The HSE is set to begin contacting the more than 100,000 people who had their personal data stolen during the cyber-attack on the health service in May 2021, The Irish Times today reports.

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https://gript.ie/more-than-100000-people-who-had-data-stolen-during-hse-cyber-attack-to-be-contacted/

“I think all public transport should be regarded as quiet zones within reason. Many recent bus trips have left me feeling like I’ve had an encounter with the fictional Fr. Fintan Stack,” writes FATIMA GUNNING.

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https://gript.ie/the-quiet-carriage-why-cant-the-whole-train-just-have-manners/

JOHN MCGUIRK: "Musk is a threat to the whole progressive superstructure, because if you take away the power to threaten, and the power to silence, and the power to shut down, then your whole ideology and movement loses some of its appeal."
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https://gript.ie/is-elon-musk-the-new-jk-rowling/

Fr Séan Sheehy, the Kerry-based priest who found himself in the eye of a storm over the content of a homily he gave to parishioners in Listowel, led a Men’s Rosary event in Tralee over the weekend, receiving a “nice reception” from those present.

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https://gript.ie/support-for-fr-sean-sheehy-as-he-leads-public-prayer-gathering-in-tralee/

"Thus, on Friday, Dessie Ellis emerged to first of all state that all of those accommodated would be women and children, and when challenged resorted to claiming that one woman present was only there because of her “right wing attitude"."

MATT TREACY writes...

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https://gript.ie/still-no-clarity-regarding-proposed-finglas-refugee-accommodation-centre/

Dublin serial thief with 77 convictions caught shoplifting items worth hundreds of euros

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https://gript.ie/thief-with-77-convictions-stole-items-worth-hundreds-of-euros/

BEN SCALLAN: “One wonders if a person decided to hold a sign saying “Vaccine manufacturers deserve death,” or “Politicians deserve death” if the Indo would describe the person holding those signs as an ‘activist’?”
#gript https://gript.ie/saying-climate-deniers-deserve-death-is-activism-claims-indo/

TD Mattie Mc Grath has questioned the government’s ‘open door’ immigration policies, which he says has resulted in a “staggering” almost 700 percent increase in asylum seekers here in the first nine months of 2022, compared to the same period last year.

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https://gript.ie/100-migrants-a-week-arrive-without-papers-as-mcgrath-says-immigration-policy-like-runaway-train/

JOHN MCGUIRK: "A church that wants people to believe in hell and sin might start by teaching that Priests who abused children are already down there, being prodded with firey forks"
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https://gript.ie/the-disgrace-of-the-holy-ghost-fathers/

"The runways of Egypt are lined with private Jets. The dinners served up are fit for Kings. The whole thing is sponsored by – you couldn’t make this up – Coca Cola, one of the world’s worst plastic polluters."
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https://gript.ie/is-cop-27-now-entirely-self-defeating/

Japan has delayed carbon tax revision for a second time in an effort to ease the financial burden on households. The country had said it would cut emissions by 46% compared to 2013 levels.


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https://gript.ie/japan-delays-carbon-tax-to-offset-burden-of-inflation-on-households/

"Christine Lagarde wasn't asked about any of these realities on the Late Late Show, of course, or challenged about her assertion that inflation came out of nowhere. Her claims were then dutifully repeated across the main media platform here and in many other countries."

NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN writes

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https://gript.ie/christine-lagarde-and-the-pretence-that-lockdown-didnt-cause-inflation/

Gript spoke to County Council workers who demand better from employers amid accusations of bullying and subversion

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https://gript.ie/workers-demand-independent-inquiry-into-accusations-of-county-council-bullying/

One in three Germans will not be able to afford to buy Christmas presents this year according to a survey published this week.

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https://gript.ie/one-in-three-germans-cant-afford-christmas-presents-this-year/

Migrant ship refused permission to dock: Interior Minister Piantedosi says Only pregnant women, children and people in ill health will be allowed into Italy


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https://gript.ie/italy-closes-port-to-migrant-vessels-under-new-meloni-administration/

'The reason why 93% of schools in NI remain segregated by religion is mostly because parents choose those schools – just as the middle class readers of the Irish Times choose to send their children to schools which are socially and economically segregated'

MATT TREACY writes

https://gript.ie/is-forcing-integrated-schools-the-solution-to-the-northern-problem/

On the eve of the midterm elections, former US president Donald Trump hinted at a 2024 presidential run, while president Biden’s ‘do no harm’ strategy meant he stayed away from hotly contested states as his campaign came to a close.

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https://gript.ie/trump-hints-at-2024-run-while-biden-is-absent-from-crucial-swing-states/

WATCH: “Absolutely disastrous and a disgrace” - At a Fine Gael event in Cork, Minister Simon Coveney was confronted on his support for the Climate Action Bill and its impact on rural Ireland.

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https://gript.ie/coveney-its-only-a-matter-of-time-before-we-have-carbon-labelling/

A family-run business in Co. Clare has received a painful €20,000 electricity bill amid the ongoing energy crisis, compared to their €6,500 bill last year.

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https://gript.ie/clare-supermarket-receives-eye-watering-e20k-electricity-bill/

HIGH COURT CASE: Two Dublin women are seeking damages from the Irish State after they were arrested during the Covid lockdown, and are calling for the courts to declare parts of the legislation unconstitutional. #GRIPT https://gript.ie/dublin-women-seek-damages-from-the-irish-state-over-covid-rules/