maebhcon.bsky.social
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it's completely insane to me that this deal was voted through without the investor's name being disclosed. I know why the investor doesn't want their name disclosed, I just don't get why anyone went along with it
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
Why won’t Waterford council name US investor buying €2.3m of public land for just €50,000?
Council sees development as improving access to southeast and boosting local economy but secrecy is not sustainable
www.irishtimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
it's completely insane to me that this deal was voted through without the investor's name being disclosed. I know why the investor doesn't want their name disclosed, I just don't get why anyone went along with it
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
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I would like to know what are the inhumane and degrading treatments the Minister believes should be legal.
European court interprets inhuman and degrading treatment too broadly, says O’Callaghan
European court interprets inhuman and degrading treatment too broadly, says O’Callaghan
Ireland shares concerns over challenges posed by convention on human rights in relation to migration and deporting criminals, Minister tells meeting
www.irishtimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I would like to know what are the inhumane and degrading treatments the Minister believes should be legal.
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I know you're all sick of me saying this, but it needs to be repeated until they are gone.
FFG only see neoliberalism & austerity as the way to run the country.
They have abandoned the responsibility of investing in infra for future prosperity or climate, in favour of market greed.
#IrishPol
FFG only see neoliberalism & austerity as the way to run the country.
They have abandoned the responsibility of investing in infra for future prosperity or climate, in favour of market greed.
#IrishPol
They've done it again, they've cut more rail projects. The most criminal one for me is cancelling the reopening of the Waterford-Wexford/Rosslare line. On the left is the All-island Rail Review published by the last government and on the right is the plan published today.
December 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I know you're all sick of me saying this, but it needs to be repeated until they are gone.
FFG only see neoliberalism & austerity as the way to run the country.
They have abandoned the responsibility of investing in infra for future prosperity or climate, in favour of market greed.
#IrishPol
FFG only see neoliberalism & austerity as the way to run the country.
They have abandoned the responsibility of investing in infra for future prosperity or climate, in favour of market greed.
#IrishPol
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There's also huge investment planned for Rosslare Europort which really should be coupled with investment in both passenger and freight rail in the area.
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There's also huge investment planned for Rosslare Europort which really should be coupled with investment in both passenger and freight rail in the area.
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Aside from this line, several others have been removed from the plan. A new proposed long term project of creating a new line from Mullingar through Cavan and Monaghan to Portadown is gone.
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Aside from this line, several others have been removed from the plan. A new proposed long term project of creating a new line from Mullingar through Cavan and Monaghan to Portadown is gone.
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They've done it again, they've cut more rail projects. The most criminal one for me is cancelling the reopening of the Waterford-Wexford/Rosslare line. On the left is the All-island Rail Review published by the last government and on the right is the plan published today.
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
They've done it again, they've cut more rail projects. The most criminal one for me is cancelling the reopening of the Waterford-Wexford/Rosslare line. On the left is the All-island Rail Review published by the last government and on the right is the plan published today.
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They've taken the page down but the document is still here. I'm going to get a drink.
assets.gov.ie/static/docum...
assets.gov.ie/static/docum...
assets.gov.ie
December 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
They've taken the page down but the document is still here. I'm going to get a drink.
assets.gov.ie/static/docum...
assets.gov.ie/static/docum...
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The rail line to Shannon is gone.
December 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The rail line to Shannon is gone.
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The plan to double track the busy line between Maynooth and Mullingar is gone. It also serves Sligo and Longford. The proposed reopening of the line between Athlone and Mullingar is also gone.
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The plan to double track the busy line between Maynooth and Mullingar is gone. It also serves Sligo and Longford. The proposed reopening of the line between Athlone and Mullingar is also gone.
Is there a lego wild flower bouquet left in a single Dunnes?
December 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Is there a lego wild flower bouquet left in a single Dunnes?
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In recent weeks, he was dismissed from his state job as a teacher after almost a decade teaching Romani language and Roma culture. He was also dismissed from the music centre where he had worked as a mentor for five years.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Teacher in Hungary facing criminal charges for organising Pride event
As Viktor Orbán tightens his grip in the country, rights organisations have called for the EU to intervene
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
In recent weeks, he was dismissed from his state job as a teacher after almost a decade teaching Romani language and Roma culture. He was also dismissed from the music centre where he had worked as a mentor for five years.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Kneecap waving a flag thrown onto the stage at a gig is terrorism, heavily reported in Britain and debated in the Commons.
Loyalists putting * live pipe bombs * on people's cars to terrorise a sport club into shutting down is not terrorism, and ignored in Britain.
And he'll only do 18 months.
Loyalists putting * live pipe bombs * on people's cars to terrorise a sport club into shutting down is not terrorism, and ignored in Britain.
And he'll only do 18 months.
