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A healthcare assistant who undressed and washed a vulnerable teenage girl while she recovered from a tablet overdose at a Midlands hospital has been convicted of sexual assault. gript.ie/healthcare-ass…

Speaking at the Connacht Gathering Larissa Nolan is the director of communications for Aontú, having been an award-winning journalist for 30 years. Known for her commentary on cultural, social and political issues, she has long been an admirer of Desmond Fennell, for his independent-thinking and refusal to bow to orthodoxy. More info here: gript.ie/a-connacht-gat… Direct link to tickets here: eventbrite.ie/e/a-connacht-g…

A Palestinian man, who lives in state subsidised accommodation in Belgium, did not declare that he had €122,850 in his luggage when flying out of Dublin. gript.ie/palestinian-ta…

Asked whether Ireland should introduce language tests for citizenship, Tánaiste Simon Harris says Irish citizenship should be a "cherished gift", and that "language is an important part of integration". "I do think there is some merit in considering language proficiency."

MARGARET HICKEY: Most violent men are the products of a culture that has failed them. Young males in particular live in a world of very muddled messaging. gript.ie/hickey-violenc…

It has emerged locally that the three family members found dead at a house in Ballymena, Co Antrim, were originally from Poland. Police have launched a murder investigation: gript.ie/ballymena-fami…

Mullooly warned that trade agreements must no longer be considered individually and that policymakers must instead examine their cumulative effect on European agriculture. gript.ie/mep-irish-farm…

Keehan left school at 13 but had the grit to get through college, then a Masters and then undertake a PHD. Yet he must recognise his 'privilege'? gript.ie/white-western-…

15-year-old activist Cara Darmody is staging a 50-hour protest outside Leinster House. With 22k children facing a 2+ year wait for HSE assessments, she's calling out government law-breaking and demanding an emergency international recruitment plan for therapists.

Harris doesn't want to call social media ban as a "ban": gript.ie/harris-doesnt-…

""This should be seen as a good thing - not a 'ban' in a negative sense": Tánaiste Simon Harris says he wants to stop calling the social media ban for under-16s a "ban", because "ban" sounds "negative". Read more in comments 👇

PETER CADDLE: Allowing uncontrolled access to the internet is equivalent to allowing "drink-driving", EU President Ursula von der Leyen has claimed. gript.ie/von-der-leyen-…

SÉAMUS CLARKE:  They reflect arguments that have become increasingly prominent in public debate and help explain why progressive ideas deserve the same level of critical examination as any other political ideology.  gript.ie/twenty-of-the-…

Violence against women is a "pandemic", says Harris: gript.ie/violence-again…

"Manosphere": Tánaiste Simon Harris said race and ethnicity should not be brought into discussions on domestic and gender-based violence, adding that violence against women is a "pandemic": Read more in comments 👇

Police in the North are investigating after three people, who were related, were found dead inside a family home in Ballymena, Co Antrim, earlier today: gript.ie/police-investi…

Ireland is the only country in the EU that has no language requirements to become a citizen. Asked if this should be reconsidered in light of the Riad Bouchaker conviction, Taoiseach Micheál Martin rejects the idea, saying: "You're juxtaposing citizenship with murder."

Taoiseach shoots down language requirements for citizenship: gript.ie/taoiseach-shoo…

"You're juxtaposing citizenship with murder": Taoiseach shoots down language requirements for citizenship in light of Riad Bouchaker's conviction. Read more in comments 👇

The sentencing of an IS supporter who stabbed a Garda and set fire to the Black Forge Inn has been further delayed. gript.ie/allahu-akbar-g…