Can't believe the Indo didn't credit Allthefood on this. Well, I can believe it, but it's shit.

‘He hit me as he passed’: women’s safety officer punched in the face on Dublin street

Belfast-based Irish News is restructuring around video, newsletters, and events, I read in @niemanlab.org, via @pressgazette.co.uk. While print isn’t going away, editor-in-chief Chris Sherrard says it’s going from 70% of the newsroom’s primary focus to 'nobody’s primary focus'."

Not sure if maps are satire. Can't tell anymore these day.

Another win for The Ditch and BDS. After The Ditch uncovered evidence the Marianne Danica was transporting 18 containers of artillery projectiles to Israel, the people of Cabo Verde said: No. Cabo Verde has refused the ship harbour. We will continue.

I listened to this, and thought yes, America has rejected everything I think is decent or good in the world and decided to (twice) to follow the lead of that piece of shit president, but I definitely don't want to respond like s Ezra Klein, I'd much rather respond like Ta-Nehisi Coates.

i love this part and i think it very much shows the difference in depth of thinking between someone like Klein, desperately fighting in the here-and-now and arguing to win a battle with compromise, versus Coates' position that he is a soldier in a long war.

It doesn't matter if you're into food and restaurants, this is a must-read on the importance of fact-checking and subject-matter experts (and a mini exposé on how a particular food enterprise in Dublin is capitalising on its absence in Irish media). www.allthefood.ie/single-post/...

Op ed for this week: NFL helmet should be permanently installed on O'Connell's plinth at city hall.

Seized proceeds of crime should go back into areas scarred by crime, councillors and TD say. “I think it should absolutely be targeted at the communities that are most at the front line of combatting crime."

This is bad of course, but also awfully ungrateful on Trumps part -- this is the thanks Comey gets for getting him elected in 2016 is it?

Councillors want housing on CIÉ-owned land at Connolly Station, since plan for offices has stalled. “The state’s need is for housing, and there is no need for offices as far as I can see,” says Green Party Councillor Janet Horner.

Smears and threats against lawyers representing people seeking asylum have been ramping up. “Solicitors play a vital role in the administration of justice and any threat to them is an attack on the legal rights of every person,” said a Law Society spokesperson.

A reader asked: Given Israel’s blockade on Gaza, what happens with donations to aid agencies? Four aid agencies explained how they are still helping people in Gaza, despite the obstacles.

As profitable energy companies raise customers’ prices, TD says it’s time to bring back price regulation. “We are approaching the point (if we’re not already there) where we can justifiably claim that competition has failed,” says Labour energy spokesperson Ciarán Ahern.

A quick tally of who was responsible for killing each failed Irish presidential campaign: Nick Delehanty ❌ Kieran Cuddihy Joanna Donnelly ❌ Kieran Cuddihy Conor McGregor ❌ Nikita Hand Peter Casey ❌ too much Jameson Gareth Sheridan ❌ his own hubris Maria Steen ❌ Gerard Craughwell Bertie Ahern ❌ CMAT

Time to rename Herzog Park, and name a park after Terence Wheelock, councillors have decided. It’s unclear still what the park in Rathgar might be renamed to. Or when Diamond Park would be renamed for Wheelock.

Fingal County Council is revising its by-laws to facilitate the growing popularity of saunas. A summer pilot proved there is demand for mobile saunas, said a council official at a recent meeting.

The council has taken over Smock Alley Theatre. It’ll keep on running, as it has been, for now. But with financial support, and oversight, from Dublin City Council.

Seen a painting of a Dart train in Dublin? It was probably by John O’Flynn. His scenes show industry versus nature, he says, shot through with nostalgia. But also, they’re just such good-looking trains.

Some kids who cycle, and their parents, worry e-bikes are a danger to them. Design changes could improve the situation, an engineer says. But RSA statistics show the main danger to cyclists of all ages is people driving cars.

Smears and threats against lawyers representing people seeking asylum have been ramping up. “Solicitors play a vital role in the administration of justice and any threat to them is an attack on the legal rights of every person,” said a Law Society spokesperson.

Find myself thinking this a lot lately.

