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My wife & I lost our jobs in Gaza, leaving us with no income for over 2 years. I’m struggling to secure daily food, necessities, clothes and medicine for Ziad & Mirna. Please quote this post with the photos and copy our link before it gets deleted. 🙏 Verified by Molly Shah ✅ tinyurl.com/25tzjwtb

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Scientists estimate that by mid-century over 40% of Donegal will be converted to McCaffertys..

'Sinn Féin partisans have offered no explanation for the party’s position on the matter. Accusing Social Democrat and Labour supporters of liking Avocado Toast won’t really suffice in this instance.

Good critique of that awful Chris Hazzard piece

The unelected-and-funded-by-billionaires Progress Ireland are getting very snippy at "fringe" (that is, elected) TDs criticising them: www.thejournal.ie/progress-ire...

“With the two parties of government now reduced to a single two headed animal, they no longer have access to the pretence of decrying the party in power (while largely doing the same thing if they get in). Now they both have to argue that nothing can be better.” www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...

Agree with @paulmurphy.pbp.ie and @social-democrats.bsky.social takes here but also, the Left needs to be clear that migrants are part of the working class and neither SF nor anyone should be allowed get away with using that term when they mean “white Irish people” www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

I know that someone out there cares about saving the life of a teenage girl with a bullet wound in her brain. The doctors can't remove the shrapnel because of the medical siege on Gaza. We did this. So let’s show up with unbridled hope for her. 20/220 by Monday tiny.cc/HelpRetaj

An Tainaiste’s reaction to news this week of domestic energy price hikes & a friends of the earth report that indicates Irish homeowners are spending hundreds of euros a year subsidising data centres was not exactly inspiring. Essentially responding to questions with “won’t someone think of FDI!”

I have come away from my work over the past decade with the sense that there is a specific kind of detachment crisis going on. It has become ever easier for the elite to reside at a remove, to avoid seeing the consequences of what they are responsible for. - Sally Hayden This is also a love story

This list is only meaningful if it excludes racialised migrants and trans people, both of whom have been thrown under the bus by Labour, or any of the pro-rich policies that Labour has put forward under Starmer. bsky.app/profile/sloa...

Fine Gael Minister Kieran O'Donnell just called the figures we reported "speculation by the Irish Times." To reiterate, they're from the Central Statistics Office.

The other issue I had, which came up during the application process, was that the positions on this government-mandated council appeared to be *unpaid*. So it's made up of people who can afford to, and have reason to, put in an awful lot of unpaid work. That excludes a lot of people. #SpeirGorm

'Ireland is not the only country that has shipped alumina to Russia. In March 2022, the Australian government banned all exports, saying it would support "exporters and peak bodies that will be affected by the ban to find new [markets] and expand existing markets".'

This portable Bluetooth speaker went bang yesterday and caught fire. It's the 6th iteration of the model and is only a couple of years old. At the time, it was playing music and was not connected to a charger.

New UN report adds Russia and Israel to blacklist of sexual violence perpetrators. UN says Israel blocks investigations.

My former MP here, helpfully making it very clear that all of this - the terfery, the gargling in terror at the papers about conspiracies - was always about these dickheads being absolutely enraged because their former boss got arrested for grabbing women’s arses.

Ireland: not just supporting one war effort.

"I don't accept that," the mantra of government TDs confronted with unpalatable facts

Yeah well, the mobile phone footage of soldiers murdering civilians, destroying entire towns with hand-placed explosives and playing with the toys and underwear of displaced women and children came out quickly and kept coming in an endless torrent, so what does that tell us about “the rules”.

'The fourth largest city in Lebanon, home to around 160,000 people, Tyre has experienced violent waves of bombardment throughout the latest phase of Israel’s assault.

Lina is struggling to care for her family, including her severely injured husband Mahmoud who's at risk of amputation, her mother-in-law with bone cancer, & her sick daughters, under Israel's genocide, which has left them homeless & starving. Mahmoud urgently needs surgery to save his life:

Colombian mercenaries accused of committing war crimes in Sudan were trained on military bases in the United Arab Emirates, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch. The report adds to evidence of the UAE’s involvement in the war in Sudan, despite the government’s repeated denials.

one day those who make the rules will understand that people in the middle of the lives (teenagers, younger people) tend to naturally stay up (& rise) later, infants & older people earlier & that this is *biological hardwiring*, not a sign of moral collapse

I am reminded by this Labour MP of the content of email exchanges between Labour head office functionaries while they were busy sabotaging the party's election hopes and expelling left wing/anti-zionist members (many Jewish) from the party.

