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The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
Objectors will be on the hook to pay six-figure legal costs under judicial reviews clampdown
Objectors will have to foot six-figure legal bills for successful judicial review cases in a new move being brought to the Cabinet to speed up the supply of infrastructure and housing.
m.independent.ie
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
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There's so much that's ambiguous and complicated in this life that when sometimes clear and simple, it's important to say so. The AP's reporting shows that these guys are not narco terrorists.
November 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
There's so much that's ambiguous and complicated in this life that when sometimes clear and simple, it's important to say so. The AP's reporting shows that these guys are not narco terrorists.
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The truth is not "more nuanced," the truth is that none of these people are narco terrorists.
GÜIRIA, Venezuela (AP) — One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet. And a fourth was a down-on-his-luck bus driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The truth is not "more nuanced," the truth is that none of these people are narco terrorists.
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Look at the negative framing of this.
We elected a President we can all be proud of in a historic landslide vote.
What’s wrong with:
“Why did FF & FG get it so wrong …… again?”
Fook off RTE.
We elected a President we can all be proud of in a historic landslide vote.
What’s wrong with:
“Why did FF & FG get it so wrong …… again?”
Fook off RTE.
November 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Look at the negative framing of this.
We elected a President we can all be proud of in a historic landslide vote.
What’s wrong with:
“Why did FF & FG get it so wrong …… again?”
Fook off RTE.
We elected a President we can all be proud of in a historic landslide vote.
What’s wrong with:
“Why did FF & FG get it so wrong …… again?”
Fook off RTE.
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Do politicians do this with any other policy? Do they say "we need to have a debate about housing", or do they just schedule some debate time for housing
November 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Do politicians do this with any other policy? Do they say "we need to have a debate about housing", or do they just schedule some debate time for housing
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can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.
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It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
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People on the left have been trying to discuss migration for YEARS. The effect of poor govt communication on communities, the safety and human rights of vulnerable people fleeing desperate situations, lack of services for ALL. Ignored and dismissed at every turn.
Harris is a disingenuous jerk.
Harris is a disingenuous jerk.
November 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
People on the left have been trying to discuss migration for YEARS. The effect of poor govt communication on communities, the safety and human rights of vulnerable people fleeing desperate situations, lack of services for ALL. Ignored and dismissed at every turn.
Harris is a disingenuous jerk.
Harris is a disingenuous jerk.
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My last thought on the presidential elections is that we had to suffer through every stray thought that passed through Ivan Yates' brain, amplified by the media, without him ever saying he was being paid by one side, but it was only after the election that I read a 'who is Béibhinn O'Connor?' piece.
November 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
My last thought on the presidential elections is that we had to suffer through every stray thought that passed through Ivan Yates' brain, amplified by the media, without him ever saying he was being paid by one side, but it was only after the election that I read a 'who is Béibhinn O'Connor?' piece.
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Harris will be outraged at any hint of a connection between his comments & the arson attack. So outraged he won't get round to explaining himself.
Micheál Martin will find it repugnant that people are making such a connection. So repugnant he won't get round to explaining himself.
Micheál Martin will find it repugnant that people are making such a connection. So repugnant he won't get round to explaining himself.
Nash: “I'm in no way saying that there's any causal link between remarks made by politicians last week and a criminal act here at Drogheda, but people need to be sensitive with their language…. They need to be responsible.”
November 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Harris will be outraged at any hint of a connection between his comments & the arson attack. So outraged he won't get round to explaining himself.
Micheál Martin will find it repugnant that people are making such a connection. So repugnant he won't get round to explaining himself.
Micheál Martin will find it repugnant that people are making such a connection. So repugnant he won't get round to explaining himself.