A man who left pipe bombs at a Co Down sports ground in an attempt to intimidate a newly formed GAA club into leaving, has been given a three year sentence.
Man who left pipe bombs at Down sports ground jailed
A man who left pipe bombs at a Co Down sports ground in an attempt to intimidate a newly formed GAA club into leaving, has been given a three year sentence.
www.rte.ie
December 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Kneecap waving a flag thrown onto the stage at a gig is terrorism, heavily reported in Britain and debated in the Commons.
Loyalists putting * live pipe bombs * on people's cars to terrorise a sport club into shutting down is not terrorism, and ignored in Britain.
And he'll only do 18 months.
Loyalists putting * live pipe bombs * on people's cars to terrorise a sport club into shutting down is not terrorism, and ignored in Britain.
And he'll only do 18 months.
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This feels like a real life version of the fake right-wing moan "it's illegal to call them Easter eggs now, you have to call them non denominational chocolate orbs" that we get every year.
EU countries and lawmakers will meet today to decide whether to give plant-based "sausages" and veggie "burgers" the chop, amid a push to restrict such labels to meat products
jrnl.ie/6898881
jrnl.ie/6898881
EU to decide whether veggie ‘burgers’ face a possible rebrand
EU countries are set to clash over whether terms like “burger” and “sausage” should be reserved for real meat, or stay open to plant-based food.
jrnl.ie
December 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This feels like a real life version of the fake right-wing moan "it's illegal to call them Easter eggs now, you have to call them non denominational chocolate orbs" that we get every year.
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Pretty sure we got stitched up by FG here - extended nitrates derogation (good for wealthy dairy farmers) in exchange for CETA ratification (bad for every other kind of farmer). Science had nothing to do with it.
"Dr Elaine McGoff, head of advocacy with An Taisce, said decisions like this are supposed to be based on science, & the evidence clearly shows Ireland has a “serious water pollution problem that isn’t getting any better"
www.thejournal.ie/nitrates-der...
www.thejournal.ie/nitrates-der...
'Bad day for clean water': EU votes to extend Ireland's nitrates derogation by three years
The conditions of the extension are yet to be fully ironed out, according to the Minister for Agriculture.
www.thejournal.ie
December 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Pretty sure we got stitched up by FG here - extended nitrates derogation (good for wealthy dairy farmers) in exchange for CETA ratification (bad for every other kind of farmer). Science had nothing to do with it.
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Judge Kerr said he accepted that this was not a terrorist case but that the pipe bombs had been left to "cause fear and distress and in order to achieve a sectarian aim of stopping the GAA using public pitches".
Pipe bombs not terrorism, holding signs in support of Palestine Action however, is.
Pipe bombs not terrorism, holding signs in support of Palestine Action however, is.
A man who left pipe bombs at a Co Down sports ground in an attempt to intimidate a newly formed GAA club into leaving, has been given a three year sentence.
Man who left pipe bombs at Down sports ground jailed
A man who left pipe bombs at a Co Down sports ground in an attempt to intimidate a newly formed GAA club into leaving, has been given a three year sentence.
www.rte.ie
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Judge Kerr said he accepted that this was not a terrorist case but that the pipe bombs had been left to "cause fear and distress and in order to achieve a sectarian aim of stopping the GAA using public pitches".
Pipe bombs not terrorism, holding signs in support of Palestine Action however, is.
Pipe bombs not terrorism, holding signs in support of Palestine Action however, is.
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No disrespect to @deanbuckley.bsky.social, who is a genuinely good journalist, but it is absolutely mental that he's the one who has had to pick up this Gareth Sheridan shit, as opposed to seeing some accountability from the much more high profile people who initially gave him positive attention
December 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
No disrespect to @deanbuckley.bsky.social, who is a genuinely good journalist, but it is absolutely mental that he's the one who has had to pick up this Gareth Sheridan shit, as opposed to seeing some accountability from the much more high profile people who initially gave him positive attention
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A rainforest was sacrificed to print weeks of hysteria in Britain about Kneecap waving a flag thrown on to the stage at a gig, with government ministers and opposition competing in the Commons to get in on the act and acres of po-faced commentariat handwringing.
This? Radio silence.
This? Radio silence.
SE Antrim UDA who were behind the Ballymena white supremacist violence - £1,000,000 of public funding was allocated to them three weeks ago. [6/n]
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/...
Anger as UDA crime gang given £1million 'reward' for 'good behaviour’ using taxpayer money
More than £1m of public money is to be spent on helping South East Antrim UDA ex-prisoners find jobs and make a “positive civic contribution”.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A rainforest was sacrificed to print weeks of hysteria in Britain about Kneecap waving a flag thrown on to the stage at a gig, with government ministers and opposition competing in the Commons to get in on the act and acres of po-faced commentariat handwringing.
This? Radio silence.
