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Gareth Sheridan happily posting photos of himself & Russell Brand, a man charged with multiple counts of sexual assault, as well as with other far right grifters.This guy fits in, a total grifter too,the presidential run was just about brand & name recognition… & Kerry county council fell for it! 🤬🤬
December 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Gareth Sheridan happily posting photos of himself & Russell Brand, a man charged with multiple counts of sexual assault, as well as with other far right grifters.This guy fits in, a total grifter too,the presidential run was just about brand & name recognition… & Kerry county council fell for it! 🤬🤬
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The tenants of "The Complex" the brilliant arts space just off Capel St Stop are being evicted in January and the city can't afford to lose yet *another* cultural space.
Please sign & share the petition to save The Complex
Please sign & share the petition to save The Complex
Save The Complex in Dublin
I'm getting behind the The Complex Cultural & Arts space. Stop the eviction! Please sign & share
my.uplift.ie
December 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The tenants of "The Complex" the brilliant arts space just off Capel St Stop are being evicted in January and the city can't afford to lose yet *another* cultural space.
Please sign & share the petition to save The Complex
Please sign & share the petition to save The Complex
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Whilst the media, & far right, are focused on the red herring of ‘protecting’ women & girls from trans ppl, women & girls are actually being murdered & brutalised by non-trans men. Mostly ones they know.
If only this lethal pandemic got the coverage the false conspiracy trans panic gets.
If only this lethal pandemic got the coverage the false conspiracy trans panic gets.
Over 100 women murdered in Ireland since 2012 - and a gap in data on gendered violence
New cross-European investigation finds Ireland’s response to violence against women hindered by insufficient records.
www.thejournal.ie
November 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Whilst the media, & far right, are focused on the red herring of ‘protecting’ women & girls from trans ppl, women & girls are actually being murdered & brutalised by non-trans men. Mostly ones they know.
If only this lethal pandemic got the coverage the false conspiracy trans panic gets.
If only this lethal pandemic got the coverage the false conspiracy trans panic gets.
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Hoy se ha publicado el artículo de EU Perspectives en el que colaboré hace unos días. 📲💬
Europa no puede permitir que las grandes plataformas dicten sus propias reglas.
La soberanía digital no se negocia.
👉 euperspectives.eu/2025/10/appl...
Europa no puede permitir que las grandes plataformas dicten sus propias reglas.
La soberanía digital no se negocia.
👉 euperspectives.eu/2025/10/appl...
Digital corporations will not dictate terms. MEPs hit back at Apple and Google - EU Perspectives
Apple and Google step up criticism of the EU’s DMA, but MEPs brand their claims “unrealistic” and defend Europe’s digital sovereignty
euperspectives.eu
October 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Hoy se ha publicado el artículo de EU Perspectives en el que colaboré hace unos días. 📲💬
Europa no puede permitir que las grandes plataformas dicten sus propias reglas.
La soberanía digital no se negocia.
👉 euperspectives.eu/2025/10/appl...
Europa no puede permitir que las grandes plataformas dicten sus propias reglas.
La soberanía digital no se negocia.
👉 euperspectives.eu/2025/10/appl...
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“The Office of Public Works spends around €1.2 million every year leasing car parking... spaces for the Revenue Commissioners cost over €100,000 annually. Parking for Leinster House itself runs to a similar figure each year. These are recurring bills, quietly signed off without any outrage”
Those outraged by a €100k bike shed should look at the annual cost of renting out car park spaces
www.thejournal.ie/readme/bike-...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/bike-...
Opinion: Those outraged by a €100k bike shed should look at the annual cost of renting out car park spaces
We have completely normalised investment in congestion, pollution and the continuation of car-first planning, writes Ciarán Cannon.
www.thejournal.ie
October 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
“The Office of Public Works spends around €1.2 million every year leasing car parking... spaces for the Revenue Commissioners cost over €100,000 annually. Parking for Leinster House itself runs to a similar figure each year. These are recurring bills, quietly signed off without any outrage”
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr... @uplift.ie
Protect Keem Bay
Keem bay is one of the most beautiful beaches in the world but despite that there is no plan for sustainable tourism.
