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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
She's a 94 year old Jewish human rights lawyer. She's been arrested under terrorism legislation for opposing genocide. The least we can do is to listen.
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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Gavin Bazunu maintained his connection to all of us opposed to this match. He was also able to act, facing implicit and explicit threats. He turned his character to action, in a decision that was deeply personal but also collective. Thank you. www.ontheditch.com/comment-than...
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Comment: Thank you Gavin Bazunu
He turned his character to action, in a decision that was deeply personal but also collective.
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Tina Claffey Photography @tinaclaffey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
An enchanted goblet of fire...Fly Agaric ❤️ A magical time of the year.... @claireissimo.bsky.social @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social @peatlandecr.bsky.social
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is not a training budget, this the government providing a marketing budget for some obscenely wealthy, private companies based in other countries. #SpeirGorm
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Gary Gannon TD @garygannontd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The FAI repeatedly told us players would be protected. Yet when a 24 year old acted on his conscience, they left him to stand alone & used a vote among his teammates to validate their own cowardice. This isn’t protecting a young player, it’s protecting themselves at his expense. #StopTheGame
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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"I would be willing to consider changes, such as changing the flag and anthem and joining the Commonwealth" Now why would you include the Commonwealth in the question but not the headline? And then paywall the article? This is deliberate, misleading, atrocious journalism and abuse of polling data
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Micheál Martin applauded at the UN, condemning what’s happening in Gaza/West Bank “Nobody will be able to say that we did not know. Let it not be said that we did not act.’ Meanwhile his Gov has refused visas to fully funded students from Gaza. Talking out of both sides of his mouth
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Our minister for justice is a disgrace … seems cruelty is the point.
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Social Democrats @social-democrats.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Today, the deadline passed for visa application approvals for Palestinian students wishing to study here. The Minister for Justice must account for the inexplicably high refusal rate this year. Govt has slammed the door shut on these students' hopes and dreams. @patriciastephenson.bsky.social
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Government slams the door shut on Palestinian students’ hopes and dreams - Social Democrats
The Minister for Justice must account for the inexplicable increase in visa refusals to Palestinian students after the deadline for application approvals passed this afternoon, according to Social Dem...
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Jack Kennedy @jackkennedy.ie · 17/09/2026
This is absolutely insane. The speed with which everyone in politics and media in Europe has accepted that pervasive state oversight of the internet is not only acceptable but so clearly necessary it should be beyond debate makes my head spin
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banbloodsports.bsky.social @banbloodsports.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
NPWS’s shameful recommendation to Minister: Grant hare coursing licences and DON’T sanction coursers who breached licence conditions www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Just look at that angry face - he did not enjoy that meeting. Thank you President Connolly for telling him truths about his war and a genocide he’s enabled, to his orange face. At least we have one politician with a backbone #nowelcomefortrump
Trump and President Connolly
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Looks like a certain petulant brat got his saggy ass handed to him by a strong woman. You know how much he must have delighted in that. Thank you, President Connolly!
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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I guess we weren’t just imagining it being frosty so.
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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Statement from President Connolly: We are in a world facing the existential threat posed by war and climate change, both of which are inextricably interlinked. I conveyed the strong view of the Irish people that the normalisation of war and genocide can never be accepted.
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TaraNicRóibín @tararoonies.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A big thanks to the people protesting THAT PIG in Doonbeg. As always Sarah Clancy able to get to the heart of the matter. Reminding us of the terrible attrocities prepatrated by the united states of terror on ordinary citizens. Both directly or indirectly.
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Jen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The maximum personal rate for the State Pension (Contributory) in Ireland is €299.30 per week, while the maximum State Pension (Non-Contributory) rate is €288.00 per week. That's about €15,500 a year.
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Jen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The waiting list for a fully funded home retrofit under Ireland's Warmer Homes Scheme is 24 months. A full deep retrofit can take up to 20 years before it pays itself back in costs lowered, depending on the improvements made.
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Jen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Here's some figures, apropos of nothing. Median cost to retrofit a mid-terrace is €55,250, rising to €60,805 for a semi D. Median salary in Ireland is €41,500. Senior minister salary is €217,136.
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Tina Claffey Photography @tinaclaffey.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This Birch Shieldbug was on Devil's Bit Scabious, and its beauty took my breath away when I viewed it through the macro lens. Covered in misty dew, his shield shaped back appeared like he was covered in precious jewels. Magical encounter ♥️ @peatlandecr.bsky.social @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social
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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Jim O’Callaghan’s justice department granted residency to Israelis who served in the Israel Defense Forces during the Gaza genocide – while new statistics show Palestinian long-term visa refusals continuing to rise. www.ontheditch.com/government-g...
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Government grants residency to IDF soldiers
Palestinian visa refusals continue to rise.
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Annie West @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#TheDogsInTheStreet #Doonbeg #Trump #VertigoAngustior
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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
the most toxic dynamic in Irish politics right now is the endless dick-measuring contest between Jim O’Callaghan, Matt Carthy, Ken O'Flynn and Peadar Tóibín to see who can be the most anti-immigrant. just four utter dickheads bidding up the rate of public bigotry to pave their way to power
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Ray Cunningham @ray-cunningham.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The Orange Maniac is coming to Ireland. Join the Dublin protest on Saturday, 1pm at the Garden of Remembrance
Protest poster listing the organisations supporting the demo and the reasons to protest... you already know, right?
