How is this ok? How is the Health Minister allowing this to happen?

Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke has denied that the Government is running scared of the US tech firm. jrnl.ie/6920210t

I'm so not ok with my taxes being used to pay fines because FFG refuse to stop destroying the planet we live on.

Why is anyone still on it?

President Connolly has said that the recent loss of lives in Venezuela is "appalling" and "often overlooked" when the US raid on the capital is discussed jrnl.ie/6920418

Delighted for them both ❤️❤️

We have an AI Minister??

Grok generated around 6,700 sexually suggestive or "nudifying" images PER HOUR on X between January 5 and January 6…. 85% of Grok images are sexualised, according to research It’s pretty clear what a main purpose for Grok now is www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Every media figure and politician could do exactly this right now. @garygannon signs off from X, the deepfake child sexual abuse material generation app.

Why are they still on X? It's like your government departments were posting on 4Chan.

If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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“Names listed as donors to the FSU include former Scottish secretary Alister Jack, Scottish peer and former UKIP leader Malcolm Pearson, hard-right broadcaster Julia Hartley-Brewer, Tory donor and peer Peter Cruddas, and Daily Mail columnist Richard Littlejohn.”

When thinking about accessibility, one of the most important things you can do is listen to feedback from disabled people. Listen, learn, and do better next time. Take it as an action, rather than a defensive reaction.

Hi there Dublin event fans. Here is updated listings spreadsheet. New music things include a vigil for David Bowie, a second night for Hilary Woods, lots of Kirkos gigs, chamber music in the National Concert Hall, superstar jazz drummer Tom Rainey w. Kris Davis, etc. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

The responsible adults in the room trying to pass the "You Can't Hold Me Accountable For Anything Act (2026)" I see

Paul Singer, whose firm owns the US subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned oil company, spent millions in 2024 to re-elect Trump. Now, after Trump's invasion of Venezuela on behalf of Big Oil, he's set to cash in on his investment. A government of, by, and for the billionaires.

Oh that’s a disgraceful rewriting of history

The legislation is mad. All immigration Judicial Review will now be sent to Dublin Circuit Court? But just immigration, nothing else? A duty on Court Presidents to try and reduce the number of cases taken against the Minister whenever he asks them? It's like it's Jim's personal fiefdom.

photos from Trump's speech to House Republicans (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty)

Happy Nollaig na mBan! and wishing Peace and Love to all in 2026 (despite the rough start...) #speirgorm

Dying 🤣🤣

I'm calling on Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan to scrap plans that would force people to use a state-run Digital ID card to access social media. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/no... @uplift.ie

A reminder that this fiscally incompetent government are also the least productive government in the history of the State.

My first article of 2026, and my first article since leaving the papers: for the Folklore Issue of Cork's Flotsam freesheet, an essay on Ireland, Irishness, and the people that would exploit them for fascism. On Cork's streets, and online, soon. #spéirghorm #ireland

#Speirgorm Jan 10 2026 United Arts Club Dublin 19.00

AI-generated footage and old videos of military operations, protests and celebrations, have spread across the internet In the wake of the US capturing Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. jrnl.ie/6919368

This poses a choice for Europe: Be picked apart by great powers, or unite and become a great power.

Last year, I published a story about China's targeting of Nuria Zyden, an Irish-Uyghur. @caoilfhionn.bsky.social has been targeted by China. I have spoken off the record to others in Ireland who live in fear of China. (1/2) www.rte.ie/news/investi...

I did not know about this! Amazing!

www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou... Here we go again 🙄 Google has granted itself access to your private messages & attachments on Gmail to train its AI models. Here's how to turn it off. 👇

Friends in Clare/Limerick, I've been offered a job working between Ennis & Shannon. I'm looking for somewhere to live, I'll be hoping my 15yo can join me over summer, but I could rent a room til then. If anyone has any accommodation leads please give me a shout. Shares appreciated 🙏 #Speirgorm

This is *chefs kiss*

Things stepping up. ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland have written to the Garda Commissioner calling for an urgent investigation of X.

it is just so 🥴🥴🥴 to me that governments and law enforcement bodies across the world have to be begged and pleaded with to even consider investigating what is quite literally sexual crime on an unbelievable scale, taking place openly on one of the most popular digital platforms in the world.

Fun fact, the UK branch of Palantir (who supply Israel with surveillance and spyware) is headed by Oswald Mosely's grandson Louis

If you saw the story about the woman who hacked the nazi dating site and published the data, you can find it here: okstupid.lol Have a look through, see who's nearby you and whether you recognise them. Lots of fucking freaks to keep tabs on

The giant environment destroying rape culture theft machine Nazi bot is working as intended.

100% this

With all due respect this is just straight up false: “The most fundamental issue for us will always be academic autonomy and academic freedom and the preservation of that, but that has never come into any danger or threat from [Ireland-China higher ed] partnerships”.

Do you live in London? Do you enjoy bits of the city that nobody else knows about? Would you like to write about those bits, for money, in our newsletter? If you answered 'yes x3', we have a guide for you - read it, and wing an idea to [email protected]. www.the-fence.com/about/pitch-...

The use of Grok to create non-consensual sexual images is just the latest in a series of controversies involving AI nudification tools. jrnl.ie/6919240t

Rape Crisis Ireland is calling for a complete ban on AI functions that can produce deepfake sexual images of children and adults, including so-called “nudification” or “undressing” tools. The Taoiseach has also condemned the activity, describing it as “shocking”. #VMNews

I'm sorry but no. A good father doesn't throw babies, or slam the babies mother's head off a wall.

Only the people of Greenland should decide who runs Greenland imo

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A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:

⁠Greenland belongs to its people, and ‍only Denmark and Greenland can decide on matters concerning their relations, ⁠the leaders ⁠of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, ⁠Spain, ‍Britain, ⁠and Denmark said ‍in ⁠a joint statement.

I've seen this a few times, especially when it's schoolkids waiting and holding an arm out. Some drivers seem to just ignore them 😔