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/

Critics of the new hate speech bill say it will stifle public debate and end equality before the law by establishing privileged ‘victims’ based on individual or group characteristics


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https://gript.ie/opponents-say-hate-speech-bill-being-rushed-through-dail-without-time-for-amendments/

A GP based in Gaoth Dobhair, Donegal, has claimed that one of the reasons for the current prevalence of streptococcus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is that children in particular were not mixing with one another during the period of the school closures that were part of the Covid-19 lockdown.

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https://gript.ie/donegal-gp-attributes-increased-child-viruses-to-impact-of-lockdown/

"We won't be bullied and ignored": East Wall residents escalate protests against migrant centre, large sections of city at standstill.

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JOHN MCGUIRK: "A cynic might suggest that there is always more political benefit to be gained from bravely and decisively passing new laws than there is in admitting that your Government has laxly allowed existing laws to go ignored."
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https://gript.ie/no-ireland-does-not-need-more-dog-control-laws/

Accusing those who question the establishment's narrative of being a 'shill' for Putin is a new twist to an old trick of demonising your critics, writes THADE ANDY

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https://gript.ie/putin-shills-the-latest-label-used-to-shut-ordinary-people-down/

JOHN MCGUIRK: Campaigners in East Wall and elsewhere are increasingly calling for a referendum on immigration - but what could such a vote look like?

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https://gript.ie/what-are-the-options-for-a-referendum-on-immigration/

Weapons sales are surging globally - but Western militaries could be about to run into serious supply chain issues going forward:

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https://gript.ie/global-arms-sales-surging-but-supply-issues-spell-trouble/

The Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) has said it is preparing for its toughest Christmas and New Year “in decades,” with its South-West branch reporting an increase in the number of calls for help from local people in counties Cork and Kerry.

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https://gript.ie/heat-or-eat-st-vincent-de-paul-prepare-for-toughest-christmas-in-decades/

BEN SCALLAN: “I wouldn’t be surprised if stubbing your toe on the sofa was due to climate change in Murphy’s mind. He can find a way to shoehorn the agenda into any conversation like a bad superpower. He’s like a rejected X-Men character.”

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https://gript.ie/murphy-asylum-seekers-in-ireland-are-fleeing-climate-change/