"What is striking is not just that deprived areas host some data centres: it is that they host almost all of them. Nearly 90% of Dublin’s data centres are located in economically-deprived areas."

Aerial PARTIAL view of the anti racist, anti fascist crowd in Belfast right now. City Hall to the left for scale. This - this is the real Belfast. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

The houses of ethnic minorities in Belfast didn’t ’go on fire’ last night - as my radio has told me - they were set alight

Timothy Gaston TUV spoke of an "influx of migrants" There are 2,379 men, women and children seeking asylum in Northern Ireland. This is less than 0.15% of our 1.9m population. The number of people claiming asylum is also at the lowest point the past three years. Only around 10% live in hotels.

Anna Turley on Today saying the Common Travel Area has been “open for discussion for some time”. By who ???

We can't look away from the images of families fleeing burning houses without calling this out as a pogrom, whipped up by influential actors who care nothing for the people of Belfast: www.irishnews.com/news/norther...

Tl full of posts from lads who didn't know northern irland existed until last night being like how do you do my fellow countrymen

Why is The World At One reading out Rupert Lowe's posts on the Northern Ireland attack, at the start of the bulletin? He leads a party that is polling at about 3%. This is not about "censorship": it's about the choices media outlets make concerning which voices to amplify.

Like clockwork

Councillor: Can I see the reports on which you are basing your argument that it makes financial sense to abandon (rather then retrofit/upgrade) DCC's HQ on Wood Quay, and build/relocate to a new HQ at Camden Yard on Kevin St? DCC Chief Executive: No.

While Tony Blair is trashing UK govt energy policy, NESTA analysis finds "early signs [it] may be working" 2022: Gas prices went up 100%, electricity 83% (roughly 1:1) 2026: Gas +28%, elec 6% (5:1 = "electricity beginning to decouple from gas") www.nesta.org.uk/blo...

Turnout in the by-elections is estimated at 45% in Galway West and about 40% in Dublin Central. Galway therefore looking at 50,000 ballot papers with 17 candidates and no meaningful hope of anyone reaching the quota. A long day - and very possibly two days - of counting beckons in Salthill.

Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should

If you think someone is trans, you can ask, however be sure to ask in a say that wouldn't put them at a disadvantage or seem hostile or that is harassment. If they deny it, you can ask them to prove it, however there aren't any documents that would work to prove it. Hope this clarifies things.

A new far-right terror attack in the UK has been confirmed in court. Alina Burns, then 18, tried to behead an Iranian refugee who was standing outside a barber's shop in Bristol with an axe The attack took place on 2 August 2025 but a judge did not rule on 'terrorism connection' until today

When Democracy for Sale started publishing stories about how Labour Together under then minister Josh Simons hired a lobby firm to investigate journalists I *really* couldn’t have foreseen this…

It's almost as if the Legacy Commission was not really set up to deliver truth recovery for people in NI, but to end legal avenues for redress that were embarrassing to a government in London. It's such a wonder that this story isn't getting news attention outside NI: share.google/uRk9SBtEzbAN...

Andy Burnham arriving at Euston Station

Might start calling today New Keir's Eve

There are pros and cons for the government in having a record number of Parliamentary Private Secretaries (PPSs) on the books The cons obviously include there being more people who can quit the role and cause quite the headache...

Have been digging into Nigel Farage's bitcoin company and specifically the Irish, Dublin-based "MIT crypto alumni" who is chief financial officer Also a surprising link to The Giant statue proposed for Dublin... www.businesspost.ie/companies/me...

Final Hackney count Was a Labour stronghold since 1964 (bar an 8 y gap) Labour had 43 of 57 seats before election. The 57-seat council is now - 42 Green - 9 Labour - 6 Conservative (in Stamford Hill/Springfield area) www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2026/05/08/l...

Manchester's map looks a bit like Berlin's and Vienna's - green core with social democratic red ring around it, radical right in the poor suburbs, traditional right in the rich ones..

We're taking FPTP to bold new exciting places.

Some great details from this latest @tommygreene.bsky.social piece on the Dalradian gold mine inquiry in Tyrone www.thedetail.tv/articles/roy...

The Dillon case is available at the following link. It effectively reduces the Windsor Framework's rights and equality protections, as litigable measures, to the Six Annex 1 Directives. Any broader UK Government pledges are just ashes in the mouth: supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc...

