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Social justice and photography. PBP Dublin 8 📍 Arsenal and St. Pats 🔴⚪
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People before Profit members were in Hardwicke St flats, D1 - with a petition asking the govt to stop DCC rent hikes until they carried out essential repairs on the flats. They were accosted by Leslie Fagan & Paul Nolan so much for the pretence of caring about the Irish people 🙄
December 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
People before Profit members were in Hardwicke St flats, D1 - with a petition asking the govt to stop DCC rent hikes until they carried out essential repairs on the flats. They were accosted by Leslie Fagan & Paul Nolan so much for the pretence of caring about the Irish people 🙄
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Never forget she voted against a moition to provide resources to save migrant lives in the Mediterranean - for that alone she should not be President #speirgorm extra.ie/2025/04/07/n...
Vincent Browne says 'prospect' of Mairead McGuinness becoming President 'is appalling'
Vincent Browne has said the idea of Mairead McGuinness becoming the next President of Ireland is 'appalling' and the Louth native 'has to be stopped.'
extra.ie
July 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Never forget she voted against a moition to provide resources to save migrant lives in the Mediterranean - for that alone she should not be President #speirgorm extra.ie/2025/04/07/n...
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Foreign affairs minister Simon Harris authorised a US military plane to land at Shannon last Tuesday 1 April even though it was bringing general Michael Kurilla to Tel Aviv for a meeting with the Israel Defense Forces chief of staff to discuss “strategic security issues”
April 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Foreign affairs minister Simon Harris authorised a US military plane to land at Shannon last Tuesday 1 April even though it was bringing general Michael Kurilla to Tel Aviv for a meeting with the Israel Defense Forces chief of staff to discuss “strategic security issues”
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Gardai forcibly removing mothers protesting against genocide at the Dáil.
March 31, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Gardai forcibly removing mothers protesting against genocide at the Dáil.
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Xavier transitioned and became Vivian Jenna Wilson. She is alive and well and lives in Japan.
No loving parent would ever write such a disgusting thing as this, and it speaks volumes.
No loving parent would ever write such a disgusting thing as this, and it speaks volumes.
March 23, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Xavier transitioned and became Vivian Jenna Wilson. She is alive and well and lives in Japan.
No loving parent would ever write such a disgusting thing as this, and it speaks volumes.
No loving parent would ever write such a disgusting thing as this, and it speaks volumes.
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Scoop: Washington Post editor Ruth Marcus says she’s resigning after a column on Jeff Bezos’s Wall Street Journal-like opinion pivot was rejected by Will Lewis
March 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Scoop: Washington Post editor Ruth Marcus says she’s resigning after a column on Jeff Bezos’s Wall Street Journal-like opinion pivot was rejected by Will Lewis
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🚨Left MEPs in the European Parliament stood firm against Ursula von der Leyen's arms race agenda, stressing that the EU must prioritise people over arms lobbies.
We must fight for peace & social justice, not fuel the arms industry at the expense of people.
We must fight for peace & social justice, not fuel the arms industry at the expense of people.
March 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🚨Left MEPs in the European Parliament stood firm against Ursula von der Leyen's arms race agenda, stressing that the EU must prioritise people over arms lobbies.
We must fight for peace & social justice, not fuel the arms industry at the expense of people.
We must fight for peace & social justice, not fuel the arms industry at the expense of people.
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🚨Jeremy Corbyn MP has written to Keir Starmer to demand an independent inquiry into the UK's role in the genocide in Gaza.
"Britain has played a highly influential role in Israel's military operations" including intelligence support and the use of RAF bases in Cyprus, he says.
"Britain has played a highly influential role in Israel's military operations" including intelligence support and the use of RAF bases in Cyprus, he says.
March 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
🚨Jeremy Corbyn MP has written to Keir Starmer to demand an independent inquiry into the UK's role in the genocide in Gaza.
"Britain has played a highly influential role in Israel's military operations" including intelligence support and the use of RAF bases in Cyprus, he says.
"Britain has played a highly influential role in Israel's military operations" including intelligence support and the use of RAF bases in Cyprus, he says.
