All Airbnbs being rented year round are in contravention of planning laws. Houses built for private residential tenancy need to apply for change of use. If you built a house without following the rules it could be torn down. We could solve this Airbnb problem overnight, there’s no political will.

There is no winning. Read a book in public, you get accused of being performative. Don't read a book in public, Joyce Carol Oates says you are a human shell with no inner life. 😞

WORD OF THE DAY. Excellent. To give up spreadsheets for forty days.

I for one will welcome our Chinese overlords #Beerjacket #China #Tsingtao

Drawn 133 years ago, and the con hasn't changed one bit.

capitalism rules, I love doing extensive research any time I need to replace something because roughly 94% of all products are scam garbage

Right-wing extremist terror group planned destruction of Galway Mosque, court hears. www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

You have to survive. There are graves to piss on that haven't been dug yet.

Remember - if it's OK to call @paulmurphy.pbp.ie et al "far left" or "hard left" for saying that people deserve homes and basic services, then it's entirely OK for you to call politicians "far right" and "racist" when they try to blame a housing disaster they created on immigrants.

1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution. The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵

Ivan Yates used his media training company to also lobby both Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil TDs – including junior minister Niall Collins – in hotel meetings on behalf of an energy company that wanted advice on getting “a favourable planning decision”. www.ontheditch.com/ivan-yates-l...

Every minute without a strong statement from the Irish government about the arson and attempted murder in Drogheda is another minute of silent acquiescence to the far right - by remaining silent, the govt is making it very clear which side they are on. Everyone who is here, belongs here. #SpeirGorm

For those keeping count, Simon Harris "took to social media" to decry the shooting of Charlie Kirk the following day. He's gone cycling today, apparently.

Immigration is not a metric you can use to win over racists. There is no number that is right for them. That’s not the point. The point is to have someone to blame for problems they don’t intend to fix. Fascists win votes by promising to solve problems caused by an enemy only they can defeat.

Remember - the Irish government was told years ago when the total was still well under 10,000 how to eradicate homelessness by the man who did so in Finland, and it just ... didn't bother. And since then, the majority of you kept voting for them. Well done, everyone. Well done. 👍

Reject modernity, embrace tradition

It's Just Wall-To-Wall News Stories About The US And Its Allies Abusing The World The US empire is a giant murder machine feeding on human blood and the life force of our biosphere while providing nothing but obstacles to a healthy world. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/its-just-w...

Great analysis Kevin👍 I wonder was the excrement covered spoilt vote included in the population sampled?, although I believe Maria Steen's camp are counting that as one of her votes!!

fixed that for you

I'm not sure that we should be entrusting any future presidential election legislation changes to 2 parties who both ran their presidential election campaigns so badly that 1 lost their candidate and their deposit and the other lost by a historic margin and the candidate is being sued for defamation

In the 2018 election, five of the six candidates ran as independents, and Sinn Fèin was the only party to run a candidate. In 2011 it was four of seven. The idea that it is too hard to get on the ballot is complete and utter nonsense - Steen and the rest didn't do the work. End of story.

Hmmm..what's the common denominator.. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...

Amazing how a few spoiled votes gives them the confidence to say the quiet part out loud & hoping to shift the Overton Window with a few far right dog whistles. Especially in a country that has just voted overwhelmingly for a socialist, inclusive, anti war head of state. #speirgorm #Áras2025

I realise this isn't the point but if I'm reading this right, we're about to get ourselves President CMAC #áras25 #spéirgorm

This could be just a pure coincidence on the placement, there is just no way to find out!! #Aras25 #speirgorm

The spoiled votes are giving this energy #aras25

An aspect of Irish politics is how the standard of gombeen politicians rarely translates to good leaders or presidential candidates. We have been lucky that when noteworthy people go for the Presidency that they have been successful, the 2 Mary's, Miggeldy, and now Catherine. #Aras25 #speirgorm

Irish media not being able to help themselves today!!! #Aras25 #speirgorm

In July, when Catherine Connolly was the only confirmed candidate, the political media regularly excluded her from their polling. But I’m sure they’ll reflect on their own major failings and lack of insight into the election campaigns and the public’s views. Or not.

On the night we elect his successor, this man, this artist, is in my thoughts. What service he has given us. Not only as President but as our first Minister for the Arts. This photo I took on Inis Oirr in 2021 is one of my most treasured. Go raibh maith aige. #Aras25

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.

CMAT is a legit legend

The acquittal of #SoldierF - based on a rejection and suppression of evidence, incl. of his fellow paratroopers - exposes once more the ongoing refusal of Britain to deliver justice to its many victims. My sympathy and solidarity to the #BloodySunday families. #SpéirGorm www.rte.ie/news/ulster/...

In case you're wondering, the EPP is the EU parliamentary group co-founded and adhered to by Fine Gael, Heather Humphrey's party. Be in no doubt: a vote for her on Friday is a vote against nature.

The Ditch x Village Magazine Heather Humphreys honoured a disgraced ex-garda after he was accused of extreme domestic violence and found by a tribunal to have corruptly organised planting weapons and fabricated evidence. An ‘exceptional award’ she said. www.ontheditch.com/humphreys-ho...

Fine Gael have attacked politician barristers for who they have represented in the course of their legal duties before. Targetting Jim O’Callagahan in 2020: www.newstalk.com/news/ffs-oca...

BREAKING: Five Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli attack on az-Zawayda in central Gaza, according to medical sources at Al-Aqsa Hospital. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/glkirt

Spoil your vote crowd spending their Sunday penning the final draft of what to write on Fridays ballot paper to spoil their vote (with no help from AI), when count staff will spend no more than 2 seconds looking at it before putting it on a table in the corner of the count centre. #speirgorm #aras25

They Said The Massacres Would Stop When The Hostages Were Released. They Haven't Stopped. On Friday Israel reportedly blew up a vehicle carrying a Palestinian family of eleven people, including seven children. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/they-said-...

BREAKING: Gaza's Media Office says the Israeli army has committed 47 violations after the truce deal entered into force in early October, killing 38 Palestinians and wounding another 143 people. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/nuq6mi

Did any reporter present ask the deputy First Minister if she has an Irish passport???

For the first time since 2006 the state has admitted it allowed munitions – onboard a US war plane authorised by Simon Harris to land at Shannon Airport – to travel through Irish territory on their way to Israel Darragh O’Brien granted the exemption. www.ontheditch.com/state-admits/

Fucking Banríon 👑👑

A company under garda investigation was incorporated just a month before Heather Humphreys was the star attraction at its February “charity” event. www.ontheditch.com/humphreys-wa...

There are also 2 other issues when MM won't do the hard work on climate change. Most policies that seek to address climate change are also a benefit to society e.g. clean efficient public transport, rollout of renewable energy, increasing biodiversity. The other is the massive EU fines on the way.

They’re coming out with a broken clock that’s right three times a day