For overseas followers: in Ireland every seven years we vote for someone to tell the Government they are a bunch of evil clowns and every five years we vote in the evil clowns.

Vote, vote, vote #connolly4president #aras2025 #speirgorm

Don’t flake on voting just because the result is in the bag! Margin matters. Remember how awful it felt seeing Peter Casey jump from 2% polls to 23% after his attacks on travellers. A low turnout/high number of spoiled votes will be seized on by the fash. Every vote for Connolly undermines them

As Barney's body lay out in the street in a pool of blood, the Derry Civil Rights Association banner held by marchers that day was used to cover him. Damien O'Kane's father (@mckanedj on Twitter) kept it and donated to the Museum of Free Derry, where it is now on permanent display.

I wonder how Heather Humphreys would feel if no barrister would defend her against Paul Murphy's defamation charge? 🤔

Labour Party leader (and a barrister) Ivana Bacik, has published a statement on Fine Gael's attack ad on Catherine Connolly's work as a barrister, saying it "represents a craven and dangerous attack on a fundamental principle of the rule of law in our democratic system." #Aras25 Full statement:

A shocking picture has emerged from Syria of a senior politician meeting with a murderous dictator.

Without a bubble, we wouldn't have the incredible tulip industry we all depend on today.

I see the @irishtimes.com politics pod has bravely assessed the rise of Fascism and decided surrendering other people's rights will be enough to stop it.

Ah Alan Kelly, how the mediocre have fallen.

The all channels attacks on Catherine Connolly are because, as with Irish Water, Ireland's right wing establishment have an unpopular project (de facto joining the "Western military alliance") that the hoi polloi aren't sophisticated enough to grasp the necessity of and desperation is setting in.

The Connolly campaign see the Presidency as an opportunity to further Catherine's lifelong mission of helping people. Fine Gael see it as a strategy game to be won at any cost. Straight from the horse's mouth #spéirgorm #Áras2025

Jaysus, the IT is getting hysterical at this stage, the numbers must be terrible for FFG They've already portrayed going on a fact finding trip to refugee camps and doing her job in line with the rules of the profession as borderline criminal acts. What next drinking tea in a provocative fashion?

Hey look it's colonial violence....but wait, it's in the imperial core? That can't be right

Pay attention to the language that will be used by much of the media. The Global Sumud Flotilla never entered Israeli waters. They are in international waters attempting to reach Palestinian waters. Israel is once again breaking international law

i think the “economic advantages” of first cousin marriage are being skewed by the royal family being in the dataset

Robert Quirke getting a contract for a Galway hydro turbine project, months after his disastrous K Club hydropower adventure. I'm a fairly unashamed fan of the man by now. Go get that bag Rob, if people refuse to stand in your way that's on them at this stage. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Steen honouring the timeless Catholic tradition of waiting until the last possible moment to pull out #spéirgorm

You'd think the @irishtimes.com would have enough media awareness not to stoke the cycling culture war in a week where 3 cyclists have been killed on our roads.

That’s 3 cyclists dead in one week. 😲😔 And our government continues to roll back on meaningful road safety measures like implementing a 30kph limit in urban zones, or using technology, all because it might upset some drivers. It’s a national disgrace.

Giving updates on the awful things happening in America is the new Irish mammy telling you who died.

Someone told Micheál Martin he needed to be more like de Valera, so he's decided to offer condolences for the death of a nazi

Compare and contrast with the treatment of people speaking out against this specific war crime in Berlin

@germanyinirl.bsky.social The violence meted out by Berlin police against anti-genocide protestors has been revolting to witness. The assault carried out on Kitty O'Brien by one such officer should be prosecuted and a credible apology including an acknowledgement of the right to protest delivered.

"if moral clarity were a person, it would be Kitty o'brien . You must have justice for the assault that the whole world has seen!" (via @misanharriman.bsky.social ) #Protest #Berlin #Germany #Gaza #Palestine

Berlin police are known to be heavy handed with protesters but verbal insults -- from "you should be ashamed of yourselves, there are babies starving" to even calling then Nazis -- doesn't justify apparently professional officers hitting a woman in the head www.independent.ie/irish-news/i...

The German police brutally assault an Irish woman protesting against Israel's genocide. The German state is a disgrace. It committed genocide against the Jewish people - far from its only genocide. It forced Palestinians to pay the price, viciously silencing anyone who objects

"How significant is the fact that Tony Blairs involved in discussions about a post war Gaza?" Ash Sarkar: "Well I guess it's because Satan was unavailable"

The Few Scoops podcast is turning into a pleasant weekly news digest, snorted this morning at the @colmoregan.bsky.social description of Starmer as "the wettest authoritarian in history". www.goloudnow.com/podcasts/a-f...

realistic Star Trek

Every tech update now is like: "Great news, the word processor you've relied on for twenty years has learned to juggle! Is it good at it? No! Does it help in any way? Of course not! Has it made it insufferable to use? Oh, absolutely."

Stop deleting Palestinian accounts you fucking fucks!

Remider: the European Union continues to give his government unconditional support, despite the wishes of the public, the letter of the law and the founding trreaties.

Britain's biggest Nanhunt this century.

A bit of context for Leahy's "be very afraid" piece in the IT this morning

A wonderfully colourful report on Galway's weekend invasion, worth a read

Small (tiny) bit of good news… www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Can I get my Irish friends to amplify this please?

When the Indo calls out the right, the show is over

🍛 🚰 In armed conflicts, food and water, which are basic for survival, can't be denied or blocked. Without exception. #IHL

An Geansai Bui!! Well done Ben Healy

NEW: Tony Blair's staff took part in a BCG project for the redevelopment of Gaza along the lines of the 'Trump Riviera' plan www.ft.com/content/0b1b...

As 27 are arrested in London, we are just 6 days away from the annual night of UK public-funded fire burning, where minorities will be demonised, effigies and flags will be burned and paramilitaries will be in attendance. Oh, you didn't know they get public money for their bonfires? Yep.

A new direct action group calling itself 'Yvette Cooper' claims to have targeted Time Logistics for providing transport in Britain for Israel's Elbit Systems. Its message to the government on social media says, "if you want to ban Palestine Action, you'll have to proscribe Yvette Cooper too"

Here's how you remove Google AI from your mobile devices.

Átha Cliath abú

As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a feature not a bug.