Right-wing extremist terror group planned destruction of Galway Mosque, court hears. www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

In slightly unpleasant news from history today, it’s the 327th anniversary of the first time entrapment was used to secure a conviction for homosexuality: Captain Edward Rigby of the Royal Navy’s assignation with William Minton was a set-up – but Rigby had the last laugh...

New name for Connemara dropped

It shouldn't need to be explained to anyone, so soon after the Soldier F verdict, why Irish people might not want to be socially obliged to donate to a charity committed to uncritically commemorating all British wars, including Iraq and Northern Ireland, and financially supporting their veterans.

"Here we believe in standing up for those we love, whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many black women Trump has fired, a single mom waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else with your back against the wall. Your struggle is ours too."

see this kind of unspecified statement is a set up for a retreat into a more defensible position, or as theoreticians call it, a Matt-and-bailey argument.

if you’re a famous person and are normal, your Instagram stories should not look like this

muslim person: hello, I am a muslim person debra messing:

Debra Messing having the mother of all crash outs on Instagram over Zohran Mamdani with over 100 insta stories in just one day

The Irish government giving updates on the housing crisis:

Cool how even senior GOP politicians now openly admit that the Republicans have a “Hitler sucks” wing and also another one that is not that

Destroying your own career to media train the worst candidate of all time is almost as good as going bankrupt as a bookies

I have already ended up in a argument today with someone saying I shouldn't assume it was a far-right fire attack on an IPAS centre (following a number of far-right fire attacks on IPAS centres) because it was probably "kids messing with fireworks" so this is worth hammering home I think

I'm sure that Jimmy Wales has many bad opinions. But Wikipedians aren't a pro-Wales cult. He's not growing rich off clicks. Some very rich, very awful people are determined to discredit the last mega-website that isn't run for profit and being actively made worse in the pursuit of that objective.

Bravo, headline writer 👏

people like this get security details to make themselves feel important

Éamon de Valera would be called woke by conservatives for this now

So it wasn't fireworks. It was a calculated and deliberate attempt at the mass murder of men, women and children. www.thetimes.com/article/0887...

I'm sure everyone is going to *love* even more refugees then

Real news

Happy Halloween to all who celebrate

All ready to start shouting “where’s their poppy” at any and all randomers

The British right being this much more extreme rightwing than MAGA is more than alarming

“Are you wearing the-“ “The poorly but enthusiastically sculpted Samhain turnip earrings I made a few years ago? Yeah, I am.”

Monstrous. news.sky.com/story/tens-o...

There is a lot to be said at how little attention Sudan has gotten the last year despite being the worlds largest humanitarian crisis and one fueled by a key Western ally, the UAE

I suppose Fianna Fail and Fine Gael will now have no other choice but to fully lean into trying to lure the kind of voters who send them death threats

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

In Ireland in particular bear that in mind when we see the handwringing and bleating about the people they label "social conservatives" being excluded (which isnt true, but anyway). Telling us we have to respect a sadistic cult explicitly designed to terrorise people to death. It's sickening.

Great service and really interesting. Those who spoiled their votes were young men in particular active on social media. “the largest groups who spoiled were people who had voted for Independents, Aontú and Sinn Féin at the 2024 election”

CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag? KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag. CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this? KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable. KOKO: Hostility Interviewer

“More than 150,000 people have died across the country and about 12 million have fled their homes, creating one of the worst humanitarian crises.” This is a genocide in Sudan.

the Sahrawi people have been denied self-determination for generations. it is imperative the US resolution further delaying a long-overdue referendum and entrenching Moroccan control is vetoed by the UNSC efe.com/en/latest-ne...

You can never tell me that a 6 year old wants to dress up as Catherine Connolly, Michael D or Mary Lou. Not a chance

Fun as Twitter was back in the day, before the real rot set in, during that good time it was also common for absolute melts to dress up their children as politicians for Halloween purely for online attention. Glad that’s over

When is the mayoral election for New York City over

Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community. Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.

A reminder that Bolsonaro plotted to poison Lula, assassinate his vice president, and murder a Supreme Court Justice.

FWIW a loooot of people who are not in the slightest bit right-wing told me they were considering abstaining or spoiling – so we absolutely cannot consider spoilt = right-wing/Steen

“We need to respect the opinions of everybody who spoiled their vote” Actually I think you’ll find that they spoiled their vote because we’ve lost the ancient art of telling people to cop on for themselves when they’re talking shite

I don't believe in mandatory military service or anything but I do think that men should be sent off somewhere to build a currach from scratch before they can enter society as an adult

How many times do they have to tell us who they are before we believe them? m.independent.ie/irish-news/a...

Every time a pundit says ‘woke’ they should be asked to define it. On the spot before anyone can move on with the discussion. Every single time

This absolute horseshit. We had three real elections last year and these fucking ding-dongs didn’t get a meaningful level of votes. They don’t care about a democratic deficit, they’re just mad they can’t rig the system in their favor www.rte.ie/news/preside...

Agreed. Some people are WAY too certain that losers saying "fuck that Prod" weren't being bigots and we had to consider the broader context. Like, we're (rightly) told to be hyper aware of dogwhistles and bad-faith rhetorical questions. But not when it comes to Protestants.

I don't think anybody is buying the argument that sectarianism didn't play a part in the Presidential election. I think Humphreys would have lost without this element anyway, but it was there.

"My family and I, but especially my family, were subjected to some absolutely awful sectarian abuse and I was disappointed because, as a country, I thought we had moved on from that” www.rte.ie/news/preside...