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Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 7h

Violence against women in prostitution is a feature not a bug of our current law And we know that because “Ruhama Ambassador” Frances Fitzgerald, who introduced this law as Minister, asked us wouldn’t it deter women from going into sex work #speirghorm www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

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Report shows rise in violence towards women working in prostitution

A total of 1,242 individuals engaged with Ruhama

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Kevin McGee @jigtime.bsky.social · 2h

It was enraging how long they had been clearly innocent, as the British establishment twisted itself into weirder shapes to keep them in prison. Then the English press the next day murmuring darkly about “freed on a technicality.”

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François Heisbourg @fheisbourg.bsky.social · 1h

Looks like full US intel flow has not been reestablished

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marcphisto @marcphisto.eurosky.social · 1h

Barely passable tribute band.

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Feargal McKay @cycologies.com · 1h

Lead Singer of Beatles Tribute Band Says Fontaines DC Not Good Enough

RTÉ headline: Liam Gallagher says Fontaines D.C. 'not good enough'

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 4h

He has to say something like this, I suppose, but it would be nice to acknowledge that dealing with the Passport Office or Revenue is a far smoother experience than big companies like Sky or Three Mobile.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 7h

NEW A detailed look at the Sally Rooney and the Faber book withdrawal Explaining a commercial-legal decision by a major publisher, and how a major author agreed to it At the Empty City substack (£) emptycity.substack.com/p/a-detailed...

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A detailed look at the Sally Rooney and the Faber book withdrawal

Explaining a commercial-legal decision by a major publisher, and how a major author agreed to it

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Auntie O'Grimacey @bubblenoma.bsky.social · 7h

If only Ruhama ambassador Frances Fitzgerald had been there when the architect of law, Frances Fitzgerald, was told the law would increase violence against sex workers, by sex workers themselves.

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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 7h

A real writer wouldn't blame his editor. Instead he should shake his head, sigh and say "once again, my less attentive readers are missing the larger point I was making" without clarifying in any way.

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

Who would ever have imagined that Julie Burchill was a total fucking idiot …

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🍺Donald Clarke 🎥 @donaldclarke.bsky.social · 22h

Twelve months ago, I observed that Jessie Buckley looked unbeatable for the Oscar. This year, I have Andrew Scott as a more marginal favourite. But,on the upside, he was only one serious rival. Andrew Scott could be unbeatable at the Oscars. Unless this happens www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026...

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Andrew Scott could be unbeatable at the Oscars. Unless this happens

Academy Award nerds are already engraving the Elsinore star’s name on the best-actor trophy. All that stands in his way are pesky other actors

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

News reaches the BBC site: A delegation of European diplomats has been attacked by masked Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.

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European diplomats attacked by Israeli settlers in West Bank

The Israeli military condemns the violence but the prime minister's office says it is part of a "smear" campaign.

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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

he could immediately fund more than half of this by scrapping the €150m allocation for "AI upskilling"

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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Breaking news

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Micah @rincewind.run · 16/10/2026

this goes incredible places and I love everyone involved

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yaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 16/10/2026

trans rights arent even fundamentally special in this regard, they just make for a great canary in the coal mine for feckless opportunists because its specifically a civil rights movement that fascists have turned unsavoury and inconvenient. no one with principles or a spine would bend on it

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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Irish people: I see homelessness is up again and that 7 in 10 young people don’t see a future here. Better write another letter to the Irish Times. That’ll fix it. Meanwhile in France…

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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

This is helpful - and oddly performative, in the technical sense - insofar it shows how public feeling about Palestine in Irl is significantly animated by also living beside a colonising state whose establishment regard us an irrational & atavistic people who can be freely slandered.

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Ciaránavirus @sarklor.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026

Britain has never been ok, but they are *particularly* not ok of late

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Loki @lokideburca.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Jim O' Callaghan, like most of his ilk in FGFF, are just mediocre misogynistic gobshites who fell up the way thanks to nepotism and a "jobs for the boys" mentality, Martin, Chambers, O' Donovan, Harris, all completely inept to be public servants, completely inept to be making decisions for others.