This is putting Keem at risk. There should be no campfires allowed as they are de...
my.uplift.ie
August 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr... @uplift.ie
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Despite a welcome change in tone, it was business as usual under Pope Francis, writes historian Dr Mary McAuliffe, but reform could be possible under a like-minded successor. #speirgorm www.thejournal.ie/readme/churc...
Opinion: Despite a welcome change in tone, it was business as usual under Pope Francis
However, if the church choose a like-minded successor, real reform may be possible, writes historian Dr Mary McAuliffe.
www.thejournal.ie
April 27, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Despite a welcome change in tone, it was business as usual under Pope Francis, writes historian Dr Mary McAuliffe, but reform could be possible under a like-minded successor. #speirgorm www.thejournal.ie/readme/churc...
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The UK's political and media class has spent years heaping sadism on trans people, and they want to do the same in Ireland next. Calls for civility and calm won't cut it. We need to fight them tooth and nail.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O'Reilly: Trans people have spent a decade being attacked in a moral panic
The poor provision of unisex children’s facilities— which reinforces gender stereotypes and inconveniences women and men both — was, incidentally, an issue I remember being quite talked-about a decade...
www.irishexaminer.com
April 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The UK's political and media class has spent years heaping sadism on trans people, and they want to do the same in Ireland next. Calls for civility and calm won't cut it. We need to fight them tooth and nail.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
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This #EarthDay2025 seems a good moment to share some Gerard Manley Hopkins:
“What would the world be, once bereft
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet”
“What would the world be, once bereft
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet”
April 22, 2025 at 7:44 AM
This #EarthDay2025 seems a good moment to share some Gerard Manley Hopkins:
“What would the world be, once bereft
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet”
“What would the world be, once bereft
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet”
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#SNL50 cold opening and Mike Myers knocked it outta the park tonight. Again. #ElbowsUp🇨🇦
April 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
#SNL50 cold opening and Mike Myers knocked it outta the park tonight. Again. #ElbowsUp🇨🇦
@tonygroves.bsky.social
I think liar is a more appropriate way to describe yourself. You are not and never were the Lord Mayor of Dublin. And you’re not a lefty.
I think liar is a more appropriate way to describe yourself. You are not and never were the Lord Mayor of Dublin. And you’re not a lefty.
March 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
@tonygroves.bsky.social
I think liar is a more appropriate way to describe yourself. You are not and never were the Lord Mayor of Dublin. And you’re not a lefty.
I think liar is a more appropriate way to describe yourself. You are not and never were the Lord Mayor of Dublin. And you’re not a lefty.
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I think now might be a good time for Scotland to be thinking Independence again.
March 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I think now might be a good time for Scotland to be thinking Independence again.
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Russia using criminal networks to drive increase in sabotage acts, says Europol
Russia using criminal networks to drive increase in sabotage acts, says Europol
Proxies deploying tactics including migrant smuggling in destabilisation efforts across EU, enforcement agency finds
* Europe live – latest updates
Russia and other state actors are driving an increase in politically motivated cyber-attacks and…
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Russia using criminal networks to drive increase in sabotage acts, says Europol
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If you are going to read one thing this weekend, let it be this. Butler is a paramount philosopher of our time.
| This Is Wrong; Judith Butler on Executive Order 14168 |
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
| This Is Wrong; Judith Butler on Executive Order 14168 |
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Judith Butler · This Is Wrong
We need a better understanding of the fears exploited by authoritarians: who is this ‘migrant’, so dangerous they...
www.lrb.co.uk
March 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
If you are going to read one thing this weekend, let it be this. Butler is a paramount philosopher of our time.
| This Is Wrong; Judith Butler on Executive Order 14168 |
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
| This Is Wrong; Judith Butler on Executive Order 14168 |
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Led by Mammy Burke, lots of Burke fun and games in Washington DC. #speirgorm www.thejournal.ie/enoch-burke-...
