Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 15hYeah funnily enough if you refuse more people more quickly, you wind up with more appeals. Dunno how anyone could have seen that coming www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...independent.ieBacklog of appeals over international protection and asylum claims hits ‘unprecedented’ 21,200Sinn Féin justice spokesman raises concerns about cost of housing those still awaiting decisions 34112
Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 22hThe face of a girl who managed to blag a second dinner by fooling one foster parent into thinking the other foster parent hadn’t already fed her a few hours earlier 🙄 5636
Reposted by Wendy LyonThe Spooky Cassandra @prophetcassandra.bsky.social · 07/10/2026- R v Brown (1993) 152
Reposted by Wendy LyonSFGATE @sfgate.com · 07/10/2026The moratorium calls for a halt to the approval of permit applications.bit.lySF supervisors pass temporary moratorium on data centersThe moratorium calls for a halt to the approval of permit applications. 052
Reposted by Wendy Lyon🌎🐎John Hyphen🎮🤠 @johnhyphen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026there are about 4,000 schools in the state, primary and secondary with €102 million, you'd have €25,000 each – i'm pretty sure you could put solar panels on every single school in the country for that much instead of funding gambling on sports rife with animal cruelty 0206
Reposted by Wendy LyonCathal Malone @cathalmalone.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Louth: www.independent.ie/county/louth...independent.ieNo trials this week at circuit courts in Louth because of solicitors’ strikeNo trials will take place at Dundalk or Drogheda Circuit Courts this week because of the ongoing solicitors’ strike. 243
Reposted by Wendy LyonCathal Malone @cathalmalone.bsky.social · 07/10/2026352 cases listed in Tralee District Court today. None could proceed except for one lad who didn't show up and was convicted in absentia. Jim O'Callaghan keeps saying it's just a few solicitors in Dublin on strike. I know it's shocking but... that's a lie? 2155
Reposted by Wendy LyonShamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026To counter AI, an illustrator in Balbriggan offers to draw posters for barter. Lauren Fernandes noticed menus and flyers all over with the same sterile look, and thought: what if she could help out small businesses which can't afford creative work, usually? www.dublininquirer.com/to-counter-a...dublininquirer.comTo counter AI, an illustrator in Balbriggan offers to draw posters for barterLauren Fernandes noticed menus and flyers all over with the same sterile look, and thought: what if she could help out small businesses which can't afford creative work, usually? 110153
Reposted by Wendy LyonLouise @selkies.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Is it controversial to say that I don't think we should be naming laws after real people in Ireland, is that not a bit overly sentimental for something like a law that should be cut and dry and unexciting 810912
Reposted by Wendy LyonSaoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Don't be confused, this is just a public grant to gambling companies 720875
Reposted by Wendy LyonConor Smith @conorsmith.ie · 06/10/2026This is just a lie. Jack Chambers is lying. We're paying multiples of this. 0177
Reposted by Wendy LyonCJ McKinney @cjmckinney.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"How do you exempt locals from immigration checks without racial profiling?" “A human-rights based approach is adopted in relation to every individual stopped". OK then. 12817
Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026The TL;DR is that the circumstances have to relate specifically to the individual and not to general country conditions. Another way that applicants from Gaza are being screwed. 13119
Reposted by Wendy LyonJoe Griffin @thejoegriffin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026What we think autumn will be like / what autumn is actually like. 36511
Reposted by Wendy LyonEris Loves #DeadTeenagerMovie 🎃📚👻 @erislovesmovies.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Hell yeah Source: Irish Examiner share.google/eogePtFPR3Xf...share.googleSolicitors walk out of courts and raise 'serious concerns' over Jim O'CallaghanAround 200 criminal defence solicitors and barristers walked out of the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin on Monday over continuing row on new legal aid rules 061
Reposted by Wendy LyonSarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 06/10/2026To the surprise of absolutely no one, but to their courage, victims of far-right figures arguing they are “protecting women and girls” from unknown and unseen particular threat from migrants are coming forward to tell their story of sexual and domestic abusetheguardian.com‘Bully in every way’: domestic abuse survivors say ex-partners behind far-right UK street patrolsSeven women share their stories to make people aware of patterns of violence behind anti-immigration street patrol movement 3367173