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Carole (Ducky) (IrPsych) @caroleducky.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

🤣🤣 'Provocative and confrontational': Enoch Burke ordered back to prison for sixth time jrnl.ie/7194545 It’s been some day. Clink for Carey, Donaldson & now Burke as well! 👏🏻😁👏🏻 #SpeirGorm

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Enoch Burke ordered to prison for sixth time for 'provocative' trespasses at Westmeath school

The High Court also ordered that a car driving Burke to school every day should be sequestered.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

NEW Sally Rooney and Faber are not overreacting in withdrawing books from the UK market Their interpretation of Section 15 of the Terrorism Act is not fanciful By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

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Faber withdrawing Sally Rooney's books from the UK is no overreaction

Their interpretation of Section 15 of the Terrorism Act is not fanciful

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Eoghan Walsh @eoghanwalshbxl.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Same with any business that boasts "est. [any date after 1996]".

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Louth For Ever 🦋 @louthforever.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Get right into prison Jeffrey Donaldson 💀

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Dark Lichdale @starkrichdale.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

You can tell by the double hesitation before saying "people in Ireland" he has some slur in the chamber that's weapons free once he's had a drink or two

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

You’d think that someone who spends as much time in newsrooms as Adam Boulton does might have noticed that Israel has been the news a lot lately, and it’s not for winning cookery competitions. Take antisemitism seriously by looking at the hate crimes Jews face instead of using it as a prop!

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 14/10/2026

"Today's AI summit brings together businesses, governments and civil society together" Minister Peter Burke TD (fact: there are no civil society representatives, not in the list of speakers) #AISummitIE

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Free Speech news. The proscription of Palestine Action was one of the worst political decisions of recent years. And there have been some stinkers.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Terrorism law is a special body of law which should be taken seriously. The UK government’s proscription of Palestine Action discredits terrorism law.

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 15/10/2026

Earlier this month, we asked our readers to let us know whether the incoming changes to citizenship rules will affect you. People wrote to us about their plans for their future, their love of Ireland and their desire to build their lives here. Here is what people had to say. jrnl.ie/7187834t

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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I have a feeling that the Irish AI summit is going to be this generation’s version of the old Fianna Fáil tent at the Galway races.

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Today saw a really significant strike- the biggest in, really, decades. It happened because the people in the Government (politicians and civil service management alike) had no experience with how to address a strike. It had never happened to them and they were all over the shop in responding.

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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Gardaí Called To RDS After Reports Members Of World's Largest Copyright Theft Gang Inside Building waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/10/1…

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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Never not at it.

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Tech: "Our robots will commit all kinds of crime! Maybe even genocide!" Govt: "So... will you stop making the crime robots?" Tech: "Oh heavens no. Will you tell us to stop?" Govt: "Wouldn't dream of it" There's something a bit off about all this, isnt there

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Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Today's lesson for Europe: if your national security relies on US oligarchs' tech, they'll cut you off when you most need it.

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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Minister for further education James Lawless promotes government’s AI summit… … with picture of a six-fingered hand typing on a laptop

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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Just a reminder, the Irish government has used its time holding the EU presidency to introduce a proposal to weaken EU data privacy regulations. This measure would allow AI companies to scrap private information from hundreds of millions of EU citizens to use for their training models.

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Ben Tonra @bentonra.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

💯 Strategic autonomy is a critical requirement for European security. The US is not a reliable ally… and its trajectory is threatening Europe and Europeans.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Ukrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov confirms Elon Musk's Space X crippled Ukrainian capabilities last night. In other words, the US deliberately sabotaged European defence operations mid-mission. Every country in the world should move away from buying American hardware ASAP.

"I can confirm that tonight SpaceX has implemented a speed limit on Starlink terminals while in motion.

The limit currently applies to the StarShield “military package” and is set at 100 mph.

Our defense forces were not given notice of this limit, and this has resulted in the disruption of a number of missions.

It is clear that this action cannot be a coincidence and is related to the current political situation."

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Tomorrow will be a good day to find out who you can trust politically in Ireland. Anyone not on the side of the striking public service workers is not to be trusted, and they need to be told that by the people close to them (that means you) - otherwise, nothing will ever change.

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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

This is quite obviously a lie, of course, but just to be safe let's believe them and stop buying all 'smart home devices'. That is clearly what silicon valley wants and I say we give it to them.

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Ann Marie B @psycicflower.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I work with a lovely person who's a really dedicated hard worker. They've just quit because their landlords ended the lease and they won't be able to find or afford a new place in Dublin. It's horrible for them. It's also unfair to the public to lose that good of a person from the public sector.

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