Eric Hennelly Flanagan
@erichflanagan.bsky.social
Marketing Consultant. Non Executive Director for both Non-profit and For-profit organisations. Talk to me about #DigitalMarketing #Governance #DataProtection #Whiskey 🥃
The president of the Utah State Senate who championed a huge data center beside the Great Salt Lake was defeated in his Republican primary on Tuesday night, one of the most high-profile signs of the voter backlash to data center projects.
Utah Senate President Loses Republican Primary After Data Center Backlash
The upset of J. Stuart Adams represented one of the strongest examples of how the data center issue has affected elections.
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Another institutional abuse’: UK survivor of Irish mother and baby home can’t afford to accept compensation Rosemary Adaser, 70, would lose £1,000 a month in benefits, while her twin brother in Ireland got full amount with no penalty www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
‘Another institutional abuse’: UK survivor of Irish mother and baby home can’t afford to accept compensation
Rosemary Adaser, 70, would lose £1,000 a month in benefits, while her twin brother in Ireland got full amount with no penalty
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Revealed: religious orders still owe €755m for historical abuse redress www.thetimes.com/article/868d...
Revealed: religious orders still owe €755m for historical abuse redress
Taxpayer picks up the slack as state struggles to make groups pay up. Meanwhile aggrieved orders say their institutions were run humanely by standards of the time
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Tánaiste Simon Harris says the planned eviction of 36 households in a single housing estate in Co Wexford is “peculiar”, but insists the government’s new rent rules will benefit the rental sector in the long-term. The households received the notices last Friday. www.thejournal.ie/wexford-evic...
Tánaiste finds it 'peculiar' that 36 homes from Co Wexford estate face eviction from landlord
The households received the notices last Friday.
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Breaking News: Senator Mark Kelly, a retired Navy pilot, sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over trying to reduce his rank and pension. This comes after Kelly reminded military members that they must not follow illegal orders.
Kelly Sues Pentagon Over Threats of Punishment From Hegseth
Senator Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona, asked a federal judge to block the Trump administration from disciplining him for a video warning about illegal military orders.
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We filled a complaint against Ireland to the European Commission today. Ireland has appointed an ex-Meta lobbyist as its new Data Protection Commissioner. This will be interpreted by the tech industry as a signal of impunity. The European Commission must intervene. www.iccl.ie/digital-data...
Complaint v Ireland to European Commission re process appointing ex-Meta lobbyist as Data Protection Commissioner
Ireland's appointment process lacked procedural safeguards against conflicts of interest and political interference and may be interpreted by the tech industry as a signal of impunity
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Connolly’s landslide buries political myths about Ireland’s presidential process - how the establishment's attempts to explain #Aras25 are fatally flawed from the outset, and who really matters in the aftermath. philipoconnor.com/connollys-la...
Ms Connolly won 63 per cent of the vote, the highest since the office of president was established in 1938. #Áras25
Trump gave Amazon a $16 billion tax break to accelerate its investments this year. Now, Amazon will replace 600,000 workers with robots as Jeff Bezos accelerates his plan to automate warehouses. No. Corporate tax breaks do not trickle down to workers. Never have. Never will.
Connolly secures 63% of vote using existing nomination process. Here’s why the system that worked perfectly fine is suddenly broken, and why Maria Steen’s inability to get nominated is the real story. Journalism.
Fantastic to be waking up to Catherine Connolly as our president elect, having secured 914,143 first preference votes (63%) - a record in Irish presidential election history.
Hats off to Colm O'Mongain on @news.rte.ie for showing what can really only be described as heroic restraint #aras25
It was never just about trans people. They are coming for your rights too. www.scotusblog.com/2025/10/cour...
Court to consider whether to hear challenge to same-sex marriage on Nov. 7
The court is scheduled to consider whether to hear Kim Davis’ challenge to same-sex marriage at their private conference on Friday, Nov. 7. As a general practice, the court does […]
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It started with Reagan and has accelerated under Trump.
If Jim Gavin gets 12.5% or more, Fianna Fáil gets €250,000 in expenses refunded. Bear that in mind if you're voting for Jim Gavin as a joke.
Israel received twice the funding from the European Innovation Fund than Ireland and more 2/3 of all #EU countries combined Outrageous that an apartheid settler-colonial state currently carrying out genocide gets so much EU money as part of Horizon. #Spéirgorm old.reddit.com/r/ireland/co...
Israel received twice the funding from the European Innovation Fund than Ireland and more 2/3 of all EU countries combined
Source: https://www.lira.ltd/the-eic-accelerator-cumulative-data-stats-3/ This is cumulative amounts since 2021
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The deliberate starvation of Gaza was predicted 18 months ago by the top UN expert on the right to food. This is not unexpected, our political leaders knew this what they were backing @michaelfakhri.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...
Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians, UN rights expert says
Exclusive: UN special rapporteur on the right to food Michael Fakhri says denial of food is war crime and constitutes ‘a situation of genocide’
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Global Starlink outage….. they really don’t want to release the Epstein files….
The €157 million drug seizure was a massive win for the State – but those working in policy say the price of a bag of coke has not budged. jrnl.ie/6751339
Analysis: MV Matthew seizure was a major success ... but Irish appetite for cocaine remains
The €157 million drug seizure was a massive win for the State – but those working in policy say the price of a bag of coke has not budged.
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Carpet bombing civilians ✅ Shooting children via sniper ✅ Blocking food and aid ✅ Destroying hospitals ✅ Singing about war criminals ❌
Worth viewing: Jamie’s Dyslexia Revolution on @channel4.bsky.social on the player or catchup.
Campainers urge UK watchdog to limit use of AI after report of Meta’s plan to automate checks
Campainers urge UK watchdog to limit use of AI after report of Meta’s plan to automate checks
Ofcom ‘considering the concerns’ raised that up to 90% of risk assessments would be carried out by AI Internet safety campaigners have urged the UK’s communications watchdog to limit the use of artificial intelligence in crucial risk assessments following a report that Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta was planning to automate checks. Ofcom said it was “considering the concerns” raised by the letter following a report last month that up to 90% of all risk assessments at the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp would soon be carried out by AI. Continue reading...
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New statement in from Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calling on the international community to ensure safe passage for the Madleen.
'If the goal is to reduce TB, why are most culled badgers testing negative?' The Explainer looks at what has gone wrong with Ireland’s strategy to eradicate bovine TB, and whether it’s time to rethink the approach. Spotify https://spoti.fi/4kq5BMN Apple https://apple.co/4djk6j7
‘Dehumanisation by design’: US-Israeli Gaza aid operation descends into chaos - https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/dehumanisation-design-us-israeli-gaza-aid-operation-descends-chaos
‘Dehumanisation by design’: US-Israeli Gaza aid operation descends into chaos
The US-Israeli aid distribution operation in Gaza was widely condemned on social media
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What right does Ireland have to inspect planes landing in Shannon? What if I told you the EU requires an inspection regime to confirm a plane’s contents has been declared? www.thegist.ie/the-gist-gun...
The Gist: Guns, Shannon and VAT
When and how must Ireland act? This is The Gist.
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"Apologists for Israel might want to reject the charge of genocide [and] suggest its hyperbole or even antisemitic, but the actual experts on genocide know a genocide when they see one - and they see one in Gaza." My receipts on all the experts who say Gaza *is* a genocide. zeteo.com/subscribe
