"Once again, the World Health Organisation seems less concerned with World Health, and more concerned with making sure nobody is ever open to the slightest possibility of a risk of being offended"
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https://gript.ie/who-we-have-decided-to-re-name-monkeypox/

Up to 3,000 Dutch farms near areas considered environmentally sensitive are set to be bought and shut down by the government in order to comply with EU rules.

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https://gript.ie/dutch-government-will-force-thousands-of-farms-to-shut-down-to-comply-with-eu-rules/

Australia’s Environment Minister has opposed UNESCO’s suggestion that the Great Barrier Reef is “endangered.”

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https://gript.ie/australia-opposed-to-labelling-great-barrier-reef-endangered/

Approximately half of covid fines issued in New South Wales invalidated in major Supreme Court ruling


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https://gript.ie/australia-nsw-supreme-court-cancels-over-33000-covid-fines/

A quarter of small landlords are likely to sell properties within 5 years, a new report has claimed.

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https://gript.ie/a-quarter-of-small-landlords-likely-to-sell-properties-within-5-years/

Figures to the end of October 2022, show that the number of migrants from Georgia who are claiming to be asylum seekers in Ireland has increased ten-fold in a year.


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https://gript.ie/migrants-from-georgia-claiming-asylum-in-ireland-increases-ten-fold-in-year/

After the initial ‘bondage teddy bag’ controversy, Balenciaga blames third parties for the placement of court documents relating to child pornography in a no- pulled upcoming ad campaign. But was it all really a big mistake? FATIMA GUNNING
　
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https://gript.ie/depravity-in-plain-sight-fashion-giant-balenciaga-and-the-sexualisation-of-children/

Census data released today has revealed that Christians are now a minority in England and Wales for the first time — while the number of people professing to have ‘no religion’ has increased by over 8 million in the last ten years.

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https://gript.ie/christians-a-minority-in-england-and-wales-for-first-time-uk-census-shows/

JOHN MCGUIRK: The man sentenced for child sex abuse in Kerry this week was caught, in 2016, texting underaged children asking them for naked photographs. Why was he still at liberty?

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https://gript.ie/why-was-the-kerry-paedophile-not-in-jail/

“That engagement has always thrown up very specific concerns around the fear that food producers have in terms of their capacity to be penalised for seeking a fair price for their goods.”

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https://gript.ie/new-agri-food-regulator-must-not-adopt-light-touch-approach-to-fines-and-penalties-carol-nolan/

"A new advert promoting suicide by the Canadian fashion brand, Simons, has to be seen to be believed. In an arty ocean-front set, filled with music, sanitized friends, and sunset light shows, the message of ending your life in the best fashion is hyped with a positive soundtrack and a death (sic life) affirming message."

THADE ANDY writes...

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https://gript.ie/in-canadas-dystopian-assisted-suicide-ad-death-imitates-art-imitates-death/

After initial denial US Federal Gov appointee admits to stealing woman’s luggage from an airport carousel despite not having check in luggage himself

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https://gript.ie/biden-appointee-admits-stealing-womans-luggage-from-airport/

A women’s group said a recommended reading list for school students on the national curriculum (NCCA) resources list included a book using ‘childish’ language and cartoon imagery to graphically describe how to engage in anal and oral sex. #gript

https://gript.ie/grooming-parents-in-shock-at-claim-by-womens-group-over-schools-recommended-reading-list/

JOHN MCGUIRK: "In practice this was not a "misinformation policy", but an "unapproved misinformation policy". Misinformation was fine, so long as it was the right kind."
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https://gript.ie/elon-musk-i-hereby-abolish-twitters-covid-misinformation-policy/

A special education school in Limerick is at risk of closure after it was found that the building was in such poor condition that it could not be granted a fire cert.

Minister Norma Foley was made aware of the risk of closure in January of this year.

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https://gript.ie/special-education-school-risks-closure-over-fire-safety-fears/

BEN SCALLAN: “Apparently if you object to any of these radical policies, you are causing division. Not the government turning society into a bizarro dystopia that most people find repugnant - it’s the people who complain that are the issue.”

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https://gript.ie/if-there-is-a-culture-war-in-ireland-its-being-waged-by-the-government/

"As many journalists produce reports using preferred pronouns, has not misgendering ‘female identified’ male criminals become more important than factual reporting? asks Fatima Gunning

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https://gript.ie/a-man-not-a-trans-woman-was-jailed-for-raping-and-impregnating-a-14yr-old-girl/

55 years on from his death, Kavanagh is still remembered and celebrated for various reasons, and his appeal endures to this day – with his writing particularly memorable for an ability to recount Irish life so vividly through the lens of the everyday.

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-30-november-1967-death-of-beloved-irish-poet-and-novelist-patrick-kavanagh/?fbclid=IwAR14S3hzPz4lD3qcKmj1_RfW2iCzIhni88opNwsO_56IG2A2zxPdtpD42LQ

Cathal Crowe yesterday called for a cap on refugees coming to Ireland. RTÉ accused him of being “contrary to EU law”. But were they correct, asks Dr MATT TREACY.

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https://gript.ie/cathal-crowe-and-others-are-perfectly-entitled-to-question-irelands-migrant-and-refugee-capacity/