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A man from Ghana, who held his ex-wife at knife-point as 10-12 Gardaí worked to free her, has been jailed for two years. https://gript.ie/motion-also-demands-ban-on-israeli-president-entering-ireland/

Sinn Féin football motion also demands ban on Israeli President entering Ireland https://gript.ie/motion-also-demands-ban-on-israeli-president-entering-ireland/

Festival organisers are “devastated” at the unforeseen liquidation of “tickets.ie” which they say has left them out of pocket to the tune of over €1,000,000 as Ken O’Flynn TD calls for “urgent intervention”. https://gript.ie/debts-unpaid-after-tickets-ie-goes-into-liquidation-say-clients/

EXCLUSIVE: Gript analysis of hundreds of submissions to the Government's security consultation found more respondents wanted to keep the Triple Lock than remove it: https://gript.ie/public-consultation-on-triple-lock-showed-support-for-policy/

"The reality is that we have peat coming from Latvia to supply our power stations that used to use turf. That is madness," said one TD, while another slams European Court of Justice as "Kangaroo Court" as Ireland faces EU court case over peat extraction: https://gript.ie/td-hits-out-at-european-kangaroo-court-over-peat-extraction/

JASON OSBORNE: The cancellation of Professor Michael Foran over an Oxford lecture series on sex and gender is evidence that the culture wars trundle on. Take note, Taoiseach. https://gript.ie/irish-prof-cancelled-at-oxford-woke-is-definitely-not-dead/

MATT TREACY: South Dublin County Council to vote on motion to prevent rezoning of sporting facilities at Coldcut - a community and sports facility. Land sold to imprisoned developer might be worth over ten times the price when developed for housing. https://gript.ie/treacy-coldcut-controversial-land-rezoning-to-be-debated-at-sdcc/

SÉAMUS CLARKE: A useful way to put the debate about inequality into perspective is to compare two major trends in modern Ireland: the steady decline of the gender pay gap and the equally steady collapse in birth rates. https://gript.ie/the-gender-pay-gap-and-the-birth-rate-a-question-of-priorities/

The Offaly TD said that the EU Migration Pact is “the crack through which chaos will enter” - while, separately, a petition seeking an opt-out or referendum on the Pact reaches almost 14,000 signatures https://gript.ie/eu-migration-pact-is-crack-through-which-chaos-will-enter/

LORCÁN MAC MATHÚNA on Caoineadh Art Uí Laoghaire: “In 1773 Eibhlín Dubh, traverses the five stages of grief fully two centuries before Elisabeth Kübler-Ross gave them their modern names. ” https://gript.ie/lorcan-mac-mathuna-the-caoineadh-that-knew-its-own-shape/

Climate change was a major focus of the Junior Certificate History exam sat by students last week, Gript can confirm. https://gript.ie/climate-change-major-focus-of-junior-cert-history-exam/

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission is warning parents and caregivers not to buy or use pillows marketed as baby sleep accessories - saying the products can cause death through suffocation or overheating. https://gript.ie/risk-of-death-from-baby-sleep-pillows-ccpc-warning/

MARIA MAYNES: Belong To has failed to answer questions about an LGBTQ+ pilot scheme it has been running in Irish primary schools, with parents saying it is impossible to find any public information about what the programme involves.  https://gript.ie/belong-to-fail-to-answer-questions-on-lgbtq-scheme-for-primary/

The Italian Senate has voted in a landslide to make parental consent mandatory for sex education, with the country's Education Minister saying this was done to "protect children from the confusion of gender propaganda": https://gript.ie/italy-makes-parental-consent-mandatory-for-sex-education/

The Italian parliament has voted in a landslide to make parental consent mandatory for sex education, with the country's Education Minister saying this was done to "protect children from the confusion of gender propaganda": https://gript.ie/italy-makes-parental-consent-mandatory-for-sex-education/

The trial of Riad Bouchaker, the Algerian man who is accused of attempting to murder three small children outside a school on Parnell Square, Dublin, almost three years ago, is due to start this morning at the Central Criminal Court. https://gript.ie/trial-of-riad-bouchaker-to-start-today/

Gardaí are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of Emily O’Connor (13) and Katelyn Rose Gill (14) who were reported missing from Newbridge, Co. Kildare on Friday 5th June 2026. The girls are believed to be in Co Wexford. https://gript.ie/missing-persons-emily-oconnor-13-and-katelyn-rose-gill-14/

Political representatives and women’s groups have been sharply critical of the decision to use the “meaningless” phrase ‘pregnant person’ instead of woman in a Leaving Certificate paper this week – with one Senator describing it as “insulting” to women. https://gript.ie/erasing-women-anger-as-leaving-cert-asks-re-pregnant-person/

MARGARET HICKEY asks 'What's the T', Norma? As in the Truth? "Norma’s glassy-eyed evasiveness in the face of Ben Scallan's persistence should trigger a wider discussion about integrity and accountability in Irish politics." https://gript.ie/margaret-hickey-whats-the-t-norma-as-in-truth/

The AI material was published in the exam despite students being banned from using the technology for most examined tasks. https://gript.ie/state-used-ai-material-for-leaving-cert-exam/