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The EU Migration Pact has been “buried conveniently” and is “being guillotined,” the Dáil has heard, ahead of a five-hour debate to take place on the legislation next week. https://gript.ie/eu-migration-pact-has-been-buried-conveniently-ahead-of-debate-next-week-dail-hears/
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The media storm surrounding a Dublin parish’s decision to cancel a gay choir has raised questions about religious freedom and the most important form of diversity: diversity of opinion. https://gript.ie/there-is-pressure-on-the-church-to-kneel-and-it-isnt-coming-from-the-pews/
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“You will change your mind”: Supermodel Naomi Campbell has expressed concern that young women today are not having children, saying that the experience of being a Mum is “worth it”. https://gript.ie/naomi-campbell-concerned-young-women-arent-having-children/
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An English language student who climbed into the bed of a 79-year-old woman and sexually assaulted her after drinking alcohol for the first time has been given a suspended sentence.  https://gript.ie/english-language-student-who-sexually-assaulted-landlady-gets-suspended-sentence/
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Daily allowances, travel expenses, and golden parachutes: with a clatter of new MEPs heading off to the European Parliament, here’s the eye-watering amount each will be paid, including the extra perks and benefits available: https://gript.ie/how-much-money-do-meps-actually-make/
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A dramatic couple of weeks on the EU's eastern border went largely unnoticed as a result of the elections, as a Polish soldier died of his injuries after trying to stop a group of migrants from forcing their way across the border from Belarus. https://gript.ie/europes-eastern-border-faces-renewed-assault-as-the-continent-looks-inward/
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"Predatory" Dublin taxi driver, Raymond Shorten has been found guilty of raping two young female passengers in the back of his taxi in separate incidents in 2022. Both women, aged 19 and 20 at the time, had found themselves in the taxi after nights out. https://gript.ie/predatory-dublin-taxi-driver-found-guilty-of-rape-of-two-women-in-back-of-his-car/
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Your chance to weigh in on Ireland’s new primary school draft curriculum is about to end, with the consultation closing very soon: https://gript.ie/last-chance-to-have-your-say-on-the-proposed-primary-draft-curriculum/
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A Donegal man caused 18k+ of damage to his ex’s house, Romanian man accused of stealing pricy booze, former scout leader jailed for sexual abuse of 5 boys and more. https://gript.ie/the-week-in-crime-sexual-abuse-shoplifting-18k-damage-done-to-house-and-assault/
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Two American tourists in their sixties were repeatedly punched and threatened with rape and murder in a "frenzied" attack in an elevator of a hotel in central Dublin, the Central Criminal Court has heard. https://gript.ie/two-us-tourists-in-their-sixties-punched-and-threatened-with-rape-and-murder-in-dublin-elevator/
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NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN: After 4 nail-biting recounts, an elimination, and a final transfer of votes, Tom McDonnell emerged with Tricolour flying in the Battle of Newbridge - and has been busy on the airwaves since. https://gript.ie/tom-mcdonnell-emerges-with-tricolour-flying-in-the-nail-biting-battle-of-newbridge/
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https://youtu.be/szfMx0lU7i4?si=Wlk1ln1vNQ5cJKZo
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MATT TREACY deconstructs the phrase used by a disappointed Sinn Féin candidate to describe her opponents.  https://gript.ie/a-disappointed-sinn-fein-candidate-rounds-on-opponents-as-trad-cath-fascists/
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PODCAST: John McGuirk talks to co-host Sarah Ryan about what it was like to spend 3 days at the RDS, only to come out on the losing side; what the elections might mean for the future of a “right” in Ireland; and why Holly Cairns has something to be sorry for. https://gript.ie/podcasts/licking-her-wounds/
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The Fingal plant will cost €150 million and is effectively a backup generator to renewables - with an exorbitant electricity price per KWh. This strategy has caused electricity prices to soar in Germany – so why is Ireland blindly following, asks THADY ANDY. https://gript.ie/the-fingal-plant-and-the-hidden-costs-of-renewable-energy/
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As around 150 Ratoath locals gather to protest against proposed asylum accommodation in Thornton Hall, local Councillor Gillian Toole says that people are concerned that they'll be forced to "compete" with new arrivals for access to GPs, A&E spaces and social housing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3tgpiS6NAI
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Unsuccessful MEP candidate for the Social Democrats, Sinéad Gibney, has said she personally lost €20,000 in her failed election bid. The former IHREC chief missed the threshold for reimbursement of campaign expenses by just 440 votes. https://gript.ie/sinead-gibney-says-she-lost-e20000-in-european-election-campaign-how-did-other-candidates-fare/
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BREAKING: Mick Wallace has lost his seat in Ireland South, as Independent Michael McNamara is elected on the last count. https://gript.ie/wallace-loses-seat-as-mcnamara-elected-on-last-count/
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Ireland has been ranked as the number one worst EU country for drug deaths in new data released this week, in a trend which the Department of Health has described as “a serious public health concern.” https://gript.ie/increased-drug-deaths-a-serious-public-health-concern-department-says/
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A seminar on the life and works of the late writer and philosopher Desmond Fennell will take place in Dublin tomorrow. Speakers include: Professor Jerry White; Toner Quinn, who edited ‘Desmond Fennell: His Life and Works;’ and the writer James Bradshaw. https://gript.ie/seminar-on-desmond-fennell-to-take-place-in-dublin-on-june-14th/
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BEN SCALLAN: Two months ago, I submitted an FOI request to the Department of Equality seeking info on the referendums. The request was rejected on the basis that the records were being published "shortly". Over a month later, around 8% have been released: https://gript.ie/why-does-the-department-seem-to-be-slow-walking-referendum-info/
