A petition has been launched, stating, "We, the Irish dancing community, voice our unequivocal support for transgender dancers". Read 👉 buff.ly/rIn57fX #GCNnews

YESSSSSS

The story of Dublin-born Roberto Lopes playing for Cape Verde against Argentina in the FUFA World Cup July 3 2026. Thanks Wendy Lyon.

Not sure how well known this factoid is outside of Ireland so sharing it for the benefit of the rest of yiz Go Pico 🇨🇻🇮🇪

Very very important take here. If you’re justifying deportation based on someone’s proclivity for criminal activities you’re saying victims matter less if they’re not “one of us”.

Taylor, if you’re reading this (and I know you are) the Powerscourt Hotel just freed up a lot of suites

People have it in their head that abortion seekers are silly young ones. Before we opened up abortion access here in Ireland the majority of abortion seekers going to the UK were already parents and many were over 40.

Palestine flag banned while Ukrainian allowed said Zeynep Sonmez. Wimbledon director says “Ukrainian situation” is “unique” 🤷🏻‍♀️ uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/wimbled...

Bohs are making me very, very nervous rn

If we specifically focus on Trump’s well-documented habit to not pay for the services he demands professionals provide him with- including famously his lawyers- I think that there is good grounds for the comparison.

Banger Dáil exchange where Paul Murphy is told not to call Elon Musk a "psychopath" in line with Dáil standing orders

How she has somehow framed herself as the victim of denying others the right to love and be loved is truly surprising.

I had a foster kitty with this condition and it was terrible for him. Please donate if you can.

That might be an interesting day out. Remember to bring a tractor with you as that means you're not subject to Irish public order laws.

From Belfast, human rights lawyer Sarah Kay has the story about the pogroms, the loyalist militias helping coordinate them, and the local resistance of which she is a vital part.

Hearing that John Quinn, solicitor, has been granted leave to challenge the constitutionality and legality of the new criminal legal aid fee structure. #speirghorm

This is a flat-out lie. The Minister for Justice is LYING. #speirghorm

I know we’re all very busy, but I do think the Minister for Justice passing a law to invent a carve out for the police’s requirement to have Judicial oversight of their use of Facial Recognition of public places was worth a bit of attention. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-hum...

Woke up still annoyed about this. It’s actually really offensive to compare people at risk of forced detransition, denationalisation, etc to people who just want to be in a shorter airport queue @thejournal.ie

Not really the main issue with Sex Matters but to organise a meeting of your members in the middle of London and it’s this white is kind of alarming.

Magnificent

do i know anyone who works at the american embassy in brussels? msg me on signal!

This is a really great podcast and I am once again struck by the parallels with sex work criminalisation. The concept of policy harm is an important one Baffles me that so many people who get it WRT drugs still oppose decrim of sex work

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How it started / how it's going

Part of the difficulty is that employers and indeed specialist HR advisors aren't comprehending the band-aid of a grace period allowing immigrant workers to keep working while waiting for IRP renewal. Several WRC decisions, going back to 2023, document unpaid suspensions and even a dismissal.

While Jim O’Callaghan bangs on about “inefficiencies” his own Department is rendering people jobless and homeless and trapping them in or outside the country because he can’t renew their residence permits within a reasonable time #speirghorm

Labour can threaten a £10k charge on migrants and still it’s never enough for the hard right. Perhaps there’s a lesson here? 🤔

How bad was Irelands repeal of Birthright Citizenship... well it puts the 2004 Irish Population somewhere to the right of the 2026 US Supreme Court which is pretty far to the right

Jim O’Callaghan and his obsession with stupidity for stupidity’s sake forced me into a conversation with corkman @cathalmalone.bsky.social this evening. Dammit, Jim!

I think my favourite part of today’s Oireachtas Justice committee hearing was when Jim O’Callaghan suggested that criminal cases would just be thrown out, on the defence’s application, if the State sought an adjournment

July 14 would have been Harry Dean Stanton's 100th Birthday and we will be celebrating one of our favourite actors with a screening of REPO MAN. 🎟️ are available now and pre-booking is strongly advised: https://www.lighthousecinema.ie/film/repo-man

In his ignorant belligerance Big Jim has basically brought down the criminal justice system. Never thought I'd find myself on the same side as solicitors but this is about equity in access to justice and can impact any of us. This is about €40m while the government gifts over €681m to hospitality.

Listening to Jim O’Callaghan in the Justice Committee it’s apparent he really has no understanding of criminal practice at all. #speirghorm

Fucking Gorsuch

New & #OpenAccess 🥁Don't normalize #immigration restrictions! For centuries, #freedom of movement has been the conventional view 🕊️ Denying innocent people their rights was not only unjust, but also an act of hostility justifying retaliation, including war🤺 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

"Immigration policy is a moral question that cannot be separated from decisions of what is right and wrong, of justice and injustice. It is about respecting and reverencing the dignity of the human person (2018)." #CardinalSean #America250 #PrayForAmerica assisiproject.com

Here is an entirely typical example of a criminal court matter with multiple adjournments, absolutely none of which were sought by the legal aid solicitor #speirghorm www.donegaldaily.com/lead-stories...

How very Irish Times to illustrate their article with a picture of the wrong courthouse. This is the Washington St Courthouse, where Family and Civil Law matters are dealt with. Criminal cases, OTOH, are dealt with over in Anglesea St., as they have been for the last EIGHT YEARS

Same

Full solidarity with the Cork solicitors. They won't be the only ones www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

The current government's hostility to people wanting to come here from outside the EU is going to have very serious long-term ramifications which they haven't even begun to really think about (I mean I know Irish governments don't do long-term thinking but) www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...

Oh my god this is going to be amazing

Chief Justice Roberts just announced from the bench that *tomorrow* (Tuesday) will be the last day for opinion hand-downs this term. So we'll get birthright citizenship, the two transgender discrimination cases, and the big campaign finance case in some order at 10 ET tomorrow.

Some help required. Daughter lost her very special to her Coraline Cat (pictured) at the Kneecap Crystal Palace gig on Saturday night last. Incredibly long shot but means a lot to her. Any and all help very welcome. Pictured at the gig and previously visiting Big Ben.

The Irish Times is publishing disinformation from An Garda Síochána Disinformation that was offered up by Garda reps to the Joint Oireachtas Committee And flatly contradicted by the evidence JFC – would ye even bother reading your own copy on this... www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Good grief

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