The health service has been severely criticised for failing to suspend a senior hospital pharmacist for over a year after complaints of repeated sexual harassment were made against him by a more junior employee, who has won nearly €87,000 in compensation.
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HSE 'makes it easy' for sex harassers, tribunal agrees - Courts News Ireland
The health service has been severely criticised for failing to suspend a senior hospital pharmacist for over a year after complaints of repeated sexual harassment were made against him by a more junio...
courtsnewsireland.ie
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The health service has been severely criticised for failing to suspend a senior hospital pharmacist for over a year after complaints of repeated sexual harassment were made against him by a more junior employee, who has won nearly €87,000 in compensation.
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Tim Davie was one of the best D-Gs the BBC has had, and Deborah Turness was a brilliant head of news. Only the BBC’s enemies could possibly be glad they’ve resigned. We’ve now got a real fight on our hands to defend public service broadcasting, because that’s under threat too.
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Tim Davie was one of the best D-Gs the BBC has had, and Deborah Turness was a brilliant head of news. Only the BBC’s enemies could possibly be glad they’ve resigned. We’ve now got a real fight on our hands to defend public service broadcasting, because that’s under threat too.
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The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
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Objectors will be on the hook to pay six-figure legal costs under judicial reviews clampdown
Objectors will have to foot six-figure legal bills for successful judicial review cases in a new move being brought to the Cabinet to speed up the supply of infrastructure and housing.
m.independent.ie
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
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Spotted this homeless camp of around a dozen tents being removed from the banks of the Grand Canal by what looked like a Waterways Ireland crew on Friday. International rugby at the Aviva today, of course.
November 8, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Spotted this homeless camp of around a dozen tents being removed from the banks of the Grand Canal by what looked like a Waterways Ireland crew on Friday. International rugby at the Aviva today, of course.
Strike is of course a verb all by itself. I've always wondered how and indeed why the news media has always buried it in the back of overlong headlines as an adverb -- less active, less potent, less dangerous.
"Meat plant workers strike" -- four words and done.
"Meat plant workers strike" -- four words and done.
SIPTU members employed at Carroll's Cuisine in Tullamore, Co Offaly, are to take strike action later this month in a dispute over pay and union recognition
SIPTU members in Carroll's Cuisine to take strike action
SIPTU members employed at Carroll's Cuisine in Tullamore, Co Offaly, are to take strike action later this month in a dispute over pay and union recognition.
www.rte.ie
November 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Strike is of course a verb all by itself. I've always wondered how and indeed why the news media has always buried it in the back of overlong headlines as an adverb -- less active, less potent, less dangerous.
"Meat plant workers strike" -- four words and done.
"Meat plant workers strike" -- four words and done.
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"... ‘Luvviebatter’ arrivals (a nickname due to the area being known for its high population of creatives)."
I've never heard this ever, and the second hit for the term on Google is the same author 5 years ago....
"... ‘Luvviebatter’ arrivals (a nickname due to the area being known for its high population of creatives)."
I've never heard this ever, and the second hit for the term on Google is the same author 5 years ago....
Tender love required in ‘Luvviebatter’ cottage on Niall Street
What is it?
m.independent.ie
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
m.independent.ie/life/home-ga...
"... ‘Luvviebatter’ arrivals (a nickname due to the area being known for its high population of creatives)."
I've never heard this ever, and the second hit for the term on Google is the same author 5 years ago....
"... ‘Luvviebatter’ arrivals (a nickname due to the area being known for its high population of creatives)."
I've never heard this ever, and the second hit for the term on Google is the same author 5 years ago....
Garda whistleblower Lois West said she was forced to take leave from work because she was “terrified” of a new civilian official installed as the head of the Garda analysis bureau after she testified to the Oireachtas about errors in homicide data.
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
Garda whistleblower says she took work leave as she was ‘terrified’ of new analysis chief
Civilian was installed as Garda analysis bureau head after Lois West testified to Oireachtas about errors in homicide data
www.irishtimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Garda whistleblower Lois West said she was forced to take leave from work because she was “terrified” of a new civilian official installed as the head of the Garda analysis bureau after she testified to the Oireachtas about errors in homicide data.
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
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My council colleague Paddy Monahan and I made a short video about an unsafe junction in Whitehall in Dublin. Yet again, #motonormativity putting our kids in danger. We’re working to get this fixed before someone gets hurt. #speirgorm #ActiveTravel #StreetsAreForPeople
November 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM
My council colleague Paddy Monahan and I made a short video about an unsafe junction in Whitehall in Dublin. Yet again, #motonormativity putting our kids in danger. We’re working to get this fixed before someone gets hurt. #speirgorm #ActiveTravel #StreetsAreForPeople
Reposted by Stephen Bourke
Seven years ago, and last year.
November 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Seven years ago, and last year.
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Immigrants are not responsible for decades of failed housing policy.
Hope this helps x
Hope this helps x
🗣️ "The one thing that there is a problem with is housing right across the state, and the more that come to seek asylum, the more pressure it puts on that system.” - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Timmy Dooley
#TonightVMTV
#TonightVMTV
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Immigrants are not responsible for decades of failed housing policy.
Hope this helps x
Hope this helps x
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There's a conspiracy theory that the person who set fire to the Ipas centre was a resident because he was "in his socks" but the video shows them wearing runners with white soles.
It's desperate this has to be debunked but someone even posted this to Facebook to try to help the idiots understand:
It's desperate this has to be debunked but someone even posted this to Facebook to try to help the idiots understand:
November 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
There's a conspiracy theory that the person who set fire to the Ipas centre was a resident because he was "in his socks" but the video shows them wearing runners with white soles.
