🗣️ “All that great business that you benefit from... can go away like that.” 'Make Ireland Great Again' explores Ireland’s relationship with the US, as Trump’s allies warn that social media “censorship” and data centre policy could impact future investment. 📺 Tomorrow at 9pm on Virgin Media One

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has reported the busiest year in its 47-year history. Its latest annual report shows nearly 24,000 contacts to the National Helpline in 2025, alongside significant increases in therapy appointments and frontline support services. [1/2]

🗣️ “Be careful who you criticise.” Make Ireland Great Again, a Virgin Media News documentary, examines US–Irish tensions in the Trump era, including Ireland’s stance on Gaza and pressure over US military use of Irish airspace. 📺 Tomorrow at 9pm on Virgin Media One & Play

“All that great business… can go away like *that*”

Popped into @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social, the longstanding mecca to the written word on Dublin's Parnell Street, to sign copies of Leaving Russia. ● We couldn’t locate many at first until a kind staff member pointed out they’d been placed at the front of the shop in the bestseller section!

Hello. @cnam-ie.bsky.social investigating Facebook and Instagram algorithms. Relates to whether users are able to access a recommender feed "which is not based on profiling" "Concern exists that there may be so-called ‘dark patterns’ preventing people from accessing a feed not based on profiling"

Ireland is demanding that Israel pays for this school, partly funded by Irish Aid, which was torn down by settlers in the West Bank. The community of Hamamat al Maleh was attacked earlier this week.

Bluesky throwing around a doctored photo of Trump asleep. A good reminder that none of us are immune to misinformation.

John Delaney could never. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Germany’s Foreign Minister rejected Spain, Ireland & Slovenia’s bid to have the EU-Israel Association Agreement suspended as “inappropriate”. I asked him about whether it was appropriate for the EU not to act, and when expressing concern would turn to action: www.instagram.com/reel/DXcku-Y...

False claims of a stabbing at Connolly Station on Saturday night were shared to millions of people by a US commentator who had travelled to Ireland to cover the fuel price protests. jrnl.ie/7019035

The more serious take on this is that prediction markets are going to fuel a wave of these kind of start-ups. Total trash that will claim to be doing the work of journalism (while simultaneously relying on the "old" media for literally every insight they have)

the Limerick Leader should act like a real newspaper rather than some random twitter goon

huge if true

ESRI says AI use in Irish firms likely lead to job losses www.rte.ie/news/busines...

FT scoop - Iran will demand that shipping companies pay tolls in cryptocurrency for laden oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz. One official says it could be equivalent to $1 per barrel of oil www.ft.com/content/02ae...

People who talk like this, man.

“A former Meta employee suspected of downloading around 30,000 private images of Facebook users is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police.”

Good headline writing.

Iran says no to temporary ceasefire proposal. Donald Trump threatens war crimes. The Strait is likely to stay “closed” as long as Tehran wants it for the time being - analysis.

Genuinely flabbergasted (and intrigued) that Nate Silver has noticed this *now*, in that 'Twitter is downrating links in a way that makes it hostile if you want people to actually pay for your journalism' has been true for such a long time now. What has changed for him to notice?

Thanking @garethoconnor.bsky.social @newschambers.bsky.social and the Thursday @virginmedianews.bsky.social crew for offering a whirlwind tour of Studio 1 to my newshound 14yo son. #AuthenticStories vimeo.com/1180081836?s...

I tend to get dogpiled every time I say this but: as someone *who likes bluesky and benefits from being here* we have a problem. The network is shrinking, not growing. It's shrinking a lot: only about 1.1m people a day even like a post. This time last year it was 1.6m.

Supporters of farmers in Lismore, Co Waterford occupied a London bookshop owned by the Duke of Devonshire today. The farmers are locked in a standoff with the aristocrat over rent hikes. www.thejournal.ie/duke-of-devo...

🚨 EU fuel rationing on the cards: Financial Times report

EC opens formal investigation into Snapchat

Metrolink's €550k-a-year boss has quit the project for family reasons. Comes at a pretty crucial time for the project... updated cost estimates, and a lot of contracts to tie up before construction begins in earnest next year.

Good lord, some of you people need to read the calendar.

President Catherine Connolly has appointed the following to the Council of State: Fionnuala Ní Aoláin Linda Ervine Colin Harvey Kathleen Lynch Donncha O’Connell Conor O’Mahony Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh

A brief round-up of developments in Gaza and the West Bank while the world looks elsewhere ⤵️ www.instagram.com/p/DWgrLNhjCZE/

Spain closes airspace to US flights involved in the war with Iran. www.bbc.com/news/live/c8...

Shortest Tudor reign since Lady Jane Grey

The circle on the Czech fans is very funny. www.thesun.ie/sport/167409...

The magic thing about this campaign though was rebuilding the connection between the national team and the wider Irish public. What we’ve experienced since November is lightning in a bottle. We haven’t had anything like it in a decade and beyond. Let’s build. I love this team.

That’s on us. We had it. Ridiculous penalty to give away. We shouldn’t have been under the cosh for 70 minutes. Absolutely duffed it.

Now for wrath, now for ruin, and the red dawn!

Just fucking win boys. Godspeed.

Young Ireland fans are experiencing World Cup fever for the first time as kick-off in Prague approaches. At St Mary’s National School, excitement has been building all week, with pupils backing the team ahead of the crucial play-off against Czech Republic. #VMNews

COYBIG.

NEW: Wikipedia has banned AI-generated content.

So the *leading* candidate for the Democrats in 2028 is a lad whose press office is making 'haha u r gay' jokes online?

Ireland you will always be famous

Some big warnings from the Central Bank and ESRI today on how households might feel the impact of the energy crisis.

Irish Daily Mail: “Private jets to get fuel tax cut”#TomorrowsPapersToday

I’m in an endless vortex of Ireland football edits on Instagram and can’t get out. Keep me here.

historic moment with potentially enormous ramifications: Meta and Google found liable in landmark legal case that social media platforms are designed to be addictive to children, opening up the tech giants to penalties in thousands of similar claims filed around the US www.ft.com/content/d3d8...

You know, once a jury has made its decision you are extremely justified in dropping the "allegedly"

Breaking: Disney Exits OpenAI Deal After AI Giant Shutters Sora