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I was wondering why the hell Tipp TD Ryan O'Meara was suddenly pushing the digital wallet identity verification thing so I checked and of course he was one of the TDs that Meta directly lobbied about it

www.lobbying.ie/return/13174...
Lobbying
www.lobbying.ie
December 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
There was a concerted effort by members of a certain institute to rubbish claims of infants buried here.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Tuam: Burial ground at mother and baby institution
Agency said it found "graves of child or infant size" at an area on the western edge of the site.
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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This hasn't gotten much traction, but late last week, Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan announced plans for

A) A social media ban for under-16s.

B) To achieve this, introducing mandatory digital ID requirements for all Irish users of social media platforms.
#speirgorm
#Ireland
#internetpolicy
December 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Irish Independent running pro-landlord pieces again scaremongering about landlords leaving the market. Irish media did this before, and it turned out it was not true.
November 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Ok, hear me out:
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Utter gombeens, never miss a chance to whip people up with misinformation.

www.thejournal.ie/cpo-greenway...
Independent Ireland leader claims 'sh*t frightened out of' TII during committee appearance
A protest against compulsory land purchases for greenways took place outside Leinster House this afternoon.
www.thejournal.ie
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
If I was a betting man I would seek odds on them being Gript subscribers.
The court heard that a video was discovered on a device examined as part of the investigation that captured four masked men during the reading of a statement outlining their intentions to “take violent action”. jrnl.ie/6868234
Right-wing extremist group planned to 'target IPAS centres, mosques and hotels', court hears
Karolis Peckauskas and Garrett Pollock appeared in court charged with possession of explosives after being arrested during an antiterrorism operation.
jrnl.ie
November 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This world is so fucking stupid.
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Did Phrenology ever really go away?
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Declan Ganley is a US military contractor in business with Peter Thiel and Karl Rove. his son Micheál's previous job before "refounding" the Bethlehem Steel Company, was as a staffer for Lindsay Graham. he's a stooge for US interests and should be treated as such
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
RTE’s go to centrist democrat in Ireland, Larry Donnelly, bemoaning the fact that Mamdani didn't reach out to Cumo voters, these guys always want to compromise with the right.
November 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Wow the IT actually printed my letter

#speirghorm
November 3, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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And here is the man who launched the 'spoil the vote' campain with Declan Ganley. In this clip, Michael McCarthy, who has a million followers on Instagram, says we need more nuance regarding H1tler. #spoilthevote
October 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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The Register is reporting that OpenAI lost $11 billion in the last quarter. This company is a shambling monstrosity, financial insanity as a direct result with the markets’ obsession with growth.
www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/m...
Microsoft earnings suggest $11.5B OpenAI quarterly loss
: Satya has also delivered Sam most of the cash he promised
www.theregister.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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So unsurprising.
October 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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This pile of riot-appeasing baloney can roll right down the beach and cheerfully sink beneath the waves.

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 8:38 AM
The Maria Steen pretend presidential run was a successful exercise in platforming the far right and giving them media access to moan and promote extremist views. Case in point, one of the people Declan Ganley was running the spoil your vote campaign thinks they're is a lot to admire about Hitler.
October 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Not only was Joanna Donnelly the only one of these four smart enough to stop her campaign once she realised she was out her depth, she's also the only one here who doesn't come across as staggeringly arrogant and utterly delusional
Four one-time Áras hopefuls on what they'd do differently if they could turn the clock back
What might have been? We caught up with Gareth Sheridan, Kieran McCarthy, Nick Delehanty and Joanna Donnelly.
www.thejournal.ie
October 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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“Aontú has sacked the leader of its youth wing and dismissed five other members after it learnt of the existence of ­secret WhatsApp groups where some Ógra Aontú members posted racist and antisemitic comments.”

Be warned, the messages detailed in this article are absolutely vile.
Aontú fires youth leader and five others over secret racist WhatsApp chat group
Aontú has sacked the leader of its youth wing and dismissed five other members after it learnt of the existence of ­secret WhatsApp groups where some Ógra Aontú members posted racist and antisemitic c...
m.independent.ie
October 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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The Aontú youth massive racism scandal is only a surprise if you never heard of Aontú before, tbh
October 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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betamax is back - as a laser disc
October 25, 2025 at 3:53 AM