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Three days before Christmas and the pushback against the rushed Garda pilot of tasers for frontline gardaí in in Dublin and Waterford continues. Today, I've a letter in the Irish Times highlighting the need for the use of taser policy to be published: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...

Canadian economy rallies as #1 export now Heated Rivalry

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The Donnelly’s Bar attack. Where the search for the truth about the Glenanne Gang started.

📘 The official edition of the “Preparatory Work” of the Convention is now available in digital format. ➡️ This fully searchable digital PDF has been made possible thanks to @degruyterbrill.bsky.social, which digitised all eight volumes free of charge. www.echr.coe.int/documents/d/...

This International Migrants Day, a Dáil Éireann response from the Irish Justice Minister confirming that Frontex are training An Garda Síochána's National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) who are decimating the Common Travel Area by aggressively enforcing the land border on our supposedly shared island.

Supreme Court ruling could enable Govt to conceal state agent involvement in killings ‘The Thompson case epitomises everything that is broken in the UK’s legacy approach: secrecy, endless delay, and a state closing ranks against a family seeking answers.’ www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...

What's really concerning about this bill (second stage tomorrow) is that the power within it - to find and categorise us by our biometrics - is *NOT* the power that was in the heads of bill when we were in pre-legislative scrutiny last year. There has been no public/democratic discussion about this

‘Victim blaming’: refugee council criticises O’Callaghan’s asylum seeker comments

O'Callaghan and Fianna Fáil are aligning themselves with the absolute worst people and politics in Europe, and journalists need to start asking them about it. To date, I have seen little evidence that Irish media is prepared to meet this moment, and I fear the worst.

Can’t find a way to write this that doesn’t sound like a twee bromide but genuinely, if your end of year review is that you survived painful things happening in your life & the world, stayed empathetic in an inhospitable environment & treated yourself & others decently then that’s achievement enough

On the eighth day of ACAB, my true love said to me... "LOOK OUT FOR THE LEGAL OBSERVERS – they're there to monitor the police and support protesters" #12DaysOfACAB

Girl Guides of Canada has made a statement, likely in response to the cowardly decisions of Girlguiding UK. 🏳️‍⚧️

Even people who have concerns about sport or refuge spaces would do well to justify why trans women should be excluded from the Women’s Institute or Guides. Just cruelty and spite. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

She has the moral clarity that a lot of elected Dems could use: what is happening today is evil. You don’t need to analyze it much more closely than that

🚨 URGENT: Bill C-12 could be voted on THIS WEEK (as early as Dec 4) Your call can stop this anti-immigrant bill. MPs are counting constituent calls RIGHT NOW before the vote. Takes 2 minutes. Make it count. migrantrights.ca/actionslist/... #cdnpoli #cdnimm #cdnref #refugeeswelcome #stopc12

Every dollar JK Rowling makes from Harry Potter is going into bankrolling an extortion racket issuing legal threats to organizations across the UK to purge themselves of trans people or face ruinous lawfare.

Belfast firm Phoenix Law is acting on behalf of Irish rap group Kneecap in defamation proceedings against a Canadian MP.

"At least the far right don't have anyone in the Dáil ..." 🙄

REMINDER: The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) keeps us all safe and free. Every. Single. Day.

There's been a great deal of debate about how safe Dublin city centre is, but when we @dublininquirer.com looked for data to resolve this, we couldn't find much useful – so we commissioned a survey to try to add some facts/data to the debate. Today we've published five articles about the results. 1/

A real test for politicians and gardaí. There's been a years-long campaign of arson/attempted arson at IPAS centres - even buildings rumoured to be considered for asylum seekers. We've had far-right instigated riots in our capital, at CityWest and Coolock; arson at TD's property... (1/2)

🧵The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published its most recent review of Ireland on Tuesday. It made recommendations across @iccl.bsky.social's work , including legislation criminalising hate speech and legislation prohibiting racial profiling by gardaí.

In the last 10 years, around 1 in 1,000 applications to the European Court of Human Rights has led to a violation judgment concerning immigration. Check out our new factsheet on #Migration and the #ECHR👇 🔗 go.coe.int/FSABl @coe.int @echr.coe.int

The Irish Network of Legal Observers has today published its first report, which found that gardaí violated garda policies and human rights obligations when policing the Dublin’s port tunnel protest on Saturday 4 October 2025. Read the full report ➡️ www.iccl.ie/press-releas...

ICCL condemns the wholly disproportionate use of force by An Garda Síochána at a Dublin protest opposing genocide in Palestine on Saturday, 4 October.

