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Toni

@tonitaylor.bsky.social
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From Kildare, Ireland. Conveyancing and Property Law. 4 day work week. Clean Air. Peace ✌️

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Paul Murphy TD @paulmurphy.pbp.ie · 06/10/2026
Average families will get increase in income of around 1.4%. Inflation is running at over 3.5%. Instead of protecting people from the cost of living crisis, this #Budget2027 is going to mean more deprivation, more poverty and a harder struggle to get by. #SpéirGhorm #Budget27
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Senator Tom Clonan is a former Officer in the Defence Forces.
irishexaminer.com
The spin and misinformation around the triple lock is eye-watering
Suggesting there is ‘no link’ between the triple lock and our neutral status is akin to suggesting there is no link between the steering wheel and the brakes on a car, writes Senator Tom Clonan
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich: “The thorough cleansing that we are carrying out now in southern Lebanon is unprecedented. “They have nowhere to return to. Look at how it looks. “And by the way, the world isn’t stopping us.”
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DB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The best argument I've ever heard for universal basic income (UBI). "The reason we don't call that work is because it doesn't make rich people money." 🎤Craig Fay
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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Irish state quietly supports war in the Middle East Because the country is so heavily reliant on foreign direct investment from the US, critics have accused the government of turning a blind eye And all the while Shannon remains a de facto US military base
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Toni @tonitaylor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump and Netanyahu will be delighted
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 30/09/2026
Iceland looks set to join Ireland in boycotting next year's Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is allowed to participate. A majority of the board of Iceland's public broadcaster RÚV has said the country should not take part in the 2027 contest unless Israel is barred. jrnl.ie/7178678
jrnl.ie
Iceland looks set to join Ireland in Eurovision boycott again over Israel's participation
Six of the nine members of Icelandic broadcaster RÚV’s board have said the country should not take part unless Israel is barred from the contest.
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Toni @tonitaylor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jesus, they can't not raise the minimum wage. That's appalling
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Charlie Weston @charlieweston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fresh signs inflation is picking up as energy crisis deepens Energy prices are estimated to have increased by 15.3pc since last year www.independent.ie/irish-news/f...
independent.ie
Fresh signs inflation is picking up as energy crisis deepens
Energy prices are estimated to have increased by 15.3pc since last year
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Toni @tonitaylor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I agree with everything you said but unfortunately nothing will happen anyway
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Toni @tonitaylor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Philomena 😥
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Toni @tonitaylor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't know, I don't think it's a bad idea. The money would go straight back into the economy. Caveat, I'm one of those poor people 😬
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Toni @tonitaylor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Very!
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Is the US the first country ever to host the World Cup and still manage to lose visitors?
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Toni @tonitaylor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Brilliant
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Toni @tonitaylor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Patrick O’Donovan is one of the worst TDs we have
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Toni @tonitaylor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I was trying to get tickets all morning, totally booked out. If anyone hears of two tickets going please let me know 🙏
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 30/09/2026
Oireachtas committee hears the Ireland WNT (on Nations League trip in 2023) were stalked in Budapest, to extent that a man wearing only a towel walked into a room where a player was due to receive a massage. FAI's Aoife Rafferty says she has no recollection of the FAI being contacted over this.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Data centres • Increase our electricity bills • Pollute our water • Increase unemployment via AI • Accelerate climate + eco collapse • Offer NOTHING to ordinary people in return Why is the Irish government pushing us headlong towards them? www.irishtimes.com/politics/oir...
irishtimes.com
New data centres designed for AI ‘require power in excess of that used by 100,000 homes’
Oireachtas committee hears projections suggest installations to account for about 35% of electricity demand by 2035
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Sam Tranum @samtranum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ireland rolled out red carpet for Intel. Barred by EU sanctions from exporting hi-tech chips to Russia, Ireland's been sending heaps to Israel. They've both civilian and military uses. Israeli defence co. Elbit Systems uses them in "advanced tactical computer" for infantry, Special Forces etc
thecurrency.news
Tax breaks, grants and energy costs: How Ireland rolled out the red carpet for Intel - The Currency
In the two weeks following the last general election on November 29, 2024, the dust settled and it became clear that the outgoing Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael-led coalition would remain in government once it...
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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New report uses publicly available data to explore data centre development & 'disproportionate drain on public resources' — 'Data centres may have consumed as much water in Ireland last year as about 340,600 homes, some 18.5% of total number of occupied dwellings' www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
irishtimes.com
Data centres ‘may have used as much water’ last year in Ireland as more than 340,000 homes
New research highlights poverty of information about energy-intensive sector’s footprint
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Irish Independent @independent.ie · 29/09/2026
National walkout to highlight violence against women and girls
independent.ie
National walkout to highlight violence against women and girls
Ten women died in violent circumstances in 2026
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Campaign to uphold law succeeds.
amnesty.org
Europe: Sale of Israel Bonds finally ends in Europe
Reacting to the Central Bank of Ireland’s confirmation that on the expiry of the Israel Bonds’ prospectus their sale in Europe has ended Stephen Cockburn, Amnesty International’s Europe Director, said...
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David @rebelalliance77.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So that man who started that IDF chant at the match yesterday, as seen in that video doing the rounds? Same guy in the pic visiting the Dáil to visit Jennifer Carrol McNeil of Fine Gael and the Ireland Israel Alliance. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoseph_... #Spéirgorm
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Terminally von der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · 28/09/2026
You have to cook the question this much and it's still plurality in favor of the triple lock. C'mon lads, pack it in
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Google has started updating satellite images of Gaza. Holocaust. (📸 Barry Andrews MEP, European Parliament)
A single building is left standing amidst utter carnage. Every single building has been levelled across a few square miles pictures. Google maps identified one pile of rubble as a school.
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 27/09/2026
Sinn Féin and the Social Democrats have said the FAI board should step down following this weekend's chaos over the Israel game. One MEP said the FAI's approach has "caused a huge amount of division" in the team". www.thejournal.ie/fai-board-st...
thejournal.ie
Sinn Féin and Social Democrats call for FAI board to step aside
The vote by players to proceed with the game following hours of confusion on Saturday.
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 26/09/2026
Also reported by @gcooney93.bsky.social in the Irish Times tonight that following the team meeting and vote, some players “turned on Bazunu, one of whom is understood to have abused him to his face”
irishtimes.com
Ireland v Israel: Day of infamy exposes serious lack of leadership in FAI
Gavin Bazunu has been left brutally isolated as any semblance of squad unity has been utterly sundered
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Irish Women's Rugby Supporters Club @irishwomens.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Brilliant move by Bazunu Come on lads. Pack it all up and go home. Fuck Israel. Fuck the weak response from the FAI. Who cares if there's sanctions. We don't play games with genocidal countries.
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Laura @takeithandy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The respect I have for Gavin Bazunu is immense. 24 years old with his career ahead of him and he made a decision that every other person in safer positions of power above him failed to have the courage to make themselves. A true representative of Irish people everywhere
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gavin Bazunu statement on withdrawing from Ireland squad

