JOHN MCGUIRK: Matt Cooper is a member of the media, and the establishment, in good standing, and therefore he can, apparently, say things about immigration that you or I are not allowed to say.
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https://gript.ie/matt-cooper-declares-im-not-a-racist-but/

Protests took place in Ballymun on Saturday and Sunday after local hotels were used to house migrants, with locals saying they would not accept unvetted men in particular in their community.

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https://gript.ie/hundreds-protest-in-ballymun-as-migrant-centre-opens-without-consultation/

“In ten years all important animal life in the sea will be extinct,” Ehrlich said. “Large areas of coastline will have to be evacuated because of the stench of dead fish.”

PETER JACOBSEN writes on Paul Ehrlich

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https://gript.ie/paul-ehrlich-wrong-on-60-minutes-and-for-almost-60-years/

POLL: Do you favour HAVING a referendum to insert a right to housing into the constitution?

VOTE in our online poll and leave your comments

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https://gript.ie/poll-do-you-favour-having-a-referendum-to-insert-a-right-to-housing-into-the-constitution/

Coillte are using ‘climate change goals’ to justify selling 123,000 acres of Irish land to a British investment fund says MATT TREACY, a sort of reversal of the outcomes of the Land War.

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https://gript.ie/climate-change-a-trojan-horse-for-selling-our-coillte-lands-to-british-fund/

Independent TD for Laois-Offaly, Carol Nolan, has said that she is deeply concerned about the increasing number of representations being made to her by constituents and people in rural Ireland who are being left in planning limbo due to the inordinate delays within the An Bord Pleanála planning and appeals process.

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https://gript.ie/fallout-from-an-bord-pleanala-chaos-is-hitting-rural-home-building-applications-hard-carol-nolan/

Wicklow affordable housing scheme 'unfair as majority of units available to applicants outside the county says Independent Cllr. Joe Behan
https://gript.ie/wicklow-cllr-voices-concerns-over-fairness-of-affordable-housing-scheme-application-process/

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"I was a far-from-perfect child, but I never spoke to my parents the way I hear children (mine included) speak to their parents today."

IDA GAZZOLA writes...

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https://gript.ie/why-are-so-many-parents-today-asking-what-have-i-done-wrong/

Proposed offshore windfarms in catching areas have sparked fears among Irish fishermen, with representative bodies saying they are “not being consulted.”

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https://gript.ie/windfarms-in-catching-areas-spark-fears-among-irish-fishermen/

People from Limerick and beyond are set to protest University Hospital Limerick (UHL) after the tragic and “needless” death of a 16 year-old girl who waited up to 16 hours to be seen at the hospital’s A&E.

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https://gript.ie/people-urged-to-join-forces-and-protest-at-uhl-after-death-of-teenager-aoife-johnston/

Satirical French website Charlie Hebdo reportedly had its website hacked, potentially resulting in a dangerous data breach that could impact thousands.

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https://gript.ie/charlie-hebdo-hit-by-cyber-attack-after-mocking-iranian-leader/

The building of 30 modular homes for Ukrainian refugees in Drumnavanagh in Co. Cavan is to cost the state €8.4 million. It comes as an LDA report revealed that Ireland is paying over €100,000 more than other European countries to build each affordable home.

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https://gript.ie/30-modular-homes-for-ukrainian-refugees-to-be-built-in-cavan-at-cost-of-e8-4-million/

A poll showing that a majority of people disagree with Minister Roderic O'Gorman on teaching transgenderism in primary schools

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https://gript.ie/poll-majority-disagree-with-roderic-ogorman-on-teaching-transgenderism-in-primary-schools/

The leader of the Rural Independents group, Mattie McGrath TD, says that Ireland had more acute hospital beds in the 1980s – and that the number of acute beds per 1,000 people has fallen dramatically in the past almost 40 years.

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https://gript.ie/fewer-hospital-beds-than-in-1980-mcgrath-says-govt-ineptitude-root-cause-of-crisis/

JOHN MCGUIRK: In a country where most people have taken 3 vaccines, more people died of Covid in 2022 than in 2020. After millions were spent on these products, an inquiry into their underperformance is the least the public deserves.
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https://gript.ie/why-there-should-be-a-covid-vaccine-enquiry/

JOHN MCGUIRK: "In the context of what the Irish establishment means by “far right”, then I would wear the label proudly. Because all it means in Ireland is that you’re somebody who asks questions that the ruling class do not have answers for"
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https://gript.ie/ballymun-should-wear-the-far-right-label-with-pride/

An order is being sought to allow assets to be seized from school teacher Enoch Burke after he continued to attend Wilson Hospital School despite his suspension

https://gript.ie/breaking-school-seeks-order-for-seizure-of-enoch-burkes-assets/

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Coillte are using ‘climate change goals’ to justify selling 123,000 acres of Irish land to a British investment fund says MATT TREACY, a sort of reversal of the outcomes of the Land War.

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https://gript.ie/climate-change-a-trojan-horse-for-selling-our-coillte-lands-to-british-fund/

Sinn Féin’s support has dropped in yet another poll, and it might not be for the reason you think. Ben Scallan goes over what we know, and what might be driving this trend:

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https://gript.ie/bad-news-for-sinn-fein-as-party-drops-in-yet-another-poll/

The Irish Medical Organisation has said that the current hospital emergency cannot simply be blamed on Covid, and that there is a “very real likelihood” that patients have died due to “avoidable delays” in hospitals in recent weeks.

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https://gript.ie/imo-hospital-crisis-cannot-simply-be-blamed-on-covid/