Reposted by Wendy LyonG @geraldineishere.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Jim O'Callaghan on the 5.30 news still insisting that his new scheme is working brilliantly & that a significant number of solicitors are actually in favour of it. Genuinely don't know what it'll take for him to recognise that he's not the always-correct genius he seems to think he is. 0258
Reposted by Wendy LyonDean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026of course the same people have no problem whatsoever when the state breaks up families by denying family reunification to immigrants. they're all delighted with Jim O'Callaghan making it harder than it already is. they love when he sends goons to separate fathers from children before deporting them 0123
Reposted by Wendy LyonCathal Malone @cathalmalone.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Spent the day in the Central Criminal Court. Cases not proceeding because of the withdrawal of services by solicitors - adjourned matters will get a new hearing date some time after April 2027. If this goes on much longer, we'll be looking at 2028 dates for cases ready to be heard in July 2026. 32410
Reposted by Wendy LyonEris Loves #DeadTeenagerMovie 🎃📚👻 @erislovesmovies.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I'm so glad we played these games. Really terrific. Well done to the FAI 0298
Reposted by Wendy LyonAlan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026to use a simple workplace analogy, workers have a responsibility not to put themselves in danger and employers have a duty of care to safeguard employees. the risks involved with playing these games were eminently foreseeable and the failures have been utterly chronic 1218
Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026Just watched CMAT on the Daily Show and I’m just so thankful she exists. One of those people who makes the world better just by being in it. 3746
Reposted by Wendy LyonOrla @somebogwitch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026There are many things to resent weaselly AI bros for but today's is making me side with the Pope again. I'm a traumatised Irish person, I shouldn't have to sit here saying "well he is making one of the stronger intellectual public contributions" or "actually he is technically elected" FREE ME 46815
Reposted by Wendy Lyondindin6.bsky.social @dindin6.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"We ask women why they don't come forward when sexually assaulted. It's because we live in a world where an abuser can become president. 24138421232
Reposted by Wendy LyonRob O'Mhantain @mhantain.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Power got her ass handed to her by the usually benign Elaine Crowley on Ireland AM this morning when she tried bullshitting on Palestine and Gaza. It's not up on their website yet, but definitely worth a look. 1161
Reposted by Wendy LyonEmma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“Did Germany make any mistake with reunification that Ireland could learn from?” I asked a very clever German official…deeply involved in the project since the fall of the Berlin Wall. He considered the question for a while before answering. “You can wait too long,” he said.” #spéirghorm #Garvaghy 13011
Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026I was very privileged to visit Kurdistan with Margaret several years ago, where we met with families who lost children to Turkish state terror. She’s an inspiration. 0249
Reposted by Wendy LyonBunkunin @bunkunin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Jewish human rights barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine Action www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...aljazeera.com‘I’m rather proud’: Barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine ActionMargaret Owen OBE, a celebrated human rights lawyer and friend of Ed Miliband’s late mother, talks to Al Jazeera. 542256700
Reposted by Wendy LyonJoanna Hardy-Susskind @joannahs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Be under no illusion: this is a significant victory for everyone who stuck their neck out and defended jury trials, day after day, clause by clause. But it is not a comprehensive victory. Magistrates should not be allowed to send people to prison for two years. 16588159
Reposted by Wendy LyonDean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I'm glad that the fact the complaint alleged the article framed trans women as predators and the Sindo responded by saying it didn't present trans men as predators did not go unremarked upon. providing a transphobic defense for a transphobic column is wild 14116
Reposted by Wendy LyonShamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026Here's a number for Lucozade's dad 057
Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026Your reminder that Brenda Power is an adjudicator for the International Protection Appeals Tribunal which currently has a number of appeals before it from transgender Americans 912475
Reposted by Wendy LyonCarol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is written to fly under the radar, from today’s Sunday Independent (Ireland). The press council upheld a complaint about an offensive and transphobic opinion column by Brenda Power. Sindo was required to publish the decision. @mams4transrights.bsky.social @jesalady.bsky.social 413394
Reposted by Wendy LyonThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Good. Juries are important, not so much for the decisions they make, but for the decisions they prevent others form being able to make. www.theguardian.com/law/2026/oct...theguardian.comMinisters drop plans to cut jury trials in England and Wales after outcryCritics say scrapping of plans, which aimed to increase judge-alone trials to deliver swifter justice, leaves court system and victims vulnerable 740694
Reposted by Wendy LyonCathal Malone @cathalmalone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026We had a higher percentage of the population (mostly women) locked up than Stalin did at the height of the gulag. 1278
Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026Have just finished this book and HOO BOY do I have thoughts ... #speirghorm 2297
Reposted by Wendy LyonGemma Clark 🧿🕯️ @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026They are still finding the bodies of children abused by these nuns. This institution was open until the 60’s. Some of the laundries were open as late as the 90’s. Never forget More infant remains uncovered at former mother-and-baby home www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTuam: Remains of 10 more infants uncovered at former mother-and-baby homeExperts who are carrying out the dig at Tuam in County Galway have published their latest regular update. 5273106
Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026The absolute perfection of this song ❤️❤️❤️ youtu.be/B7HAwqQ99Eg?...youtu.beJust Mustard - SILVER (Official Audio)YouTube video by Just Mustard 011
Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026The Citizens Information website is often wrong but the fact people are relying on AI instead of it is even worse. God forbid the government should fund legal advice from properly qualified human beings 03122
Reposted by Wendy LyonShamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026I just realised Lucozade is a regular visitor here, and a playmate to my lovely backyard cat, Pashmak. 😭 2207
Reposted by Wendy Lyondave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026loving cats, apparently, makes you more attractive to 28% of Americans, per a new survey. that compares with just 23% for owning a home. among Gen Z, the cat figure rises to 34%. having trouble on the apps? put down that mortgage application and get yourself to a cat rescue. 1458571
Reposted by Wendy LyonThe Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026When the Irish right wing fly tricolours they’re exclusionary. Some exclude the north from Ireland. They share that denial with southern liberals for whom this proposed Orange march is further reason to oppose the united Ireland they've never wanted. www.ontheditch.com/comment-no-g...ontheditch.comComment: No going down that roadAlongside the flags there’s graffiti reading FUCK THE SASH. And why not. 01816
Reposted by Wendy LyonSteve Potter @sea-water.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Sally Hayden of the Irish Times is the author of The Fourth Time, We Drowned as well as This Is Also A Love Story. These are her dates in the U.S., and all but one are free. 053
Reposted by Wendy LyonMarguerite @marguerites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026@ianmoore3000.bsky.social you might already have seen this poster, but a cat to watch out for. Or do I know anyone out Ballymun way who might also be able to look, given the tag’s ping? 134
![A half page article from the Sunday independent with the headline OMB2590 A woman and the Sunday independent.
The article outlines the complaint, the appeal and the decision.
The complaint relates to an opinion column deploring the fact that an unnamed td provided a character reference for a man convicted of sexual violence against children. A sentence in the column argued that this case threw light on the possibility that a man would “identify as a woman” in order to commit sexual violence.
The press council concluded that “a reference to a protected group [trans people] in this context should have been extremely carefully scrutinised”. It found that the Sunday independent was in violation of principle 8 of the press council code of practice.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n2qmeigsng3rhkgmqihius4g/bafkreia7cdisf6qfj6fetyejhbmojfdwomrxs6pib6za3zu377t6pfypry)
