Dominic McGrath
@mcgrathdominic.bsky.social
UK Correspondent at The Business Post | Irish in London, via Tyrone
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...
Overcrowding in jails was so extreme that the Irish Prison Service planned hostage-negotiation training and considered using courthouse cells in the event of serious riots. Response group was told “operational tensions are severe.” www.thestory.ie/2026/08/05/h...
++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...
A mishearing in a courtroom led to reports a bomb suspect had spent years in "Syria". She actually had been in Saoradh, a political group named after the Irish word for liberation. jrnl.ie/7114590
Lawyer of bomb suspect clarifies she spent time in Saoradh, the political group, not Syria
The defendant’s lawyer confirmed his statements had been misheard.
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I stand by this, but even I wasn't expecting the Spectator to publish a hatchet job on Anthony Bourdain, written by a far-right influencer, which opens by *approvingly quoting the Unabomber*
Sean Bell@seancmbell.bsky.social · 7mo agoY'know, in between all the apologies for fascism, British nationalism, gleeful transphobia and general anti-woke psychosis, it's easy to forget that the Spectator consistently features some of the *worst* fucking food writing on the planet
Today is the 11th anniversary of the Gender Recognition Act here in Ireland. I will always celebrate this day as the State finally recognized my gender. Decades of campaigning led to the Act. I owe a debt to those who went before me We were the 4th country in the world to bring in such legislation
It’s baffling how Net Zero is now being used as a synonym for runaway eco-radicalism that threatens our way of life. But when I made this programme two years ago Net Zero was agreed by all to be common sense and achievable. Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Ep 23 – Net Zero
Will climate action work? If we spend trillions on a Green Transition what are the chances we will get Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050? Philip speaks to one of the few people with right mix of skill...
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Photos from tonight are added to the Eleventh Night(s?) album now. brendanjharkin.myportfolio.com/eleventh-nig...
The CSO has released data on metered electricity consumption for 2025. The extraordinary headline figures: - Electricity consumption from data centres grew by nearly 10% last year, and now accounts for 23% of Ireland's electricity demand.
Hahahahaha come on, pick a smaller number guys
The Journal@thejournal.ie · last mo.The Irish Coursing Club has refused to provide evidence for its claim, repeated by the junior minister for agriculture, that hare coursing contributes €70m to the Irish economy annually. It comes ahead of a Dáil vote to ban the blood sport tomorrow night. jrnl.ie/7094305t
Brutal demolition from @eciu.net of the 'we're just one per cent of global emissions - what difference can we make' bullshit. www.businessgreen.com/news-analysi...
"What is striking is not just that deprived areas host some data centres: it is that they host almost all of them. Nearly 90% of Dublin’s data centres are located in economically-deprived areas."
Nearly 90% of Dublin’s data centres are in economically-deprived areas
In March, global data centre and colocation provider Equinix announced construction of a new data centre in Dublin’s Blanchardstown neighbourhood (Equinix, 2026).
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Aerial PARTIAL view of the anti racist, anti fascist crowd in Belfast right now. City Hall to the left for scale. This - this is the real Belfast. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
The houses of ethnic minorities in Belfast didn’t ’go on fire’ last night - as my radio has told me - they were set alight
Timothy Gaston TUV spoke of an "influx of migrants" There are 2,379 men, women and children seeking asylum in Northern Ireland. This is less than 0.15% of our 1.9m population. The number of people claiming asylum is also at the lowest point the past three years. Only around 10% live in hotels.
Anna Turley on Today saying the Common Travel Area has been “open for discussion for some time”. By who ???
We can't look away from the images of families fleeing burning houses without calling this out as a pogrom, whipped up by influential actors who care nothing for the people of Belfast: www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
Tl full of posts from lads who didn't know northern irland existed until last night being like how do you do my fellow countrymen
Why is The World At One reading out Rupert Lowe's posts on the Northern Ireland attack, at the start of the bulletin? He leads a party that is polling at about 3%. This is not about "censorship": it's about the choices media outlets make concerning which voices to amplify.
Councillor: Can I see the reports on which you are basing your argument that it makes financial sense to abandon (rather then retrofit/upgrade) DCC's HQ on Wood Quay, and build/relocate to a new HQ at Camden Yard on Kevin St? DCC Chief Executive: No.
While Tony Blair is trashing UK govt energy policy, NESTA analysis finds "early signs [it] may be working" 2022: Gas prices went up 100%, electricity 83% (roughly 1:1) 2026: Gas +28%, elec 6% (5:1 = "electricity beginning to decouple from gas") www.nesta.org.uk/blo...
Turnout in the by-elections is estimated at 45% in Galway West and about 40% in Dublin Central. Galway therefore looking at 50,000 ballot papers with 17 candidates and no meaningful hope of anyone reaching the quota. A long day - and very possibly two days - of counting beckons in Salthill.
Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should
If you think someone is trans, you can ask, however be sure to ask in a say that wouldn't put them at a disadvantage or seem hostile or that is harassment. If they deny it, you can ask them to prove it, however there aren't any documents that would work to prove it. Hope this clarifies things.
Jordan@jordanpfot.bsky.social · 3mo agoHere’s what the guidance has to say about policing people’s sex.
A new far-right terror attack in the UK has been confirmed in court. Alina Burns, then 18, tried to behead an Iranian refugee who was standing outside a barber's shop in Bristol with an axe The attack took place on 2 August 2025 but a judge did not rule on 'terrorism connection' until today
When Democracy for Sale started publishing stories about how Labour Together under then minister Josh Simons hired a lobby firm to investigate journalists I *really* couldn’t have foreseen this…
Nadine Batchelor-Hunt@nadinebh.bsky.social · 3mo agoBREAKING: Josh Simons standing down for Andy Burnham
It's almost as if the Legacy Commission was not really set up to deliver truth recovery for people in NI, but to end legal avenues for redress that were embarrassing to a government in London. It's such a wonder that this story isn't getting news attention outside NI: share.google/uRk9SBtEzbAN...
ICRIR: 'Something fundamentally wrong' with Troubles legacy body
Former police ombudsman criticises the organisation set up to investigate Troubles-related deaths.
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