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Emma Archbold
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The 4th #EndChildPovertyWeek but the 1st on @bsky.app ✅
This is the biggest programme yet!Events on #EarlyYears, #Education, #Income & #ChildProtection place a spotlight on child poverty ahead of #Budget2026
🖍️Day 1 bit.ly/4fO4JjR
💡Day 3 bit.ly/3HyXhwi
🎯Day 5 bit.ly/45zLjdX
🧒Day 6 bit.ly/4lXN8HS
This is the biggest programme yet!Events on #EarlyYears, #Education, #Income & #ChildProtection place a spotlight on child poverty ahead of #Budget2026
🖍️Day 1 bit.ly/4fO4JjR
💡Day 3 bit.ly/3HyXhwi
🎯Day 5 bit.ly/45zLjdX
🧒Day 6 bit.ly/4lXN8HS
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John F. Kennedy’s grandson Jack Schlossberg is making a run for the U.S. House next year.
JFK's grandson Jack Schlossberg announces bid for US House seat in New York
John F. Kennedy’s grandson Jack Schlossberg is making a run for the U.S. House next year. He said Tuesday that he is aiming to win a key New York seat set being vacated by longtime Democratic Rep.
bit.ly
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
John F. Kennedy’s grandson Jack Schlossberg is making a run for the U.S. House next year.
Reposted by Emma Archbold
Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, will turn to veterans of City Hall, nonprofit executives and a former chair of the Federal Trade Commission — all of them women — to lead his official transition effort, he said on Wednesday. nyti.ms/4nHdyOP
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, will turn to veterans of City Hall, nonprofit executives and a former chair of the Federal Trade Commission — all of them women — to lead his official transition effort, he said on Wednesday. nyti.ms/4nHdyOP
The JOY of reading good news from America 😮💨👏👏👏 @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for New York City 🙌
November 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The JOY of reading good news from America 😮💨👏👏👏 @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for New York City 🙌
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Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old state lawmaker, was elected New York’s 111th mayor on Tuesday, riding a historic surge of enthusiasm as the nation’s largest city embraced generational and ideological change.
Here are seven takeaways from election night.
Here are seven takeaways from election night.
7 Takeaways From a Stunning New York City Mayoral Election
Zohran Mamdani motivated voters to head for the polls, using a broad coalition of supporters to overcome Andrew Cuomo’s success in siphoning Republican votes.
nyti.ms
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old state lawmaker, was elected New York’s 111th mayor on Tuesday, riding a historic surge of enthusiasm as the nation’s largest city embraced generational and ideological change.
Here are seven takeaways from election night.
Here are seven takeaways from election night.
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iPhone 17 Pro/Pro Max review.
Two outstanding upgrades, one of which (from photography point of view) isn’t mentioned nearly enough.
A couple of other good updates, too. Two fairly minor downsides.
m.independent.ie/business/tec...
Two outstanding upgrades, one of which (from photography point of view) isn’t mentioned nearly enough.
A couple of other good updates, too. Two fairly minor downsides.
m.independent.ie/business/tec...
Review: better battery life and a massive zoom boost make iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max worthy upgrades
While we’ve all been focused on the shiny, skinny new iPhone Air (see our in-depth review here), Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max are what most flagship upgraders may actually be ordering over the...
m.independent.ie
September 21, 2025 at 7:37 AM
iPhone 17 Pro/Pro Max review.
Two outstanding upgrades, one of which (from photography point of view) isn’t mentioned nearly enough.
A couple of other good updates, too. Two fairly minor downsides.
m.independent.ie/business/tec...
Two outstanding upgrades, one of which (from photography point of view) isn’t mentioned nearly enough.
A couple of other good updates, too. Two fairly minor downsides.
m.independent.ie/business/tec...
🏠The report by @esri.ie produced in partnership with Community Foundation Ireland, also ranks Ireland 16th out of 27 European Union countries for child poverty rates after housing costs.
