Great piece by Ellen Coyne. Talk of a left alliance no longer about the ‘inevitability’ of left transfers boosting a dominant SF. A greedier more assertive left can put smacht on SF: Post-byelection bitterness ends honeymoon of the left’s Connolly coalition www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Some dogs know how to strike a pose

30 years since Nuala O’Faolain’s Are You Somebody? ‘Vibrating with hurt. It leaves a mark’

The Art Riddler, Dublin’s anonymous art patron: ‘People must think I’m a millionaire, but I’m not’. What began as a distraction from grief for the masked art patron has become an annual event providing exhibition space – and a €10,000 prize – to artists. www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/...

Looking at incomplete tallies in Galway-West, think Cubbard transfers will be very interesting, some will go left but some could be shy Thomas city voters. Will be a long count…

Already five months late, Ireland’s 2026 Climate Action Plan is delayed again. Public Accounts Committee also told dedicated fund has spent only half of €523.8m available for energy projects. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Looking forward to this event on 11th June - hope to see some of you there! Registration link to follow soon, I understand.

‘Kind of humiliating’: trans community responds to EHRC’s new code of practice

Busy at the polling station in Maigh Cuilinn this afternoon. According to folk working there, considerably busier than in the presidential election last year.

Everything comes full circle on Omey Island. Iomaí translates as ‘resting place’: A story by Eabha McLaughlin, age 17, Co Mayo www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Spent some time in Ennis today. A model of successful pedestrianisation that Galway should follow. Full of people, loads of street seating, great atmosphere. What a lovely town!

Justine McCarthy: To call Irish people anti-Semitic is a collective punch to the stomach. Those who wrongly label Ireland in such vile terms fail to see protests against Israel’s barbarity are motivated by humanity, not hatred. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

It is one year since over 450 legal professionals in Ireland, including barristers, solicitors and academics, wrote to the Taoiseach expressing "deep concern" at the Irish Government’s failure to meet its international legal obligations regarding Palestine. No response was ever received.

Great career opportunity at the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg for suitably qualified candidate with knowledge of Irish law #ECHR www.linkedin.com/posts/counci...

A delayed expansion of Galway City Museum has been unveiled, with plans for an investment of over €19 million being announced. www.rte.ie/news/connach...

Important national survey on the Irish language showing how public support North and South is well ahead of government policy. Delighted to have commissioned this research when working with @forasnagaeilge.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/scea...

Opinion: Two thirds of Ireland’s wild bird species are in danger. So are the rules protecting them

International scientists plead with Ireland not to adopt controversial greenhouse gas assessment method www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Still hurt by Bertie Ahern singling out Congolese people, loss of a community member opened a fresh wound, they say. Read more here www.dublininquirer.com/still-hurt-b...

Judicial reviews and access to law: It is a glaring flaw in our democratic model that the pursuit of justice is always available to the privileged and a great risk to the majority www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...

I‘ve an opinion piece in the paper about the TTPA - new EU political transparency rules that *could* transform our election coverage & protect democracy But we need really simple solutions put in place to make it workable for parties & journalists www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

‘Níl aon fhianaise ann go bhfuil aon dul chun cinn á dhéanamh maidir le sprioc earcaíochta Gaeilge an stáit’. Deir sochtheangeolaí aitheanta, John Walsh, gur gá aghaidh a thabhairt 'go práinneach' ar na fadhbanna soláthair… tuairisc.ie/nil-aon-fhia...

The RIA is delighted to announce a new grant scheme to support nuanced, collaborative research on different aspects of disinformation, involving research across multiple disciplines and networks. The closing date for applications is Wednesday, 24 June 2026 at 17:00: www.ria.ie/2026/05/13/n...

Excellent piece by Fintan O’Toole: Gerry Hutch and Bertie Ahern performed ‘Lanigan’s Ball racism’. Why are Hutch and Ahern so bothered about immigrants from Congo and Somalia? Because they are shorthand for ‘Darkest Africa’ - The Irish Times www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

An Taisce: The end of environmental public interest litigation? www.antaisce.org/news/the-end...