I’ve been hearing so much anger and disappointment from frontline workers about the BBC investigation into fraudulent asylum claims. One of the most damning responses has come from one of the experts they interviewed, solicitor Ana Gonzalez. It’s really worth reading her response in full:

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has committed more targeted killings of journalists than any other government’s military since the CPJ began documenting them in 1992.

stats for Irish politics watchers: applications from students in the south/RoI to study for their undergraduate degree at Queen's in the north/NI have steadily climbed from 1,279 in 2021 to 2,275 in 2025. This year, that figure is looking to be another *40% higher*...

Government plans to cap legal fees in planning and environmental cases were opposed by 98 percent of more than 1,400 respondents to a public consultation. A review of responses said changes could weaken “fundamental legal safeguards” for taking cases: www.thestory.ie/2026/04/21/p...

Closed doors and open questions: inside week one of the Sperrins mine inquiry Here's my wrap of week one of the Omagh goldmine inquiry as week two set to commence at Strule Arts Centre this morning. I'll be reporting for @thedetailtv.bsky.social again this week open.substack.com/pub/thedetai...

Carol Nolan now speaking under 'Other Members' Questions' - the contentious modern-day creation to give speaing time to TDs who are ostensibly government supporters. Nolan yesterday voted no confidence in the government.

Latest from the Omagh goldmine inquiry - cyanide still referenced in the planning application. I'll be writing on the issue for investigative and long-form journalism outlet @thedetailtv.bsky.social this week. Read all about the proceedings here.. www.thedetail.tv/articles/cya...

"The result of the election is clear and painful" Orban concedes defeat in Hungarian election (BBC). www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...

Speaking of, please enjoy this deranged AI slop 1916 banner from the blockade that just gets worse and worse the more you look at it

The paid ads promoting the #IrishFuelProtests blocking Irish ports and streets are being funded by a tow truck company At least the one we could find is; we can't know who else is putting money behind this because Meta "banned" ie. hides, political ads www.thebriefing.ie/who-is-fundi...

What's interesting as a long-term Brexit-watcher is the distinct lack of outcry from Eurosceptic voices over Labour calling for "closer ties" to Europe. Essentially rowing back on the "hard" we-make-the-rules deal of Johnson and May and admitting we need economic integration.

Something else very fucked up about the whole Grok story in retrospect, as relates to Ireland at least, is that the government's approach was to stick their fingers in their ears and hope people would stop caring and... it kind of worked?

Britain is sliding into a really, really dark place We seem to look at the US with a ‘could never happen here’ attitude, meantime long accepted tenets of life in a liberal democracy are thrown out in real time Needs concerted pushback now

To celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day, we explored the story behind the Saint Patrick for Ireland mosaic in Central Lobby 👇

Because it's nearly St Patrick's Day, wrote about the Irish guy involved in the bitcoin outfit Nigel Farage has invested in www.businesspost.ie/companies/ir...

Montenegro’s president Jakov Milatović says his country helps to conclude EU accession this year - and expresses a wish to “replace the Brits” at the Council table. Yes, those were his actual words.

This is a beautifully, carefully written piece of journalism

The Home Office is using facial recognition technology to locate people within their “Population of Interest.” Thousands of passengers travelling from Dublin to Holyhead will be scanned by controversial technology this week as part of a trial, raising surveillance and discrimination concerns

🚨 Cabinet Office investigating Labour Together and Josh Simons over campaign to smear journalists But...ministers overseeing inquiry have received £150,000+ from Labour think tank Experts and MPs demand 'full independent investigation' New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-g... 🧵

I’m not normally that person but…. It’s really annoying that Democracy for Sale a has hardly been credited anywhere in last 24 hours for breaking story of Labour Together paying to spy on journalists *almost two weeks* ago Hadn’t expected Tory press office to be the exception!

How much land and power would it take to decarbonise Dublin Airport? Check out our new RTE Brainstorm article: www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

It's too on the nose that one of the judges in the Palestine Action decision is called Jonathan Swift

Breaking: on two counts, the High Court has ruled that the Labour government's proscription of the campaign group Palestine Action was unlawful – a win for its co-founder Huda Ammori, who sought a judicial review of the ban

Taoiseach Martin said Kenova "sheds essential light on the harrowing pain and loss caused to individuals, to their families, and through the systematic exercise of terror, to communities at large by the Provisional IRA...It shows the complicity of British state forces in allowing this to happen.”