#EndChildPoverty #EndChildPovertyWeek #Budget2026
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
#EndChildPoverty #EndChildPovertyWeek #Budget2026
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Fifth of children in poverty after housing costs - ESRI
One in five children are living below the poverty line after housing costs are taken into account, according to research from the Economic and Social Research Institute.
www.rte.ie
September 9, 2025 at 6:56 AM
🏠The report by @esri.ie produced in partnership with Community Foundation Ireland, also ranks Ireland 16th out of 27 European Union countries for child poverty rates after housing costs.
#EndChildPoverty #EndChildPovertyWeek #Budget2026
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
#EndChildPoverty #EndChildPovertyWeek #Budget2026
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
“This will come as no surprise to the voluntary, community and charitable partners of the Community Foundation responding to this crisis on the ground every day. Now we have the evidence which reflects that everyday reality.”
#EndChildPovertyWeek
www.thejournal.ie/child-povert...
#EndChildPovertyWeek
www.thejournal.ie/child-povert...
Child deprivation on par with 'darkest days' of economic crash, as 1 in 5 children living in poverty
Data suggests that no real progress has been made in lowering levels of child poverty, despite reductions purportedly being the goal of government policy.
www.thejournal.ie
September 9, 2025 at 6:55 AM
“This will come as no surprise to the voluntary, community and charitable partners of the Community Foundation responding to this crisis on the ground every day. Now we have the evidence which reflects that everyday reality.”
#EndChildPovertyWeek
www.thejournal.ie/child-povert...
#EndChildPovertyWeek
www.thejournal.ie/child-povert...
The @irishtimes.com view on child poverty: time to prioritise low income families
#EndChildPovertyWeek #Budget2026 #BreakTheCycle #ChildrensBudget
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...
#EndChildPovertyWeek #Budget2026 #BreakTheCycle #ChildrensBudget
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...
The Irish Times view on child poverty: time to prioritise low income families
When housing costs are taken into account, around 225,000 children – one in five – live below the poverty line
www.irishtimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:54 AM
The @irishtimes.com view on child poverty: time to prioritise low income families
#EndChildPovertyWeek #Budget2026 #BreakTheCycle #ChildrensBudget
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...
#EndChildPovertyWeek #Budget2026 #BreakTheCycle #ChildrensBudget
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...
Housing costs drag 20% of Irish children into poverty, @esri.ie research shows
#EndChildPovertyWeek #Budget2026 #BreakTheCycle #ChildrensBudget
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
#EndChildPovertyWeek #Budget2026 #BreakTheCycle #ChildrensBudget
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
Housing costs drag 20% of Irish children into poverty, ESRI research shows
The ESRI shows that child poverty levels are currently on a par with the years following the 2008 financial crash when the skyrocketing cost of housing is factored in
www.irishexaminer.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Housing costs drag 20% of Irish children into poverty, @esri.ie research shows
#EndChildPovertyWeek #Budget2026 #BreakTheCycle #ChildrensBudget
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
#EndChildPovertyWeek #Budget2026 #BreakTheCycle #ChildrensBudget
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
#EndChildPovertyWeek begins tomorrow, Monday 8 September!
Join us for our #EarlyYears event hosted by YMCA Dublin with input from Departments of Taoiseach and Children, Disability & Equality, Ballyfermot STAR, keynote Lee Elliot Major.
🎫 For info & booking visit: bit.ly/4fO4JjR
#Budget2026
Join us for our #EarlyYears event hosted by YMCA Dublin with input from Departments of Taoiseach and Children, Disability & Equality, Ballyfermot STAR, keynote Lee Elliot Major.
🎫 For info & booking visit: bit.ly/4fO4JjR
#Budget2026
September 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
#EndChildPovertyWeek begins tomorrow, Monday 8 September!
Join us for our #EarlyYears event hosted by YMCA Dublin with input from Departments of Taoiseach and Children, Disability & Equality, Ballyfermot STAR, keynote Lee Elliot Major.
🎫 For info & booking visit: bit.ly/4fO4JjR
#Budget2026
Join us for our #EarlyYears event hosted by YMCA Dublin with input from Departments of Taoiseach and Children, Disability & Equality, Ballyfermot STAR, keynote Lee Elliot Major.
🎫 For info & booking visit: bit.ly/4fO4JjR
#Budget2026
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A mural of CMAT has been unveiled in the hit singer's hometown of Dunboyne, Co Meath
Mural of CMAT unveiled in singer's hometown Dunboyne
A mural of CMAT has been unveiled in the hit singer's hometown of Dunboyne, Co Meath.
www.rte.ie
August 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
A mural of CMAT has been unveiled in the hit singer's hometown of Dunboyne, Co Meath
The 4th #EndChildPovertyWeek but the 1st on @bsky.app ✅
This is the biggest programme yet!Events on #EarlyYears, #Education, #Income & #ChildProtection place a spotlight on child poverty ahead of #Budget2026
🖍️Day 1 bit.ly/4fO4JjR
💡Day 3 bit.ly/3HyXhwi
🎯Day 5 bit.ly/45zLjdX
🧒Day 6 bit.ly/4lXN8HS
This is the biggest programme yet!Events on #EarlyYears, #Education, #Income & #ChildProtection place a spotlight on child poverty ahead of #Budget2026
🖍️Day 1 bit.ly/4fO4JjR
💡Day 3 bit.ly/3HyXhwi
🎯Day 5 bit.ly/45zLjdX
🧒Day 6 bit.ly/4lXN8HS
August 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The 4th #EndChildPovertyWeek but the 1st on @bsky.app ✅
This is the biggest programme yet!Events on #EarlyYears, #Education, #Income & #ChildProtection place a spotlight on child poverty ahead of #Budget2026
🖍️Day 1 bit.ly/4fO4JjR
💡Day 3 bit.ly/3HyXhwi
🎯Day 5 bit.ly/45zLjdX
🧒Day 6 bit.ly/4lXN8HS
This is the biggest programme yet!Events on #EarlyYears, #Education, #Income & #ChildProtection place a spotlight on child poverty ahead of #Budget2026
🖍️Day 1 bit.ly/4fO4JjR
💡Day 3 bit.ly/3HyXhwi
🎯Day 5 bit.ly/45zLjdX
🧒Day 6 bit.ly/4lXN8HS
“The real urgency [is] that every hour that the appropriate safeguards are missing is an hour that children active on these platforms are at risk of harm from all the issues that the #OnlineSafety Code is meant to protect them from,” @noelineb.bsky.social
@irishexaminer.bsky.social t.co/dmAseHgLB9
@irishexaminer.bsky.social t.co/dmAseHgLB9
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41676551.html
t.co
July 29, 2025 at 7:17 AM
“The real urgency [is] that every hour that the appropriate safeguards are missing is an hour that children active on these platforms are at risk of harm from all the issues that the #OnlineSafety Code is meant to protect them from,” @noelineb.bsky.social
@irishexaminer.bsky.social t.co/dmAseHgLB9
@irishexaminer.bsky.social t.co/dmAseHgLB9
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This fake DPD text is a sneaky one. Looks real and live URL with plausible looking form. (Other links dead and +63 is a Philippines number — they’re the clues, but otherwise authentic-looking
July 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This fake DPD text is a sneaky one. Looks real and live URL with plausible looking form. (Other links dead and +63 is a Philippines number — they’re the clues, but otherwise authentic-looking
Reposted by Emma Archbold
Big: Elon Musk’s X facing large fine from Irish regulator for not using age verification for its hosted porn.
”Based on an initial review of the X platform, we cannot see evidence of measures taken to comply with this age-assurance requirement.” - CnaM
m.independent.ie/business/tec...
”Based on an initial review of the X platform, we cannot see evidence of measures taken to comply with this age-assurance requirement.” - CnaM
m.independent.ie/business/tec...
Elon Musk’s X threatened by Irish regulator for failure to restrict adult content
The Irish media regulator, Coimisiún na Meán, says that Elon Musk’s X has until tomorrow to explain why it isn’t preventing children from watching pornography, or it will face “action”.
m.independent.ie
July 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Big: Elon Musk’s X facing large fine from Irish regulator for not using age verification for its hosted porn.
”Based on an initial review of the X platform, we cannot see evidence of measures taken to comply with this age-assurance requirement.” - CnaM
m.independent.ie/business/tec...
”Based on an initial review of the X platform, we cannot see evidence of measures taken to comply with this age-assurance requirement.” - CnaM
m.independent.ie/business/tec...
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Meta will stop allowing all political, electoral and ‘social issue’ ads in the EU.
Blames “unworkable requirements and legal uncertainties introduced by EU’s Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising regulation”
Irish pols love FB and Instagram
about.fb.com/news/2025/07...
Blames “unworkable requirements and legal uncertainties introduced by EU’s Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising regulation”
Irish pols love FB and Instagram
about.fb.com/news/2025/07...
Ending Political, Electoral and Social Issue Advertising in the EU in Response to Incoming European Regulation
From early October 2025, we will no longer allow political, electoral and social issue ads on our platforms in the EU. This is a difficult decision - one
about.fb.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Meta will stop allowing all political, electoral and ‘social issue’ ads in the EU.
Blames “unworkable requirements and legal uncertainties introduced by EU’s Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising regulation”
Irish pols love FB and Instagram
about.fb.com/news/2025/07...
Blames “unworkable requirements and legal uncertainties introduced by EU’s Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising regulation”
Irish pols love FB and Instagram
about.fb.com/news/2025/07...
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🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
🧵
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
🧵
July 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
🧵
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
🧵
New age verification checks for video-sharing platforms based in Ireland come into effect today. It marks the start of enforcement under Coimisiún na Meán’s Online Safety Code, requiring robust age checks for platforms hosting pornographic or violent content.
#VMNews
#VMNews
July 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Day 1 of online age verification crackdown by Irish regulator = zero additional age verification controls by adults sites and social media firms
m.independent.ie/business/tec...
m.independent.ie/business/tec...
Day one of online age crackdown: no change as children still able to log into adult content and social media sites
None of Ireland’s most popular social media apps have implemented new age-verification controls on the first day of the Irish media regulator’s crackdown, a survey by the Irish Independent shows.
m.independent.ie
July 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Day 1 of online age verification crackdown by Irish regulator = zero additional age verification controls by adults sites and social media firms
m.independent.ie/business/tec...
m.independent.ie/business/tec...
Today, Part B of Ireland’s #OnlineSafetyCode comes into effect
🛡️The Code covers content including cyberbullying, the promotion of self-harm, suicide, eating disorders, as well as pornography and violence.
#OnlineSafety #DSA #SafetyByDesign
www.rte.ie/news/2025/07...
🛡️The Code covers content including cyberbullying, the promotion of self-harm, suicide, eating disorders, as well as pornography and violence.
#OnlineSafety #DSA #SafetyByDesign
www.rte.ie/news/2025/07...
New age verification rules for online platforms in place
New online safety rules come into force from today, which will require video-sharing platforms to have effective age verification systems in place.
www.rte.ie
July 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Today, Part B of Ireland’s #OnlineSafetyCode comes into effect
🛡️The Code covers content including cyberbullying, the promotion of self-harm, suicide, eating disorders, as well as pornography and violence.
#OnlineSafety #DSA #SafetyByDesign
www.rte.ie/news/2025/07...
🛡️The Code covers content including cyberbullying, the promotion of self-harm, suicide, eating disorders, as well as pornography and violence.
#OnlineSafety #DSA #SafetyByDesign
www.rte.ie/news/2025/07...
“These regulatory changes come with few fireworks and clashing cymbals, but they need to be acknowledged. They are a step forward. They also need to be widely known.”
Read @noelineb.bsky.social opinion in today’s @irishexaminer.bsky.social as Part B of Ireland’s #OnlineSafetyCode comes into effect.
Read @noelineb.bsky.social opinion in today’s @irishexaminer.bsky.social as Part B of Ireland’s #OnlineSafetyCode comes into effect.
July 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
“These regulatory changes come with few fireworks and clashing cymbals, but they need to be acknowledged. They are a step forward. They also need to be widely known.”
Read @noelineb.bsky.social opinion in today’s @irishexaminer.bsky.social as Part B of Ireland’s #OnlineSafetyCode comes into effect.
Read @noelineb.bsky.social opinion in today’s @irishexaminer.bsky.social as Part B of Ireland’s #OnlineSafetyCode comes into effect.
Reposted by Emma Archbold