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ff/fg “need to up their online game” isn’t a serious analysis of the campaign nor is any other analysis that talks about “young people and social media” without considering the actual (and extremely wide) political differences between one generally popular candidate and one generally unpopular one
October 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
ff/fg “need to up their online game” isn’t a serious analysis of the campaign nor is any other analysis that talks about “young people and social media” without considering the actual (and extremely wide) political differences between one generally popular candidate and one generally unpopular one
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i want to listen to intelligent discussion of the election on the radio and all i’ve got is extremely out-of-touch but relentlessly platformed people looking at yesterday’s result and missing the point entirely
October 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
i want to listen to intelligent discussion of the election on the radio and all i’ve got is extremely out-of-touch but relentlessly platformed people looking at yesterday’s result and missing the point entirely
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this is a great analogy - too many people have a platform on these panels because of their talent for generating compellingly stupid content
I hear noted election winner Declan Ganley is spouting off on the radio, with his stupid opinions that I hate. He's the political equivalent of one of those Wenger Out losers on Arsenal TV and his opinion shouldn't be sought out on anything. #aras25
October 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
this is a great analogy - too many people have a platform on these panels because of their talent for generating compellingly stupid content
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When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
It’s very telling that opening your publication to MAGA “thought” requires a massive downgrade in quality control.
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
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I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said—“Well, Seymour, I made it, despite your directions,
Who said—“Well, Seymour, I made it, despite your directions,
October 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said—“Well, Seymour, I made it, despite your directions,
Who said—“Well, Seymour, I made it, despite your directions,
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This is Starmerism and how's that working out?
This pile of riot-appeasing baloney can roll right down the beach and cheerfully sink beneath the waves.
www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
Govt should reconsider immigration policies, says Harris
Tánaiste and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris has said Ireland's asylum seeker system is not working and that the Government should reconsider existing policies "in a very serious way".
www.rte.ie
October 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
This is Starmerism and how's that working out?
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New career path: Telling everyone that I use generative AI for everything (and then just half-assing it with my own brain) so people I don’t respect throw piles of money at me and are cool with the final product being bad.
October 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
New career path: Telling everyone that I use generative AI for everything (and then just half-assing it with my own brain) so people I don’t respect throw piles of money at me and are cool with the final product being bad.
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DJ Carey's hearing is today?
What are they charging him with?
An iPhone charger!
What are they charging him with?
An iPhone charger!
October 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
DJ Carey's hearing is today?
What are they charging him with?
An iPhone charger!
What are they charging him with?
An iPhone charger!
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It can be difficult watching the likes of Trump and Musk and Farage and all those shits destroy the world, but we can take solace in the fact they are deeply unhappy people on the inside.
Actually I'm a deeply unhappy person on the inside too. What the hell this is shit
Actually I'm a deeply unhappy person on the inside too. What the hell this is shit
August 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
It can be difficult watching the likes of Trump and Musk and Farage and all those shits destroy the world, but we can take solace in the fact they are deeply unhappy people on the inside.
Actually I'm a deeply unhappy person on the inside too. What the hell this is shit
Actually I'm a deeply unhappy person on the inside too. What the hell this is shit
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I'm ded 💀 😂 😂 😂
August 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I'm ded 💀 😂 😂 😂
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Modern politics is right wing parties saying “We have summoned The Shadow Lord from the realm of eternal screaming, he shall lay waste to this wretched earth” while sensible centrists say “We’re going to lose the next election if the left keeps moaning about The Shadow Lord.”
August 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Modern politics is right wing parties saying “We have summoned The Shadow Lord from the realm of eternal screaming, he shall lay waste to this wretched earth” while sensible centrists say “We’re going to lose the next election if the left keeps moaning about The Shadow Lord.”
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Sweden and the Netherlands have jointly called for the EU to suspend trade with Israel in response to what they call the "extremely disturbing and intolerable" humanitarian situation in Gaza
Sweden, Netherlands call to suspend EU trade with Israel
Sweden and the Netherlands have jointly called for the EU to suspend trade with Israel in response to what they call the "extremely disturbing and intolerable" humanitarian situation in Gaza.
www.rte.ie
August 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Sweden and the Netherlands have jointly called for the EU to suspend trade with Israel in response to what they call the "extremely disturbing and intolerable" humanitarian situation in Gaza
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Frankie Boyle called this years ago of course
August 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Frankie Boyle called this years ago of course