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Statement - Gavin Bazunu

Representing my country means everything to me. I have the utmost respect for every single one of my team mates, the Manager, his staff and the Irish people

However I have reached a decision that I have hot taken lightly. I am a man of strong faith and try my best to be a person of character and principle therefore 1 feel it would be wrong to participate in the upcoming fixtures against Israel.

My decision is based purely upon my personal belief that the killing of innocent people is wrong.

It is important to note that my stance is not in opposition of the Israeli people or the Jewish community but against the atrocities in the region.

There are few times where you get a chance ir ife to stand up for something bigger and strongly believe that this is one of them


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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The story of Natalie Abudayyeh (21) a journalism student and member of the Palestine Women's Football Team. She played in Dublin against @bfcdublin.bsky.social in 2024. Today, she's in an Israeli jail. Her family and teammates say she was taken at gunpoint from university without charge.
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Toni @tonitaylor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#stopthegame trending on Bluesky
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 26/09/2026
Opposition parties have called on Government to intervene to stop Sunday's UEFA Nations League football match between the Republic of Ireland and Israel due to the "unfair pressure players and management are currently under"
rte.ie
Opposition parties call on Government to stop Israel game
Opposition parties have called on Government to intervene to stop Sunday's UEFA Nations League football match between the Republic of Ireland and Israel due to the "unfair pressure players and managem...
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 25/09/2026
1️⃣7️⃣,8️⃣8️⃣5️⃣ Another new record for the number of people in emergency accommodation, as of the end of August. Includes 12,055 adults (+7% yoy) and 5,830 children (11% yoy). @virginmedianews.bsky.social
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ireland: 68 per cent favour current model of neutrality over the loaded alternative option.
Do you support Ireland's current model of military neutrality or would you like to see it change so that Ireland can take more responsibility for its own and Europe's defence?

