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Senior political correspondent at @GriptMedia, Irish journalist and commentator • [email protected]

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BEN SCALLAN: ā€œLabour’s messaging suggests student-union radicalism, but its instincts remain those of an old parliamentary party - moderate, managerial, and willing to govern with whoever will take them. This appeals to nobodyā€: gript.ie/labour-is-lite…

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BEN SCALLAN: ā€œEither the public are capable of choosing wisely most of the time - which is the whole basis for having democracy in the first place - or they aren’t, in which case the democratic process is as reckless as giving toddlers firearmsā€: gript.ie/misinfo-laws-u…

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Ireland’s Minister for European Affairs is travelling to two countries to promote their membership of the EU: gript.ie/minister-to-pr…

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Ministers Sean Canney and Noel Grealish say that the Government should have checks at the border to ensure that individuals who are given deportation orders do, in fact, leave the State: gript.ie/call-for-exit-…

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ā€œIf we’re to manage the immigration system, we need to have knowledge of who’s hereā€: Ministers Sean Canney and Noel Grealish say that the Government should have checks at the border to ensure that individuals who are given deportation orders do, in fact, leave the State.

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Taoiseach MicheĆ”l Martin has said it is not "feasible" for Ireland to have exit checks at the border for people given deportation orders: gript.ie/martin-deporta…

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ā€˜Not feasible’: Taoiseach MicheĆ”l Martin explains why Ireland doesn’t check to verify whether people served deportation orders have left the State: ā€œWe don’t have exit checks between Northern Ireland and the Republic, nor is it feasible to do so.ā€

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Kinda a funny list when you realize the years listed for all of them are based on the life of the supposed #3 most influential person.

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BEN SCALLAN: ā€œPretending that numbers don’t matter, or that every trade-off of immigration can be hand-waved away by vague economic optimism and platitudes, is not compassionate or responsible - it’s an immature cop outā€: gript.ie/paschal-donoho…

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Ex-US President Barack Obama should receive ā€œno welcomeā€ in Ireland, People Before Profit have said, claiming that ā€œhis failures lead to the rise of Donald Trump and the American far-rightā€: gript.ie/obama-not-welc…

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"Attacks on our GardaĆ­ are unacceptable and will never be tolerated" - Capel street Garda attack condemned: gript.ie/unprovoked-ass…

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The Department of Justice is responsible for family re-unification of refugees from Afghanistan, TĆ”naiste Simon Harris has said: gript.ie/harris-doj-in-…

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US President Donald Trump has warned it will be ā€œvery hardā€ for the United States to make a trade deal with Canada if it recognises a Palestinian state: gript.ie/trump-canada-r…

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Palestinian nationals seeking refuge in Ireland must enter the State to apply for protection, Justice Minister Colm Brophy has confirmed: gript.ie/brophy-no-spec…

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A US official on a trip to Dublin has said that when it comes to Big Tech regulation in Ireland, it’s often hard to tell who’s actually ā€œin chargeā€ - the Irish Government, or Brussels - and that ā€œit seems like just two layers of bureaucracyā€: gript.ie/us-official-as…

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ā€œA cultural renaissance…it’s about our national identity, our heritageā€: Students should be taught to associate Gaeilge with ā€œprideā€ and "identity", a Fianna FĆ”il TD has said, as he proposed a mandatory Gaeltacht stay as part of the Leaving Cert: gript.ie/td-gaeltacht-s…

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A TD has called for tree cutting to prevent power outages in rural Ireland, saying "People who were left without power for 15 or 16 days during the last storm are now suffering again after a mere blow of wind - it's disgusting": gript.ie/td-tree-cuttin…