61% of employers report the housing crisis is impacting recruitment and is driving demand for hybrid and remote work among employees. From CIPD/IRN survey or private and commercial semi state organisations www.irishexaminer.com/business/com...

Lack of affordable accommodation still hindering staff recruitment

'Housing crisis is continuing to shape the labour market in a very real way'

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The deadly strike on a girls' primary school in Iran - which killed at least 175 people - was the result of a targeting error by the US military, according to preliminary findings of a US military report.

Watch: Strike on girls' school a 'targeting error' - US

The deadly strike on a girls' primary school in Iran - which killed at least 175 people - was the result of a targeting error by the US military, according to preliminary findings of a US military rep...

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Wasn’t expecting that! 💚☘️💪🏻

She never lived to see this moment, but it’s worth remembering that none of this would have happened without Virginia Giuffre. She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s. Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.

RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · 9mo ago

#Breaking Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the brother of Britain’s King Charles, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office

Win! After threatening strike action, RSA driver testers will now be fully protected at work • Driver testers have received formal assurance that they’ll be covered in all parts of their work • Testers can now view proof of insurance before conducting tests 1/2

There is power in a union 💪🏻 @forsatradeunion.bsky.social

“Anas Sarwar picked a fight with the weakest person in UK politics and still lost” Brutal in its succinctness.

Wonder how long it will take for Anas Sarwar to publicly call for Starmer to go…

Fair play to Morgan McSweeney- a blue shirt Corkonian hasn’t been such a threat to the British government since 1920

At this point it wouldn’t even be fair to pit Starmer against a lettuce 🥬

This is brilliant news, and also shows why the Labour Party wants to abolish most trials by jury, and how important it is they don't get away with it:

Hot take. Wouldn’t there be better public support for a rejuvenated St.Stephen’s Green shopping centre if all the proposed plans so far weren’t such bland abominations?

It's the Ship of Theseus but all the original parts are being used to build a second, crappier ship.

Ex-Tory Home Secretary Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK

The MP was unveiled as the party's latest recruit by leader Nigel Farage at a rally.

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Nevermind country over party, UK Labour seem intent on prioritising faction over country. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Andy Burnham's bid to return as MP blocked by Labour ruling body

Allies of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer feared he could mount a leadership challenge.

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As it’s Burns night… having lived the best part of a decade in Glasgow I’ll always remember the beautiful rose garden in Queen’s Park on the southside commemorating Scottish Poets, & where they chose to place the plaque to Rabbie Burns…

The trouble with fascism is that eventually you run out of other people's children

““Carney has given us the words to mark the end of the ‘rules-based order’…by acknowledging it never really existed. “ We didn’t need Mark Carney to tell us this. We knew when we watched a genocide in Gaza be live steamed & the “rules based order” did nothing.

Carole Cadwalladr@carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 10mo ago

What Carney said about NATO & trade was hugely important, but it’s what he said about truth that’s even more so. His choice of Vaclav Havel was not accidental. His concept of ‘living in truth’ is an essential guide to this moment open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

Wild

Have we learned nothing from the 20th century? The same reluctance to challenge power that allowed the Church to abuse women & children is being acted out in the government’s hesitancy to tackle X/Musk.

I would have thought condemning an company producing child abuse material on an industrial scale for profit would be an easy one. But here were are.

The Media Minister says it’s not the app creating images, but individual users. Grok is now #1 on the App Store in Ireland. Day three of X coverage.

Virgin Media News@virginmedianews.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The Government is facing growing criticism over its handling of the X deepfake scandal. Tech experts, teachers’ unions and Women’s Aid are calling for regulation of the platform, while the Media Minister says it is a matter of personal responsibility. More on #VMNews

Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.

Men are using grok to undress women & children. Men. No, the tool shouldn’t exist. Yes it should be banned. But let’s not ignore the true culprits.

Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 10mo ago

“Grok is generating at least one non-consensual sexual image every minute”

🚨 The White House is now actively covering up a murder.

Make it viral.

Tbf to him, Mandelson is right in saying that the “rules-based system” has not existed for a long time.