Judge who called cyclists ‘a nightmare’ was fined for failing to provide breath test to garda www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1979375808... Sat 17 Jan 2026, Melbourne, a one-day symposium: Global Irish Language Culture • Cultúr Domhanda na Gaeilge. A rare opportunity to hear professor Louis de Paor from Galway & professor Brian Ó Conchubhair from Notre Dame, Indiana. A bi-lingual event.

www.eventbrite.com.au/e/tionol-fao... Cén áit atá ann don Ghaeilge san Astráil? Céard iad na deacrachtaí is na héagsúlachtaí a bhaineanns le scríbhneoireacht i nGaeilge san Astráil? Céard é staid na Gaeilge san Astráil faoi láthair? #gaeilge #gaeilgesanastráil #astráil #melbourne #irishlanguage

Comedy is all about timing. In this case, 3 decades.

What I should have added in this piece is that even if all of this stopped right now, that doesn't pardon any past offences already committed. Criminal prohibitions of sexual abuse and expolitation are partly aimed at deterrence - and this only works if they are enforced.

ATT - ó Luan go hAoine - RTÉ RnaG. An Taobh Tuathail broadcasts Monday to Friday on RTÉ RnaG. You can stream almost every show since 2013 - and also check the playlist for each show - through the huge online archive on the RnaG site. Scaip an scéal / pls share 🙏🏼 www.rte.ie/radio/rnag/a...

Éin na Nua-Shéalainne: tūī, kākāriki, kākā, takahē.

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Agus @AnGhaeltacht i gcluiche ceannais chraobhchomórtas idirmheánach na hÉireann, éistófam le Dan Learaí Ó Cíobháin, ó Dhún Chaoin, an t-aon Dún Chaoineach le bonn sinsear Uile-Éireann 10:10pm Dé Domhnaigh | 2:05pm Dé Céadaoin & Podchraoladh @rternag.bsky.social

I write in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social about the laws that are broken when online AI platforms facilitate the production of child sex abuse material. No new laws are needed. Companies (and their executives) are accountable as well as users. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

"Write in the language that first taught you wonder — even if the world tells you it 'doesn’t belong' in certain forms. Protect your joy." - Uchechukwu Onyedikam www.cipoetrypublication.com/poet-spotlig...

Going right back to the Social Security Act 1938 when GPs successfully lobbied to keep out of a free-at-point-of-use public health system

Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession

Mar eolas daoibh, a Spéiríní. #ÉigseCholmCille

Artists as the world crumbles around us

Who do you think is faster across Auckland in rush hour? A fast driver, a sedate driver or an e-bike? www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Tá Paiste Cainte ar ais....alright!

Seo chughaibh Paiste Cainte 2026! Ard fhear a Pháidí.

Because it’s in the news again I need ye to know that the Finnish baby box is just a very nice perk in a system designed to take excellent care of pregnant people, their partners and babies. The box is a nice thing but it’s the system that is the real gift!

2026! Guíonn Siobhán (agus mise) bliain shona, shláintiúil, shíochánta oraibh go léir!

From the removal of joy to global destruction, 16 reasons I hate AI www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

This is a great example of how genAI steals from us all on multiple levels. It's stolen a promotional spot for real books and authors, it's stolen a job from an actual journalist who could have compiled this, it's stolen an opportunity for parents to be recommended good NZ books for their kids

Nollaig Shona ó TG4 🎅🏻 Sheasfá sa sneachta ag éisteacht le Séamus & Caoimhe ✨

Nollaig shona ón Oileán Theas! Beagáinín róthe don mhadra (agus domsa)...bhí an snámh tuillte againn!

Nollaig shona daoibh go léir! An t-am ceart don sraith iontach seo a (ath)léamh! threadreaderapp.com/thread/13320...

Faic nua déanta agus na torthaí céanna...cé a bheadh ag súil leis?

🎁 Tá sé beo… Clár Cúrsaí Oideas Gael 2026 ar fáil anois! We are excited to share our 2026 Course Programme 🌟 www.oideasgael.ie #NollaigGhlas 🎄

With Walliams it's important to separate the art from the artist and remember that whatever he's done in his private life, his books are still absolute dogshit either way.

Clár na Seachtaine seo (agus clár deiridh na bliana!) Seanchas na Nollag ó 1975 le Mike Griffin, Joe Daly, Seán Pheats Tom & Jimí Mhártan 10:10am Dé Domhnaigh 2:05pm Dé Céadaoin & Podchraoladh @rternag.bsky.social

AN POD GAEILGE: Súil siar ar bhliain nárbh fhéidir éalú ó fhaisean na Gaeilge…

Had a great show at the Jazz Cafe last night. Hung out after the show with friends new & old. Pictured are Luke Haines, Tim Wheeler (Ash) & Bernard Butler late of Suede & many solo adventures. Had a lovely conversation. Then they stood on the sidewalk & mocked my inability to load the van correctly.

🌲1️⃣7️⃣🎁 LEIGHEAS Prof Deborah Hayden’s research into the history of medieval and early modern Irish medicine continues with her second @researchireland.ie Laureate Award ‘LEIGHEAS – Language, Education and Medical Learning in the Premodern Gaelic World’ 2022. The aim of LEIGHEAS (Irish for ‘remedy’… 📖

BREAKING: The High Court of New Zealand has granted PATHA’s application for interim relief, declaring that the Crown should not take any steps to enforce the incoming ban on new prescriptions of puberty blockers to transgender children and young people. More to come:

Dán a oireann don mhí, don séasúr agus don tréimhse ina bhfuilimid ag maireachtáil

Bródúil as na páistí agus a dtuismitheoirí a bhí ag canadh i nGaeilge sa leabharlann áitiúil inniu. Thosaigh siad ag foghlaim na teanga sé mhí ó shin. Tá seacht n-amhrán againn anois.

Whether it's Barack Obama being photographed in a tan suit or Donald Trump being photographed with a notorious sex trafficker, both presidents have appeared in some embarrassing pictures.

The government's decision to cancel the new ferries looking better and better.

Native bird numbers double in Miramar Peninsula

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You will be visited by Three Spirits

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

Those tax cuts for landlords don't just appear from thin air!

No matter what issue, this government don’t listen to anyone but themselves. No wonder they’re so out of touch. #nzpol #climatecrisis #climatechange #onetermgovernment www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Féach air sin! Teachtaireacht i nGaeilge ó chara liom nach bhfuil Gaeilge ar bith aige! Chuaigh sé go croí ionam.

"An buairt atá ormsa nach bhfuil daoine ag tógáil a bpáistí le Gaeilge" Croí na ceiste @osgurociardha.bsky.social Sin an straitéis fiche bliain atá de dhíth. Tógann sé fós gníomhaí teanga páistí a thógáil le Gaeilge lasmuigh den nGaeltacht. Cé nach mothaím gur gníomhaí mé, is dócha gurb ea.

Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.

The NZ Endocrine Society have released a statement calling for "the repeal of this unethical ban at the earliest opportunity". If it wasn't political, the govt would be listening to these expert statements. www.endocrinology.org.nz/nzse-positio...