A problem with this scheme is that there’s also a minimum income cut off which they don’t advertise openly but can usually be found when you dig around in it. As a single person you’d usually need to be earning over about 55k for studio or 1 bed… it’s not really an affordable solution.

With a maximum income of €66,000 before tax, this is still really expensive rent.

The Journal@thejournal.ie · yesterday

Applications for 328 cost-rental apartments in south Dublin will open next Tuesday, with monthly rents set between €1,495 and €1,750

Sally Rooney: To publish my work in the UK could now constitute a serious criminal offence. After a process of consultation and deliberation, and with my full agreement, my publisher Faber has therefore determined that it can no longer supply my work within the UK. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Sally Rooney’s books will no longer be available in UK over her support for Palestine Action

Faber blames UK antiterrorism legislation for decision to stop distributing bestselling author’s works

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"Today's AI summit brings together businesses, governments and civil society together" Minister Peter Burke TD (fact: there are no civil society representatives, not in the list of speakers) #AISummitIE

Katie Dapkus with a precise, powerful and passionate statement opposing data centers in Lexington, Kentucky.

726K views · 10K reactions | This!! An incredibly clear, concise, firm, direct citizen’s case against data centers out of Lexington, Kentucky. Can Katie Dapkus speak at every city council and statehouse meeting every time this topic is discussed? 👏👏👏 | Marc Istook

This!! An incredibly clear, concise, firm, direct citizen’s case against data centers out of Lexington, Kentucky. Can Katie Dapkus speak at every city council and statehouse meeting every time this...

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When I founded Storyful, I sat down with @patrickfreyne.bsky.social to talk about my hopes for democratic technology. Many years later, we sat down again to chat about my book, The Last Good Day on the Internet. A welcome moment for reflection on what went wrong and what we can make right:

If you pick up this book and read even just a page or two, you'll understand immediately why it's doing so well. It's phenomenal. A manual on the fightback for life on Earth.

Naomi Klein@naomiaklein.bsky.social · 3w ago

End Times Fascism is now an *international* bestseller. Folks, you made this happen and we are so grateful. @astra.bsky.social

Really feel like the mainstream narrative has shifted in America these past few weeks. Ed Sheeran might end up in history books.

Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · 2w ago

1. Tonight at Gillette Stadium, Zach Bryan, one of the biggest country music artists in the world, wore a Free Palestine shirt onstage. Gillette Stadium is owned by Robert Kraft, who pushed Ed Sheeran and his promoter to drop Macklemore from his tour. Bryan isn’t just a major country artist.

🚨 Open letter from people of Protestant backgrounds concerning the Garvaghy Road 🚨 We feel compelled to speak publicly about what is happening in Portadown 🚨Over the past few hours we have collected over 140 signatures

Arya Satheesh, an 18-year-old student from Letterkenny in County Donegal, Invented a Plant-Based Plastic That Removes Microplastics From the Environment as It Biodegrades www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/t...

This High Schooler Invented a Plant-Based Plastic That Removes Microplastics From the Environment as It Biodegrades

Eighteen-year-old Arya Satheesh created her award-winning Eco Purge to help address the global problem of plastic pollution

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Great to see locals in Naas standing up against yet another energy/water guzzling, land-hogging, noise-polluting data centre, being pushed on them. Data centres have become a blight on this country, worsening the climate crisis and water shortages. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

The anger of the people of Naas at the prospect of data centres in their town was clear yesterday. Kildare County Councillors need to listen. We already have too many data centres in this country - using our precious energy and water and being a general scourge.

F/FG councillors yesterday rejected a council motion to reverse land zoning in Naas that will allow a second data centre to be built in the town. This is from their joint statement. 'It is not our role to regulate these complex entities.' Pretty much sums up F/FG.

Duane Keiser Water and Lemon Oil on Canvas - 9 x 7.5 inches 2022

An Post has released four literary-themed stamps celebrating significant works of modern Irish fiction. jrnl.ie/7172248

You can now buy stamps celebrating modern Irish literature

Emma Donoghue, author of Room, said she “shed a tear” when she heard that her book would appear on the stamps.

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New polling from the National Youth Council of Ireland: - 68% of 18–24-year-olds are considering emigrating - 71% believe they'd have a better quality of life outside Ireland - 83% support stronger government regulation of AI - 89% agree the housing crisis disproportionately affects young people

RED C: 7 in 10 young adults considering leaving Ireland for a better quality of life - National Youth Council of Ireland

RED C: 7 in 10 young adults considering leaving Ireland for a better quality of life - National Youth Council of Ireland Young people are responding to unaffordable housing, the rising cost of everyda...

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"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...

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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"Ireland's Enterprise Minister Peter Burke attended a private dinner with tech giant Meta at the US ambassador’s residence in February to discuss the “digital agenda for Ireland’s EU presidency,” amid a US drive to soften Europe’s policing of big tech." www.independent.ie/business/min...

Minister dined with Meta lobbyists at US ambassador’s residence amid US drive to soften Europe’s policing of big tech

Peter Burke’s intimate dinner with the tech giant’s reps was aimed at discussing ‘the digital agenda for Ireland’s EU presidency’

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Dr Abeba Birhane@abeba.blacksky.app · 3mo ago

We call on Ireland to recuse itself from digital and fiscal files during its presidency of the European Union due to the State’s ‘questionable track record’ on digital policy and corporate tax www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

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A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳

The Irish musicians, Beoga, who play alongside Ed Sheeran, have withdrawn from Sheeran’s tour. This is the statement they published on Instagram:

In-person research seminars @ceilteachomn.bsky.social in Maynooth this semester! All welcome.

This term's schedule for the Research Seminar in Modern and Contemporary Irish History is here www.tcd.ie/history/rese...

Zero tolerance, not quiet acceptance

Hem hem. ‘An excellent new biography by Darryl Jones. … A very good book about a very interesting man’ unherd.com/2026/09/mr-j...

MR James still haunts England

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“I get down on my knees and do what must be done And kiss Achilles’ hand, the killer of my son”. Layers of symbolism in Connolly giving Trump that poem. troublesarchive.com/artforms/poe...

Richard Chambers@newschambers.bsky.social · last mo.

At the Áras, President Connolly will present Donald Trump gifts laden with symbolism. - A St Brigid’s Cross: “associated with peace, healing, care for the poor.” - St Brendan’s Voyage: “when the Irish were a people of departure”. - Poems of Michael Longley: “Ceasefire” singled out in the briefing

Here's some figures, apropos of nothing. Median cost to retrofit a mid-terrace is €55,250, rising to €60,805 for a semi D. Median salary in Ireland is €41,500. Senior minister salary is €217,136.

The Journal@thejournal.ie · last mo.

The energy minister has encouraged the public to retrofit their home or switch providers if they want to save money on gas and electricity. jrnl.ie/7158801

Leo Varadkar said this in 2017 - borrowed from Nick Clegg's 'Alarm Clock Britain' in 2011. A decade on from Leo, we still have the housing, rental, and cost-of-living crises & working Irish people still pay the most for goods and services in the EU. 50% above av. But this time - they mean it.

RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · last mo.

Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris has said this year's Budget will support people "who get up early every morning and go to work".

Katie Taylor gets the win and ends her career as a three-time undisputed champion 🥊