68 per cent say Yes to neutrality.
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Alice-Mary Higgins @aliceeire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yesterday I demanded answers from the Minister about the Irish Government position on shocking proposals to give AI companies access to our personal data which are being negotiated right now on Ireland's watch. The public across EU want rights protected & more regulation of AI and big tech not less!
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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wearing number 19, Natalie smiled for photos with a scarf reading An Phalaistín, designed by Dublin artist Spicebag, over her shoulders. Two years later she is sitting in an Israeli jail. She faced her sixth court hearing yesterday evening. www.ontheditch.com/we-are-livin...
ontheditch.com
Palestinian footballer who played Bohs stuck in Israeli jail
“We are living a nightmare,” her father told The Ditch.
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Toni @tonitaylor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I just signed the petition to #stopthegame - will you add your name too? No to a change of venue. No to forcing players to play a game they don't want to play. No to sportswashing. No to bending for genocidal murderers. my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
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Petition to #stopthegame
I just signed the petition to #stopthegame - will you add your name too? No to a change of venue. No to forcing players to play a game they don't want to play. No to sportswashing. No to bending for g...
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Kneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ireland shouldn't play Israel. It'll be a stain on our island and our history. Don't normalise genocide. #StopTheGame
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Volkswagen has agreed to sell an under-used factory in Osnabruck, western Germany, which will become a military manufacturing hub in a joint venture with an Israeli-based defence investor.
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 23/09/2026
The current tests for endometrial cancer are invasive and often painful. In @lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social, a study suggests that a simple non-invasive test could transform cancer screening for women with postmenopausal bleeding: spkl.io/633267TJai
Vaginal and urine samples showing endometrial cancer (true positive case; upper row) and no malignant cells (true negative case; lower row). Top row: SurePath (CytoRich Red, Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA) cytology slides (Papanicolaou stain): endometrial adenocarcinoma. Urine sample, × 600 magnification (left) and vaginal sample, × 600 magnification (right) from the study participant SMH0170 showing adenocarcinoma, clinical outcome grade 1 stage IB endometrioid adenocarcinoma, true positive. Bottom row: SurePath cytology slides (Papanicolaou stain): no malignant cells seen. Urine sample, × 400 magnification (left) and vaginal sample, × 600 magnification (right) from the study participant SMH0212 with no malignant cells seen, true negative. Copyright: 2026 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. CC BY 4.0.
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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 23/09/2026
Councillors ask if a proposed gas-fired power plant would serve households, or data centres. Peaking plants like these are needed to replace dirtier coal, gas and peat – and balance out the fluctuating supply from renewables on the grid, says Ireland's climate action plan.
dublininquirer.com
Councillors question whether new Fingal gas plant would serve households, or data centres
Peaking plants such as these are needed to replace dirtier coal, gas and peat – and balance out the fluctuating supply from renewables on the grid, says Ireland's climate action plan.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
US-sanctioned International Court judge urges Ireland to take a stand. Nicolas Guillou said the European project was in grave danger if tariff fears outweighed the importance of fighting crimes against humanity
irishtimes.com
US-sanctioned international court judge urges Ireland to take a stand
Nicolas Guillou said the European project was in grave danger if tariff fears outweighed the importance of fighting crimes against humanity
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Baz @braymeo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Ireland has the second highest cost of living in the EU behind Denmark. We are 36% more expensive to live in than the average EU country. Housing costs (rent, utilities etc) cost almost double the EU average. Car insurance for under 25's is almost double the EU average, often in the thousands.
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 21/09/2026
Over 160 Irish sportspeople have signed an open letter to the Irish senior men's national football team, urging them to "act collectively with conscience" and refuse to participate in their upcoming games against Israel
rte.ie
Sportspeople ask ROI players to boycott Israel fixtures
Over 160 Irish sportspeople have signed an open letter to the Irish senior men's national football team, urging them to "act collectively with conscience" and refuse to participate in their upcoming g...
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Not playing the game would be the most sporting thing you could do. Through your leadership and courage it would show the power of sport to unite, remind us of the shared values that connect us all, and have an impact far beyond the game."
rte.ie
Sportspeople ask ROI players to boycott Israel fixtures
Over 160 Irish sportspeople have signed an open letter to the Irish senior men's national football team, urging them to "act collectively with conscience" and refuse to participate in their upcoming g...
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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Irish footballers need someone to tell them about how the 1981 Irish Rugby team played apartheid South Africa, and how only Tony Ward, Moss Keane and Donal Spring refused to play. The rest of the team are forever remembered for sportwashing the apartheid regime.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026
"In a leaked document, the Irish Presidency proposes to EU Member States that the interest of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and SpaceX to make profits should take precedence over the fundamental right to data protection" noyb.eu/en/ai-eu-mem...
noyb.eu
AI: EU Member States plan “digital expropriation” of Europeans in the interest of AI companies
In a leaked document, the Irish Presidency proposes to EU Member States that the interest of AI companies to make profits should take precedence over the fundamental rights of Europeans.
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