Zoologists from Trinity College Dublin, working with a research team in Indonesia, have found several new species of colourful, tropical sunbirds

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https://gript.ie/several-beautiful-new-bird-species-found-on-remote-indonesian-islands/

Irish man caught with sex abuse videos of babies as young as 2 avoids jail

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https://gript.ie/man-caught-with-sex-abuse-videos-of-babies-as-young-as-2-avoids-jail/

NATO experiencing weapon shortage after pouring arms into Ukraine

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https://gript.ie/nato-experiencing-weapon-shortage-after-pouring-arms-into-ukraine/

BEN SCALLAN: “In a statement which contains so many holes that it makes swiss cheese look solid, the Department of Justice tried to defend their frankly absurd record on deportations this week.”

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https://gript.ie/the-justice-departments-misleading-deportation-statement/

NGO receives funding despite apparently little scrutiny

MATT TREACY writes

https://gript.ie/easy-money-no-record-of-qualification-for-doctor-whose-ngo-received-e300000-in-public-funds/

The UK government has said so-called ‘buffer zones’ around abortion clinics are not compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights but will go ahead anyway

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https://gript.ie/uk-gov-buffer-zones-incompatible-with-echr-goes-ahead-anyway/

ON THIS DAY: 25 OCTOBER 1920: Terence MacSwiney, the Mayor of Cork, dies in a London prison after 74 days on hunger strike

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-25-october-1920-terence-macswiney-the-mayor-of-cork-dies-in-a-london-prison-after-74-days-on-hunger-strike-2/

A New York State Judge has reinstated a group of sanitation workers who were sacked from their jobs for not receiving a Covid-19 vaccine, after a state court judge ruled on Monday that the vaccine mandate for city workers was unlawful.

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https://gript.ie/unlawful-judge-strikes-down-new-york-city-covid-vaccine-mandate-for-city-workers/

KARL D STEPHAN outlines the case for nuclear power

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https://gript.ie/the-case-for-nuclear-power/

JOHN MCGUIRK: "In Ireland, the establishment has one trick, that it plays over and over again, because it never fails: It tells us that we are better than other people and other countries. And so, no matter how miserable we are, aren't we lucky"
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https://gript.ie/maybe-we-like-the-misery/

A woman was arrested in Cardiff after voicing concerns over the presence of a biological male queuing in the women’s toilets

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https://gript.ie/wales-woman-arrested-for-asking-biological-male-to-leave-womens-toilet/

JOHN MCGUIRK: By themselves the new nightclub opening hours are fine, but they reinforce the general trend in politics - Government can give young people luxuries, but not essentials.


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https://gript.ie/bread-circuses-and-nightclubs-till-dawn/

About "Mary Lou's Posh Gaff"

MATT TREACY writes

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https://gript.ie/about-mary-lous-posh-gaff/

Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind wishes to raise awareness of the severe levels of stress caused to guide dogs by fireworks - every year specially trained dogs are forced to retire.

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https://gript.ie/fireworks-can-have-a-devastating-effect-on-guide-dogs/

The Irish Coast Guard is planning to spend €400,000 on branded merchandise, including pencils, rulers, towels, hats and more, despite a potential looming recession.


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https://gript.ie/irish-coastguard-to-spend-e400k-on-merchandise/

If someone breaks into your house and attacks your family, and you kill them, should you be sent to jail for three years, as a Waterford Man was today?
Rapid reaction from our Editor:
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https://gript.ie/how-much-self-defence-is-too-much/

Billionaire businessman and free speech advocate, Elon Musk, has posted a video of himself the HQ of Twitter – carrying a sink.

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https://gript.ie/watch-elon-musk-enters-twitter-hq-carrying-a-sink/

MICHAEL COOK : Belgium’s euthanasia law is unconstitutional, says high court. It’s not permissive enough.

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https://gript.ie/belgiums-euthanasia-law-is-unconstitutional-says-high-court-its-not-permissive-enough/

JOHN MCGUIRK: For most of the 2000's and early 2010's, the watchword in Ireland was that we should be more like Sweden - so why aren't we noticing that the Swedes themselves seem to think they made a mistake?
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https://gript.ie/how-the-swedish-social-democratic-model-disappeared-from-the-discourse/

Irish Guide dogs for the Blind are seeking volunteers to raise puppies that will go on to do essential work assisting people who face challenges from visual impairment or autism

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https://gript.ie/puppy-trainers-needed-irish-guide-dogs-for-the-blind/

Attempts by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, to portray applications to a decommissioning scheme for fishermen as a policy success are dramatically wide of the mark, according to Independent TD for West-Cork, Michael Collins.

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https://gript.ie/minister-confirms-that-just-54-fishing-families-apply-to-fleet-decommissioning-scheme/