Members of Enoch Burke's family forcibly removed from gala dinner in Washington DC after disrupting speech
The family did not have tickets to the event which was attended by Taoiseach Micheál Martin.
www.thejournal.ie
March 14, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Led by Mammy Burke, lots of Burke fun and games in Washington DC. #speirgorm www.thejournal.ie/enoch-burke-...
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What will it take for a former president to speak out against Trump?
What will it take for a former president to speak out against Trump?
The silence from former occupants of the Oval Office has been deafening as the incumbent cuts a destructive path
www.theguardian.com
March 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
What will it take for a former president to speak out against Trump?
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All I'm saying is, if you ran a campaign on democracy being at stake and democracy lost, isn't it time to be massively freaking out instead of doing this
March 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
All I'm saying is, if you ran a campaign on democracy being at stake and democracy lost, isn't it time to be massively freaking out instead of doing this
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China vows it will ‘fight to the end’ with US in trade war – or any other war
China vows it will ‘fight to the end’ with US in trade war – or any other war
Wolf warrior-style comments mark China’s strongest rhetoric on US president Donald Trump since he entered the White House
China’s ministry of foreign affairs has promised that China will “fight to the end” with the US in a “tariff war, trade war or any…
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:59 AM
China vows it will ‘fight to the end’ with US in trade war – or any other war
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In grim contrast to the red carpet, Soheila Golestani faces 74 lashes for her Oscar-nominated film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig. Watch this film to understand the repression of Iran’s theocratic regime &why the #WomenLifeFreedom movement is so important: www.thetimes.com/culture/film...
The actress facing 74 lashes in Iran for her Oscar-nominated film
Instead of attending the glitzy Hollywood ceremony, Soheila Golestani is on trial by the Revolutionary Court for her part in The Seed of the Sacred Fig
www.thetimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
In grim contrast to the red carpet, Soheila Golestani faces 74 lashes for her Oscar-nominated film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig. Watch this film to understand the repression of Iran’s theocratic regime &why the #WomenLifeFreedom movement is so important: www.thetimes.com/culture/film...
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Crockett: This is not what we should be doing. I don’t even know why we’re fighting with Greenland. We’re fighting with Greenland, Canada, and Mexico—yet we’re in love with Putin?!
March 5, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Crockett: This is not what we should be doing. I don’t even know why we’re fighting with Greenland. We’re fighting with Greenland, Canada, and Mexico—yet we’re in love with Putin?!
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Today, a judge temporarily blocked Trump's cruel and dangerous attack on transgender youth and access to gender-affirming care.
I'm going to keep fighting to protect the rights of transgender individuals to simply be who they are.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/u...
I'm going to keep fighting to protect the rights of transgender individuals to simply be who they are.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/u...
Judge Blocks Trump Orders to Stop Funds for Trans Youth Health Providers
The ruling affects hospitals nationwide, putting on hold the administration’s plan to withhold research grants from those that offer gender transition treatments to young people.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Today, a judge temporarily blocked Trump's cruel and dangerous attack on transgender youth and access to gender-affirming care.
I'm going to keep fighting to protect the rights of transgender individuals to simply be who they are.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/u...
I'm going to keep fighting to protect the rights of transgender individuals to simply be who they are.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/u...
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UK Pledges £2.26 Billion To Ukraine wonder did President Zelensky litigate / say thanks? www.bbc.com/news/live/cn...
UK pledges £2.26bn to Ukraine as Zelensky says it will be used for weapons - latest
The loan deal comes a day after Zelensky's meeting with Donald Trump was cut short following a heated exchange in the Oval Office.
www.bbc.com
March 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
UK Pledges £2.26 Billion To Ukraine wonder did President Zelensky litigate / say thanks? www.bbc.com/news/live/cn...
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Republicans terrified of crossing Trump due to physical threats, Democrat says
Republicans terrified of crossing Trump due to physical threats, Democrat says
Eric Swalwell says threats to them and their families are stopping GOP officials from criticizing president
* US politics live – latest updates
Republicans on Capitol Hill are shying away from criticizing Donald Trump’s policies over fears for their…
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Republicans terrified of crossing Trump due to physical threats, Democrat says