Conor O’Dowd, a young man with Down syndrome, has delivered a letter to the Rotunda urging them to ‘save babies’ after the master, Dr Fergal Malone, said 95% of babies with the condition were now aborted – almost double the 50% figure he gave in 2018.
https://gript.ie/watch-save-babies-young-man-with-down-syndrome-delivers-letter-to-rotunda-as-95-aborted/
https://gript.ie/watch-save-babies-young-man-with-down-syndrome-delivers-letter-to-rotunda-as-95-aborted/
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WATCH: "Save babies" - Young man with Down syndrome delivers letter to Rotunda as 95% aborted - Gript
Conor O'Dowd, a young man with Down syndrome, has delivered a letter to the Rotunda maternity hospital urging them to 'save babies' after the master, Dr Fergal Malone, said 95% of babies with the condition were now aborted - almost double the 50% figure he…
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LOOK BACK Doing silly dances while relating details of personal tragedy feels very wrong to me, but TikTok is the home of this new form of attention seeking - is it appropriate? writes Fatima Gunning
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https://gript.ie/tiktok-and-the-emergence-of-sympathy-porn-is-dignity-in-grief-outdated/
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https://gript.ie/tiktok-and-the-emergence-of-sympathy-porn-is-dignity-in-grief-outdated/
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Tiktok and the emergence of ‘Sympathy Porn’ - Is dignity in grief outdated? - Gript
Doing silly dances while relating details of personal tragedy feels very wrong to me, but TikTok is the home of this new form of attention seeking - is it appropriate? writes Fatima Gunning #gript
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Preparing the Obituaries - Pope Benedict XVI has died. DUALTA ROUGHNEEN writes on the legacy of a man who was important figure for those within the Church and outside.
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https://gript.ie/preparing-the-obituaries-pope-benedict-xvi-has-died/
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https://gript.ie/preparing-the-obituaries-pope-benedict-xvi-has-died/
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Preparing the Obituaries - Pope Benedict XVI has died - Gript
An important figure for those within the Church and outside
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ON THIS DAY: 1ST JANUARY 1577: Massacre at Mullaghmast
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ON THIS DAY: 1ST JANUARY 1577: Massacre at Mullaghmast - Gript
Clansmen and women of native Irish families were lured to discuss terms with the English at Mullaghmast, Co. Kildare.
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LOOKBACK: "A new branch of Irish historical revisionism is centred on attempts to portray Ireland as a nation of colonialists and slave traders at a time in our history when we were an occupied colony and a dispossessed people," writes DR MATT TREACY
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https://gript.ie/irelands-legacy-of-colonialism-is-not-what-it-seems/
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https://gript.ie/irelands-legacy-of-colonialism-is-not-what-it-seems/
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An insidious lie: the Irish were not a nation of slavers or colonialists - Gript
This is often a thinly-veiled attempt to reshape Ireland’s past as a means to shape Ireland’s present and future.
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LOOKBACK: "Ireland’s national curriculum body has encouraged teachers to study “crossdressing” for “erotic enjoyment,” “drag,” “gender queer” and “gender-fluid” identities as part of an “SPHE and RSE toolkit” for primary schools," BEN SCALLAN found.
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https://gript.ie/irish-primary-teachers-discouraged-from-saying-boys-girls
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https://gript.ie/irish-primary-teachers-discouraged-from-saying-boys-girls
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Irish primary teachers discouraged from saying “boys & girls” - Gript
Using picture books to help children “understand gender.”
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LOOKBACK: A Chinese police station in Capel Street? MATT TREACY reported: "According to human rights monitors the Public Security Bureau is blithely ignoring international policing conventions and is most likely in breach of international law".
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https://gript.ie/are-the-chinese-public-security-police-operating-a-station-in-dublin/
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https://gript.ie/are-the-chinese-public-security-police-operating-a-station-in-dublin/
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Are the Chinese Public Security Police operating a station in Dublin? - Gript
Capel Street
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LOOKBACK 2022: "Ruminant Livestock Methane is virtually irrelevant as a greenhouse gas. No cow, sheep, or goat has ever managed to create carbon from nothing. Methane from cattle is part of the biogenic carbon cycle which has been around since life began"
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https://gript.ie/the-great-livestock-methane-misconception
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https://gript.ie/the-great-livestock-methane-misconception
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The Great Livestock Methane Misconception - Gript
The basis of the narrative around the push to cull cattle is that cows produce methane, and that’s true. Methane is a strong greenhouse gas, and that’s also true. So, the natural conclusion is that cows are a big problem for climate change. Here’s where the…
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LOOKBACK: There was a huge reaction to the suspension & jailing of teacher Enoch Burke in a row over proscribed use of transgender pronouns 'they & them'. Mr Burke was jailed for contempt of court after an injunction was breached-and only released Dec 21
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https://gript.ie/suspended-for-refusing-to-partake-in-fantasy-strong-reactions-to-enoch-burkes-case-on-social-media/
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https://gript.ie/suspended-for-refusing-to-partake-in-fantasy-strong-reactions-to-enoch-burkes-case-on-social-media/
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"Suspended for refusing to partake in fantasy": strong reactions to Enoch Burke's case on social media - Gript
Yesterday, the Board of Management of a secondary school in Co Westmeath secured a temporary injunction from the High Court to prevent a teacher from attending at its premises or from teaching any classes while he remained suspended from his position at the…
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LOOKBACK: "The political parties would sooner stay silent in the face of this nonsense than risk being called “transphobic”. And the consequence of that is that terrible things are happening, because people are too scared to open their mouths."