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BEN SCALLAN: “It is simply not good enough to fob off a journalist’s FOI request by telling him ‘The records are coming shortly’, and then proceed to release 8% of it in the space of 2 months. Has the diversity drive in the Department extended to hiring snails?” https://gript.ie/why-does-the-department-seem-to-be-slow-walking-referendum-info/
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sizeable number of first preference votes that candidates associated with The Left Group in the European Parliament earned is better explained by factors other than a significant leftist presence in Ireland. https://gript.ie/analysis-an-appetite-for-the-left-in-ireland-is-the-wrong-explanation-of-the-left-groups-first-preference-success/
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MATT TREACY on the state of play in Ireland South after the distribution of Derek Blighe’s 38,625 votes in Ireland South. Will Mick Wallace lose out?  https://gript.ie/will-ireland-south-see-loss-of-mick-wallace-despite-big-anti-establishment-blighe-transfer/
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Well-known Derry GP and former councillor, Dr Anne McCloskey, has been jailed for refusing to pay a Covid fine, which was handed down after she spoke at an anti-lockdown rally. https://gript.ie/derry-gp-dr-anne-mccloskey-jailed-for-refusing-to-pay-covid-fine/
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"The aggressive funding and promotion of mass delusion": Students at University College Cork can claim chest binders under a Students Union Social Transition Fund which gives money to students who wish to socially transition to the opposite sex." #premium https://gript.ie/students-can-claim-free-chest-binders-under-ucc-su-social-transition-fund/
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JOHN McGUIRK: "Spare a thought for the candidate who was frankly surprised when one box was opened, and he received only three votes in it in total. It was the box his own grandparents, and two uncles, and their wives, voted in. That'll be awkward". https://gript.ie/premium-the-weekly-roundup-stop-the-count-edition/
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“Outrageous” says TD Mattie McGrath as Tipperary man faces jail over mobile home while government erects modular homes for Ukrainians without planning permission nearby. https://gript.ie/tipperary-man-sean-meehan-refused-permission-for-retention-on-mobile-home/
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Enoch Burke has lost his defamation action against the publishers of the Sunday Independent, after a High Court judge ruled that while the article contained 7 untrue paragraphs about him, it did not and could not have injured his reputation. https://gript.ie/enoch-burke-loses-defamation-case-against-publishers-of-sunday-independent/
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A Dublin city centre parish has cancelled a concert by a gay choir after learning that the event was in essence a Pride event rather than a choral recital. https://gript.ie/dublin-church-cancels-choir-performance-after-learning-it-was-a-pride-related-event/
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MATT TREACY: As the count in Midlands North West continues, this is my possibly  wildly inaccurate guesstimate of where things might end up. https://gript.ie/midlands-north-west-to-go-down-to-wire-mullooly-possibly-best-placed-for-5th-seat/
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Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael increasingly look like a unified monolith, writes JOHN McGUIRK. Might a figure such as Michael McDowell give Independent Ireland both a policy focus and national leadership: https://gript.ie/is-irish-politics-ripe-for-a-mcdowell-moment/
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The Minister for Justice has told Carol Nolan TD that “there is no category” in the PULSE computer system used by gardaí that “explicitly records the number of attempted child abductions”. https://gript.ie/no-category-in-garda-system-that-records-number-of-attempted-child-abductions/
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A man has been charged in relation to a fire which “destroyed” 5 mummified remains at St. Michan’s Church, Dublin including the 800-year-old remains of a figure known as ‘The Crusader’. https://gript.ie/man-appears-in-court-charged-with-destroying-historical-remains/
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LORCAN MAC MATHÚNA on what Dr. Gabor Maté - a trauma expert who will speak in the RDS later this month and who has written about the importance of attachment between parent and child - could tell us about rising levels of alienation. https://gript.ie/hold-onto-your-kids-a-psychologists-answer-to-the-culture-of-alienation/
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“It all depends on how strong we are at the negotiating table”: Independent Ireland leader Michael Collins has said that the party will be trying to go into coalition after the next general election - on certain conditions: https://gript.ie/independent-ireland-will-try-to-form-coalition-government-after-next-election/
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LAURA PERRINS: If a western woman just said about Middle Eastern culture what the European Court of Justice has just said about Middle Eastern culture, she would be accused of hate speech. She would also be right: https://gript.ie/perrins-the-ecjs-accidental-admission-about-the-middle-east/
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Italian media is reporting that Pope Francis has once again used a slang term against gay people in a closed-door meeting, just weeks after issuing an apology for using the same phrase in another meeting. https://gript.ie/pope-francis-repeats-gay-slur-in-closed-door-meeting-italian-media-reports/
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Senator Rónán Mullen has called for “careful and determined scrutiny” on the government’s Surrogacy and Assisted Human Reproduction Bill, telling the Seanad that the rights of women, especially poorer ones, "must be spoken up for." https://gript.ie/surrogacy-and-ahr-bill-enables-exploitation-experimentation-on-human-embryos-seanad-hears/
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The EU Migration Pact has been “buried conveniently” and is “being guillotined,” the Dáil has heard, ahead of a five-hour debate to take place on the legislation next week. https://gript.ie/eu-migration-pact-has-been-buried-conveniently-ahead-of-debate-next-week-dail-hears/
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EU Migration Pact has been “buried conveniently” ahead of debate next week, Dáil hears - Gript

