 237 essays and 6 plays.
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A UK coroner has listed the Instagram algorithm as a contributing factor in a 14-year-old girl’s death after she viewed thousands of posts promoting self-harm.
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https://gript.ie/instagram-listed-as-contributing-factor-to-14-year-olds-death/
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https://gript.ie/instagram-listed-as-contributing-factor-to-14-year-olds-death/
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Instagram listed as contributing factor to 14-year-old’s death - Gript
“Prolific” use of the platform.
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DR MATT TREACY looks at the evidence and concludes that, despite attempts to rewrite history, the claim that the Irish were slavers is an insidious lie.
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https://gript.ie/irelands-legacy-of-colonialism-is-not-what-it-seems/
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https://gript.ie/irelands-legacy-of-colonialism-is-not-what-it-seems/
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An insidious lie: the Irish were not a nation of slavers or colonialists - Gript
This is often a thinly-veiled attempt to reshape Ireland’s past as a means to shape Ireland’s present and future.
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A gang of women dressed in neon body suits violently attacked and robbed female passengers on the NY subway, NYPD have said crime in is up 30.5% on the same period last year.
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https://gript.ie/watch-mob-in-green-bodysuits-attack-rob-passengers-on-ny-subway/
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https://gript.ie/watch-mob-in-green-bodysuits-attack-rob-passengers-on-ny-subway/
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Watch: Mob in green bodysuits attack, rob passengers on NY subway - Gript
A gang of women dressed in neon body suits violently attacked and robbed female passengers on the NY subway, NYPD have said crime in is up 30.5%on the same period last year. #gript
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The ESRI has said that Irish house prices may be overvalued by 7% or more according to its modelling, and asserts that rising house prices "cannot continue into the future".
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https://gript.ie/esri-warns-houses-overvalued-investment-funds-surplus-savings-play-role/
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https://gript.ie/esri-warns-houses-overvalued-investment-funds-surplus-savings-play-role/
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ESRI warns houses overvalued - investment funds, surplus savings play role - Gript
The report made no comment on the effect of rapidly rising immigration rates on the housing market.
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Ireland will struggle with energy supply for next 10 years, says EirGrid.
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https://gript.ie/ireland-will-struggle-with-energy-supply-for-next-10-years-eirgrid/
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https://gript.ie/ireland-will-struggle-with-energy-supply-for-next-10-years-eirgrid/
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Ireland will struggle with energy supply for next 10 years - EirGrid - Gript
‘Significant capacity deficits over the coming years’
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The Justice Minister has now raised the matter of the “Fuzhou Police Overseas Station” with the Chinese Embassy. The presence of the station was reported on by Gript last month.
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https://gript.ie/minister-expresses-concern-over-chinese-police-station-in-dublin/
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https://gript.ie/minister-expresses-concern-over-chinese-police-station-in-dublin/
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Senator Eileen Flynn made indirect claims of racism in the Seanad while speaking about how important it is to be able to talk about BLM, but are her claims relevant to Irish society?
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https://gript.ie/senator-eileen-flynn-and-the-racist-phantom-of-the-seanad/
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https://gript.ie/senator-eileen-flynn-and-the-racist-phantom-of-the-seanad/
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Senator Eileen Flynn and the ‘Racist’ Phantom of the Seanad. - Gript
Senator Eileen Flynn made indirect claims of racism in the Seanad while speaking about how important it is to be able to talk about BLM, but are her claims relevant to Irish society? #gript
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