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https://gript.ie/clown-island/
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Clown Island - Gript
What more is there to say?
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LOOKBACK: "Part of me thinks I shouldn’t even post this video. But are we just going to scroll on, and let our city, and our country, go down the toilet," asks NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN.
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https://gript.ie/slashed-woman-is-latest-victim-of-our-lawless-republic/
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https://gript.ie/slashed-woman-is-latest-victim-of-our-lawless-republic/
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Ireland’s An Cailín Ciúin is among fifteen films announced today on the shortlist for the ‘Best International Feature Film’ category for the 95th Oscars.
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https://gript.ie/irish-language-film-an-cailin-ciuin-shortlisted-for-oscar-best-international-feature-film/
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https://gript.ie/irish-language-film-an-cailin-ciuin-shortlisted-for-oscar-best-international-feature-film/
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Irish Language film An Cailín Ciúin shortlisted for Oscar Best International Feature Film - Gript
The film will now go on to the next stage of the Oscar nominations where members of the Academy
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Gardai in Killarney have arrested another four men as part of an investigation into a stabbing spree at Hotel Killarney where 400 migrants claiming asylum are currently being housed.
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https://gript.ie/4-more-arrested-after-stabbing-at-killarney-migrant-centre/
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https://gript.ie/4-more-arrested-after-stabbing-at-killarney-migrant-centre/
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4 more arrested after stabbing at Killarney migrant centre - Gript
Gardai in Killarney have arrested another four men as part of an investigation into a stabbing spree at Hotel Killarney where 400 migrants are currently being housed as part of the asylum application process.
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Young mothers in Hungary will be offered zero percent income tax for life under a new scheme to boost national birthrates. Here’s who can qualify:
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https://gript.ie/hungary-exempts-mothers-under-30-from-income-tax/
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https://gript.ie/hungary-exempts-mothers-under-30-from-income-tax/
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Hungary exempts mothers under 30 from income tax - Gript
“Family-friendly policies.”
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The story of Donal Rogers and his little dog Kim came to a tragic end after Rogers (85) was found dead on Christmas Day. Fatima Gunning, who broke the story, recounts her experience with the pair who fought so hard to stay together.
https://gript.ie/donal-and-kim-the-tragic-end-to-a-battle-fought-from-the-heart/
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https://gript.ie/donal-and-kim-the-tragic-end-to-a-battle-fought-from-the-heart/
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Donal and Kim: The Tragic End to a Battle fought from the Heart - Gript
The story of Donal Rogers and his little dog Kim came to a tragic end after Rogers (85) was found dead on Christmas Day.
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The HSE has urged the public to consider all of their options before attending emergency departments in the coming period due to “chronic and persistent overcrowding” at some hospitals.
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https://gript.ie/hse-consider-all-alternatives-before-coming-to-emergency-departments/
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https://gript.ie/hse-consider-all-alternatives-before-coming-to-emergency-departments/
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HSE: Consider all alternatives before coming to emergency departments - Gript
"One of the busiest ever periods experienced by the health service."
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The Green Party has been accused of engaging in "dangerous misinformation and indoctrination" after Minister Roderic O'Gorman insisted that primary school children should be taught about transgender issues.
https://gript.ie/dangerous-misinformation-anger-at-ministers-transgender-plans-for-primary-schools/
https://gript.ie/dangerous-misinformation-anger-at-ministers-transgender-plans-for-primary-schools/
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"Dangerous misinformation": Anger at Minister's transgender plans for PRIMARY schools - Gript
Parents, and women's groups, have sharply criticised Roderic O'Gorman and the Green Party after the Minister insisted that "transgender issues" should be part of the primary school curriculum, despite growing concern at the harmful nature of some schools…
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Anthony Coughlan makes an important point, writes MATT TREACY – and while the state wants to only focus on the benefits of the EU, an honest reflection would also consider what was lost.
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https://gript.ie/a-real-debate-would-also-look-at-what-we-lost-when-we-joined-the-eu/
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https://gript.ie/a-real-debate-would-also-look-at-what-we-lost-when-we-joined-the-eu/
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A real debate would also look at what we lost when we joined the EU - Gript
EU Groupies
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More than 100,000 mourners have passed through St Peter’s Basilica since yesterday morning to pay respect to the late Pope Benedict XVI.
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https://gript.ie/100000-pay-respect-to-pope-benedict-since-yesterday-morning
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https://gript.ie/100000-pay-respect-to-pope-benedict-since-yesterday-morning
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100,000 pay respect to Pope Benedict since yesterday morning - Gript
More than 100,000 mourners have passed through St Peter's Basilica since yesterday morning to the late Pope Benedict XVI. The crowds so far have exceeded expectations.
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The HSE and Health Minister Stephen Donnelly must be brought before the Health Committee immediately, Meath West TD and Chairperson of the Save Navan Hospital Campaign, Peadar Tóibín has said.
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https://gript.ie/hse-and-health-minister-must-be-brought-before-health-committee-immediately-toibin/
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https://gript.ie/hse-and-health-minister-must-be-brought-before-health-committee-immediately-toibin/
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HSE and Health Minister must be brought before Health Committee immediately - Tóibín - Gript
People ‘afraid to visit hospitals’
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