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The Gist: Do not pass Go...

Enoch Burke learned Back to School wasn't an invitation that applied to him and we enjoyed some malignly unseasonable heat. This is the Gist.
Simon McGarr Sep 10, 2023
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The Gist: Capital Crimes

Ireland’s police meet Bank of Ireland’s IT failures with some heavy presence budgeting advice. This is the Gist.
Simon McGarr Aug 16, 2023
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The Gist: Mapping the Election

The Courts have closed. The Oireachtas has scattered. The rains will seemingly never end. So, of course, this is the Gist!
Simon McGarr Aug 7, 2023
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The Gist: The Road from Perdition

Solving RTE's three biggest problems with one weird trick. This is the Gist.
Simon McGarr Jul 2, 2023
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The Gist: All the news

RTE's empties out its forty coats and its fifty pockets and Russian tanks invade Russia led by their nation’s most ambitious hot-dog salesman. This is the Gist.
Simon McGarr Jun 24, 2023
The Gist: Faced Down

The Gist: Faced Down

Fine Gael fold on illegal live facial recognition while the President tackles neutrality. This is the Gist.
Simon McGarr Jun 20, 2023
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The Gist: Rise of the Deskarati

The Minister for Justice regenerated back into Helen McEntee, but not before Simon Harris identified the source of his failures in the office. This is the Gist
Simon McGarr Jun 3, 2023

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