Fresh proposals for panel of judges to reconsider cases of every IPP prisoner Lords have tabled fresh proposals in a bid to convince Labour to help almost 2,500 prisoners trapped on cruel indefinite jail terms www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

A man so desperate to save his own political skin he’s completely unconcerned about throwing fuel onto the fire of racial hatred. Contemptible.

A reminder, again, that the current AG has written a whole report justifying not paying compensation to wronged people *on principle* as part of a broad push, arguing that any compensation payments to individuals wronged by the state are against the Public Interest.

The 2025 season of this Show has been pretty poor. In-fact seasons going back as far as 2016 have been a shit-show. But the next season is getting a complete revamp. New plot lines, a host of new actors & twists leading to a climax that nobody could expect. So farewell season 2025. #Speirgorm

A Ukrainian long-range drone strike has blown up Russia’s Combine Temp oil depot in Rybinsk. That’s 270km north of Moscow. #explodey

A word of advice for tonight 😂🤣😂

How was landlord TD Robert Troy appointed Minister of State for Finance in 2025? The man who had to resign as Minister of State in 2022 for failing to declare his property portfolio as well as other wrongdoings & misdemeanours Now in Finance Sadly no accountability in #DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm

UK (Scotland), Find Out Now poll: Scenario: Nigel Farage (REFORM~NI) is UK Prime Minister Independence referendum Yes: 61% No: 39% Fieldwork: 11-19 December 2025 Sample size: 1,000 ➤ europeelects.eu/uk

More Irish People are smarter than those in other countries, OpenAI should have told Taoiseach. #Speirgorm

'DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST ZOHRAN Mamdani was readying today to take over as New York mayor, becoming the city’s first Muslim, first South Asian, and youngest mayor in more than 100 years.' www.thejournal.ie/zohran-mamda...

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Post the rushing, sparkly lights, frantic meets & greets, obligations & Irish Christmas expectations, we’re launched into MORE celebrations for NY 2026. It’s a totally overwhelming for so many of us 🤦🏾‍♀️ But when we can’t find any light, a reminder. #spéirghorm #NYE2026

Asshole www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

This man wouldn't know what empathy was if I bit him on the arse. #Irishpol

Brigitte Bardot's funeral: Far-right leader Le Pen will attend, Macron will not

More footage is surfacing from the burning oil depot in Rybinsk. Another hit deep inside Russia.

The Fine Gael internet policy framework is also the Vladimir Putin one.

Good morning all. Last day of 2025! Have a good one 🙂 #NewYearsEve

“What matters most is the Irish Government making its collective mind up about acting on a goal it is legally/ politically committed to.” ~Colin Harvey The Irish News ☕️🥐

Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday #Speirgorm

Winter sunshine along the Buncrana Coastal Walk in Inishowen, Donegal.

Good morning, here are the New Year’s Eve front pages

Dáil Seat Projections for end of 2025: Sinn Féin 43 (+4) Fianna Fáil 42 (-6) Fine Gael 39 (+1) Independents 12 (-4) Social Democrats 15 (+4) Labour 10 (-1) Independent Ireland 6 (+2) PBP/Solidarity 3 (nc) Aontú 3 (+1) Green Party 0 (-1) 100% Redress 1 (nc)

Home safe 🥰 #speirghorm

'Political advisers and staff in the Department of the Taoiseach received close to €500,000 in total in redundancy and severance payments when they had to leave their jobs following the resignation of Leo Varadkar last year.' Pigs n Trough. #Irishpol www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/vara...

A not-so-brief summary of where we are at heading into the new year in terms of polling, with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael trending down, an Sinn Féin and the Social Democrats trending up. Featuring analysis for every constituency, read below 👇 irishelectionprojections.com/2025/12/30/e...

Absolutely! Stone cold classic. 🎬

That fucker is so corrupt he puts his trousers on with a corkscrew

The Third Man appears to have been made using only a ukulele for the soundtrack. Brilliantly 👏

In the darkest days of 8th Amendment censorship all info on abortion was forbidden in the Irish republic. What existed was a clandestine phone network, and strangers meeting desperate women off coaches in the UK. These boots would bring me from Hackney to Victoria Station. #SpéirGhorm #Repeal

'Taoiseach Micheál Martin has survived the report into Fianna Fáil's disastrous presidential election, but sources have indicated there is still huge unrest within the party.' The Polcors have decided Xmas is over. #Irishpol www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/coul...

Liverpool, 1950s, photo by Karl Hughes.

Market Street, Manchester, as it would have looked in 1962, painting by Steven Scholes (b.1952).

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 No Waaaaaaaay #Irishpol #SIPO

Wake-up #Speirgorm it's Tuesday, it's also New Year's Eve Eve. Get a hold of yourself, you can make it.

The Government wants to bury over Christmas/New Year a controversial consultation on changes impacting on ur right to access our #courts #publicaccountability & #ruleoflaw This will also delay #housing & #infrastructure Why this matters? 🎞️👀: tinyurl.com/8yw2edcy 👀 tinyurl.com/5a468a67 #Aarhus

George Clooney, his wife Amal and children become French citizens

Power off. 📴

Ireland has one of the world's highest concentrations of data centers. The expansion has reshaped the grid & deepened fossil fuel use. As the EU pushes to triple data center capacity, Ireland offers a warning, writes Louis Boyd-Madsen. Read our investigation with AlgorithmWatch:

Popok reports on new developments in Trump’s Florida criminal probe involving CIA Director John Brennan. He notes that AG Pam Bondi may have breached grand jury secrecy by publicly criticizing Brennan and his lawyers after they asked Miami’s chief judge to move the case from Judge Aileen Cannon.

This is really bad

I don't know what an E1 is 🤷‍♂️

Another health breakthrough. (h/t Gav)

Good Morning #Speirgorm it's Monday. It doesn't feel like Monday, but it is. There's probably still some ham in the fridge, so why not put on some toast & have a nice toasted ham sandwich with some mustard. It'll be over soon.

Kosovo, 13.0% of the votes counted: Note: Kosovo's independence is recognised by 110/193 UN Member States National parliament election LVV-S&D: 48.1% (+5.8) PDK-RE: 19.4% (-1.5) LDK-EPP: 13.9% (-4.4) AAK-*: 7.7% (+7.7) LS~EPP: 4.3% NISMA-*: 1.6% (+1.6) +/- vs. ➤ europeelects.eu/kosovo

Ukrainian drones are attacking the Kushchyovskaya military airfield in Krasnodar Krai. #explodey

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