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A senior counsel who practises in the criminal courts has said Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan does not have the "hard data" to back up his claims about reforming the payment structure of solicitors

This is an absolutely correct view on bagel-toasting and I hope people take note of it

Further evidence to believe in transphobia is to believe that women are biologically fundamentally incompetent at everything They once said trans women have a competitive advantage in GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZZES against cis women they're fucking brainrotted to the core

Yis alright over there lads?

Lol, the irony of the very people (UK transphobes) claiming "women are still not being listened to on this issue" when practically every feminist group in Ireland had to tell the same people to piss off home with their transphobia during the Repeal the 8th campaign here:

For the day that's in it. youtu.be/eyCEexG9xjw?... Tonight we are all Mexicans.

100% I'm not even in the cla scheme - I'm on the civil one this is going to mirror and it's just uneconomic. 3 solicitors are doing this work in north tipp and two in south tipp. Thats what the Department wants of course.

1. The fees cited include 23% VAT (goes back to the exchequer) 2. Legal aid fees are paid into the law firm’s bank account and used to pay staff salaries, &often split with barristers in District Court 3. I oppose the new fees and I might have made a few hundred in criminal legal aid last year 🤷‍♀️

this guy is the co-founder of Airbnb

Peak Stoneybatter.

I have such an expertly curated algorithm that I'm seeing posts from Mexican street food restaurants in the US and this is how they're advertising the game tomorrow night. "Good vibes"

Not to be a nit-picker but I would feel easier using Palestine Cola as an alternative to Coca Cola products if yer man wasn't using the official instagram to like Saoradh's gloating posts in the wake of the acquittal verdict yesterday

“It is conceivable that ‘in just a handful of years’ time, people on the island of Ireland will be looking across the Irish Sea to a country where ICE-like snatch squads are arresting people off the streets’ said Mark Drakeford, the former first minister of Wales…”

Ireland right now #speirgorm

I used to Feel British: Now I’m Starting an Irish Unity Campaign Group, by Claire JC irishborderpoll.com/2026/07/04/i...

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