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"Is Barbie Kardashian a woman?": Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says that biological males should not be put in women's prisons.

On a recent airing of the 6 o’clock news RTÉ’s Education Correspondent Emma O Kelly made false claims about the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) position on social contagion.

BEN SCALLAN: “For a toddler to say “Daddy, I think I’m so-and-so gender” is completely meaningless - they don’t even know what they’re saying. It is the babblings of a confused infant - much like Paul Murphy’s tweets.”

WATCH: “What does St. Patrick’s Day mean to you?”: People on streets of Dublin react — as we ask for opinions on the Government’s official St. Patrick’s Day launch photo.

“We need to think about that vulnerable child at the centre of this – this is deeply damaging to children:” Laoise Aodha De Brún, CEO of the Countess, speaks to Gript about transgender ideology being taught in primary schools and the growing impact of the transgender debate on Irish women. WATCH FULL VIDEO: https://youtu.be/b7KF6a5D44I

WATCH: “Police told me my prayer was an offence — I’m was arrested for my silent thoughts”: Isabel Vaughan-Spruce speaks to Gript about her experience of being arrested not only once, but twice, for praying near an abortion facility in Birmingham. WATCH FULL VIDEO: https://youtu.be/mnNAsabQqzk

Emma Kinsella, who played a significant role in the story of the late Donal Rogers and his pet Kim, talks to Gript about her beloved dog Barchy (Barchimedes) and living with chronic conditions.

Kevin Briggs is a suicide prevention advocate known worldwide as the Guardian of the Golden Gate Bridge. A retired highway patrol officer, he talked hundreds of people down from committing suicide over the course of his remarkable career. He joins us to share his inspiring story.

Fine Gael Junior Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says that Ireland is "very lucky & privileged" to be a net contributor to the EU & able to "support our European friends" through the billions of euros invested into refugee accommodation. #gript

The UK has banned dangerous biologically-male criminals from female prisons after a transgender serial rapist was put into an all-female jail. But will Ireland enact the same policy? Ben Scallan reports.

"I don't give a sh*t about diversity": Artist Kevin Sharkey on the East Wall immigration protests, the EU, hate speech laws and more.

WATCH: Sheila Fullerton is a secondary school teacher from County Derry. She spoke to Gript about the ‘worrying’ propagation of radical ideologies, including transgenderism — without consultation — in Northern Ireland’s schools.

"Encouraging young boys to wear lipstick and girls' clothes": Education Minister Norma Foley questioned on the radical materials recommended for Irish schools, which promote crossdressing & gender ideology to primary school students

“The real danger facing this country, according to the government, is people on the internet saying things that Irish politicians disagree with”: Ben Scallan on the government’s new plan to stamp out so-called “misinformation.”

"We've haven't done a cead míle fáilte, we've only done 70,000 [refugees]." "We'd build houses ... but everything takes time." Voices from the #IrelandForAllRally #gript

"Will this apply to fake news by the mainstream media as well?" Green Party Media Minister Catherine Martin is asked if her strategy to fight "misinformation" will target newspapers and broadcasters, or just ordinary citizens. #gript

“That awkward moment when you’re so opposed to the government, that you march with them to support their policies, while using their election slogans.” @Ben_Scallan on the #IrelandForAll march in Dublin on Saturday.

WATCH: Age NI Director Paschal McKeown calls for the GAA to end its cashless digital ticketing system, which the charity says could lead to isolation and discrimination against older people in particular. #gript

Is Ireland's capital city "put to shame" by others? John and Fatima compare the state of Dublin to Seoul, Venice, and Florence. FULL PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/the-week-that-really-was-16-the-madness-of-martin-nolans-sentencing/

Simon Harris says that Ireland’s immigration system has strict rules, because the government is issuing deportation orders all the time. But this is seriously misleading - BEN SCALLAN explains why.

The mother of a formerly ‘trans identified’ girl says she was ‘shocked’ at the ‘unquestioning’ attitude of some health care professionals who treated her “autistic”child. FULL VIDEO: https://youtu.be/bHQUdPxUmFU

BEN SCALLAN: “Ireland’s political and media establishment are now having to answer questions that have never come up before about border security, and justify policies which went unchallenged for years. And it turns out they’re not very good at it.”

A family with an autistic son who are facing eviction as their landlord is selling their home, asked the Co. Council if they could pay for a derelict house owned by the authority to be renovated, but were refused. #gript

EXCERPT from the week that really was: John McGuirk argues that attempts to redefine St. Brigid as a "Celtic Goddess" amount to a form of "cultural bullying": PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/the-week-that-really-was-15-the-5000-undocumented/

“It seems like if you casually “express an opinion” within two football fields of an asylum centre, that could be construed as a violation of this proposed law as it’s currently laid out”: BEN SCALLAN unpacks the government’s bill to ban peaceful protests outside asylum centres, like the ones at East Wall and Finglas: