There are no studies that support that more cameras result in lower crime rates. A modest reduction in car parks is about it. You only have to look at the UK to see if has almost no effect. Pillaging of stores, mobile phone theft …
Irish Independent@independent.ie · 11h agoIreland currently has one of the lowest rates of security camera usage in Europe www.independent.ie/irish-news/i...
Weirdly the author does not state the name of the duo once in the article …
Euronews@euronews.com · 4d agoThe British punk rock duo shouted and urged the crowd to yell "f**k Chega" while the message "F**k Chega" was shown on the stage screen.
Dingle is hosting a GoFundMe to create a new Fungi from this DNA. They did it with dinosaurs so a dolphin should be no problem.
Irish Independent@independent.ie · 4d agoThe study found that Fungie, who lived around Dingle Harbour in Co Kerry for almost four decades, was genetically a mix between Ireland’s Shannon Estuary bottlenose dolphin population and the much larger Offshore population
Jim O’Callaghan wants a surveillance state. He will do anything other than increase Garda numbers.
The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · last wk.Garda bosses want public’s view on the force using live CCTV run by third parties
New Gist: Ireland's Biometric Laundromat Ireland quietly passed a law in July potentially undermining every EU citizen's protections against law enforcement use of biometrics. Jim O'Callaghan's Irish 'biometric analysis' wheeze has gone international. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ire...
The Gist: Ireland's Biometric Laundromat
Ireland quietly passed a law in July potentially undermining every EU citizen's protections against law enforcement use of biometrics. This is the Gist.
thegist.ie
There is a growing problem with media liking a good headline and then not covering the reality very well.
The Journal@thejournal.ie · 2w agoA man who was bitten by a shark on board a boat off the coast of Waterford on Tuesday has said he did not think he would make it to shore alive. jrnl.ie/7129358
Accurate headline: a suffocating and injured animal, caught by hunters, manages to bite one before being killed.
Irish Wildlife Trust@irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Irish Wildlife Trust are disappointed to see the number of newspaper articles reporting on this accident without giving the details of what happened. @irishenvnet.bsky.social @fairseas.ie #BlueShark #IrishSharks
Every house in Dublin now has bags of breakfast cereal sitting around kitchens. Corn flakes? Crunch nut? Who knows.
Large companies created last-minute pension schemes to keep thousands of workers out of State’s more lucrative auto-enrolment plan. Our latest FOI post available to read at: www.thestory.ie/2026/08/12/l...
Government paper said large companies employing thousands of people had plotted a scheme with financial advisers to push staff into pension schemes that would yield very little in return (underline is mine). Our latest set of FOI records available at: www.thestory.ie/2026/08/12/l...
@livedrive.dublincityfm.ie there is/was a broken down Ferrari blocking the bus lane on the N11 inbound at Stillorgan. The 1% at it again 😂
This rather leaves our Government’s Digital ID (as opposed to and not to be confused with the EU-Wide digital wallet) adrift without one of its main arguments- to align with Border requirements from the U.K. digital ID proposal. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Burnham to scrap digital ID to focus on 'helping with cost of living'
A spokesperson for the incoming prime minister says his government would “put its focus where people need it right now”.
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If swiping a card at a building is considered a performance metric that senior leaders are concerned with then perhaps it’s time to look at the performance of those senior leaders …
Irish Independent@independent.ie · 2w agoThe Central Bank of Ireland is providing its senior leaders with lists of staff failing to comply with its working-from-home rules, with persistent flouting being addressed as a 'performance issue'
Paralysis had always been at the political level for decades.
The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 3w agoClimate Act curbs could be considered to avert infrastructure ‘paralysis’, Chambers says
Think our basic rights are safe? In the age of oligarchs and corporate lobbying, think again www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Think our basic rights are safe? In the age of oligarchs and corporate lobbying, think again | George Monbiot
The global assault on our freedoms is coming ever closer to home. Just look at the sinister prosecution of UK lawyer Rajiv Menon, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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The former offices of U2s management now an AI company HQ.
The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 4w agoChatGPT maker OpenAI selects Dublin docklands offices for new EU hub
That ping was the sound of all of Mayo putting on their out of office for tomorrow…
Astonishing attack on civil society and environmental justice by a government lacking either vision or basic competence. www.thejournal.ie/jack-chamber...
Chambers claims climate law has been 'weaponised' by NGOs to halt infrastructure projects
Friends of the Earth have said disapplying climate laws sets ‘an alarming precedent’.
thejournal.ie
Interesting coverage of the HSE ransomware attack in the Conti files, the latest series of the BBC cyber hack podcast podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/c...
The Conti Files: 3. Hackers and Hospitals
Podcast Episode · Cyber Hack · S4 E3 · 31min
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It was amusing listening to the minister saying he was completely bound by this report. File under fiction.
The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · last mo.Aughinish Alumina: Minister’s claims about ‘confidential data’ contradicted in unpublished report
Ireland stalls €1B Microsoft tender amid digital sovereignty questions
Ireland stalls €1B Microsoft tender amid digital sovereignty questions
Government plans another Redmond-only procurement despite calls to consider European rivals
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The Gov always claim they want highly paid jobs and we should aspire to them yet denigrates or waged war on those that do - medical professionals, lawyers and media managers. You go to third level and work hard for these jobs.
The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · last mo.RTÉ’s senior management dominate highest earners’ list for 2025
Handy way of reinforcing policy that these events are caused by careless or deliberate actions of a few humans and not climate change.
The Journal@thejournal.ie · last mo.Government minister will be presented with a proposal to introduce new legislation for national parks this morning, which will include "significant" fines for people who light barbecues in them. jrnl.ie/7109830
We’re going tax cuts yet public transport projects are stalled and our water system is in bits …
RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · last mo.The Government will publish details of the Summer Economic Statement later today, which will set out how much money the Coalition will have for tax cuts in the Budget in October
It doesn’t get more ridiculous than this. The cost of running a registration system would not be inconsiderable. They would be zero rated based on emissions and a token registration fee would be just that. How would insurance help safe operating of scooters?
The Journal@thejournal.ie · last mo.Tax and insurance will become a requirement for using an e-scooter, Tánaiste Simon Harris has said. jrnl.ie/7108880t
