“There is an absolutely urgent need to increase as quickly as possible both the number of disability respite beds and indeed the number of staff to make them operational and available to families,” said Deputy Nolan.

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https://gript.ie/recruitment-challenges-severely-impacting-disability-respite-services-carol-nolan/

A sobering Parliamentary report has warned that more than four million elderly people in Britain will have no children to help look after them in twenty years’ time — with the future looking “extremely hazardous” for the UK’s ageing population.

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https://gript.ie/four-million-elderly-people-will-have-no-children-to-look-after-them-within-20-years/

As Ireland considers joining a European military force, the head of NATO has a dire warning about what could happen to Western militaries if the Ukraine war continues to escalate:

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https://gript.ie/ukraine-war-may-go-horribly-wrong-says-nato-chief/

“Are we to simply dismiss the Canadian experience as something alien and abnormal? Their own assisted suicide regime as something so monstrous it could never possibly happen here? That would be a mistake. Canada must serve as a warning for Ireland”.

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https://gript.ie/canadian-paralympian-asks-for-stairlift-is-offered-assisted-suicide-instead/

JOHN MCGUIRK: When it comes to teachers, Aodhán O'Riordáin wants "a more diverse workforce".
But that's not what parents want - parents just want good teachers.
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https://gript.ie/aodhan-we-need-more-diverse-teachers-who-dont-speak-irish/

JOHN MCGUIRK on why the state funding of politics is a disaster, and we should bring back the Tent:
"Political Parties are no longer selecting candidates with you the voter in mind – they are selecting candidates with the diversity inspectors in mind."
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https://gript.ie/bring-back-the-galway-tent/

EU and IEA warn of energy shortages next winter at launch of new report recommending energy saving measures and use of low emission biogas


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https://gript.ie/eu-and-iea-warn-of-potential-energy-shortages-next-winter/

JOHN MCGUIRK: In the case of Leo Varadkar's indiscretion, as in so much, the Government's priority is to ensure that it is illegal for you to see or hear those things or arguments it fears you seeing, or hearing. They seek a new era of state censorship.


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https://gript.ie/martins-disgraceful-proposal-varadkars-law/

"This is a fascinating subject matter. The author is not alone in the feeling that there is an increase in what he calls ‘bullsh*t jobs’ in the western world, the type of jobs that feel pointless and of no real value to wider society and the economy."

DUALTA ROUGHNEEN reviews DAVID GRAEBER's book

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https://gript.ie/review-bullshit-jobs-the-rise-of-pointless-work-and-what-we-can-do-about-it-by-david-graeber/

ON THIS DAY: 13 December 1955 : Death of Grace Gifford Plunkett, Artist and Irish Republican

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-13-december-1955-death-of-grace-gifford-plunkett-artist-and-irish-republican-2/

BEN SCALLAN: “Windmills are not going to power a modern 21st century developed country. If this fusion technology ever becomes a reality, it is the only realistic solution to the government’s carbon conundrum, and they should be promoting it with all their might.”

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https://gript.ie/could-a-nuclear-fusion-breakthrough-be-the-future-of-irish-energy/

New Zealand has outlawed the sale and purchase of tobacco for future generations - though the country’s libertarian party is not happy:

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https://gript.ie/new-zealand-outlaws-tobacco-for-future-generations/

Two teenage boys have had their sentences for the attempted oral rape and sexual assault of a 14yr old girl fully suspended - do judgements like this act as a deterrent?


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https://gript.ie/why-is-being-a-teenager-an-excuse-for-attempted-rape/

"No TD was elected to tell people how to manage their betting, or their drinking, or their eating. The sooner they realise that the better. Especially given all the other exemptions they allow for a person’s private business, even when conducted in public."

MATT TREACY writes...


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https://gript.ie/gambling-bill-provides-another-outlet-for-the-new-puritans/

FACTCHECK: Does Newstalk's claim that climate change-induced extreme weather is causing increased deaths in Ireland stand up?


THADE ANDY writes

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https://gript.ie/does-newstalks-claim-that-climate-change-induced-extreme-weather-is-causing-increased-deaths-in-ireland-stand-up/

JOHN MCGUIRK reviews the plot of this year's hottest Christmas caper: The true life story of how 13 migrants fooled their way into Ireland, and then just disappeared from right under Helen McEntee's nose.
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https://gript.ie/helens-13-the-mysterious-case-of-the-missing-migrants/

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has admitted he is “nervous” that legislating for assisted suicide and euthanasia would “create an indirect pressure on older people” in Ireland.

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https://gript.ie/taoiseach-fears-assisted-suicide-would-create-indirect-pressure-on-older-people/

‘Patients may die’: Large crowds braved freezing temperatures to join protests in Navan, Drogheda, Cavan, Mullingar, Ennis, Limerick and Nenagh on Monday to protest against the deteriorating conditions in A&Es throughout Ireland.

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https://gript.ie/large-crowds-brave-freezing-cold-to-protest-ae-crisis/

Gov. DeSantis claims that the pharmaceutical industry and FDA have “refused” to release patient level data relating to covid 19 vaccines and adverse events

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https://gript.ie/florida-gov-desantis-calls-for-statewide-investigation-into-covid-vaccines/

“We are at the tipping point of a real and profound social catastrophe.”

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https://gript.ie/watch-unsustainable-immigration-pushing-us-toward-the-tipping-point-of-catastrophe-carol-nolan/

Tesla Billionaire and new Twitter CEO, Elon Musk, has hit out at what he describes as “forcing your pronouns on others when they didn’t ask” – referring to the demands from transgender activists that everybody declare whether they are male to female and sign off emails with statements on whether they ‘identify’ as she/he.

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https://gript.ie/elon-musk-slams-trend-to-force-pronouns-on-others/