I wish I could buy Irish newspaper/website subscriptions that would allow me to give gift links, like the NYT's website offers, so I could do a newsletter with articles about Dublin/Ireland that'd get readers through paywalls to read the articles.

"Ignore the ‘Dublin is a kip’ brigade. Patriotism means taking pride in your capital. It doesn’t mean co-opting the Tricolour as a symbol of monocultural identity."

City of Fire and Beautiful Bricks’ Exhibition at The Glosthouse, Longton. Stoke-On-Trent. www.theglosthouse.co.uk An ongoing exhibition of Works both new, and never before exhibited. Painting : Drawing : Collage. Poetry : @minxyowlwriter.bsky.social #Stoke100 #SoT100

I'd no idea that random Irish-MAGA chancer in Indonesia was posting mad stuff about Micheál Martin and Jim Gavin on X until the Irish Times and Independent helpfully signal-boosted him with stories on their homepages.

The thing that is so insane about this is, these books are entirely unpolitical in content. They’re just about a little black girl doing things like going to the library or visiting a beekeeper and learning about bees. Swap it for a white face and nobody could come up with a reason to ban them.

I think they should rename it Whose Party?

Happy 6th birthday to The Currency, always great to see a media startup thriving! thecurrency.news

Dublin today held 25 play streets, opening up those streets to local children and their parents for 3 hours (to mark 25 years of #CarFreeDay). Managing to visit 11 of the 25 within the 3 hours, it was useful to see how each space was used and gather various learnings for upcoming #PlayStreetsBETA.

Mercator size vs. true country size by @neilrkaye.bsky.social

"Every year, tens of thousands of young people come to work ... on J-1 visas, as part of a program that is supposed to provide an exhilarating taste of the American way. Instead ... many of them have suffered abuse and mistreatment in a poorly regulated program that is ripe for exploitation."

I feel like by naming it Your Party they were just asking for someone to take it over.

43% of Americans approve of Trump. The absolute shame of it.

Harvest!

I was reminded by all the reporting on DAA's CEO, Kenny Jacobs, maybr losing hos job, of this story by @lokapila.bsky.social last year.

The first #Aras25 online political ads are out Who is trying to mimic Mamdani, who is in serious message testing mode, and who has very strong views about what you should really actually be angry about? www.thebriefing.ie/the-first-ar...

The council is set to kick off a consultation on masterplan with a sports pitch at Marrowbone Lane in Dublin 8. The depot site has been the subject of an ongoing campaign by councillors and community groups.

Against law, the Courts Service website published names of some people seeking asylum by “error”. A spokesperson says it has revised its processes to make sure it won’t happen again. But on Tuesday, some applicants’ names remained on its website.

With new housing developments across the city, come debate over levels of parking they should have. From Ballymun to Drimnagh, plans meet with the same refrain.

In Darndale Park, people fish for carp and pike – but an invasive weed threatens the balance. When people see photos of the impressive specimen caught, they can’t believe it was in Darndale pond, says local Alan Kennedy.

Some homeless hostels are operating with just one staff member on duty. “That is madness,” says Louisa Santoro, CEO of the Mendicity Institution. “A single person is not a sufficient level of staff to run any homeless service.”

Developer Ballymore says it had meetings with ministers, council about its vision for Sheriff Street. They're not on the lobbying register. “For nearly a decade, conversations about the possible demolition of people’s homes have gone on in the background.”

Not sure what's going on here.

🇹🇲 Two men who escaped one of the world's most secretive and repressive states have told AFP how they were tortured, beaten and raped in penal colonies and psychiatric hospitals in Turkmenistan for the "crime" of being gay. ➡️ u.afp.com/SPb5

New bridge for cyclists and pedestrians “critical” to route linking Blanchardstown and Phoenix Park, council official says. The council has set the wheels in motion on building it, in Castleknock, next to the Granard Bridge.

Delays and costs are mounting for the council’s Merrion Square tea rooms. A council spokesperson said they couldn’t say why the project has been delayed.

"Broadcaster Colm Ó Mongáin has told a tribunal he overheard an RTÉ manager direct a supervisor not to give shift work to a video editor after she made a formal request for more secure working conditions."