Lorcan Sirr: Fianna Fáil’s biggest impact on housing for the last six years is making no difference at all - The Irish Times www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

Ebun Joseph: Bertie Ahern's anti-immigrant comments are nothing new to Black Irish people - The Irish Examiner www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

The Galway West byelection campaign has entered its final stretch, with housing, the cost of living and emigration dominating canvasses. The Journal joined the two leading centre-left candidates in the race on Friday – with a week to go before polling. www.thejournal.ie/galway-west-...

New post From Chişinău to Makerfield: The Labour Party, populism and the politics of triangulation publiclawforeveryone.com/2026/05/18/f...

The European Convention on Human Rights is under attack from the very governments meant to uphold it. An urgent warning from @fidh-official.bsky.social : www.fidh.org/en/internati...

Environmental groups say cap on recoverable legal costs - which comes into effect today - will have a chilling effect on environmental litigants and will limit access to justice www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Ireland among 46 countries agreeing to send asylum seekers to third‑country hubs. A political declaration from the 46 members of the Council of Europe said states had an “undeniable sovereign right” to control their borders. www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-4...

An Spidéal in a byelection: Local resident, Toner Quinn, looks at how a half-cleared marsh, shuttered buildings and promises of ambitious new projects illustrate the challenges facing one of Ireland’s much-loved Gaeltacht villages... jrnl.ie/7038471

Jennifer O’Connell: Bertie’s outburst wasn’t part of a Fianna Fáil master plan. It was worse than that. The real victim, Ahern implied, was not ‘the Africans’ or Muslim children now designated a national security threat, but himself. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

“At crisis point”: Inside the mounting pressure on the Legal Aid Board Internal files reveal board repeatedly warned the Justice Dept last year that, without urgent, ring-fenced funding and expert support, it faced an uphill struggle to cope with new roles. thecurrency.news/articles/226...

The number of gardaí involved in Roads Policing Units has dropped by nearly 40% since 2009, the latest figures released from the Department of Justice and An Garda Síochána have shown.

Latest podcast is on the Garda sting operation and subsequent death of Evan Fitzgerald www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...

The Latest Bertiegate open.substack.com/pub/donnchao...

Former WHO director, Dr Mike Ryan, ‘blown away’ by low life expectancy in inner-city Dublin www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/...

Full programme for the Summer School on the International Criminal Court is now available. Looking forward to the various presentations and panels, including one on United States ICC-related sanctions, featuring the sanctioned Judge Kimberly Prost of the ICC and Shawan Jabarin of Al-Haq.

Monday's Peadar O'Dowd memorial lecture, organised by GAHS, will see Jackie Uí Chionna speak on ‘The History of the Galway Salmon Fishery under the ownership of the Ashworth Family, 1852–1954’. www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...

Open-Minded or Open-Ended? The Chișinău Declaration on the ECHR and Migration #ECHR echrblog.com/open-minded-...

Sinn Féin leads Dublin Central byelection race as Fianna Fáil struggles, poll shows. Daniel Ennis of Social Democrats strongly positioned to benefit from transfers in later counts - The Irish Times www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

The 4th ed of Blackstone's Guide to the Anti-Terrorism Legislation is published today. This is the first edition in 12 years and, at times, it felt like a Sisyphean task as counter-terrorism law is nothing if not ever-changing. So it’s great to finally see this out. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Bertie Ahern…always a gate #Bertiegate

An effort to reopen a former arthouse cinema in Galway has been abandoned, after a prospective operator withdrew from a deal with the city council, due to an increase in the projected costs involved

Ireland is "exposed to global energy shocks” as a result of its dependence on imported fossil fuels, according to the Climate Change Advisory Council. A further warning states that rising data centre demand is offsetting gains in renewable generation. jrnl.ie/7037689

President Connolly told a climate conference in Dublin City University that whereas 500 Irish rivers were classified as pristine in the 1980s, by 2019 just 20 met that standard. Transformative change needed to address climate change, not incremental action. www.thejournal.ie/connolly-env...

📢 Ths to @qublaw.bsky.social & especially Centre for International Economic Law for hosting a Book Launch edited collection me, @ruthhoughton.bsky.social & Cher Weixia Chen EE Research Handbook on Global Governance Hybrid event 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

Matthew O’Toole: Nigel Farage’s success gives Ireland an urgent deadline. At what point are citizens in the North entitled to say they do not want to live in a country run by Farage? www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...