“Guillotined”

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The media storm surrounding a Dublin parish’s decision to cancel a gay choir has raised questions about religious freedom and the most important form of diversity: diversity of opinion. https://gript.ie/there-is-pressure-on-the-church-to-kneel-and-it-isnt-coming-from-the-pews/
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There is pressure on the Church to kneel, and it isn’t coming from the pews - Gript

The media storm surrounding a Dublin parish’s decision to cancel a gay choir has raised questions about religious freedom and the most important form of diversity: diversity of opinion.

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“You will change your mind”: Supermodel Naomi Campbell has expressed concern that young women today are not having children, saying that the experience of being a Mum is “worth it”. https://gript.ie/naomi-campbell-concerned-young-women-arent-having-children/
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Naomi Campbell concerned young women aren’t having children - Gript

“I understand economically it is tough.”

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An English language student who climbed into the bed of a 79-year-old woman and sexually assaulted her after drinking alcohol for the first time has been given a suspended sentence.  https://gript.ie/english-language-student-who-sexually-assaulted-landlady-gets-suspended-sentence/
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English language student who sexually assaulted landlady gets suspended sentence - Gript

Unlikely to reoffend

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Daily allowances, travel expenses, and golden parachutes: with a clatter of new MEPs heading off to the European Parliament, here’s the eye-watering amount each will be paid, including the extra perks and benefits available: https://gript.ie/how-much-money-do-meps-actually-make/
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How much money do MEPs actually make? - Gript

Probably more than you think.

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A dramatic couple of weeks on the EU's eastern border went largely unnoticed as a result of the elections, as a Polish soldier died of his injuries after trying to stop a group of migrants from forcing their way across the border from Belarus. https://gript.ie/europes-eastern-border-faces-renewed-assault-as-the-continent-looks-inward/
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Europe’s eastern border faces renewed assault as the continent looks inward - Gript

A dramatic couple of weeks on the EU's eastern border went largely unnoticed as a result of the elections, as a Polish soldier died of his injuries after trying to stop a group of migrants from forcing their way across the border from Belarus.

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"Predatory" Dublin taxi driver, Raymond Shorten has been found guilty of raping two young female passengers in the back of his taxi in separate incidents in 2022. Both women, aged 19 and 20 at the time, had found themselves in the taxi after nights out. https://gript.ie/predatory-dublin-taxi-driver-found-guilty-of-rape-of-two-women-in-back-of-his-car/
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‘Predatory’ Dublin taxi driver found guilty of rape of two women in back of his car - Gript

Jury reaches verdict

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Your chance to weigh in on Ireland’s new primary school draft curriculum is about to end, with the consultation closing very soon: https://gript.ie/last-chance-to-have-your-say-on-the-proposed-primary-draft-curriculum/
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Last chance to have your say on the proposed primary draft curriculum - Gript

Closing imminently.

A Donegal man caused 18k+ of damage to his ex’s house, Romanian man accused of stealing pricy booze, former scout leader jailed for sexual abuse of 5 boys and more. https://gript.ie/the-week-in-crime-sexual-abuse-shoplifting-18k-damage-done-to-house-and-assault/
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The week in crime: Sexual abuse, shoplifting, 18k damage done to house, and assault. - Gript

Cases that came before the courts.

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Two American tourists in their sixties were repeatedly punched and threatened with rape and murder in a "frenzied" attack in an elevator of a hotel in central Dublin, the Central Criminal Court has heard. https://gript.ie/two-us-tourists-in-their-sixties-punched-and-threatened-with-rape-and-murder-in-dublin-elevator/
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Two US tourists in their sixties punched and threatened with rape and murder in Dublin elevator - Gript

Unprovoked attack

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