The Judge insisted that Mr Snelling, 72, is “anti-establishment”. He said the offence “strikes at the heart of justice”, adding: "[Snelling] is anti-establishment, especially to the police."

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https://gript.ie/elderly-man-who-served-mince-pies-during-lockdown-is-jailed-in-uk/

JOHN MCGUIRK: An incident in Martin Nolan's court this week raises a genuine and uncomfortable question about whether the Judge is doing the basic parts of his job.
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https://gript.ie/is-judge-nolan-even-doing-the-basic-parts-of-his-job/

"With a token navy of six patrol vessels, not a single submarine to cover its vast marine zone, and annual defence spending of barely more than 1 billion euros, Ireland stands out as the worst-prepared European country to meet any meaningful threat" according to Foreign Policy, the leading defence journal:
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https://gript.ie/leading-magazine-declares-ireland-is-europes-weak-link-on-defence/

Gender appropriation seems to be not only acceptable, but a cause to be celebrated as the Rose of Tralee and the Miss America Organisation now allow men to enter female beauty competitions



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https://gript.ie/why-did-a-man-named-brian-just-win-a-female-beauty-pageant/

A Sligo TD has told the Dáil that families in his constituency who have been on the housing list for decades are asking where Irish citizens are in the ‘pecking order’ after it was announced that modular homes were being built “exclusively for Ukrainians”.

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https://gript.ie/watch-sligo-td-says-families-asking-where-modular-homes-are-for-irish-people/

MATT TREACY: DeSantis may be the story of the US mid-terms

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https://gript.ie/desantis-may-be-the-story-of-the-us-mid-terms/

COMMENT: Would 'hate speech' censorship see Fr Sheehy locked up in jail for preaching Catholic teaching

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https://gript.ie/would-hate-speech-censorship-see-fr-sheehy-locked-up-in-jail-for-preaching-catholic-teaching/

Information provided by the National Ambulance Service (NAS) to the Independent TD for Laois-Offaly, Carol Nolan, has revealed that the Service has recorded 100 incidents of assault on its staff since January 2020.

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https://gript.ie/national-ambulance-service-notified-of-100-incidents-of-assaults-against-staff-td-says/

ON THIS DAY: 10 NOVEMBER 1879 Pádraig Mac Piarais is born

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-10-november-1879-padraig-mac-piarais-is-born-4/

Eamon Ryan says that women and LGBT people suffer more from climate change than other groups.

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https://gript.ie/ryan-women-and-gay-people-suffer-more-from-climate-change/

ON THIS DAY in 1580, a horrifying massacre of Irish, Spanish and Italian soldiers at the hands of English forces took place during the Second Desmond Rebellion in Dún an Óir in county Kerry.

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https://gript.ie/otd-10-november-1580-english-army-beheads-600-papal-soldiers-and-civilians-at-dun-an-oir/

“The elites already know that they want illegal, massive and uncontrolled immigration”: Spain’s conservative opposition party Vox has called for a national referendum on immigration.

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https://gript.ie/spanish-opposition-party-calls-for-referendum-on-immigration/

People Before Profit TD Brid Smith has said that the phrase “pro-life” is “insulting” to her, because it implies that she is “anti-life.” BEN SCALLAN says if the shoe fits…

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https://gript.ie/people-before-profit-td-the-words-pro-life-are-insulting-to-me/

The group representing the Irish tourism sector has expressed “significant concern” that the number of Ukrainians being housed in hotels could impact the industry’s financial recovery next year.

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https://gript.ie/number-of-refugees-in-hotels-is-detriment-to-tourism-says-itic/

"Sexual shaming remains one of the most common ways of shaming women, except in reverse – for some progressive men, if you’re not willing to be a sex object, there’s something wrong with you."
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https://gript.ie/lauren-boebert-and-the-good-man-problem/

JOHN MCGUIRK: SIPO made the right decision about Varadkar, but their inconsistency is hard to explain.
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https://gript.ie/varadkars-sipo-escape/

22-year-old Yousef Palani has been served with the book of evidence against him at Sligo District Court this morning.

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https://gript.ie/man-accused-of-sligo-double-murder-sent-for-trial/

“We are in the midst of the most severe crisis for private and voluntary nursing homes. An emergency situation presents,” NHI CEO Tadhg Daly said.

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https://gript.ie/pressures-on-irish-nursing-homes-not-being-realistically-addressed-by-government-nhi/

The Polish Government writes for Gript: Germany still needs to answer fully for the second world war.

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https://gript.ie/arkadiusz-mularczyk-poland-is-still-experiencing-the-effects-of-world-war-ii/