“Driven to steal”: No jail for care home worker who stole over €3,000 from 83-year-old victim. #gript. https://gript.ie/no-jail-for-care-home-worker-who-stole-e3000-from-pensioner/
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No jail for care home worker who stole €3,000 from pensioner - Gript
Pleaded guilty to 22 theft charges.
ON THIS DAY: 3 NOVEMBER 1845: Irish Delegation visited Lord Heytesbury to act immediately and stop the export of food from Ireland because millions were starving. He declined.
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ON THIS DAY: 3 NOVEMBER 1845: Irish Delegation visited Lord Heytesbury to stop the export of food from Ireland because millions…
The delegation pleaded with Heytesbury to follow the example of Belgium and Portugal, which had closed their ports to food exports
The All-Ireland party Aontú is calling for an investigation into why Loyalist Paramilitaries, with armouries intact, are allowed to continue to exist and operate unhindered in Northern Ireland.
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https://gript.ie/aontu-public-inquiry-into-why-paramilitaries-are-being-tolerated-in-northern-ireland-is-needed/
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https://gript.ie/aontu-public-inquiry-into-why-paramilitaries-are-being-tolerated-in-northern-ireland-is-needed/
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Aontú: Public inquiry into why paramilitaries are being tolerated in Northern Ireland is needed - Gript
‘Incompetence or deliberate?’
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A Catholic priest from India is recovering after a man broke into his home and stabbed him six times in a terrifying incident in Waterford over the weekend.
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https://gript.ie/catholic-priest-recovering-following-terrifying-stabbing-in-waterford/
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https://gript.ie/catholic-priest-recovering-following-terrifying-stabbing-in-waterford/
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Catholic priest recovering following terrifying stabbing in Waterford - Gript
Stabbed 6 times
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“As a society, we are rightly concerned about coercion in relationships [...] Yet there is active disdain for the role pro-life charities play in helping women step away from the people and pressures that are pushing them down the abortion route”.
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https://gript.ie/one-of-my-close-relatives-was-forced-into-having-abortion-says-lord-michael-farmer/
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https://gript.ie/one-of-my-close-relatives-was-forced-into-having-abortion-says-lord-michael-farmer/
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One of my close relatives was forced into having abortion, says Lord Michael Farmer - Gript
Buffer zones debate
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JOHN MCGUIRK: Lockdown is the single thread running through almost every current Irish crisis; It was a disaster, and our governing class and half the public cannot ever bring themselves to admit it.
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https://gript.ie/ireland-will-never-admit-lockdown-was-wrong-even-as-the-costs-pile-up/
#gript
https://gript.ie/ireland-will-never-admit-lockdown-was-wrong-even-as-the-costs-pile-up/
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The costs of Irish lockdown are getting higher by the day - Gript
Psychologically invested
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JOHN MCGUIRK: Enoch Burke is in jail for ignoring a court order - so why does Ireland allow thousands of people under court-ordered "self-deportation" orders to flout the courts, and the law, at will?
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https://gript.ie/the-absurdity-of-irelands-self-deportation-system/
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https://gript.ie/the-absurdity-of-irelands-self-deportation-system/
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The absurdity of Ireland's self-deportation system - Gript
Compassion.
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Internet users had some words for Anne Hathaway after the actress made a statement comparing abortion to ‘another word for mercy’ - read in article
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https://gript.ie/anne-hathaway-says-abortion-can-be-another-word-for-mercy-the-internet-disagrees/
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https://gript.ie/anne-hathaway-says-abortion-can-be-another-word-for-mercy-the-internet-disagrees/
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Anne Hathaway says ‘abortion can be another word for mercy’, the Internet disagrees. - Gript
Internet users had some words for Anne Hathaway after the actress made a statement comparing abortion to ‘another word for mercy’ - read in article #gript
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52-year-old Meath man given fully suspended sentence for sexual assault, avoids jail
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https://gript.ie/meath-man-given-fully-suspended-sentence-for-sexual-assault/
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https://gript.ie/meath-man-given-fully-suspended-sentence-for-sexual-assault/
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Meath man given fully suspended sentence for sexual assault - Gript
Captured on CCTV.
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Almost 17% of the population of England and Wales were born abroad according to the latest Census – a trend also accelerating here writes MATT TREACY
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https://gript.ie/almost-17-of-england-wales-born-abroad-a-trend-also-accelerating-here/
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https://gript.ie/almost-17-of-england-wales-born-abroad-a-trend-also-accelerating-here/
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Almost 17% of England/Wales born abroad – a trend also accelerating here - Gript
Significant increase
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PODCAST: In Episode 3 of The Week that Really was: Father Sheehy versus the world; Why “Reeling in the Years” isn’t so much beloved TV show as dangerous misinformation, and David Quinn’s shocking 1983 secret. Available now where you get your podcasts.
