@clairehanna.bsky.social : "Last week, in a very high profile case, the murder of Natalie McNally, the judge.. talked about a frenzied knife attack, he talked about wounds so bad the cause of death was unable to to be determined. There were no riots over the perpetrator of that brutal crime"

Joint statement by NGOs in Israel: Israeli High Court endorses Israel’s obstruction of humanitarian access for Palestinians at a time of unprecedented crisis. We call on the international community to take concrete steps to protect the lives and rights of Palestinians.

Absolutely wild how right-wing commentators and politicians are just completely ignoring the attempted pogrom in Belfast. Families with kids rescued from homes set on fire. And these same people who smear peaceful protests against genocide as hate marches say NOTHING

Incitement to hatred, no matter how rich or poor, needs to be addressed. The Irish govt should confiscate ‘Robinson’s’ passport, so he is unable to travel abroad spreading hate. Additionally governments must address why they are giving Twitter official support, by using it, to communicate.

The family of the Belfast stabbing victim have released a statement saying - like the family of Henry Nowak last week - that the attack should not be used to "divide people or fuel hostility" They condemned disorder and praised the "valuable contribution" by migrants inews.co.uk/news/politic...

This is what a pogrom looks like: men in masks coming to drive you from your home. This is a collective failure of our political and media class because we did not have the courage to say no, and because too many were allowed to embrace this without shame

I have to say, listening to the Today programme dedicate an entire (context free) section about whether migrants are more likely to be convicted criminals *the morning after* hundreds of non-migrants of my own ethnicity committed a pogrom is blood boiling.

Yeah mainland Europe is great and all but in Ireland when you're in your 40's you get to decide between paying 3/4 of your wages in rent, or living in a shed

Anyone not labelling this as far-right agitation and violence is undermining what's going on here.

Really, really, really object to any news corporations labelling people setting fire to cars, houses and attacking police as 'protesters'

Ever seen a group of immigrants behave like this?

How many times have immigrants committed pogroms that resulted in the lockdown of city centres across the UK? None. Yet immigrants are somehow blamed for making white men riot, torch homes, burn cars, and cause terror.

Engineering a situation that's caused record levels of homelessness, ratifying CETA that allows Canadian corporations to sue us if they don't make enough profit...

Yes. Amazing what gets ignored and why: "In 2022, RTÉ’s Prime Time programme examined the ownership structure of Aughinish Alumina, concluding a controlling stake in Rusal was then held by Deripaska, a second Russian oligarch closely linked to the Kremlin, and Russian state development bank VEB."

In my job I get to walk past an empty shop, imagine it full of children building cardboard castles and then make that a reality. Creative Places Shannon ran 'Kids Castles and Petite Palaces' as part of Cruinnin na nOg today and it was so much fun (though I'm exhausted!) #LoveMyJob

This reminds me of the story of Ireland's first equal pay regulator. Before joining the EEC (the EU, as was) it was national policy to pay women less than men. One of the prices the Europeans demanded of membership was that policy be scrapped and a regulator be installed to enforce equal pay.

Electro-cute. Good morning.

There's also huge environmental damage being done by this aluminium plant, which FFG have seemed happy to ignore for many years.

People like Kane and many many others that do care about human art and the creative process have been a beacon of hope while trying to navigate making art in this current climate.

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The new mural at Hynes’ Bar is beautiful. www.weirdodublinpubs.com/weirdo-guide...

It's such a small detail but I wish they'd use appropriate pictures. In this case they should show a picture of commercial pest harvesting, not this which makes people think it's about somebody's household turf

Love it!

Painkillers, hay-fever tablets & chocolate, all much cheaper up North.

Trump Writes Netanyahu Strongly Worded Check

The OP has blocked me, but here’s the post. A) no he’s not “single handed dismantling” anything. He read about this story from actual journalists and then jumped on a plane here. He’s an opportunist and a hack. B) he’s not fucking Irish either.

Hey #speirgorm. A video by “journalist” Caolan Robertson about the Aughinish Alumina plant. Robertson is a hack who has previously worked for Youth Defence and Tommy Robinson. Do not share.

Despite our deeply polarised society there does appear to be a growing consensus and plurality across the entire political spectrum telling us that; 1) EVERYONE hates AI. 2) EVERYONE hates Datacentres 3) NO-ONE likes tech billionaires and EVERYONE thinks they need to pay more taxes.

You may be unaware that a rare Irish snail caused major problems for Trump in building his Irish golf course. He still mentions the snail everytime he meets an Irish politician. We Make Good, an Irish charity has crafted this amazing hero in Ireland, to fight fascism. Scroll down for the link!

The week Ireland's Department of Enterprise published a report they commissioned KPMG to author, titled The Value of Data Centres to Ireland.

Congratulations to everyone who said it would get this bad. Your prize is watching everyone who disagreed now claim no one could have predicted it would get this bad.

Was watching these 4 Gardaí hassling a homeless man (he was fast asleep, doing nothing to anyone). Two lads walked past telling them to leave him alone. Two Gardaí followed them, harassed them and called them "stupid fucking cunts" and told them "to do something for society" Bualadh bos lads

Just noticed at @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social don’t have X on their promo material anymore, but maybe give them a follow on here.

Interesting Irish connections at the v&a in their jewelry section. Not surprising how aesthetically pleasing objects can be separated so easily from politics, including the colonial worlds they inhabited, replicated and circulated in, esp the murky world of ownership and provenance.

Israel is the greatest impediment to peace anywhere on earth atm.

Solo parents and single renters ‘completely squeezed’ out of private rental market www.independent.ie/irish-news/s...

Tanning beds can be an addiction for some people. They cause cancer and should be outlawed imo

This is a madness.

I honestly think society has forgotten children should be playful and relaxed. And that we created the modern schooling system to train children to work in factories, and we never revised it never ceases to amaze me.

After ICE deported Wendy Hernandez Reyes, it turned her 3-year-old son Orlin over to her sister’s estranged partner, who tortured Orlin and beat him to death. I can’t say what I think should happen to those responsible without violating this website’s TOS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

It's a good day to repost the most beautiful view I've ever seen.

I keep saying, I think it’s wildly irresponsible of any educational institution, from kindergartens to universities, to be embracing this technology with zero information on its effectiveness or long term impact

Someone actually did a study a while back that showed the most effective way to get women out of TERF groups wasn’t people trying to change their minds, it was them getting literally any benign hobby, like learning other languages or taking up needlework

I stand with trans and non binary people. This is a difficult and scary time - and the Govenrment must reject the framework. It's vital that everyone is treated with dignity and care and far too often trans and non binary people aren't. Solidarity always 🏳️‍⚧️

Me too, and I don’t regret it at all. Abortion is totally normal. You probably know lots of women and afab ppl who’ve had one. Regret is very unusual, but even if I had regretted it, it would be *my choice* to regret.

I had an abortion I don't regret one bit. I've never been great at following society's expectations for me so I don't feel guilty about having made a medical decision about my own life & body that was the right choice for me. It's weird to me that anyone thinks they can judge my healthcare choices.

Why are energy providers in Ireland jacking up prices? a) Because they can? b) Because they need someone to subsidise data centres, and why not consumers? c) All of the above? #spéirghorm