This? Radio silence.
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the vindictiveness of the guard asking the judge to deny bail here brings me back to when this man was released and the state floated prosecuting his sister for refusing to leave her house when it was wrongly designated a crime scene
A man 'wrongly accused' of the murder of Ashling Murphy has suffered a range of mental health problems over recent years, a court heard as he rejected shoplifting allegations jrnl.ie/6895651
Man who was 'wrongly accused' of Ashling Murphy's murder cites PTSD in disputed theft case
Radu Floricel’s struggles with PTSD, psychosis, and depression, were revealed during a contested bail application today as he faced charges of theft and criminal damage in a Garda station cell.
jrnl.ie
December 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
the vindictiveness of the guard asking the judge to deny bail here brings me back to when this man was released and the state floated prosecuting his sister for refusing to leave her house when it was wrongly designated a crime scene
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Well it would be helpful if women, could access #PrEP here in Ireland. Currently the health projects only offer it to men who have sex with men. The irish healthcare system doesn't recognize non binary people.
#spéirgprom #WorldAIDSDay
www.thejournal.ie/hiv-ireland-...
#spéirgprom #WorldAIDSDay
www.thejournal.ie/hiv-ireland-...
Startling rise in number of women being diagnosed with HIV in Ireland
HIV Ireland said that more supports need to be offered and more work needs to be done to get women talking about HIV and to reduce stigma around the disease.
www.thejournal.ie
December 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Well it would be helpful if women, could access #PrEP here in Ireland. Currently the health projects only offer it to men who have sex with men. The irish healthcare system doesn't recognize non binary people.
#spéirgprom #WorldAIDSDay
www.thejournal.ie/hiv-ireland-...
#spéirgprom #WorldAIDSDay
www.thejournal.ie/hiv-ireland-...
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America is different, of course, but my experience of meeting other parents of kids with DS is that their position on the right to choose doesn't change after having their perfect kid.
What does change, however, are opinions on how prenatal screening options are presented to them. Fuck eugenics!
What does change, however, are opinions on how prenatal screening options are presented to them. Fuck eugenics!
And for those wondering, A LOT of pro-life Christians have kids with Down Syndrome and say their decision to not abort made them opposed to abortion. (Though there are also plenty of pro-choice parents of disabilities and plenty of people with disabilities are pro-choice).
November 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
America is different, of course, but my experience of meeting other parents of kids with DS is that their position on the right to choose doesn't change after having their perfect kid.
What does change, however, are opinions on how prenatal screening options are presented to them. Fuck eugenics!
What does change, however, are opinions on how prenatal screening options are presented to them. Fuck eugenics!
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
I am so curious about this. The vows coverage in general but also the specific case.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/s...
A New Orleans Processional at a Grand Old Irish Estate
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I am so curious about this. The vows coverage in general but also the specific case.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/s...
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Despite being an important gig with lots of big names and at Wembley Arena, it’s almost certain that UK mainstream media will not whisper a syllable about this. So please share widely and keep sharing.
www.transmissionlive.uk
www.transmissionlive.uk
November 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Despite being an important gig with lots of big names and at Wembley Arena, it’s almost certain that UK mainstream media will not whisper a syllable about this. So please share widely and keep sharing.
www.transmissionlive.uk
www.transmissionlive.uk
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You can't actually cap migration into Ireland without:
1. Dismantling the Common Travel Area
2. Leaving the EU
3. Placing a hard border between the Republic and the North
This "population growth" argument the self-declared sensible people have come up with is in reality really extreme
1. Dismantling the Common Travel Area
2. Leaving the EU
3. Placing a hard border between the Republic and the North
This "population growth" argument the self-declared sensible people have come up with is in reality really extreme
November 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM
You can't actually cap migration into Ireland without:
1. Dismantling the Common Travel Area
2. Leaving the EU
3. Placing a hard border between the Republic and the North
This "population growth" argument the self-declared sensible people have come up with is in reality really extreme
1. Dismantling the Common Travel Area
2. Leaving the EU
3. Placing a hard border between the Republic and the North
This "population growth" argument the self-declared sensible people have come up with is in reality really extreme
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This is really important, please read #speirghorm
Who will offer early-stage legal help to people seeking asylum in future, speedier process? It might not be lawyers
The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact allows for “legal counselling”. Those who give it won’t have to be “qualified lawyers. More here www.dublininquirer.com/who-will-off...
The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact allows for “legal counselling”. Those who give it won’t have to be “qualified lawyers. More here www.dublininquirer.com/who-will-off...
Who will offer early-stage legal help to people seeking asylum in future, speedier process? It might not be lawyers
The new EU Migration and Asylum Pact allows for “legal counselling”. Those who give it won’t have to be “qualified lawyers”, says the Department of Justice.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This is really important, please read #speirghorm