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Record high of 611 adults in emergency accommodation in Cork in January, yet over 700 empty properties across city
What further evidence is needed that homeless crisis is state manufactured
Time for me & @judesherry.bsky.social to update records #DerelictIreland
www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
What further evidence is needed that homeless crisis is state manufactured
Time for me & @judesherry.bsky.social to update records #DerelictIreland
www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
March 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Record high of 611 adults in emergency accommodation in Cork in January, yet over 700 empty properties across city
What further evidence is needed that homeless crisis is state manufactured
Time for me & @judesherry.bsky.social to update records #DerelictIreland
www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
What further evidence is needed that homeless crisis is state manufactured
Time for me & @judesherry.bsky.social to update records #DerelictIreland
www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
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@carlkinsella.bsky.social made a really important point on @louisemcsharry.bsky.social’s Catch up podcast this morning, about how the cynicism in US politics emboldens our own politicians to pull this crap. The influence can’t be overstated or ignored and if they get with it, what next?
The leaders of the Opposition have said "all options" are on the table, including a walkout from the Dáil next week, in protest over the Government pushing through changes to speaking rights tonight.
Read more:
http://jrnl.ie/6634221t
Read more:
http://jrnl.ie/6634221t
Dáil walkout on the cards after Government wins speaking rights changes for Regional Independents
Earlier, the leaders of the Opposition wrote to Micheál Martin and Simon Harris requesting an urgent meeting.
jrnl.ie
March 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
@carlkinsella.bsky.social made a really important point on @louisemcsharry.bsky.social’s Catch up podcast this morning, about how the cynicism in US politics emboldens our own politicians to pull this crap. The influence can’t be overstated or ignored and if they get with it, what next?
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Unsubscribed -it was the last bit of the Bezos empire I reluctantly supported, (never use Amazon) as it had (until now) some great news reporting-but him dictating the content of the opinion section is a death knell of independent journalism-all has changed! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
February 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Unsubscribed -it was the last bit of the Bezos empire I reluctantly supported, (never use Amazon) as it had (until now) some great news reporting-but him dictating the content of the opinion section is a death knell of independent journalism-all has changed! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan has said that the EU was "completely blindsided" after she was detained yesterday upon entry to Israel
SF MEP Boylan refused entry to Israel during EU visit
Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan has said that the EU was "completely blindsided" after she was detained yesterday upon entry to Israel.
www.rte.ie
February 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan has said that the EU was "completely blindsided" after she was detained yesterday upon entry to Israel
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"...Arts Minister Patrick O’Donovan wants to make sure that all projects funded by his department...represent value for money."
How are they measuring value? Because they did this for Science Gallery, as though the arts were a business that should be cost-neutral, and it closed.
How are they measuring value? Because they did this for Science Gallery, as though the arts were a business that should be cost-neutral, and it closed.
February 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
"...Arts Minister Patrick O’Donovan wants to make sure that all projects funded by his department...represent value for money."
How are they measuring value? Because they did this for Science Gallery, as though the arts were a business that should be cost-neutral, and it closed.
How are they measuring value? Because they did this for Science Gallery, as though the arts were a business that should be cost-neutral, and it closed.
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Average rent now almost €2,000 per month with no let-up in sight as number of available homes plummets
m.independent.ie/irish-news/a...
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Average rent now almost €2,000 per month with no let-up in sight as number of available homes plummets
Rents rose by an average of 5.7pc last year, pushing the average monthly cost close to €2,000, according to the latest report from property website Daft.ie.
m.independent.ie
February 24, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Average rent now almost €2,000 per month with no let-up in sight as number of available homes plummets
m.independent.ie/irish-news/a...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/a...
The acts of an innocent state with absolutely nothing to hide.
"The bill proposes up to five years in prison for anyone 'providing services or resources to the ICC.' An international law expert warned that journalists investigating potential IDF crimes could also face imprisonment"
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Knesset advances bill imposing up to five years in jail for Israelis cooperating with ICC
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www.haaretz.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The acts of an innocent state with absolutely nothing to hide.
