BEN SCALLAN: “It turns out that the difference between an extreme far-right position and an Irish government position is around 6 months.”

#gript

https://gript.ie/todays-far-right-policies-are-tomorrows-government-policies/

One lucky country has just discovered Europe’s largest rare earth mineral deposit, putting them in a solid bargaining position and strengthening the EU’s resource independence.

#gript

https://gript.ie/mining-company-finds-europes-largest-rare-earth-mineral-deposit/

Two female Gardaí have been described as heroic after the quick thinking pair jumped into action to save the life of a baby girl

https://gript.ie/heroic-gardai-in-co-meath-save-baby-girl-by-performing-cpc/

#gript

JOHN MCGUIRK: "The school now seeks that Enoch Burke be punished further, in effect if not in intent, by having the court take something other than the facts of a case before it into account in arriving at its judgment."
#gript
https://gript.ie/the-strange-enoch-burke-argument-aired-in-open-court/

A priest has spoken out about what he says is a “fraudster” using his name and photos on an imposter social media account asking for money.⁠
⁠
#gript. https://gript.ie/west-belfast-priest-warns-of-fake-twitter-account-using-his-name-to-get-money/

In a letter to the Biden White House, Facebook admitted that it had censored and removed content that did not contain misinformation, and was true in fact, in order to suppress public concern about the Covid Vaccines. JOHN MCGUIRK reacts:
#GRIPT
https://gript.ie/facebook-reveals-we-censored-true-content-about-covid-vaccines/

PODCAST: CORMAC LUCEY joins John and David to discuss the unfixable Irish health service, the resignation of Damien English, and the “shift in the national mood” over immigration. #gript

https://gript.ie/podcasts/the-week-that-really-was-12-the-health-service-a-black-hole-for-money/

The Laois-Offaly TD said she will be exploring her options with respect to bringing forward a no confidence motion on the matter at the earliest opportunity.

#gript

https://gript.ie/td-says-its-time-to-dump-donnelly-and-deliver-political-accountability/

“How did a Strep A infection go unnoticed, when health officials were warning parents up and down the country to look out for symptoms amid a rise in cases? How could a family, who should have felt so safe and protected in an Irish hospital, have been so catastrophically let down?”

#gript

https://gript.ie/her-name-was-ahana-singh-and-she-died-because-of-our-broken-beleaguered-hse/

A 50-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the gruesome murder of Maud Coffey in Ashtown in Dublin.

#gript


https://gript.ie/man-charged-with-murder-of-woman-in-ashtown/

“Thankfully while most of us will never see the inside of a jail cell, much less be locked up in one for more than 400 days on horrible charges of which we are innocent, Cardinal Pell teaches us how to react to circumstances in which we find ourselves: never give in to despair”.

#gript

https://gript.ie/for-whom-the-pell-tolls/

During a recent seminar for physicians working in assisted suicide, the abortion doctor, who also works with Dying with Dignity Canada, boasted about helping a man to end his life after he failed to qualify for MAiD (medical assistance in dying).

#gript

https://gript.ie/canadian-abortion-doctor-boasts-of-euthanising-man-incapable-of-choosing-assisted-suicide-himself/

A doctors’ conference will hear that ‘The Future of Medicine is Pro-Life’ as speakers address initiatives such as abortion pill reversal, and legal and medical advocacy for pregnant women and their babies.

#gript

https://gript.ie/doctors-conference-to-hear-future-of-medicine-is-pro-life/

Gazing into Africa’s 2023 crystal ball

MATHEW OTIENO writes

#gript

https://gript.ie/gazing-into-africas-2023-crystal-ball/

"Will you commit to resigning?": Minister Paschal Donohoe refuses to say whether he would step down if a SIPO investigation found against him.

#gript

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlPFDX4i4W8

“The working man without bread has no choice”: The Cardinal who supported social justice and worker’s rights

MATT TREACY writes on the Cardinal whose anniversary occurred yesterday

#gript

https://gript.ie/the-working-man-without-bread-has-no-choice-the-cardinal-who-supported-social-justice-and-workers-rights-3/

The Department of Justice has notified the Oireachtas concerning EU proposals relating to new mandatory and streamlined Advance Passenger Information (API) data collection for the purposes of border management and combating illegal and irregular immigration on all flights entering the Union.

#gript

https://gript.ie/eu-to-introduce-mandatory-data-collection-to-combat-illegal-immigration-on-flights/

KURT MAHLBURG : "Following years of public self-pity from Harry and Meghan, the title chosen by the Duke of Sussex for his newly-released autobiography, Spare, needs little interpretation. But just how long a bow Prince Harry draws with this imagery is something to behold."

#gript

https://gript.ie/spare-us-your-royal-highness-victimhood-is-a-poor-look-for-a-prince/

A French town which wishes to retain a statue of the Virgin Mary has been ordered to remove it by a French Court after a complaint by a secular campaigning organisation.

#gript

https://gript.ie/court-orders-town-to-remove-statue-of-mary-mother-of-god/