In August I reported on the removal of Mohamed Barry, a 52-year-old father with a remarkable memory, who said he witnessed an ICE agent directing Ghanaian officials to unlawfully chain refoule him and his fellow passengers. prospect.org/2026/08/31/w...
Cuts to Ireland’s #climate emissions from #farming have stalled. 0.2% drop last year. 5 mins into this interview I put it to the Minister for Agriculture that he has done nothing to increase ambition since getting into office 2 years ago. Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
State without functioning mental health services can't figure out why some people might be trapped on the dole.
polifeed@feed.gavreilly.com · 2d agoTheJournal.ie: Simon Harris says the ‘dole is not a way of life’ as he pledges tougher unemployment measures
🚨EXCITING NEWS🚨 In 2018, I told a story about meeting Mary McAleese when I was on ketamine, and my pal John asked if he could turn it into an excellent animated film. Now, having wowed Tribeca and several other festivals, YOU can finally watch it as a Vimeo Staff Pick. vimeo.com/1244470254
Me, Myself and Mary
Chris O'Dowd and Aisling Bea star in the true story of an inattentive student who gets his days confused and ends up alone with the President of Ireland whilst high on ketamine. 'Me, Myself and Mary'...
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly@seamas.bsky.social · 3y agoFor those who don't know this story, which I first shared six years ago today.... This one time I got my days wrong at work and ended up alone in a room with my boss and the President of Ireland while I was on ketamine. 🧵
Ireland's biggest landlord, IRES Reit, is to be sold to Investment group Barings for €731 million - which is €50m more than what the company was worth this morning. Someone must think Ireland will become an even more lucrative place to be a landlord. otp.tools.investis.com/clients/uk/i...
Can Jim O'Callaghan explain how Tommy Two names was let enter Ireland? I thought he was tough in preventing convicted non nationals enter the country? www.thesun.ie/sport/178869...
Moment influencer jumps out of ring & fly kicks Tommy Robinson as brawl erupts
THIS is the shocking moment an influencer launches himself out of a boxing ring and appears to fly-kick Tommy Robinson, sparking a mass brawl. Punches were thrown left, right and centre as chairs w…
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We give: 1% of all our revenue to Women's Aid 1% to origin projects 1% to local projects 1% to staff This has equated to over 30% of our profits in each of the last 4 years. We're also extremely good at roasting coffee. imbibe.ie/pages/shop #speirgorm
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We are an Irish Coffee Roasting Business. We give away 4% of all we earn before we make a cent. We roast coffee very well.
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Not many people know that the vessel used to found the submarine fleets of the United States, Britain, Japan, Russia and the Netherlands was designed by an Irish schoolteacher with no engineering training. He built his first subs for the Irish Republican movement. www.amazon.com/Steel-Plate-...
David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · 4d agoYou should welcome all the new people to Bluesky by TELLING US ALL ABOUT YOUR BOOK AND DONT FORGET A LINK SO WE CAN BUY IT. Bluesky, the app for books.
Half of men under fifty have a sports-betting account. Nick Berardini reports on a new gambling empire—and what it’s costing us: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/3QTfBX
An N.B.A. Player Got Hooked on Sports Betting. Soon, He Became the Bet
The N.B.A. player Jontay Porter got deep into FanDuel, and in debt to the wrong people. The only way out, it seemed, was to gamble on himself.
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Over a 2.5 year term (July 26-Dec 28) a cumulative increase of 10.5%-11% works out at around 4.1%-4.2% annualised. The €1.2bn increase to public pay allowed for in Budget 27 was a 4.1% increase year-on-year. The headline figure here is made to sound more impressive because of the elongated term.
Irish Independent@independent.ie · yesterdayLatest: The Government has offered a significantly enhanced public sector pay deal, amounting to an increase of between 10.5pc and 11pc. The deal would also include a back payment of €1,200 or 2pc – whichever is higher – for 2026
Dr Dorfman: "The bad news is that new nuclear reduces & delays climate action. Very long nuclear development & build times means much longer fossil fuel burn & CO2 generation. New nuclear is too marginal, too late, too costly, for climate & energy crises" tiredearth.com/interviews/i...
Interview with Paul Dorfman, Researcher and Specialist in Energy and Environmental Policy
"Nuclear power was never cheap or safe – this summer shows it’s unreliable."
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Also - any pay rise that is less than inflation is a pay cut.
Gavan Reilly@gavreilly.com · yesterdayOver a 2.5 year term (July 26-Dec 28) a cumulative increase of 10.5%-11% works out at around 4.1%-4.2% annualised. The €1.2bn increase to public pay allowed for in Budget 27 was a 4.1% increase year-on-year. The headline figure here is made to sound more impressive because of the elongated term.
AI is backed into a uniquely late-stage-capitalist shaped corner, where if it doesn’t build more Data Centres the bubble will burst. The debt funded, 2nd tier AI companies must move to new centres with next gen computing power or they will lose investment needed to build the centres.
This is the Ku Klux Klan's same slogan and the WH knows it. The Germans first modeled their eugenics efforts after those in the U.S. See the Ku Klux Klan pamphlet from the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2d ago“Germany for the Germans” was the slogan of a political organization that existed about 100 years ago.
Meet the donors behind incoming speaker Hakeem Jeffries: -Anduril CEO Brian Schimpf: $100,000 -Anduril COO Matthew Grimm: $44,300 -Palantir’s Mehdi Allhassani: $44,300 -Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong: $7,000 -Crypto trade group lobbyist Adrian Wall: $50,000 🧵
In 2014 a woman accused Brand of assault. He sued her for harassment. The judge - despite acknowledging that she might have told the truth - ordered her to never speak to anyone about this, including doctors, therapists and police. Judges should not have this power. taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/11/07/r...
Russell Brand’s secret injunction: the order that silenced his accuser
The never-published High Court order Russell Brand won in 2015: a lifelong gag on his accuser, Sylvie Berki, that bars her even from speaking to the police.
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Several thousand people are protesting in Dublin city centre against data centres
Thousands attend Dublin protest against data centres
Several thousand people are protesting in Dublin city centre against data centres.
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It's fairly hard going out there this year for Freelancers, Small business, Art & Illustration workers, Craft workers, People making things. Be a hero this Christmas and look for something #MadeByAHuman #DrawnByAHuman. We are working hard all year to bring you lovely things #BattleStations
Madison Square Gardens used facial recognition software to stop all employees of a law firm from entering it, for any reason, including to enjoy a show, because that law firm was counsel for the opposing side in a case. It was *never* going to let Macklemore play there.
The fascist villain rants and raves, unhinged and dangerous. And now promoted by the demented mafia boss. Watch out, everyone. Miller sees the rest of the world as America's slaves.
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 3d agoStephen Miller: This whole period that happened after World War II where the West began apologizing and groveling and begging— Host: I don't even know what you're talking about right now. I asked you if there would be an election in Venezuela.
“One of the most important things I do will be to be The Guardian of Israel.” This is who @TheDemocrats @dscc expect Americans to accept as senate *leader* in this moment? (H/T @corbintrent.bsky.social )
“.. She has called the private-equity industry legal ‘looting’ and written a bill that could make it easier to jail executives. She has called for criminal probes into banking executives for failing to catch blowups.” @wsj.com #MAsen www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
I don't think enough people know what they did in Mississippi. www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/o...
Over 230K Mississippi voters marked inactive days before midterm elections
Mississippi Public Broadcasting is MPB. Mississippi is Our Mission. Get the latest news on Tate Reeves, the Election and updates on Television, Radio and Online
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You didn't know you wanted a duck, until now. Original post
