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/

Minister Roderick O’Gorman, has refused to disclose if there are plans for asylum or private accommodation to be contracted by his Department at Mount Merrion, Dalkey, Sandycove, Foxrock, Sandymount, Dún Laoghaire, and Blackrock.

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https://gript.ie/minister-refuses-to-confirm-if-asylum-accommodation-planned-for-wealthy-dublin-locations/

COLUMN: "‘Happy Holidays’. The greeting is ubiquitous in the run up to Christmas these days. From some, it is a well meaning, if misled, intention to be inclusive. It isn’t clear who is wished to be included in the Christmas season that is not already there. From others however, it is a deliberate snub of the Christian tradition hidden behind this false veil of inclusion."

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https://gript.ie/this-christmas-i-dont-want-to-have-happy-holidays-2/

"The IFA have offered a number of serious, credible and proportionate amendments to this Bill, but they have all been dismissed."

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https://gript.ie/an-unamended-water-abstraction-bill-will-give-the-minister-the-whip-hand-over-farmers-carol-nolan/

"My suggested solution: Instead of justifying or encouraging suicide in terms of saving health care dollars, Canadians should demand their government cut frivolous spending—and redirect it to people who actually need it to live."

HENDRIK VAN DER BREGGEN writes...

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https://gript.ie/canadas-government-should-help-canadians-live-not-help-kill-them/

Remembering Kilkennys Hurling and Camogie heros

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https://gript.ie/yulefest-kilkenny-kilkennys-christmas-festival-presents-a-special-photographic-exhibition-in-stathams-cafe-at-pembroke-kilkenny/

Women who were moved from a hotel in north Dublin to the controversial migrant centre in East Wall have said that they were being watched by men, who are also staying in the asylum centre, while they were showering in communal showers, and that they feel frightened and unsafe.

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https://gript.ie/women-brought-to-east-wall-migrant-centre-say-men-watching-them-in-communal-shower/

On this night, 11th December 1920, the Black and Tans burnt Cork City Centre with a devastating series of fires that swept through the city centre; looted businesses, assaulted firefighters and shot at the local population.

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-11-december-1920-the-burning-of-cork-city-by-black-and-tans-3/

French pro-choice politicians try to bypass the people to amend the constitution

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https://gript.ie/french-pro-choice-politicians-try-to-bypass-the-people-to-amend-the-constitution/

“More hope of spotting a white whale than a fuel subsidy scheme for the fishing sector.” Michael Collins, Independent TD

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https://gript.ie/more-hope-of-spotting-a-white-whale-than-a-fuel-subsidy-scheme-for-the-fishing-sector-michael-collins/