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.


#gript

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/

BEN SCALLAN: “It’s gotten to the point now where people are so fragile and sensitive, that the mildest of inconveniences causes them to melt away into a kind of human soup.”

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https://gript.ie/the-new-york-times-comically-embarrassing-election-stress-advice/

JOHN MCGUIRK: "The reason RTÉ bans opposing perspectives on Climate Change is not because they think the people making those arguments are stupid; but because RTÉ thinks their viewers might be too stupid to agree with RTÉ."

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https://gript.ie/on-climate-change-rte-doesnt-even-pretend-to-be-balanced/

Aontú’s Peadar Tóibín has told a Dáil debate on Home Care that the state is spending up to €170 million on providing hospital beds to clinically discharged patients who are being forced to remain in hospital due to a lack of step-down supports.

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https://gript.ie/toibin-clinically-discharged-patients-trapped-in-hospitals-due-to-lack-of-step-down-supports/

The biggest loser from the US Midterms? Well, it certainly wasn't Joe Biden, as many had expected:
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https://gript.ie/understanding-the-midterms/

GQ Magazine’s ‘men of the year’ list 2022 features various female ‘honorees’ including ‘non-binary’ actress and House of the Dragon star Emma D’arcy.

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https://gript.ie/gq-magazine-honouree-list-for-men-of-the-year-includes-7-women/

A man was arrested by police and taken away in handcuffs after he viciously attacked stewards at a pro-life event, organised by the group Precious Life in Belfast on Saturday. The group say the shocking incident left one steward with a serious bite to the neck.

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https://gript.ie/man-arrested-in-belfast-for-biting-pro-lifer-in-the-neck/