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.

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

Gazing into Africa’s 2023 crystal ball

MATHEW OTIENO writes

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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.

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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

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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.

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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."

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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.

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

ON THIS DAY: 15 JANUARY 1921: Homelessness in Dublin becoming more acute

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-15-january-1921-homelessness-in-dublin-becoming-more-acute-2/

A Catholic diocese has spoken of their shock and horror after a priest was burned to death on Sunday after bandits set fire to his parish rectory in northern Nigeria.

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https://gript.ie/horror-as-catholic-priest-burned-to-death-in-nigeria/

JOHN MCGUIRK: "Instead of being told what these people actually want, you are told by a serious looking chap in a uniform to fear them, and to not consider their arguments.

Who is really trying to scare the public?"

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https://gript.ie/drew-harriss-sinister-blabber/

“Those who argue that these people ought not be in direct provision are correct. They most likely ought not be in the country at all,” writes MATT TREACY

"Ireland rejected over 80% of applications by people from Zimbabwe but they all seem to stay anyway."

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https://gript.ie/new-figures-underline-what-a-farce-irelands-asylum-system-is/

JOHN MCGUIRK: One need only look at the broader culture, and what liberals are willing to promote and tolerate, to realise that the great Andrew Tate panic isn't really about his views on women.
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https://gript.ie/the-irish-medias-hypocritical-andrew-tate-panic/

The EU is to introduce mandatory data collection to combat illegal immigration on flights

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

A Scottish serial rapist, who targeted victims in toilets and changing rooms, is reportedly hoping to be transferred to a women’s prison after allegedly changing his name from Jonathon to Charlene #gript

https://gript.ie/serial-rapist-who-changed-name-to-charlene-seeks-transfer-to-womens-prison/

British PM Rishi Sunak says the right to protest is ‘not absolute’ ahead of legislation to amend the Public Order Bill

https://gript.ie/british-pm-rishi-sunak-says-right-to-protest-not-absolute-ahead-of-new-legislation/

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BEN SCALLAN: “You wouldn’t offer to let a guy crash on your couch while he’s unemployed, and then expect him to still be there 20 years later. That wasn’t the deal. Yet it's exactly what the government expects you to accept regarding Ukraine.”

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https://gript.ie/offering-ukrainian-refugees-irish-citizenship-is-a-recipe-for-disaster/

Ireland has experienced a large spike in excess deaths which is not primarily due to the Covid-19 virus, new estimates released this week indicate.

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https://gript.ie/huge-spike-in-excess-deaths-not-attributable-to-covid/

ON THIS DAY in 1909, 114 years ago: Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton’s expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.

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https://gript.ie/otd-16-january-1909-irishman-ernest-shackletons-expedition-discovers-the-south-pole/

Medics must speak with one voice on the need to uphold and strengthen freedom of conscience, and to ensure that no-one is compelled to perform an abortion, a conference organised by Doctors For Life has heard.

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https://gript.ie/medics-must-speak-with-one-voice-on-upholding-freedom-of-conscience-conference-hears/

A Romanian who violently raped a teenager with a mild intellectual disability, and then imprisoned her and raped her twice more, was given an extraordinarily lenient sentence because he can't speak English, the Court of Appeal has heard.

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https://gript.ie/romanian-rapist-given-extraordinarily-lenient-sentence-as-he-didnt-speak-english-court-of-appeal-in-dublin-hears/

JOHN MCGUIRK: Believe it or not, under the Oxfam definition of "poverty", poverty can be eliminated simply by making rich people poorer, lowering the average income and doing literally nothing else.
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https://gript.ie/about-that-annually-misleading-oxfam-poverty-report/