The Labour Party were in Government when CETA was negotiated. Now they'll vote against it. Meanwhile the Greens negotiated a Programme for Government that commits to CETA, but apparently didn't notice. Not a great advert for Irish Politics, is it?
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https://gript.ie/labour-party-yes-well-vote-against-the-ceta-deal-we-negotiated/

Former President Trump is reportedly very unhappy with his legal team, after what was widely seen as a poor opening to his impeachment defence. Six Republicans voted with Democrats last night to judge his impeachment constitutional


https://gript.ie/us-senate-to-trump-yes-we-can-impeach-you-even-though-youre-gone/

Northern Ireland’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Michael McBride, has said that covid-19 restrictions could last until 2022, saying that it may not be possible to ease regulations until “70 to 80%” of the population is vaccinated.

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https://gript.ie/northern-ireland-health-chief-restrictions-may-last-until-next-year

ON THIS DAY: 10 FEBRUARY 1917: Explosion at Naas Carpet Factory

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https://gript.ie/on-this-day-10-february-1917-explosion-at-naas-carpet-factory/

Prof RAY KINSELLA: A United Ireland cannot be “woke”


https://gript.ie/prof-ray-kinsella-a-united-ireland-cannot-be-woke/

The Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has heard that Dublin’s National Children’s Hospital is unlikely to be completed before May of 2024, with further delays growing "month on month."

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https://gript.ie/e1bn-overbudget-childrens-hospital-wont-be-completed-until-2024/

Use “chestfeeding”, ditch terms ‘mother’ and ‘woman’, midwives told in new trans policy #gript


https://gript.ie/use-chestfeeding-ditch-terms-mother-and-woman-midwives-told-in-new-trans-policy/

You need a “reasonable excuse” to leave your home. Is this constitutional? 


https://gript.ie/you-need-a-reasonable-excuse-to-leave-your-home-is-this-constitutional/

Climate hysterics are an elitist status symbol


https://gript.ie/climate-hysterics-are-an-elitist-status-symbol/

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“Mistakes were made” regarding the use of Article 16, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, referring to the controversial blunder that caused turbulence regarding Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit status.

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https://gript.ie/eu-chief-deeply-regrets-mistakes-on-irish-border/

TRSI 195 - It was closer to 6,000 a week than you'd like it to be

The Children's Hospital fiasco;  medical evidence, risk, and why you should consider taking Vitamin D; and the more the HSE works the more behind schedule the vaccine rollout becomes.

https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-195-it-was-closer-to-6000-a-week-than-youd-like-it-to-be/

Feminist “Herstory” on nuns is little more than mean, fictional history

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https://gript.ie/feminist-herstory-on-nuns-is-little-more-than-mean-fictional-history/

The CDC has recommended that people fit their mask more closely, or double up in order to reduce air leakage and enhance their protection by an estimated 90%.

https://gript.ie/cdc-double-masking-tight-knotted/

Dr MATT TREACY: The Dáil virtue signals on Zero Covid while the economy – and our freedoms – are being demolished

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https://gript.ie/the-dail-virtue-signals-on-zero-covid-while-the-economy-and-our-freedoms-are-being-demolished/

"Indefinite lockdown" was what one FF source told a newspaper yesterday. "Indefinite lockdown", though, is just another way of saying that the Government is stuck, scared, and out of ideas. Meanwhile, the vaccination programme is still a disaster

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https://gript.ie/good-news-from-fianna-fail-lockdown-to-continue-indefinitely/

"If it gets to the point where you have to threaten people with a decade in jail, just to keep the lockdown working, isn’t lockdown, by definition, close to collapse?"

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https://gript.ie/boriss-draconian-new-law-10-years-in-jail-for-lying-about-travel/

KURT MAHLBURG: Joe Biden’s abortion imperialism

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https://gript.ie/joe-bidens-abortion-imperialism/

BRENDAN CODY: By it’s own standards, Lockdown is a failure

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https://gript.ie/by-its-own-standards-lockdown-is-a-failure/

TIM JACKSON: Is it essential that he goes? Well, we know that anything of even the slightest importance could be said over Zoom, but we’re also aware that photo-ops are the bread and butter of self-serving careerist politicians, and they don’t get much bigger than handing a bowl of shamrocks to the US president.

https://gript.ie/taoiseach-travel-rules/

Data released by the HSE shows that Irish vaccination numbers have fallen sharply since the start of January, with the numbers vaccinated per day now having fallen under 3,000, of which only 1,246 were first doses.

https://gript.ie/irish-vaccination-numbers-appear-to-have-collapsed/