A Dublin man has been spared jail after pleading guilty to stalking a female social media influencer into a Dublin Hotel last March.
https://gript.ie/man-who-stalked-influencer-in-dublin-hotel-avoids-jail/
https://gript.ie/man-who-stalked-influencer-in-dublin-hotel-avoids-jail/
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Man who stalked influencer in Dublin hotel avoids jail - Gript
“I don’t feel safe walking into my apartment anymore,”
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"AN OPEN THREAT": Hungarians have reacted with outrage after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested Ukrainian troops would be given Viktor Orbán's address because he refused to back a €90bn arms package:
https://gript.ie/hungarian-outrage-as-zelensky-appears-to-threaten-viktor-orban/
https://gript.ie/hungarian-outrage-as-zelensky-appears-to-threaten-viktor-orban/
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Hungarian outrage as Zelensky appears to threaten Viktor Orbán - Gript
"This is outrageous."
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JASON OSBORNE: An English teacher's concern about State-backed advice that students use ChatGPT to write poems is entirely justified.
https://gript.ie/oide-why-get-students-to-write-when-chatgpt-can-do-it-for-them/
https://gript.ie/oide-why-get-students-to-write-when-chatgpt-can-do-it-for-them/
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OIDE: Why get students to write when ChatGPT can do it for them? - Gript
JASON OSBORNE: An English teacher's concern about State-backed advice that students use ChatGPT to write poems is entirely justified.
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President Connolly's critics during the campaign feared a second Michael D. Higgins Presidency - but thus far she has issued only one, very muted, statement on foreign affairs. Is she on track to be a very traditional President after all?
https://gript.ie/presidents-silence-delights-campaign-critics/
https://gript.ie/presidents-silence-delights-campaign-critics/
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President's silence delights campaign critics - Gript
"A return to dignity"
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DAVID QUINN: Generation Z came of age during "peak woke" in the 2010's - but this is the generation now turning to religious faith and prayer at a higher rate than any in half a century:
https://gript.ie/david-quinn-religion-gen-z/
https://gript.ie/david-quinn-religion-gen-z/
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DAVID QUINN: Gen Z are bucking the trend on religion - Gript
Two Amarach polls commissioned by The Iona Institute show that Gen Z are starting to buck the trend on both parts of the island.
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LAURA PERRINS: We are watching the Irish public be gaslit by politicians in real time, blaming small business for "price gouging". Government plans to "gouge" energy prices yet again this year and takes more money off you than any petrol station does:
https://gript.ie/perrins-price-gouging-fuel/
https://gript.ie/perrins-price-gouging-fuel/
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PERRINS: The only people price-gouging on fuel are politicians - Gript
They, not the retailers, plan to increase the carbon tax further.
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A Garda operation, led by the Terenure Drugs Unit, has seized over €1.6million of controlled drugs and “disrupted sophisticated concealments” over a two day search period.
https://gript.ie/gardai-seize-over-e1-6million-in-controlled-drugs/
https://gript.ie/gardai-seize-over-e1-6million-in-controlled-drugs/
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Gardaí seize over €1.6million in controlled drugs - Gript
Cash, jewlwey, and designer goods also seized
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GERARD CASEY: No people can preserve its culture, its identity, if forced to absorb a significant number of unassimilated or unassimilable strangers. No one can say what precisely this number might be but whatever it may be, numbers matter.
https://gript.ie/casey-on-immigration-numbers-matter/
https://gript.ie/casey-on-immigration-numbers-matter/
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CASEY: On immigration, numbers matter - Gript
GERARD CASEY: No people can preserve its culture, its identity, if forced to absorb a significant number of unassimilated or unassimilable strangers. No one can say what precisely this number might be but whatever it may be, numbers matter.
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John and Sarah discuss a great week for Irish politicians, as a new war in the Middle East stopped them from having to do any Irish politics. Also: Fuel taxes, Burkes in Jail, Stephen Kerr arrested, and a quiet start for Catherine Connolly:
PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/war-what-is-it-good-for/
PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/war-what-is-it-good-for/
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War, what is it good for? - Gript
John and Sarah discuss a great week for Irish politicians, as a new war in the Middle East stopped them from having to do any Irish politics. Also: Fuel taxes, Burkes in Jail, Stephen Kerr arrested, and a quiet start for Catherine Connolly: VIDEO PODCAST…
MATT TREACY: The Ardee IPAS centre had state contracts since 2019 - though it has no publicly available planning exemption until November 2024. The wonderful universe inhabited by the Captains of Caring:
https://gript.ie/ardee-ipas-with-no-planning-has-state-contracts-since-2019/
https://gript.ie/ardee-ipas-with-no-planning-has-state-contracts-since-2019/
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Ardee IPAS with no planning has State contracts since 2019 - Gript
Banty information refused
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"Astounding": Belgium's journalism watchdog has punished a news outlet for publishing a speech by JD Vance without adding context, arguing that the public could have perceived several "racist" claims in the speech "as factual and legitimate":
https://gript.ie/media-outlet-punished-over-full-transcript-of-jd-vances-remarks/
https://gript.ie/media-outlet-punished-over-full-transcript-of-jd-vances-remarks/
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Media outlet punished over full transcript of JD Vance's remarks - Gript
Failed in its "social responsibility".
