There’s Nigel channeling his inner Leo Varadkar.

Hmm. Have previous presidents been “virtue signalling” when carrying out their (checks notes) constitutional function. m.independent.ie/opinion/anal... What would the headlines have been if she had referred it to the Supreme Court and it had been deemed unconstitutional? Or not?

Here's something else sex workers have been telling you since forever Look forward to the SERP report on it

1 in 5 outdoor sex workers (street workers) have been sexually assaulted by Gardaí. You don't have to believe me, you can read the Dept of Justice commissioned research, release 4 years ago.

There's an annual budget surplus of €9bn and they're talking about cutting taxes. This is a policy choice. The Irish government chooses to let there be a homelessness crisis

BREAKING: The EU's anti-fraud office is investigating Peter Mandelson's activities between 2004 and 2006 when he was the EU commissioner for trade

At wetherspoons and what is up with English people queuing perpendicular to the bar. Causing absolute chaos

With so much awful news, here is something to brighten your day:

it's so fascinating how British racism and fascism is multicultural

Long thread: I've done interviews on Labour's latest anti-asylum policy today, but, unfortunately, had to turn down some for this evening. So, in addition to the clip from earlier, let me just set out why and how this latest Labour piece of cruelty won't work, but will cause far more harm. 1/38

Read this whole thread. Not only does Dan lay out the many reasons why the UK's asylum deportation plan is a moral crime, but it's also completely wasteful & ineffective as a means of managing immigration flows, pushing people into the dangerous mafia-dependent routes they're trying to close

Kathleen Stock has also said that it's "problematic" for gay men to have children through surrogacy. Specifically gay men.

The price of green diesel must be reduced because using green diesel is a necessity. The price of renting somewhere to live must be allowed to soar to the 'market rate' because having a roof over your head is not. Priorities.

Starmer told the civil service to 'deliver' what he wanted Yet he has sacked the civil servant who 'delivered' the appointment of Lord Mandelson New by me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Yes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more.

A Sligo person telling you something is horrible

Not what any Government lawyer wants to see.

Aren't we all

asking couples who is the krang and who is the krang's body in the relationship

Wait until Reform discover that Magna Carta was not written in English.

This is going to be a hilarious failure. There's no chance that it's trained on dialectal Irish; it'll be Caighdeán amháin. www.thejournal.ie/chat-bot-le-...

Kill the boats

This is just lovely. Immigrants contributing to the preservation of minority languages. www.bbc.com/news/article...

And after many years of our discussions

the gov excise is a fixed cents/Litre and won't increase along w/ price (the way e.g. a VAT percentage does) at 1.94€/L gov takes 55%; 65% would be true if petrol was at 1.58€/L (or below) i don't remember last time i saw such a low price; the IPRA can't be lying by mistake here

It's okay, though - we just have to provide our ID to use the chat function on a PlayStation.

It's okay, though - we should all have to provide our passports to watch porn. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

WHAT an opening to the judgment striking down RFK's latest anti-trans policies. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

and as i keep pointing out, removing ILR but offering the possibility of citizenship at seven years is less harsh than labour, where it may take decades (or be impossible) to settle. then compare the below to labour's plans for spouses of brits on *family visas*, who'd need to produce 3 years of tax

this is an incredible thing for her to say when a) most work visa holders *leave* and b) she came here on a visit visa to complete exams and got a job. if you come here now on a visit visa and try to switch to work, spouse, student, you'll be fired into orbit

Got called a weirdo for putting 3 small uncooked potatoes as a space filler in partner’s lunchbox so her sandwich wouldn’t break apart in transit. The three small potatoes are noticed, but somehow the consideration is not.

Laoise de Brún "reposted an image on X... depicting George Soros as an octopus, with tentacles labelled Child Trafficking, Porn, BLM, Antifa Rioters, American Democrats, EU, Entertainment Industry etc" www.thephoenix.ie/article/ripp...

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a... I haven’t read this, but I propose a ban on the tripartite climax headline where the last piece of the tricolon undercuts the seriousness of the first two with tweeness. Not an actual ban, but a stylistic one where you know it’s cringe and use it at yr own peril

This is a really funny way of saying “The President exercised her constitutional role in line with the Constitution just like other Presidents before her”. m.independent.ie/opinion/anal...

Right, this is the thing, scandals used to involve things where you'd go 'wow, that is a nice house' or 'well, that is a lot of money' or indeed 'sex is great, though'. Whereas the Partygate parties were the kind of thing you would want to swerve even if they were *not* illegal.

Correct.

Insane spelling mistake I caught early lol

Still of the view that the biggest risk in this whole mess is widespread hunger in poorer countries leading to political instability.

in a world where Sinn Féin can't exhale without being accused of being anti-democratic ideologues conspiring to subvert the state, it is quite extraordinary to me that Noel Thomas is getting away so lightly with associating with actual anti-democratic ideologues conspiring to subvert the state

I don't think it's too much to expect a sitting councillor and prospective TD to affirm he doesn't think it's okay for random private citizens to set up their own councils and courts. in fact, it's such a low bar most elected reps clear it every single day by default. but not Noel Thomas apparently

Noel Thomas is lying through his teeth here, but the Sindo also have their facts wrong. he attended two meetings of the IRB's fake council in Oughterard, not one, and there is no ambiguity about what kind of meetings they were because they posted the minutes online

Alternative headline: ongoing profitability of escort website shows that Ireland’s law criminalising purchase of sex has been just as big a flop as we told you it would be #speirghorm

As a child I thought a concession stand was a place to get popcorn and nachos. As an adult I know a concession stand is when Hakeem and Chuck make a speech.

the scene at the northern virginia democrats' redistricting party is wild. as balloons and streamers fall, party members are rolling their eyes back in their heads and levitating in a circle as chants of "blood. blood. blood" echo through the auditorium. it's exciting to see the base this fired up

Would love to see a bunch of mimes making fun of unruly drivers here.

Is the government run by Russian agents or something? Are they actually TRYING to sabotage the country? #speirghorm

The first quote, a UKGov Minister. The second, from Alan Bennett's "The History Boys." You'd wonder whether there's anyone literate left in Government. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Beth worked as a doctor for years until a transphobe turned up. Now, she's had to leave her job, leave her home, move to the other side of the world and is still being hounded and harassed by the media and cult. She did nothing but exist as trans in the orbit of Sandie Peggie.

Somebody needs to explain tenses to the NYT sub-editors.