Not going to lie, pretty sure that this concern should have absolutely zero fucking bearing on the approval of planning to build homes during the greatest housing crisis in the history of the state. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...

Look at all those white people...

Corey Rayburn Yung@coreyryung.bsky.social · 19h ago

In addition to having no experience in immigration, their website shows Ilya Shapiro (!) and disgraced former law prof Joshua Wright (!) as Senior Counsel. I don't think this massive contract was awarded to give immigrant children effective, zealous advocacy. burkegroup.law/our-team/

This is what an actual *hero* of Irish music looks like:

Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...

More than 80% of kids still using social media despite ban, new eSafety report finds

The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.

theconversation.com

this was the peak of woke 1 and the only thing I've ever thought when I hear 'wework'

amy brown@amybrown.xyz · 2d ago

i'm just in a really bad place right now (a wework)

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Mohave County Indivisible@mohaveindv.bsky.social · 2d ago

BREAKING: ​The newly elected Prime Minister of Hungary announced that Netanyahu will be arrested if he enters Hungary.

rip 😔

In order to protect women, we need all women to be subjected to intimate genital inspections. - GOP.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

“This latest stunt has catapulted you to a new celebrity category — the Bargepole Club” ~Suzanne Harrington Irish Examiner ☕️

Does everyone here know that @craigbrittain.com, who is currently masquerading as an anti-MAGA warrior, was fined in 2016 for operating a revenge porn website? A *lot* of y’all follow him. ⚠️ Marked as unsafe. ⚠️ www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.

Gaelic football legend David Hickey wants war profiteers out of his sport: defector.com/gaelic-footb...

Gaelic Football Legend David Hickey Wants War Profiteers Out Of His Sport | Defector

DUBLIN — David Hickey was built for Gaelic football, the sport that can’t stick to sports. Hickey, who was a two-time GAA all-star and four-time All-Ireland winner as a half-forward for Dublin, used…

defector.com

I'd just been wondering what kind of arsehole would manage to find a good word to say about him and the answer, of course, was *this* kind of arsehole.

Libby@captainlibatron.bsky.social · 2d ago

Dear god

So… they’re working

Fingers Fingleton and Rod Liddle. Today has been a good day.

«Look what they took from us»

You'd have to read to the thirteenth paragraph to discover the pull quote for the title was from Marcus Siding, a 23-year-old Swedish man living in Sweden that wanted to become a cop, but his ADHD diagnosis at the age of 12 barred him by law from becoming a Swedish cop Seems relevant

If you're wondering what the great (I know) comedian Paddy Cullivan spent his Bank Holiday Sunday doing, wonder no more. Oh, and tell your trans and non-binary friends his gigs may not be a safe space for them. #GriptSummerSchool

I see we've reached the point in this particular summer of extremes where we are now having to BLOW UP rocks in drought-striken rivers to help send water towards gasping nuclear power plants www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

South-eastern Europe faces heatwave energy crunch as Romania detonates Danube rock to increase water flow – Europe live

Explosives used to move a large rock and let more water flow to cool nuclear power plant

theguardian.com

I couldn’t agree more. The Irish library service should be a model for the world.

Gosh, they sound great - I don't know much about history but I do hope they didn't commit countless war crimes or get absolutely hosed by the opposing side, that would be awfully awkward for such elite troops!

The Crusader Project@crusaderproject.bsky.social · 3d ago

Re-enactors again not beating the allegations. Market Harborough at War today, apparently. @waitmanwbeorn.com @alanallport.bsky.social @garius.bsky.social @andraswf.bsky.social

Probably wasn’t wearing high vis and a helmet. His own fault tbh.

The Journal@thejournal.ie · 3d ago

A man has been hospitalised with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, after he was struck by a car in Co Wexford. The collision happened at around 11.50pm on Saturday on the R741 in Castlebridge, Wexford. jrnl.ie/7119733

I probably shouldn't call my sister-in-law as Elizabeth II, even though she is the second Elizabeth my brother's married (so far). But it is tremendous fun watching his face when I say it.

Downplay a book or movie Cape Anxiety.

Bob Johnston@bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social · 3d ago

Downplay a book or movie: A Texas Chainsaw Won't Start

"A city doesn't get hollowed out by too many visitors. It hollows out when too little of the city remains underneath them, when the thing they queued to see has been quietly sold off around them while they queued." Great piece on #Dublin by Conor McGuire in Western People.

Dublin is now a shell of its once former self - opinion - Western People

Dublin is now a shell of its once former self - opinion - Western People

westernpeople.ie

How wonderful. A rare chance to be proud of my governments actions.

Toni@tonitaylor.bsky.social · 4d ago

Ireland, France, Luxembourg and Portugal did not sign the letter

What a surprise. Finn has a hot take about the Odyssey.

Mandelson should be in prison, not the rolls of the Lords temporal.

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · 6d ago

Oh wow, I just stumbled across this one. Don’t know how this snuck past me www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...