The first lines of Conor Gearty's Guardian obituary really do hit home why we needed this man now more than ever: www.theguardian.com/law/2025/sep...

A new Explainer out from @aoifemod.bsky.social and me detailing the UK's ECHR commitments under the 1998 Agreement in response to recent speculation. It is short, because there is very little to say - the UK's obligations are evident on the B/GFA's plain text: caj.org.uk/wp-content/u...

‘Inspirational’ human rights lawyer Conor Gearty dies aged 67

What does “Europe” say about using criminal law to limit #FreeSpeech? Check out this new guide from the 46-member @coe.int👇 🔗 www.coe.int/en/web/porta... @coemediafreedom.bsky.social #ECHR #FreedomOfExpression

CAJ is recruiting a Solicitor (Legacy) to join our team in Belfast. This post will focus on legacy litigation, human rights and safeguarding the peace process. 📄 Find out more & apply here: caj.org.uk/get-involved... 📅 Closing date: 6th October 2025

Excellent op-ed by @brianhonan.bsky.social on the dangers of Chat Control On your point about how these error prone scanning tools drag innocent people into the frame for heinous crimes, we @iccl.bsky.social and DRI previously published figures demonstrating this issue www.iccl.ie/news/an-gard...

On @news.rte.ie News At One, our ED @saoirse-b.bsky.social responded to Irish Prison Services 2024 Report. Overcrowding and ongoing use of mattresses are an unacceptable breach of human dignity. She called for further Investment in probation & community sanctions. Listen back (36:39): bit.ly/4oYh3SK

The progress that the NI Secretary announced at NIAC on reform of ICRIR is significant. But it makes the position of those currently involved in the process increasingly difficult. It amounts to the UK Government acknowledging that the current team were all signed up to a rights deficient process:

The European Convention on Human Rights entered into force on this day in 1953. The convention has improved people’s lives, in many different ways, across the continent. Here are more than 200 examples: www.coe.int/ECHR There are thousands more. #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms

72 years ago today, the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) came into force. It put all our human rights down into law for the first time – but today, it’s under attack. 🧵 www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/what-i...

Keir Starmer has appointed as his new Comms Director Tim Allan who was a board member of the hate group Sex Matters. It's no longer even pretending to adhere to its Manifesto promise to "remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance."

Hearing disturbing news that Egyptian #HRD Karim Ennarah, Research Director with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, was arrested today & is being questioned by state security prosecution for unknown reasons. The continued harassment of EIPR staff must stop.

NEW: The Trump administration said it will boycott a regular UN review of the United States' record on human rights. This sets a dangerous precedent and weakens critical protections at home and abroad. We will continue to hold the Trump administration accountable for human rights violations.

Ireland’s age of criminal responsibility should be increased to 14 to bring it in line with European standards, the government has been urged. @iccl.bsky.social‬

It is really good to see her included in this. That image broke through in ways nothing else has. People see who she is.

This is a very poor piece from the independent reviewer. He's making it seem like the application of the UK's terrorism laws is automatic when we know for a fact that the breadth of the UK's definition of terrorism requires discretion to prevent perverse application. observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

STOP TELLING ME WHAT NIGEL FARAGE HAS SAID I SIMPLY DO NOT WANT TO KNOW

🛑 STOP THE CRIME AND POLICING BILL It will further criminalise poverty, and make it harder for people to protest It’s back in Parliament in September Share this video to let people know what’s at stake #ProtectProtest #PovertyIsNotACrime

Call for Participants Impacts of Anti-Gender Politics on SOGIE Refugees in #Canada and the #UK For more information contact [email protected]

Hi #speirgorm people and everyone else. Below is a thread of fund raising pages for people very close to my heart. They are real people stuck in the worst nightmare who need our help. They are also the most generous people who would give you their last breath. Please help them. #StopStarvingGaza

Despite overcrowding, prison officials told to exclude immigration detainees from temporary release. The Irish Prison Service had asked the government to revisit the policy, given more serious high-risk offenders had to be released early to make room. More here www.dublininquirer.com/despite-over...

Please read this piece by the irreplaceable Olga Cronin explaining why the Government’s plans to legislate to break encryption are a Bad Idea, and then explain it by email (good), phone call (better) or personal visit (amazing) to your local TDs. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Interviewed Gareth Sheridan this morning - he says it's time for an end to 'left - right divisive' politics. That's despite being introduced to councillors by Senator Sharon Keogan - who said LGBT+ people were involved in an 'organised takeover' of society... and who has posted "#IrelandisFull".