It's desperate this has to be debunked but someone even posted this to Facebook to try to help the idiots understand:
It's desperate this has to be debunked but someone even posted this to Facebook to try to help the idiots understand:
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April: If we don’t get Housing right in seven months, we’re screwed.
November: Housing crisis here until 2040.
November: Housing crisis here until 2040.
November 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
April: If we don’t get Housing right in seven months, we’re screwed.
November: Housing crisis here until 2040.
November: Housing crisis here until 2040.
Reposted by Stephen Bourke
November 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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“There is a question that hovers over Irish politics: what will the parties of power do when they start to panic about losing it? Last week, after their joint debacle in the presidential election, we got the grim answer: turn on immigrants.” - @fotoole.bsky.social
Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’
www.irishtimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
“There is a question that hovers over Irish politics: what will the parties of power do when they start to panic about losing it? Last week, after their joint debacle in the presidential election, we got the grim answer: turn on immigrants.” - @fotoole.bsky.social
It's interesting that this is the exact moment the media has decided to fret the permissive boundary between it and centre-right politics. I suppose we are nearly as far away in time as we can be from any new special advisors being elevated from the ranks of the political correspondents.
Fianna Fáil has confirmed broadcaster Ivan Yates provided four hours of interview and debate training to its candidate Jim Gavin during the presidential campaign in September
FF says Yates provided debate training during campaign
Fianna Fáil has confirmed broadcaster Ivan Yates provided four hours of interview and debate training to its candidate Jim Gavin during the presidential campaign in September.
www.rte.ie
November 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It's interesting that this is the exact moment the media has decided to fret the permissive boundary between it and centre-right politics. I suppose we are nearly as far away in time as we can be from any new special advisors being elevated from the ranks of the political correspondents.
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For additional context
1) Over €100m of overpayments *was* recovered
2) 75% of the unrecoverable payments were to people who are now dead
3) the vast, vast majority of such payments are down to errors by the Dept, not fraud by the dead.
1) Over €100m of overpayments *was* recovered
2) 75% of the unrecoverable payments were to people who are now dead
3) the vast, vast majority of such payments are down to errors by the Dept, not fraud by the dead.
€15 million in unrecovered welfare payments. Wow, that really sounds like a LOT!
But. Take the total spent on social welfare to be roughly €25 billion annually - it's a bit higher.
That's 0.06% unrecovered. Or about 6c in every €1000. Or to put it another way, negligible.
But. Take the total spent on social welfare to be roughly €25 billion annually - it's a bit higher.
That's 0.06% unrecovered. Or about 6c in every €1000. Or to put it another way, negligible.
November 3, 2025 at 8:36 AM
For additional context
1) Over €100m of overpayments *was* recovered
2) 75% of the unrecoverable payments were to people who are now dead
3) the vast, vast majority of such payments are down to errors by the Dept, not fraud by the dead.
1) Over €100m of overpayments *was* recovered
2) 75% of the unrecoverable payments were to people who are now dead
3) the vast, vast majority of such payments are down to errors by the Dept, not fraud by the dead.
Astronomy Ireland space pundit ordered to pay €11k to ex-manager after claims of ‘toxic environment’
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Astronomy Ireland space pundit ordered to pay €11k to ex-manager after claims of ‘toxic environment’
Space commentator David Moore has been held personally liable for multiple employment rights breaches against a former manager at Astronomy Ireland who said she was forced to quit due to a “toxic” wor...
www.independent.ie
November 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Astronomy Ireland space pundit ordered to pay €11k to ex-manager after claims of ‘toxic environment’
www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...
www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...
Space pundit Moore ordered to pay compensation as ex-Astronomy Ireland manager wins employment claim
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
Ex-Astronomy Ireland manager wins employment claim at WRC
Space commentator David Moore has been held personally liable for multiple employment rights breaches against a former manager at Astronomy Ireland who said she was forced to quit due to a "toxic" wor...
www.rte.ie
November 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Space pundit Moore ordered to pay compensation as ex-Astronomy Ireland manager wins employment claim
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Excellent letter from Wendy Lyon in today's Irish Times.
November 3, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Excellent letter from Wendy Lyon in today's Irish Times.
The brass neck of this man is astonishing. Only two Sundays ago he was standing over Wolfe Tone's grave banging on about how he was a hardliner for "a strong and effective European Union".
November 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The brass neck of this man is astonishing. Only two Sundays ago he was standing over Wolfe Tone's grave banging on about how he was a hardliner for "a strong and effective European Union".
For those keeping count, Simon Harris "took to social media" to decry the shooting of Charlie Kirk the following day. He's gone cycling today, apparently.
'Member all the Irish wankers bemoaning "political violence" when Charlie Kirk was murdered - has anyone seen if they have anything to say about the attempted murder of women and children in the Drogheda IPAS centre?
No?
Funny, that.
No?
Funny, that.
November 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
For those keeping count, Simon Harris "took to social media" to decry the shooting of Charlie Kirk the following day. He's gone cycling today, apparently.
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'Member all the Irish wankers bemoaning "political violence" when Charlie Kirk was murdered - has anyone seen if they have anything to say about the attempted murder of women and children in the Drogheda IPAS centre?
No?
Funny, that.
No?
Funny, that.
November 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
'Member all the Irish wankers bemoaning "political violence" when Charlie Kirk was murdered - has anyone seen if they have anything to say about the attempted murder of women and children in the Drogheda IPAS centre?
No?
Funny, that.
No?
Funny, that.