Irish consumers are returning to using cash post-Covid, making bigger and more frequent ATM withdrawals, according a new research from the Central Bank.

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https://gript.ie/irish-consumers-returning-to-using-cash-with-bigger-and-more-frequent-atm-withdrawals/

BEN SCALLAN: “It’s the duty of every Irish citizen to call out these flimsy arguments every time they rear their heads. And the fact that journalists aren’t grilling them on this stuff is a testament to just how useless our media class are.”

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https://gript.ie/irish-politicians-are-trying-to-fool-you-out-of-irish-military-neutrality/

JOHN MCGUIRK: "Ireland’s establishment has invested so much political capital into the idea that “anti-migrant sentiment” is the most dangerous kind of idea imaginable that they will bankrupt the country before they concede that they got this one wrong"

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https://gript.ie/establishment-irelands-refugee-terror/

Offices of the Department of Social Protection in Laois and Offaly registered 3,331 claims for additional need, more commonly known as exceptional need, payments between 1 January and the end of August this year. The total amount paid out for both counties totalled just over €1,523,000.

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https://gript.ie/over-3000-exceptional-need-payments-applications-received-for-laois-offaly-alone/

One man has died and another has been arrested on suspicion of murder following a deadly machete attack in County Tyrone.

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https://gript.ie/man-dies-following-machete-assault-in-co-tyrone/

Is George Hook actually a 21st century feminist? Louise Perry's 'The Case Against the Sexual Revolution' argues that consent workshops are mostly useless and the sexual revolution benefits men, not women.

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https://gript.ie/review-the-case-against-the-sexual-revolution-a-new-guide-to-the-21st-century/

ON THIS DAY: 17 OCTOBER 1886: John Dillon announces “Plan of Campaign” for Irish tenants against unfair rents and evictions

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-17-october-1886-john-dillon-announces-plan-of-campaign-for-irish-tenants-against-unfair-rents-and-evictions-3/

There has still been no meaningful response by the National Transport Authority (NTA) to ongoing and serious concerns surrounding the major deficit in service provision for West-Cork’s local transport routes according to Independent TD, Michael Collins.

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https://gript.ie/west-cork-has-dropped-off-the-map-for-the-national-transport-authority-michael-collins/

"How can you say that you're serious?" Justice Minister Helen McEntee confronted on Ireland's lax sentencing for criminals.

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https://youtu.be/2qR7Xw49myQ

Free Speech Ireland is organising to spread awareness of the practical consequences of Helen McEntee’s new hate speech legislation by aiming to highlight how it could affect political discourse, jokes, and human interactions in our country.

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https://gript.ie/does-ireland-need-new-hate-speech-laws-free-speech-ireland-says-no/

The head of Germany’s secret service has said that Putin wants a “declaration of war” against the whole Western world.

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https://gript.ie/putin-wants-declaration-of-war-against-west-german-intel-agency/

The leader of the Rural Independent Group of TDs, Deputy Mattie Mc Grath, has demanded the government "come clean" and explain why it is "deliberately targeting rural communities" after a significant cut to the LEADER (2023-2027) programme.

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https://gript.ie/rural-communities-scapegoated-again-as-e245-slashed-from-new-leader-programme/

France is in shock after the body of a 12-year-old girl was found after suffering rape and horrific injuries consistent with torture. An Algerian national has been charged in relation to her death.
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https://gript.ie/france-12yr-old-girl-brutally-raped-and-murdered-algerian-migrant-in-custody/

JOHN MCGUIRK: The "right wing" leader of Fine Gael is now openly enacting the policies of Paul Murphy and people before profit:
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https://gript.ie/varadkar-yeah-screw-it-well-ban-evictions/

The decision by the court of appeals yesterday was not just bad on its face, writes JOHN MCGUIRK: It also sent a clear message to other courts - you're not being lenient enough:
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https://gript.ie/courts-yeah-we-were-too-hard-on-that-guy-who-attacked-a-pensioner/

PODCAST: TRSI 333 - What's a little VX between friends?

America plays hardball with China's tech sector; nuclear war is unlikely because tactical nuclear weapons are actually pretty lacklustre; cancel culture, conformity, and the strange case of the Jihad Rehab film.

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https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-333-whats-a-little-vx-between-friends/

A teenage boy who arranged to meet another teenager through a mobile app to sell a designer jacket was attacked and robbed, Dublin District Court has heard.

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https://gript.ie/teenage-boy-beaten-and-robbed-in-dublin-after-arranging-to-sell-designer-jacket-court-hears/

ON THIS DAY: 18TH OCTOBER 1899: Death of Eoghan Ó Gramhnaigh (Fr. Eugene O'Growney)

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-18-october-1899-death-of-eoghan-o-gramhnaigh-4/

Today is the last day for parents to send their views on what sex-education ther children might receive in school, in particular around broadening the RSE course to possibly include teaching children about pornography, abortion, and ‘gender ideology’.

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https://gript.ie/last-day-for-parents-to-send-views-on-sex-ed-to-ncca/