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Wishing Richard Boyd Barret a full recovery and looking forward to seeing him back in the Dail in due course, continuing his important work.
April 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
In recent weeks I have seen groups of young people involved in significant antisocial/criminal behaviour on Grafton St, Exchequer St, Wicklow St, Clarendon St & Sth William St, and never any Gardai around. Post ‘Dublin Riots’, so many Gardai on the streets as temp. measure only.
Young man who 'enthusiastically' took part in Dublin riots jailed for 3.5 years
Kyle Lawrence pleaded guilty to two counts of violent disorder in the city centre and one count of trespass and theft.
www.thejournal.ie
February 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Good > High Court grants judicial review hearing for homeless refugee who fled the war in Palestine (via @thejournal_ie) jrnl.ie/6593767
High Court grants judicial review hearing for homeless refugee who fled the war in Palestine
He has taken the action against the Minister for Children, Equality, Integration and Youth as well as Ireland and the Attorney General.
jrnl.ie
January 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
‘The silence of many of those with influence in the face of gross violations of the human rights of civilians is conferring an impunity on those who are flagrantly inflicting collective punishment on civilians, including starvation…’

president.ie/en/diary/det...
Christmas Message from President Michael D. Higgins | President of Ireland
Welcome to the website of the President of Ireland.
president.ie
December 20, 2024 at 5:28 PM
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The fact that the legitimate act of strike (by taxpayers) is undermined by the NYPD (at taxpayer’s expense) so that the private company Amazon can make profits (on which they won’t pay tax) is peak America 🇺🇸
At the scene of the Amazon strike:

The NYPD has now erected barricades to allow Amazon contractors to enter and leave the distribution center, helping Amazon break the picket line.
December 19, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Disgusting behaviour ..
Garda investigation after asylum seeker attacked by group of men in Athlone.
A local group said it was the latest example of how ‘violence had been legitimised’ in the town…

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Garda investigation after asylum seeker attacked by group of men in Athlone
A local group said it was the latest example of how ‘violence had been legitimised’ in the town.
www.thejournal.ie
December 19, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Culture Clubbing with Boy George in Dublin tonight, looking forward to a great show ..
December 3, 2024 at 6:26 PM
This facility on RTE’s website for looking at how each count progressed in each constituency is fantastic www.rte.ie/news/electio...
General Election 2024 Live Results | RTÉ News
Follow each count from each constituency in Election 2024
www.rte.ie
December 1, 2024 at 10:24 AM
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4,645 #homeless children in Ireland today (the numbers we know about). So shameful. #GE24 #GeneralElection24
November 29, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Didn’t take too long for the obnoxious rudeness of Simon Harris to come through #rtept
November 26, 2024 at 10:40 PM
#rtept @fiannafailparty & @FineGael really are just the same political party at this point, @MichealMartinTD & @SimonHarrisTD not even pretending to argue against each other, both just opposing @MaryLouMcDonald and interrupting as much as possible.
November 26, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Unless I already know you, I do not engage in DMs.
November 26, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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Remember when Fianna Fail were last in charge and they put the Irish people on the hook for paying 42% of the total cost of the European banking crisis? We all paid close to €9000 each for their mismanagement. #GE24

www.thejournal.ie/readme/banki...
Column: How much has Ireland paid for the EU banking crisis?
Ireland has been declared a ‘special case’ by Angela Merkel – and these figures show exactly why, writes Michael Taft.
www.thejournal.ie
November 25, 2024 at 3:04 PM
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Reminder of EU Council Conclusions of 26 July 2023 on cooperation with Intl. Criminal Court:
“The Council calls upon all States to ensure full cooperation with the Court, including by the prompt execution of outstanding arrest warrants …”.
Link data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document...
data.consilium.europa.eu
November 21, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Excellent ✔️
November 21, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Of the 4,888 people I’m following in the other place, 949 are already here … #BlueSky
November 20, 2024 at 10:22 PM