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The porn genie won’t go back in the bottle, and the people who helped it escape are mad, writes FATIMA GUNNING https://gript.ie/the-porn-genie-wont-go-back-in-the-bottle/
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The porn genie won't go back in the bottle - Gript
"Some people are just perverts"
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"We are building good momentum in Ireland": The New York Jets have announced the expansion of their Girls Flag Football League in Dublin, the first league of its kind in the country.
https://gript.ie/new-york-jets-expand-girls-flag-football-league-in-dublin/
https://gript.ie/new-york-jets-expand-girls-flag-football-league-in-dublin/
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New York Jets expand Girls Flag Football League in Dublin - Gript
The first league of its kind in Ireland
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"Astounding": Belgium's journalism watchdog has punished a news outlet for publishing a speech by JD Vance without adding context, arguing that the public could have perceived several "racist" claims in the speech "as factual and legitimate":
https://gript.ie/media-outlet-punished-over-full-transcript-of-jd-vances-remarks/
https://gript.ie/media-outlet-punished-over-full-transcript-of-jd-vances-remarks/
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Media outlet punished over full transcript of JD Vance's remarks - Gript
Failed in its "social responsibility".
The UK’s data watchdog is seeking information from Meta after reports that contractors reviewing footage from its AI smart glasses were able to view sensitive images and videos captured by users:
https://gript.ie/report-claims-contractors-saw-private-footage-from-meta-glasses/
https://gript.ie/report-claims-contractors-saw-private-footage-from-meta-glasses/
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Report claims contractors saw private footage from Meta glasses - Gript
Privacy concerns.
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Three people were killed and 54 seriously injured as a result of collisions involving a scrambler in the four year period between 2021 and 2025.
https://gript.ie/rsa-57-killed-or-seriously-injured-by-scramblers-in-four-years/
https://gript.ie/rsa-57-killed-or-seriously-injured-by-scramblers-in-four-years/
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RSA: 57 killed or seriously injured by scramblers in four years - Gript
Three people were killed and 54 seriously injured as a result of collisions involving a scrambler in the four year period between 2021 and 2025.
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A US Division One athlete, who is the son of a Latvian pro-basketball player, “lost everything” after he smuggled €381K worth of cannabis into Dublin Airport.
https://gript.ie/us-division-one-athlete-jailed-over-e381k-drugs-haul/
https://gript.ie/us-division-one-athlete-jailed-over-e381k-drugs-haul/
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US Division One athlete jailed over €381K drugs haul - Gript
"Sheltered" basketball player claimed not to know the seriousness of his offending
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LAURA PERRINS: Ruth Coppinger - and many others - owe UCD medical school an apology for the way the story of the "raped student" has been entirely twisted into something it is not. The facts paint a picture of an entirely different situation.
https://gript.ie/perrins-coppinger-ucd-student-rape-gript/
https://gript.ie/perrins-coppinger-ucd-student-rape-gript/
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PERRINS: Coppinger owes UCD an apology for student rape claims - Gript
A completely misleading version of events.
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PATRICK VINCENT: "Perhaps the most bizarre but persistent policy in our current government’s playbook is the relentless promotion of bicycles, particularly in and around Dublin City."
https://gript.ie/patrick-vincent-can-we-call-out-governments-cycling-obsession/
https://gript.ie/patrick-vincent-can-we-call-out-governments-cycling-obsession/
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PATRICK VINCENT: Can we call out Government's cycling obsession? - Gript
Perhaps the most bizarre but persistent policy in our current government’s playbook
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Cllr de Courcy said the letter - and the Minister's reply - on an asylum applicant being moved from an IPAS centre in Ballyogan to another in Clondalkin because he “had sent multiple emails threatening the life of a female staff”, beggared belief.
https://gript.ie/cllr-says-violent-asylum-seekers-simply-moved-from-ipas-to-ipas/
https://gript.ie/cllr-says-violent-asylum-seekers-simply-moved-from-ipas-to-ipas/
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Cllr says violent asylum seekers simply moved from IPAS to IPAS - Gript
The Ind Irl Cllr said that it was "shocking and unacceptable" that "threatening and violent asylum seekers were simply moved from IPAS centre to IPAS centre.
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