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There's a REALLY quick and easy survey for the public consultation on the Basic Income for the Arts scheme - it only takes a few seconds, anyone can fill it in, and it could make a huge difference to arts workers in Ireland. Take a few ticks to places a few ticks here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
August 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
There's a REALLY quick and easy survey for the public consultation on the Basic Income for the Arts scheme - it only takes a few seconds, anyone can fill it in, and it could make a huge difference to arts workers in Ireland. Take a few ticks to places a few ticks here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
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Pediatricians say that childhood vaccines are safe. A heroin-addled nepo baby with a brain worm says they may not be. For busy voters, it can be hard to know who to believe.
May 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Pediatricians say that childhood vaccines are safe. A heroin-addled nepo baby with a brain worm says they may not be. For busy voters, it can be hard to know who to believe.
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The Pampered Idiot, by Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807–45, 📸 by @b_smialowski
April 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The Pampered Idiot, by Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807–45, 📸 by @b_smialowski
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I wrote this on arts funding, and the queasy feeling that it'll be Irish artists who end up paying for yet another government procurement scandal.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O'Reilly: Arts funding rows hurt artists who struggle to break even
"...it is hard to avoid the sense that the Government’s newfound notions of austerity will skip right past the men in suits and pass directly to the artists who rely on government funding to pursue th...
www.irishexaminer.com
March 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I wrote this on arts funding, and the queasy feeling that it'll be Irish artists who end up paying for yet another government procurement scandal.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
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A Trump shill on Newsnight claims there are more people in prison in UK jails for freedom of speech violations than in Putin’s Russia.
These people are radicalised, insane, plain stupid or some combination of all three.
These people are radicalised, insane, plain stupid or some combination of all three.
February 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A Trump shill on Newsnight claims there are more people in prison in UK jails for freedom of speech violations than in Putin’s Russia.
These people are radicalised, insane, plain stupid or some combination of all three.
These people are radicalised, insane, plain stupid or some combination of all three.
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February 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Vance, a man who won’t dare to say aloud the truth, that Trump lost the 2020 election, a lie which prompted a riot and insurrection, lecturing Europe about freedom of speech and democracy. You couldn’t make it up.
February 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Vance, a man who won’t dare to say aloud the truth, that Trump lost the 2020 election, a lie which prompted a riot and insurrection, lecturing Europe about freedom of speech and democracy. You couldn’t make it up.
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A huge number of us are or will be carers at some point in our lives and the lack of either respect or support by so many politicians, including the leader of the country, for the enormous work done and the emotional and physical toll it takes is infuriating. Completely out of touch.
November 22, 2024 at 11:18 PM
A huge number of us are or will be carers at some point in our lives and the lack of either respect or support by so many politicians, including the leader of the country, for the enormous work done and the emotional and physical toll it takes is infuriating. Completely out of touch.