The rise in fuel bills is too high. But so is the rise in rents. TDs asking for a cap on the former are the very ones who just voted to remove restrictions on the latter. Renters abandoned to the mercy of the market. Businessmen apparently need protection from it. The Irish caste system at work.

Trump agreed to include Lebanon, Netanyahu overruled him. Who is in charge, exactly?

Spanish PM Pedro calls for the IMMEDIATE ARREST of Netanyahu He said: "Netanyahu launched the worst possible unjustified attack against Lebanon. His contempt for life and international law is intolerable. He is a criminal that must be arrested immediately.” #cdnpoli

This is what happened when people stopped traffic to protest a genocide.

Icing, welcome to cake 🍰 #SpeirGorm #FarRight #FuelProtests

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My FB feed is lighting up with people in local groups desperately asking where they can get diesel in Cork as more and more petrol stations are running out. These are carers, emergency workers, health professionals panicking in the face of a manufactured and unnecessary fuel shortage.

The fuel protest, which began with serious and legitimate concerns about the cost of fuel and living, had more or less been hijacked by the anti-migrant, anti LGBTQI, anti woke, ‘Ireland First’ far right. This is losing the protestors a lot of support, as it should #fuelprotest

Fact: The 'normal' people I have spoken to are of course annoyed at the fuel price hike, but they're even more annoyed at missing their doctor appointments or interviews or business meetings etc. Once the clowns fill the arena, it's a circus and this is one shit filled circus. #SpeirGorm

A very good read on the 'fuel protests' in Ireland. Take one guess at who's behind the funding. #USfarRight #FarRight

#SpeirGorm #FuelProtests #FarRight

And we're off

editor: you need to rewrite me: why editor: because we need plausible characters me: whats the problem editor: You're claiming its actually possible to turn the Iranian govt and the Catholic Church into sympathetic figures within 12 months???

More than 250 people killed in over 100 Israeli strikes across Lebanon

I genuinely can't stop thinking about the Iranian kids who spent yesterday wondering if they were all going to die and what that day will do to them for the rest of their lives.

The leaked phone call revealed that Hungary's far-right leader told Putin that he was prepared to help Moscow “in any way" to win the war in Ukraine. www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vances-tr...

"The sound that has been dominating all of Beirut for the past 3 hours is of ambulances going around." Civilians being killed. Hospitals overwhelmed. Displacement on unprecedented levels. Imran Riza, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon, updates on the current situation.

Rutte is getting into Bono & Geldof contempt territory for me tbqfhwy. #EU #Rutte #Iran

Thats enough rope. End this farce now.

@hippyygoat ✖️🐦✖️ LONDON IS VERY ANGRY 🚨 Right now, Londoners block roads around the Israeli Embassy in protest against attacks on Lebanon, Palestine and Iran

Breaking: Israel murders Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah in Gaza...

Trump considering moving US troops from NATO countries "unhelpful" during the Iran war Proposal would station troops in supportive nations like Poland and Romania, potentially closing a U.S. base in Spain or Germany. www.wsj.com/world/eu...

The Hungarian election is about Russian oligarchy and its support of the international far right. That’s why Vance is there. He is a node in that network.

A couple of dozen Just Stop Oil protesters would at a bare minimum all be in hospital by now

BREAKING NEWS: Iran's Press TV says that the Strait of Hormuz has been closed.

I mentioned this on Twitter back during Covid days. I am happy to share my collection of archival photos/primary sources with other researchers. If you’re working on the history of political or social movements in Britain, Australia or South Africa, I might have stuff in my collection. Hit me up!

The reason I started the strike was because of Ben Gvir Palestinian execution bill Palestinians are being prevented from eating food and tortured on a daily basis 👇

"The laws of the land must be applied without fear" says the Tánaiste. Read between those lines.

M7 remains blocked. Gardai paid a visit says RTE. They took photos of truck number plates. They told drivers they might be prosecuted for parking on a motorway.

Fine Gael have been doing this for years and getting away with it. Making statements like this in a kind of ‘someone should do something about this, it’s terrible!’ They usually love reminding us they’re actually the govt, until something needs doing.

“This is a trans-national effort, funded by Russian oil, to replace Western liberalism with a pro-Russian ideology... Orbán is not just the puppet that gives this packaged ideology a European face... he oversees the money laundering vehicles to fund the larger network” emptywheel.net/2026/04/07/p...

Derek Scally has written about the Dublin defendant. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

@joenoonan.bsky.social @miseryvulture.bsky.social One of these prisoners is Irish. They poured paint over machines in an Israeli-owned arms company in Ulm, Germany. I’d never heard of this case until today. They are trying to crowd-fund for their defence theleftberlin.com/the-ulm-5-pr...

Zionists have never met an agreement they won't shamelessly violate.

@paulmurphy.pbp.ie wanted to join fuel protests, but then it descended into the usual far right talking points, showing that like immigrant protests of recent years it wasn’t about fuel or people’s livelihoods - it’s the same ol’ racist crew hopping on a bandwagon. #spiergorm

World reacts to ‘brutal’ Israeli attacks on Lebanon amid US-Iran ceasefire https://aje.news/nocf03

Reneged again.

What...The...Fuck?

Tala Ramadan of Reuters reports the death toll from today's strikes by Israel has risen to 254. That number comes from civil defense. Imagine this in your country – 254 killed in one day.

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Ireland's two fuel terminal points, one in Foynes and one in Galway, being completely blocked. Not even access for emergency vehicles. www.rte.ie/news/2026/04...

That woman has more backbone than the entire USA.

So we're supposed to reject what we see with our eyes and what we hear with our ears? Hard fucking No ya interfering prick. #Vance #USinterference #Hungary

#SpeirGorm #FreePalestine #FuckIsrael

Petrol Ration Book #speirgorm