BEN SCALLAN: “€64 million has been laundered through Ireland by Nigerian organised crime groups according to the Gardaí - exactly as Grealish said. In other words, his concerns were absolutely legitimate.”

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https://gript.ie/was-noel-grealish-vindicated-on-nigerian-money-claims/

New measures considered by the government could see smoking in public parks and beaches outlawed. Critics say the proposal is an ‘overreaction’ at a time when the Health Service has bigger problems.

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https://gript.ie/government-considers-outdoor-smoking-ban-for-parks-and-beaches/

ON THIS DAY: 21 OCTOBER 1879 THE LAND LEAGUE WAS FOUNDED BY MICHAEL DAVITT AND OTHERS

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-21-october-1879-the-land-league-was-founded-by-michael-davitt-and-others-3/

MICHAE COOK: "Legalize cocaine? A splendid idea, says The Economist"

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https://gript.ie/legalize-cocaine-a-splendid-idea-says-the-economist/

The 30th Anniversary Patrick O'Keeffe Traditional Music Festival begins in Castleisland next Thursday the 27th of October. The festival will run over 5 days and will feature over 200 artists.

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https://gript.ie/biblical-cast-of-musicians-for-the-30th-anniversary-of-patrick-okeeffe-traditional-music-festival/

October is Baby Loss Awareness month and a leading support organisation for families whose babies lives are all-too short has lit up Dungarvan with a wave of light.

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https://gript.ie/dungarvan-lights-up-with-love-for-babies-gone-too-soon/

JOHN MCGUIRK writes that the Ukrainian refugee calamity in Ireland has gone beyond the realms of incompetence and into the realm of national disgrace.
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https://gript.ie/the-ukrainian-refugee-crisis-is-a-national-embarrassment-and-disgrace/

October is Baby Loss Awareness month and a leading support organisation for families whose babies lives are all-too short has lit up Dungarvan with a wave of light.

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https://gript.ie/dungarvan-lights-up-with-love-for-babies-gone-too-soon/

Back in MARCH, NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN pointed out the obvious: Ireland's political elite were wrong, and all the virtue signalling in the world couldn't change the fact that we can't house 100,000 or 200,000 refugees.


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https://gript.ie/no-simon-we-cant-house-20000-refugees/

JOHN MCGUIRK: "Episodes like that on Channel Four on Friday night go a long way to explaining why transgender people are suffering – sometimes unfairly – in the public imagination from what one writer recently called “a nonce problem”.
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https://gript.ie/channel-four-how-cool-is-this-lady-playing-the-keyboard-with-her-penis/

MARIA STEEN writes that tinkering with the constitution and the role of women in the home is no substitute for actually helping women - either in the home, or at work:

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https://gript.ie/families-need-real-support-not-constitutional-tinkering/

ON THIS DAY 24 October 1877: Capuchin Friar Fr Albert Bibby was born. He ministered to some of the executed rebels of the 1916 Rising.



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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-24-october-1877-patriotic-priest-and-capuchin-friar-fr-albert-bibby-was-born/

The Euro Zone is likely entering a recession and the business activity is declining 'faster than feared' according to reactions to indices released today.

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https://gript.ie/euro-zone-likely-entering-recession-as-business-activity-contracts/

Is Ireland obliged to take single Ukrainian males of military age, asks MATT TREACY.

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https://gript.ie/is-ireland-obliged-to-take-single-ukrainian-males-of-military-age/

The third season of ‘The Chosen’ is due for release next month after the first two seasons were embraced by audiences internationally - but is the show worth the hype? Fatima Gunning says - Absolutely!

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https://gript.ie/the-chosena-crowdfunded-show-about-the-life-of-jesus-is-it-worth-watching/

‘We haven’t changed our minds about offering compassion’: Irish pro-life advocates are remaining defiant in the face of threats to impose exclusion zones to ban prayer and peaceful protest outside of abortion centres.

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https://gript.ie/we-havent-changed-our-minds-about-offering-compassion-irish-pro-lifers-defiant-in-face-of-exclusion-zones-threat/

TD Mattie McGrath says it’s about time the government started vetting those claiming refugee status in Ireland.

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https://gript.ie/refugee-vettingmcgrath-says-the-folly-of-open-borders-has-been-truly-exposed/

ON THIS DAY: 24 OCTOBER 1641: Féilim Rua Ó Néill issued Proclamation of Dungannon

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-24-october-1641-feilim-rua-o-neill-issued-proclamation-of-dungannon-2/

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín says the Minister for Housing should feel a “deep sense of shame” and “should be losing sleep” over statistics released to his Party which show that 357 homeless people have died in the capital in the last five years alone.

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https://gript.ie/shameful-357-homeless-people-have-died-in-dublin-since-2018-70-homeless-deaths-so-far-this-year/

JOHN MCGUIRK: "There was no plan because, well, this was not supposed to happen. What was supposed to happen was that twenty thousand people or so would come, stay for the summer, we would all deck our villages in blue and yellow, have street parties and Ukrainian culture nights, and celebrate being the bestest most welcoming country on earth. Then everyone would go home, and it would be another tale we could all tell ourselves about how Ireland is the goodest little country on earth. That is what was supposed to happen."
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https://gript.ie/the-peril-of-government-by-good-vibes/

JOHN MCGUIRK: To understand the Irish justice system, you must first understand that the progressive establishment genuinely believes that criminals are the victims of Irish society, and not the other way around.
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https://gript.ie/understanding-woke-justice-in-ireland/