An Australian investment bank which previously bought an Irish windfarm development has set aside €100m to buy Irish houses, a report has claimed.

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https://gript.ie/australian-bank-sets-aside-e100m-to-buy-irish-houses-claims-report/

On New Year’s Day at 1.00 pm, an age-old tradition takes place at the 800-year-old Hook Lighthouse in County Wexford as the Dunbrody archers take part in a traditional Arrow ceremony.

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https://gript.ie/age-old-tradition-returns-to-hook-lighthouse-this-new-years-day/

FROM THE ARCHIVES

"Every year, along with the resurrection of the dreary fuss about Christmas songs, we are subjected to an annual dose of whinging about ditching the word Christmas because it, eh, has the word Christ right there in the name."

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https://gript.ie/dont-like-the-word-christmas-get-your-own-bloomin-holiday-2/

Dr MATT TREACY takes a closer look at the new Covid Panic a-brewing in China – and at those making wild predictions who have got the numbers badly wrong before.


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https://gript.ie/a-new-covid-panic-what-is-happening-in-china/

Two Romanian men who worked for an international gang which operated five cells in Ireland, have been jailed for their roles in a highly organised crime network which stole up to €24 million from victims throughout Europe.

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https://gript.ie/two-romanians-jailed-for-irish-role-in-huge-theft-network-which-cloned-websites-of-companies/

Society has become increasingly unforgiving because of cancel culture, with people harshly punished for making a mistake, the Archbishop of Canterbury has warned.

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https://gript.ie/cancel-culture-is-making-us-less-forgiving-archbishop-of-canterbury-warns/

Protesters who gathered outside Wilson’s Hospital School today said jails will be “full of Enoch Burkes in five years”


https://gript.ie/release-him-straight-away-protest-held-outside-school-of-enoch-burke/

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A man who died following a road traffic collision on the road between Tullamore and Clara in county Offaly last Thursday evening had escaped from a local nursing home just hours after being admitted.

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https://gript.ie/nursing-home-resident-killed-in-traffic-after-escaping-through-window/

Search called off after remains of woman found in River Suir

https://gript.ie/search-for-missing-waterford-woman-stood-down-as-body-recovered-from-river/

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"Far-right? I talked to the people in East Wall," says THADE ANDY. "Here's what they told me."

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https://gript.ie/i-talked-to-the-people-in-east-wall-heres-what-they-told-me/

Qatar: EU corruption accusations could harm vital energy deals

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https://gript.ie/qatar-eu-corruption-accusations-could-harm-vital-energy-deals/

A Green Party Senator has criticised RTÉ for showing too many people driving cars in its programming, complaining that climate action “is still presented as a debate.”

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https://gript.ie/green-senator-slams-rte-for-not-showing-enough-cycling-in-media/

PODCAST: We welcome a new day as Leo's time comes again; and Michael has some thoughts on alcohol.

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https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-342-a-glorious-new-dawn/

WATCH your favourite films as Gaeilge this Christmas

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https://gript.ie/watch-your-favourite-films-as-gaeilge-this-christmas-2/

If you’re interested in knowing more about Lewis’s life, Pope’s The Making of C.S. Lewis is also well worth your time.

JONATHON VAN MAREN writes

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https://gript.ie/the-reluctant-convert-christmas-with-c-s-lewis-2/

JOHN MCGUIRK writes that Jeremy Clarkson is not in trouble because of the vitriol of what he wrote, but because of who he wrote it about:
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https://gript.ie/in-defence-sort-of-of-jeremy-clarkson/

Dublin City Council is moving to buy hundreds of new homeless beds for 2023, including for families, indicating that they believe there will be a rise in homelessness next year.

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https://gript.ie/dublin-city-council-bracing-for-increased-homelessness-in-2023/

On Tuesday restaurateur Paul Treyvaud was told a climate change debate he had taken part in would not be broadcast - a day after it was announced that the production company had been given nearly €500,000 in public money under a climate action scheme. #gript

https://gript.ie/the-curiously-timed-cancellation-of-a-tv-climate-debate/

Swedish health authorities distance themselves from ‘gender affirmation’ treatment approach to under 18s experiencing gender dysphoria

https://gript.ie/swedish-health-authorities-distance-themselves-from-gender-affirmation-treatments/


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Rural TDs have described the appointment of a new Cabinet as a "smug game of musical chairs" and says that "the three governmental parties’ game of delivering lucrative jobs and perks is a million miles removed from the reality that many will face at Christmas - queuing at food banks and being unable to afford to heat their homes."

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https://gript.ie/governments-smug-game-of-musical-chairs-fails-to-deliver-a-single-new-policy/