We are failed by MSM that they are not reporting on the deepening relationship between the IDSA, the Irish arms lobby group, and the dept of defence. This at a time when all we hear about from the government is the need for more defence spending. www.ontheditch.com/defence-offi...

'Amidst a return to “might makes right” geopolitics, Ireland has plenty to offer: its neutrality, ability to act as a bridge between the Global North and South, and championing of international law make the world safer. Europe should take note.' euobserver.com/223843/as-eu...

Coventry Council votes to end Palantir contract over sensitive data access A motion proposed by the Green Party has been passed, asking the local authority to reconsider its contract with the US tech giant Palantir

For months now, the Irish public has been force fed the case for increased defence spending because of the 'Russian threat'. We should hear the case for peaceful resolution to the conflict, as per our constitution, and how militarism makes no one safe. www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...

Andy Storey putting paid to the nonsense idea that sport can be separated from politics #StopTheGame "Ireland is at the centre of current debates about whether football should continue to normalize and legitimize Israel." jacobin.com/2026/06/fifa...

We need green hydrogen, just like we need district heating and offshore wind energy. The problem is that these necessary elements of the energy transition are being driven by and tethered to the needs of multinational tech companies and AI growth. www.rte.ie/news/2026/06...

The government's moves to dismantle the triple lock are not only unpopular with the majority of people in Ireland but also members of the FF party. So why are they doing it? That is one of the questions that hasn't been raised enough by the national media 1/2

Sally Rooney said the European political class had “torn international law to shreds” and “made a mockery of their own voters” to retain their protected place in the US imperial system.

Very happy with the @irishexaminer.bsky.social's choice of headline for this one. 'People's Forum will allow real discussion on neutrality'. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Sheds for houses, sheds for hospitals and sheds for schools. F/FG is the party that builds sheds. www.rte.ie/news/2026/06...

Rory Rowan and I on the People's Forum on Peace and Neutrality taking place this weekend. Against misleading govnt information and limited 'expert' voices, the Forum offers a vital public space to discuss neutrality, militarism and international law. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

There are still a few places left for the People's Forum on Peace and Neutrality taking place this Friday and Saturday in Tailor's Hall, Dublin. For full details of the forum & to register follow this link: bit.ly/3S5QYVT Michael D. Higgins now closing the Forum on Saturday.

Protect Our Neutrality - The People’s Forum with @dondeniamh.bsky.social and Rory Rowan Yup, @pbresnihan.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...

This is either naive or disingenuous. The capital and profits from digital services provided in Irish data centres are owned by US companies. We accrue meagre benefits compared to the value syphoned off by these companies. Nothing like the German auto industry. www.thejournal.ie/data-centres...

In 1991, six civilian flights carrying US service men on their way to the first Gulf War led to protests in Shannon Airport. In February and March of this year, as the US built up to the illegal attack on Iran, 6000 US troops passed through Shannon. www.rte.ie/archives/201...

I wonder why Peter Thiel thought Ireland was an appropriate venue for his annual gathering? 'Bring Back Nuclear, Navigating WWIII and Battlefield Technologies are among the titles of planned sessions at the Irish event.' www.ontheditch.com/hacked-peter...

As tens of thousands of workers are laid off and the world is inundated with AI slop, how did the IT find five people who believe AI is going to 'drive quality' and benefit their careers? www.irishtimes.com/technology/2...

Excellent reporting @samtranum.bsky.social Ireland has stopped exporting electronic integrated circuits (as a dual use technology) to Russia. Meanwhile, exports to Israel of the same technology increased from $520 million in 2021 to $1 billion in 2025. www.dublininquirer.com/barred-by-eu...

Just as the big oil companies advanced plastics in the 1950s as a new 'application' (i.e market) for their product, big tech is desperately seeking new applications for their product that are not socially useful and require vast amounts of resources. www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

There was broad consensus from the five experts appearing before the Oireachtas Committee on AI yesterday that Ireland's energy transition should not be locked into the needs of multinational tech companies and AI growth. www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachta...

Article with Fiadh Tubridy and Laure de Tymowski on the role of research in supporting tenant organising. It is based on a collaborative project undertaken with @catuireland.bsky.social in Cromcastle Court public housing estate last year. radicalhousingjournal.org/2026/from-da...

Looking forward to taking a proper read through this based on research and campaigning from the Just Housing team @pbresnihan.bsky.social and @catuireland.bsky.social radicalhousingjournal.org/2026/from-da...

A la carte 'security risks'. 'In January, the Taoiseach said he did not believe there was a security threat from closer ties between Irish HEIs and China. Before Christmas, the head of the Irish Military Intelligence Service suggested that there was.' www.rte.ie/news/2026/06...

"The working class is not waiting in a pure room somewhere. It is fragmented...Some of these spaces are politically confused. Some are compromised...But they are where politics is happening. A left that cannot engage contradiction cannot lead." africasacountry.com/2026/06/the-...