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Finally the RTB is taking some action against landlords who break the rent pressure zones. What is the response of the Taoiseach? Float the scrapping of the rent pressure zones!
We need proper rent controls to bring rents down.
#RPZ #HousingCrisis #HowIrelandWorks
We need proper rent controls to bring rents down.
#RPZ #HousingCrisis #HowIrelandWorks
Thousands of landlords face fines of up to €15,000 for illegally increasing rents in fresh crackdown
RTB data identifies 16,000 ‘tenancies of concern’ with rent rises above 2 per cent
www.irishtimes.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Finally the RTB is taking some action against landlords who break the rent pressure zones. What is the response of the Taoiseach? Float the scrapping of the rent pressure zones!
We need proper rent controls to bring rents down.
#RPZ #HousingCrisis #HowIrelandWorks
We need proper rent controls to bring rents down.
#RPZ #HousingCrisis #HowIrelandWorks
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may be beside the point/extremely obvious but i feel like you can only ignore extreme wealth inequality for so long before it metastasizes into something that fundamentally remakes and destabilizes the world by giving people access to so much money that they are fully above consequence
A consortium led by Elon Musk has made an unsolicited bid to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI for $97.4 billion. Huge scoop by @jtoonkel and @berber_jin1 www.wsj.com/tech/elon-mu...
Exclusive | Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4 Billion Bid for Control of OpenAI
The unsolicited offer complicates Sam Altman’s plans to convert OpenAI to a for-profit company.
www.wsj.com
February 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
may be beside the point/extremely obvious but i feel like you can only ignore extreme wealth inequality for so long before it metastasizes into something that fundamentally remakes and destabilizes the world by giving people access to so much money that they are fully above consequence
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This week’s column. Some (not all) of the coverage I have seen of Myles Lewis Skelly over the last 10 days or so has bothered me. It’s clear many of us are still not mindful enough and do not take due care with language and framing when it comes to talking about black footballers 👇🏻
February 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This week’s column. Some (not all) of the coverage I have seen of Myles Lewis Skelly over the last 10 days or so has bothered me. It’s clear many of us are still not mindful enough and do not take due care with language and framing when it comes to talking about black footballers 👇🏻
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Firmly think we need to upgrade the "boycott the White House on St. Patrick's Day" campaign to "we will wait for your return on the tarmac of Dublin airport, wielding hammers".
Trump says "US will take over the Gaza Strip” during joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu
Trump Says He Wants U.S. To Take Ownership Of Gaza Strip
Trump renewed his call to Arab nations to relocate displaced Palestinians as he welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House.
www.huffpost.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Firmly think we need to upgrade the "boycott the White House on St. Patrick's Day" campaign to "we will wait for your return on the tarmac of Dublin airport, wielding hammers".
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As Cristiano Ronaldo turns 40 today a reminder that he has been accused of 5 different rapes and sexual assaults, the first when he was 17 and at least one of which he has admitted.
February 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
As Cristiano Ronaldo turns 40 today a reminder that he has been accused of 5 different rapes and sexual assaults, the first when he was 17 and at least one of which he has admitted.
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Seeing some very familiar patterns in how people (and prominent media people) have been talking about Lewis-Skelly recently.
I’m reminded of the narrative around Sterling, Pogba, Rashford and why they needed to stay in their lanes, be humble. I wonder what they all have in common.
I’m reminded of the narrative around Sterling, Pogba, Rashford and why they needed to stay in their lanes, be humble. I wonder what they all have in common.
February 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Seeing some very familiar patterns in how people (and prominent media people) have been talking about Lewis-Skelly recently.
I’m reminded of the narrative around Sterling, Pogba, Rashford and why they needed to stay in their lanes, be humble. I wonder what they all have in common.
I’m reminded of the narrative around Sterling, Pogba, Rashford and why they needed to stay in their lanes, be humble. I wonder what they all have in common.
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It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.
Trump, with Netanyahu sitting next to him, says "Gaza maybe is a demolition site right now ... you can't live in Gaza right now. I think we need another location."
February 5, 2025 at 5:47 AM
It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.
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What it was always all about.
February 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM
What it was always all about.