David Langwallner on Law and Literature: from Shakespeare to the Supreme Court. First episode in a series of Village podcasts. Now available on Youtube, Apple, Spotify etc www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJug...

David Langwallner on Law and Literature: from Shakespeare to the Supreme Court. First episode in a series of Village podcasts. Now available on Youtube, Apple, Spotify etc www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJug...

Do U2 deserve a chance in 2026, after their reticence to criticise Israel on Gaza? Also, why do they still deliver all their stuff in a nasal fake-American accent? It was always culturally crass and now it's geopolitically illiterate too. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...

Do U2 deserve a chance in 2026, after their reticence to criticise Israel on Gaza? Also why do they still deliver all their stuff in a nasal fake-American accent. It was always culturally crass and now it's geopolitically illiterate too. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...

Do U2 deserve a chance in 2026, after their reticence to criticise Israel on Gaza? Also, why do they still deliver all their stuff in a nasal fake-American accent? It was always culturally crass and now it's geopolitically illiterate too. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...

Village Feb-March in shops now

Good to see this. SF was long too forgiving of US foreign-policy lawlessness.

Most EU countries have moved to a similar model by now (I've written about this in the latest @villagemagazine.bsky.social)

Today's easily given pledge on misogyny in the Garda doesn't extend to doing anything at all about abuser Noel McMahon getting Scott medal, despite now-quiescent @MichealMartinTD 's promises to look into it (article by Frank Connolly from Feb-Mar Village). independent.ie/irish-news/c...

Today's easily given pledge on misogyny in the Garda doesn't extend to doing anything at all about abuser Noel McMahon getting Scott medal, despite now-quiescent @MichealMartinTD 's promises to look into it (article by Frank Connolly from Feb-Mar Village). independent.ie/irish-news/c...

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026... Fintan O'Toole is way too indulgent of Gordon Brown. Here's George Monbiot:

There is a lot of convenient amnesia about Peter Mandelson’s New Labour days. Let’s jog some memories | George Monbiot

New episode of @hereshow.bsky.social is up! In collaboration with @villagemagazine.bsky.social Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/5iCR...

Village Feb-March in shops now

A long thread of the voting record of Not So Independent Ireland and many of the other fake independents who are actually FF/FG sheep in wolves' clothing. Please share and make sure your friends don't end up voting for people who will put FF/FG back in power in #ge24. #SpeirGorm #KickOutFFFG

Churning them out here.. This is a (first?) poll of BlueSky users from a representative sample. (Voting intentions of those that reported that they used BlueSky in the preceding 24 hours). Quite similar to what Twitter used to look like.

Excellent piece on the makeup of @RadioBrendanRTE panels & how they are used to shape public opinion. #Brendan #RTÉ #GE24 #GE2024 No sign of Alison O’Connor this week however Brendan made sure to plug her column. @villagemagazine.bsky.social #HowIrelandWorks villagemagazine.ie/the-brendan-...

Israel is plotting to colonise Gaza. This is all being openly discussed in the Israeli media. It is a damning indictment that Israeli newspapers offer more details of what's actually happening than newspapers in, say, the US or UK. New post 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/israeli-me...

Trump spent the last years dealing with the flaming ignominy of being the wrong end of allegations about sex offences. Now he's regained power it's unsurprising he's favouring a rabble who have been, ideally still are, in the same position. Unsurprising, but dysfunctional he's getting away with it.

Meta loses ground to Bluesky as users abandon Elon Musk’s X https://www.ft.com/content/e1b52147-c171-4902-8bce-204ba0905912

Irish Bluesky has started beautifully: wholesome, civic and collegiate. A downside is that it's easy to imagine (fantasise?) that the people and organisations who don't politely follow back are steaming with pointed and toxic antipathy.

It is looking like Simon Harris can be confirmed as a bit strange.

Greens and Friends of the Earth betrayed activists on Shannon LNG: The Greens negotiated a legally meaningless commitment on Shannon LNG and imported fracked gas in the Programme for Government and then, worse, changed their minds, all with figleaf of FoE support. villagemagazine.ie/__trashed-2/

The naive patsies in .@ChambersIreland have just made Donegal their local authority of the year. Meanwhile Village magazine has just claimed that planning in Donegal is "corrupted" #HowIrelandWorks villagemagazine.ie/corrupted-do... www.msn.com/en-ie/news/u...

The naive patsies in .@ChambersIreland have just made Donegal their local authority of the year. Meanwhile Village magazine has just claimed that planning in Donegal is "corrupted" #HowIrelandWorks villagemagazine.ie/corrupted-do... www.msn.com/en-ie/news/u...

If there's a need for a review of RTÉ's objectivity it could usefully look at the unaccountability of those who select the cosy conservatives who typically feature on the ideas-free Brendan O'Connor panel. It could use the evidence in this Village article. villagemagazine.ie/the-brendan-...

If there's a need for a review of RTÉ's objectivity it could usefully look at the unaccountability of those who select the cosy conservatives who typically feature on the ideas-free Brendan O'Connor panel. It could use the evidence in this Village article. villagemagazine.ie/the-brendan-...

Greens and Friends of the Earth betrayed activists on Shannon LNG: The Greens negotiated a legally meaningless commitment on Shannon LNG and imported fracked gas in the Programme for Government and then, worse, changed their minds, all with figleaf of FoE support. villagemagazine.ie/__trashed-2/

Finally, from Michael Sandel: some definitive insight into how the Democrats are wrong and the antidote: more equality of wealth but also respect; better public services especially schools, parks and public meeting places; economic patriotism; local loyalties... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um01...

Finally, from Michael Sandel: some definitive insight into how the Democrats are wrong and the antidote: more equality of wealth but also respect; better public services especially schools, parks and public meeting places; economic patriotism; local loyalties... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um01...

Is it not possible to develop a brilliant algorithm, based of course on explicit consent, that would allow everybody to transfer all the people they follow and all the people who follow them, from Twitter to Bluesky?

Is it not possible to develop a brilliant algorithm, based of course on explicit consent, that would allow everybody to transfer all the people they follow and all the people who follow them, from Twitter to Bluesky?