#gript https://gript.ie/podcasts/episode-03-father-sheehy-versus-the-world/
#gript https://gript.ie/podcasts/episode-03-father-sheehy-versus-the-world/
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Episode 03 - Father Sheehy versus the world - Gript
Third times the charm
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Elon Musk starts laying off Irish Twitter staff via email.
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https://gript.ie/twitter-starts-laying-off-irish-staff-amid-musk-takeover/
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https://gript.ie/twitter-starts-laying-off-irish-staff-amid-musk-takeover/
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Twitter starts laying off Irish staff amid Musk takeover - Gript
"Woke up to the sad news that I'm no longer a Tweep.”
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Every year, a gathering of those who love Gaeilge, sean-nós singing, traditional dancing and the best of craic takes place at Oireachtas na Samhna where an abundance of treasures awaits newcomers to the festival.
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https://gript.ie/watch-glorious-sean-nos-and-gaeilge-at-oireachtas-na-samhna/
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https://gript.ie/watch-glorious-sean-nos-and-gaeilge-at-oireachtas-na-samhna/
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WATCH: Glorious sean-nós and Gaeilge at Oireachtas na Samhna - Gript
Beautiful and unique sean-nós singing
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The Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) have warned those seeking asylum here that some ‘customers’ of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) have been contacted by telephone by a person purporting to be from INIS.
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https://gript.ie/gardai-issue-deportation-scam-alert-to-asylum-seekers/
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https://gript.ie/gardai-issue-deportation-scam-alert-to-asylum-seekers/
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Gardaí issue deportation scam alert to asylum seekers - Gript
Scammers based in countries of origin
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“The conditioning of footballers to come down on one side of most issues is in part thanks to governing bodies including FIFA. As a result, the expectation for players to suddenly remain apolitical is drenched in a special kind of pretence”.
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https://gript.ie/is-it-too-late-for-fifa-to-tell-players-to-focus-on-football/
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https://gript.ie/is-it-too-late-for-fifa-to-tell-players-to-focus-on-football/
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Is it too late for FIFA to tell players to ‘focus on football’? - Gript
Qatar World Cup
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A local councillor in a Kerry town which has seen its population increase by more than 30% as the state places huge numbers of migrants and asylum seekers in the town has said that local people are now "afraid to walk the streets".
#gript
https://gript.ie/people-afraid-to-walk-the-streets-anger-as-migrants-appear-to-harass-women-in-killarney/
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https://gript.ie/people-afraid-to-walk-the-streets-anger-as-migrants-appear-to-harass-women-in-killarney/
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"People afraid to walk the streets": anger as migrants appear to harass women in Killarney - Gript
This week, a video of young males seeming to harass local women has gone viral on social media.
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“Perhaps most significantly, however, hate speech crimes function to provide for the pre-emptive repression of criticism. Transphobia, as a hate speech crime, pre-empts criticism of transgenderist ideology,” writes PROF GER CASEY
#gript
https://gript.ie/gerard-casey-this-is-a-law-designed-to-make-you-afraid/
#gript
https://gript.ie/gerard-casey-this-is-a-law-designed-to-make-you-afraid/
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GERARD CASEY: This is a law designed to make you afraid - Gript
Hate speech?
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An appeal has been issued to trace a boy and girl, both aged 13, who have been missing from Co Monaghan since yesterday.
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https://gript.ie/appeal-to-held-find-two-teens-missing-from-monaghan/
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https://gript.ie/appeal-to-held-find-two-teens-missing-from-monaghan/
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Appeal to held find two teens missing from Monaghan - Gript
An appeal has been issued to trace a boy and girl, both aged 13, who have been missing from Co Monaghan since yesterday. Kelsey Kenny and Seamus Hynes are believed to be travelling together and may be in the Dublin area. They went missing from the Cloghernagh…
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“Perhaps most significantly, however, hate speech crimes function to provide for the pre-emptive repression of criticism. Transphobia, as a hate speech crime, pre-empts criticism of transgenderist ideology,” writes PROF GER CASEY
#gript
https://gript.ie/gerard-casey-this-is-a-law-designed-to-make-you-afraid/
#gript
https://gript.ie/gerard-casey-this-is-a-law-designed-to-make-you-afraid/
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GERARD CASEY: This is a law designed to make you afraid - Gript
Hate speech?
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