The assumption in these 'careful approaches to AI' discourses is that AI is a discrete technology that can be used in different ways. But AI as we know it includes monopoly control, resource extraction, energy-intensive infrastructures, etc, which should inform any serious discussion.

Point of consumption responses to toxic AI remind me of a great line from Max Liboiron - addressing plastic pollution with recycling is like treating gangrene with a sticking plaster. www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026...

AI technology is facilitating human rights abuses, genocide and direct violations of international law. Civil society campaigns like this one are important, as are statements from the Pope, but where is the political leadership coming from? www.accessnow.org/press-releas...

The People's Forum on Peace and Neutrality is this Friday (19th) and Saturday (20th) in Dublin. There are still some places left but register soon as we are near capacity: bit.ly/3S5QYVT

True then, true now. "The claim that foreign investment and economic planning in a dependent economy are conflicting and politically contradictory processes proved true in Ireland by the late 1970s." J.K. Jacobsen, 'Chasing Progress in the Irish Republic' (1994)

When the government says they want to remove the Triple Lock to 'reclaim' sovereignty, they actually mean they want Ireland to be part of a common EU military force. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

A new collaborative roadmap on how to end poverty and reduce inequalities without treating GDP growth as the primary condition for progress. Yet another, hopeful, initiative recalling historic efforts to develop a New International Economic Order. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The government cynically used the end of the UN mandate for Operation Irini to attack the Triple Lock. The stakes could not be higher and they are deliberately misleading the Irish public. Essential reading from @dondeniamh.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

That makes 12 councils on the island that have passed a motion opposing the government's plans to remove the Triple Lock. It is unpopular and they know it. www.corkindependent.com/2026/06/10/c...

At a time of multiple and intensifying social and ecological crises, which unaddressed also provide conditions for the growth of the far-right, the EU is investing in arms and defence-tech. www.tni.org/en/publicati... @tninstitute.bsky.social

On 19th and 20th June, the People's Forum on Peace and Neutrality will bring together advocates and specialists on international law, diplomacy, peace studies and the arms trade for an open and urgent examination of neutrality, EU rearmament, and the role of civil society. Register: bit.ly/3S5QYVT

119 Palestinians killed across the Gaza Strip during May alone by Israeli bombing. 19 of those were children. Hard to believe there is even a debate over whether Ireland should play a football match against this genocidal state. www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260603-gaz...

The problem with so much of this analysis is the premise that the US-EU relationship is ending. Beneath the rhetoric, there is very little evidence of this. From AI to NATO to LNG, Europe is set to remain a subordinate partner within the transatlantic alliance. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

'KPMG is a serious consultancy but these are not serious figures. You simply cannot attribute that many Irish jobs to data centres, no more than you can attribute every job in Ireland people travel to by car to the existence of traffic lights.' www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

'Ireland's triple lock policy ensures that our defence forces only deploy on UN mandated peacekeeping missions in line with international law. At a time of growing geopolitical instability and conflict, should Ireland change its triple lock policy?'

Ireland's FDI-dependent development model comes under fire, with focus this week on data centres (the UN describing the unsustainable scale of DC growth as a 'cautionary tale'). And like clockwork, the reliable pundits take up their pens. www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opi...

'The council had learned that to make the “overall project viable”, the developer needed to put 22 of the 48 homes on the private market.' This is why we cannot rely on the private sector to build homes for people. www.thejournal.ie/tullow-housi...

@colinivan.bsky.social cutting through a lot of the noise. 'In an age defined by geopolitical uncertainty and strategic anxiety, retaining the triple lock is not an act of nostalgia. It is an act of caution. And caution, at times like these, remains a virtue.' www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Data centres have become a key *material* focal point in the struggle over AI, monopoly tech, economic justice, work and the environment. Describing this as a 'culture war' is lazy journalism.

This looks excellent.

Strong words from Willie O'Dea to his FF colleagues. "Abandoning our support for the United Nations is a Fine Gael doctrine, not a Fianna Fáil one." willieodea.ie/parties-must...

Remember when Ireland led on nuclear non-proliferation at the UN. "Without a global coordination mechanism, companies and governments will have to make difficult decisions about safety while under competitive and geopolitical pressures." www.rte.ie/news/world/2...

The role of Aughinish alumina plant in Russian supply chains is important but the fact that Ireland is Israel's second largest trading partner (after the US) seems far more significant and yet got very little media attention. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Makes a mockery of our democracy that the Taoiseach is considering a referendum on the number of Ministers but has ruled out a referendum on neutrality - because he knows they would likely lose. www.thejournal.ie/increasing-t...

Important point rarely heard. Integrity matters. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/your...

The Government cynically claims that removing the Triple Lock is about reclaiming our 'sovereign' foreign policy from the UN, when they are unwilling to pass the hugely popular OTB because of possible US 'retribution'. www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...