'Amsterdam is a testament that widespread dereliction and long-term vacancy can be ended. We knew this when we started #DerelictIreland and yet so many people tried to convince us that dereliction is normal, that it wasn’t a solution to the housing crisis...'

Lina is struggling to care for her family, including her severely injured husband Mahmoud who's at risk of amputation, her mother-in-law with bone cancer, & her sick daughters, under Israel's genocide, which has left them homeless & starving. Mahmoud urgently needs surgery to save his life:

'From the heart of Gaza and the ruins of houses, we write to you with hope amidst the pain. As the parents of Ziad and Mirna, we have lost our livelihoods, facing a harsh reality that threatens our children's dignity.'

The world celebrates Eid, while Gaza greets its first day with bombardment and 20 martyrs. Fear and terror are their constant companions, and Samaa fears greatly for her daughters amidst this destruction. Your support and donations can make a world of difference for them. chuffed.org/project/1575...

New article! Answers to the reader Q & A are up. On nuclear war, civil war, memory, road trip food, birds, the mafia, and TV! Something for everyone! sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/overriding...

AI and the ethics of prediction. Carissa Véliz

On the first day of Eid al-Adha, while everyone is celebrating the holiday, I am still trying to hide my child’s sadness and pain behind a small smile…The war has stolen from us security, a home, and the ability to provide the simplest things Please put a smile on his face chuffed.org/project/soad

'In defending the exclusion of services from the legislation, [Taoiseach Micheál Martin] said he has “to protect about 250,000 jobs in this country”.' That Is a remarkable claim. Is Ireland really that dependent upon the genocidal apartheid State?

It's very strange now to hear the Taoiseach vaguely refer to unspecified legal difficulties when just two years ago no such difficulties were mentioned by the Attorney General at the World Court. Comment: The law is clear. The politics murky. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Full report: www.newarab.com/news/why-isr...

I don’t believe our current government is capable or willing to meet this challenge. There is an enormous amount of frustration among other EU states at our attitude. A future Irish government, committed to corporate accountable could have a profound global effect, provided they have the will for it

Not a single one of the 2,000 Britons who have fought for Israel during its genocide have been prosecuted by UK authorities, or even thoroughly investigated. If you think this is wrong, please sign our petition 👇 www.declassifieduk.org/nobody-wants...

Nail➡️head "There’s certainly a lot of rhetoric on how its particularly awful for those who’ve done everything right* to still struggle to find a home, (*often code for having a well paid job). Which implies that everyone else who struggles to get a home is because of a personal failure" #speirgorm

In my office we are already seeing a lot of new enquiries from Ukrainians about applying for international protection. This is only going to increase the numbers. It’s a disaster waiting to happen.

Death toll from Israeli strikes on Lebanon climbs to 3,151 - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-toll-israeli-strikes-lebanon-climbs-3151

What separates the ongoing genocide of Palestinians by Israel from other current and recent genocides is the large-scale, enthusiastic support to it by foreign governments, blocs, political parties, influential organizations, and individuals. (1/x)

'So why did Fianna Fáil remain so popular? One reason may be that the party didn’t stand for very much. Fianna Fáil’s unique selling point was that they won elections, Fine Gael’s was that they weren’t Fianna Fáil. The parties shared a similar economic outlook.'

We're rushing to build the infrastructure of a doomed industry so we'll be hit even harder when the companies behind that stupid industry start cutting jobs and losing money. Our exposure is compounded.

My son's world in gaza is vanishing into darkness. Every second we wait, his light fades a little more. We have one final chance to save his sight, but we can't do it alone. Please, don't let him go blind. Be the miracle he's praying for. Verified by : molly shah chuffed.org/project/1624...

'At least four people, including three flotilla participants, were subsequently arrested by Spanish state paramilitary police and are currently being held at Deusto police station in Bilbao.'