JOHN MCGUIRK: If a video emerged of, hypothetically, a Roman Catholic Bishop engaged in a bit of snogging in a nightclub, it is fair to say that there would be no media vow of omerta. Do politicians benefit from a double standard?

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https://gript.ie/should-political-private-lives-be-off-limits/

An Irish huntsman has pleaded guilty to using dogs to hunt foxes in violation of the UK’s regulations on the blood sport


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https://gript.ie/fox-hunting-text-messages-reveal-mans-involvement-in-illegal-blood-sport/

‘Scapegoats’: Teachers across the country have voiced opposition and disbelief in response to reports that Education Minister Norma Foley is considering suspending career breaks as part of urgent measures to tackle staff shortages.

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https://gript.ie/teachers-respond-as-its-revealed-dept-of-education-is-considering-axing-career-breaks/

As Enoch Burke remains in jail 3 months on, Fatima Gunning, who has personal experience of the matter, asks if it’s just or fair to give theoretical life sentences in cases of civil contempt?

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The UK Supreme Court has ruled that a bill to outlaw pro-life protests outside abortion facilities, hospitals and health clinics in Northern Ireland is lawful. The ruling is “a travesty of justice,” according to pro-life group Precious Life.

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https://gript.ie/supreme-court-rules-that-bill-to-ban-pro-life-outreach-at-abortion-facilities-in-ni-is-lawful/

Prof Des O'Neill, one of the country's best known geriatricians has called for an urgent rethink of nursing home to best support quality of life and infection control for older people.

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https://gript.ie/prof-des-oneill-calls-for-urgent-rethink-of-nursing-homes-design-says-many-will-end-life-there/

BEN SCALLAN: “It’s obvious that thousands of people wilfully destroying their papers to obscure their past from authorities have something to hide and should be deported…this is the policy of a country which has lost its mind.”

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https://gript.ie/if-you-arrive-with-no-travel-papers-you-should-be-deported-duh/

In a statement issued today, the East Wall Protest Committee responded to the arrival of more people into the accommodation centre on East Wall Road by stating that they will not be holding any more meetings with political representatives until the Government accedes to the demand to close the premises.

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https://gript.ie/east-wall-residents-break-contact-with-government-over-new-arrivals-at-accommodation-centre/

Three people have been arrested over a suspected human smuggling operation allegedly abusing Ireland’s Common Travel Area.

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https://gript.ie/three-arrested-over-suspected-human-smuggling-operation/

The head of the UN has slammed humanity as a “weapon of mass extinction,” echoing similar statements by top Irish WHO officials who have described humanity as “parasites” and “pollution”.

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https://gript.ie/un-chief-slams-humans-as-a-weapon-of-mass-extinction/

JOHN MCGUIRK on plan that "wouldn’t have ever seen the light of day, had we a Minister for Education with the ability to stand up to her own officials."

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https://gript.ie/norma-foleys-madcap-career-break-plan/

Concerns for a looming recession in the U.S. continue to mount up with the latest supply chain data showing that that manufacturing orders from China to America are down a staggering 40%.

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https://gript.ie/recession-ahoy-collapse-in-u-s-manufacturing-orders-from-china/

Teenagers who lived through the Covid lockdown seem to have prematurely aged brains - with research finding that their brains were more typical of individuals who were older or who had experienced 'significant adversity'.

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https://gript.ie/covid-lockdown-seems-to-have-prematurely-aged-brains-of-teenagers-new-study-suggests/

"And so, it all seems just sort of wacky. What did they think would happen, had they successfully executed phase one of the plan, and deposed the
German Government?"

JOHN MCGUIRK on the plot to restore the Kaiser, and his sympathy for it in principle:


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https://gript.ie/the-glorious-german-plot-to-restore-the-kaiser/

People gathered in Dublin to discuss the implications of Helen McEntee’s hate speech law. Speakers include Senator Sharon Keogan and Prof. Gerard Casey and Mattie McGrath TD. Organised by Free Speech Ireland the proposed law has been described as “chilling”

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https://gript.ie/gallery-free-speech-ireland-meeting/

FATIMA GUNNING writes - "As a mixed race person myself, I can’t help but think that feeling offended by questions about ones origins is a sign of personal insecurity"

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https://gript.ie/unlike-roisin-ingle-i-will-still-ask-people-where-theyre-from/

The HSE has said that in some instances where a decision has not been made by the woman in regard to the disposal of the remains of an aborted baby, the body will be dealt with "in line with hospital healthcare risk waste disposal policies".

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https://gript.ie/hse-some-aborted-babies-remains-come-under-waste-disposal-policies/

Ireland’s lowest income workers must now work twice as long to buy a bag of coal compared to ten years ago, with other types of fuel also becoming less affordable.

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https://gript.ie/fuel-far-less-affordable-to-irelands-poor-than-it-was-10-years-ago/