Charles the Great, known to history as Charlemagne, was crowned King of the Franks on this day, October 9th, 768AD.


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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-9-october-768-charlemagne-crowned-king-of-the-franks-2/

US medical groups demand protection for paediatric transgender doctors and hospitals and gag for social media critics

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https://gript.ie/us-medical-groups-demand-protection-for-paediatric-transgender-doctors-and-hospitals-and-gag-for-social-media-critics/

Go ndeánfaidh Dia trócaire orthu ar fad, agus brat Mhuire ar iad siúd atá fágadh faoi dólas.

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https://gript.ie/an-unimaginable-sorrow-all-those-killed-in-creeslough-are-named/

"There is Fr Leonard of Ballysimon, killed by Communists in China after they invaded his Church.’ Before being scimitared through the back, refusing to kneel to his assailants, he said ‘I kneel only to Our Lord Jesus Christ’."

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https://gript.ie/review-of-limerick-saints-and-seekers-edited-by-david-bracken/

Increasing numbers of ordinary people - and not just those in Italy and Hungary - grow weary of the contempt shown by an elite whose policies led to energy shortages and a cost of living crisis. But, THADE ANDY says, we should learn from the mistakes of Wat Tyler.

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https://gript.ie/a-tale-of-two-rebellions/

WATCH: 'I've a horse .. inside': Supermacs in Ballinasloe

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https://gript.ie/watch-ive-a-horse-inside-supermacs-in-ballinasloe/

An Irish surgeon has been reported to the Federal Trade Commission in the US after concerns were raised over the nature of her pratice’s social media advertising of trans surgeries, including to minors.

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https://gript.ie/irish-gender-affirmation-surgeon-reported-for-allegedly-advertising-surgery-to-minors/

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has waded into the ongoing controversy over Eurovision winner Dana Rosemary Scallon’s exclusion from RTÉ’s upcoming concert, with the MP penning a letter to Director General Dee Forbes to ask for an explanation.

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https://gript.ie/dup-leader-demands-rtes-director-general-offers-explanation-for-dana-exclusion/

“The problem is not that wind energy doesn’t work - it’s that it only works sometimes. And that’s not acceptable for a modern civilisation.”

@Ben_Scallan comments:

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https://gript.ie/ben-scallan-dan-boyles-wind-energy-delusion/

Russian has hit the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and other centres with sustained missile and rocket attacks, saying the strikes were in retaliation for Saturday's attack on a key bridge link to Crimea.

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https://gript.ie/video-escalation-of-war-kyiv-bombed-after-bridge-in-crimea-blown-up/

House building predicted to decline next year due to rising costs, despite the housing crisis

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https://gript.ie/house-building-predicted-to-decline-next-year-due-to-rising-costs/

An Cailín Ciúin has grossed over €1million at the box-office, a remarkable feat for an Irish Language film after 22 weeks in cinemas in Ireland and the UK.

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https://gript.ie/an-cailin-ciuin-hits-e1-million-at-ireland-uk-box-office/

Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, has confirmed that her Department can only give ‘annual totals’ for all deportation orders made and that consequently she is unable to provide a breakdown of the number of people subject to deportation under any of the 9 grounds set out in legislation governing this area.

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https://gript.ie/mcentee-confirms-her-department-does-not-hold-data-on-why-people-are-deported/

BEN SCALLAN: “Peace should be the number one priority of everyone involved in this situation. And the fact that we have so many people on all sides cheerleading for war like it’s some kind of sport is frankly disgraceful.”

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https://gript.ie/bombing-of-ukraine-shows-why-peace-is-needed-now-more-than-ever/

JOHN MCGUIRK writes that there is a "vaccine veil of silence" in the media as evidence mounts that the vaccines people were compelled to take did not work exactly as advertised, and a Florida report casts doubt on the wisdom of young men taking them:
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https://gript.ie/why-the-media-silence-over-the-florida-vaccine-statement/

While PayPal appears to have rolled back terms of service that would have allowed the company to impose fines on users for ‘misinformation’, the company still reserves the right to fine users who ‘promote hate’ $2,500 at its ‘sole discretion’.

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https://gript.ie/thousands-delete-paypal-accounts-after-2500-misinformation-threat/

"The IHREC sees where the wind is blowing. Such is the enthusiasm for abortion in the ‘establishment’ that it is not just the Government, advocacy groups and the media that want to silence any dissenting voices, it is the human rights and civil liberties’ bodies as well."


DAVID REYNOLDS writes...

https://gript.ie/what-kind-of-a-rights-commission-wants-to-jail-peaceful-protesters/

The Central Bank has said inflation at home and abroad is at a 40 year high, while also predicting a rise in business insolvency as covid financial supports are withdrawn in a time of rising costs.

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https://gript.ie/central-bank-warns-business-insolvency-will-rise/

The small town of Creeslough in Donegal today faces the agonising task of burying the victims of Friday’s gas explosion. The town of just 400 people will lay to rest 10 of their loved ones, with the first funerals taking place today.

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https://gript.ie/we-do-not-have-the-words-first-funerals-of-10-creeslough-victims-held/