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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I specify far right because this has fuck all to do with migration, underlying pressures, or actually changing the dynamic within the state; he just wants people from foreign to have more obligations and less rights
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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Guys, we have to have a serious conversation about the Minister for Justice being captured by far-right ideas on migration Also on him just being a stupid arsehole who loves making people suffer for no reason
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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Quote Of The Day
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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
he's already a disastrous Minister for Justice, but in ways that seem to please the pundit class because he's "making all the right enemies", even as he scorns due process, undermines access to justice and threatens to collapse the entire legal system under the weight of his hubris and ambition
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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Jim O'Callaghan is what you get when you combine Micheál Martin's sneering contempt for other human beings with the bourgeois authoritarianism of Michael McDowell and the ruthless self-regard of Leo Varadkar. he would be a disastrous Taoiseach
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Katherine Nolan @dochara.com · 23/08/2026
Some signatories from Irish universities on these pathetic open letters/petitions: Tim Crowley, School of Philosophy, UCD David Limond, Trinity Luca Riva, PhD, Adjunct Lecturer, UCD Eoin O'Malley, School of Law and Government, DCU Dr Brian O'Mahony, UCD
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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Latest update from the Irish Department of Justice. Out of 134 applications for visas from Palestinian students in 2026 - at least 97 have been refused. Last year, out of 144 applications received - 122 were accepted.
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This is a complete distraction. Ireland cannot build a nuclear power plant fast enough to matter. Making a decision to do so would excuse punting on all the wind and solar things it can and must do. This is a lobby project of the tech industry to have something to say when building data centres.
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banbloodsports.bsky.social @banbloodsports.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
“Animal welfare is at the heart of what people involved in coursing do. The welfare of hares is hugely important. The animal husbandry practised by people associated with coursing is of the highest standard" - Ridiculous nonsense from Niall Collins TD (Fianna Fail) facebook.com/reel/1690730...
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Social Democrats @social-democrats.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The Taoiseach knows that missing women and children who lived in Bessborough may well be buried there. Yet he maintains that he can't do anything to stop the site being turned into apartments. He's the head of govt: he holds the purse strings. It's time he stopped sitting on his hands, and acted.
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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
"If all of these industries are so essential to the healthy functioning of the Irish economy, then why does the Irish economy feel so terrible for so many people? The whole trade-off of building your economy around such awful things is that at least the economy is supposed to be good." New column!
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Surrealing in the Years: Government deserves little credit for passing the zombified Territories Bill
We’re sacrificing everything at the altar of an economy that doesn’t even work.
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I certainly think this will likely have unintended consequences for Sinn Féin.
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𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
“We must take on bad vibes to appease 6 farmers in Donegal who vote Independent anyway“ Why. are they afraid they’ll set the dogs on the TDs or is it more a fear of appearing “woke” to the masses?
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𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I know tons of people in “rural Ireland” and none of them know anything about Hare Coursing. I need to see the constituency data that keeps TDs fearing for their lives over it.
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Sinn Féin backs hare coursing — a controversial blood sport — despite widespread public support for a nationwide ban
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Sinn Féin confirm intention to back continuation of cruel, colonial hare coursing
Sinn Féin backs hare coursing — a controversial blood sport — despite widespread public support for a nationwide ban
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
A bit of good news. The Thiel fashrally in Nuremberg stadium … er… sorry, Ireland has been cancelled because of a young non-binary hacker in Switzerland. :-)
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People power works: evil Thiel's Ireland retreat cancelled after campaign
Activists have forced the cancellation of a controversial Dialog conference — led by Palantir's Peter Thiel — at Ireland’s Powerscourt Hotel
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
“Attorney Nasser Odeh provided a most harrowing affidavit regarding his most recent visit with Dr. Husam Abu Safia. At the underground facility at Ramle Prison. According to him, Dr. Abu Safia was beaten to the brink of life-threatening danger…” @nirhasson.bsky.social x.com/nirhasson/st...
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نير حسون Nir Hasson ניר חסון (@nirhasson) on X
עו"ד נאסר עודה בתצהיר קשה ביותר על הביקור האחרון שלו את ד"ר חוסאם אבו ספיה. במתקן התת קרקעי רקפת. לדבריו, ד"ר אבו ספייה הוכה עד כדי סכנת חיים, הכרתו מעורפלת והוא אחוז אימה מהאלימות של הסוהרים. לדברי ...
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
"Sky News has verified the identities of everyone from the school who was killed. 120 students, 73 boys & 47 girls, aged from 6 to 13, & 26 teachers, who were killed in the strike". Tom Cheshire reports on the primary school bombed by the US. 120 children & 26 teachers, all murdered.
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I will buy a subscription to the first mainstream Irish publication that simply states the truth in the headline of a news report that "racist pogroms" took place in Belfast last night and doesn't weasel word it by calling it a "protest" and continues do so
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Why hasn’t Somali referee Omar Artan, who was robbed of his well-earned World Cup participation and denied US entry despite having the proper documents and credentials, been invited to referee World Cup matches in Canada and Mexico? Seriously.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 07/06/2026
We need ~30 years of data from the AMOC to be able to finally determine if it's actually collapsing. We're at 20 years of data. Removing this now means we can't definitively determine a potential AMOC collapse that could result in substantial climate disruptions. www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
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Tump administration to remove 900 deep sea monitoring instruments that would have studied the collapsing Atlantic current
The Ocean Observatories Initiative has been collecting data on physical, chemical, geological and biological conditions in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for the past decade
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Brendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Photos from the Great March for Gaza are up now. brendanjharkin.myportfolio.com/great-march-...
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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
An Irish insurer that covered a ship carrying 440 tonnes of munitions to Israel – which Amnesty International said could contribute to genocide – had the “honour” of having Fianna Fáil’s Robert Troy attend the opening of its new Dublin office. www.ontheditch.com/israeli-weap...
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Israeli weapon shipments insurer: ‘honour’ to host Troy
Troy looks forward to “working with” and “learning from” the company.
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Trish Conneely @trishconneely.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Every Sunday #spéirghorm #endusmilitaryuseofshannonairport
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