Competition undertakings to separate the British owner of Ireland’s largest regional media group from the advertising sales house his rivals depend on have “proven ineffective”, according to Celtic Media Group. ‘This is not healthy for media plurality.’ www.ontheditch.com/competition-...
Competition undertakings ‘ineffective’ in regional media
The British media executive has been hoovering up Irish titles
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I think the electorate seriously need to re-consider who they vote for. This era of saying one thing and doing the opposite/nothing when elected needs to come to an end. www.thejournal.ie/climate-targ...
The government has completed just 10 of its 74 climate commitments for the last three years
A progress report published today by the Department of Climate does not paint a positive picture.
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Uber Eats and DoorDash hid tip buttons and set default tips below 10%. As a result, tips for delivery workers fell 79%. In January, we made these corporations change their apps — and in the past six months, we've put $104 million back in delivery workers' pockets. This is only the beginning.
The Taoiseach thinks it was petty to raise this in the Dáil. But the fact of the matter is Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez has shown what it means to have a fearless leader at the helm. The Irish people deserve better from their political leaders and Spain has shown the world it’s possible.
I think the electorate asked for impartiality and fairness, not conflict of interest and corruption.
The Ditch@wereontheditch.bsky.social · last wk.Since being brought back into the ministerial fold, Fianna Fáil TD Robert Troy has almost trebled his money on a rental property investment and bought out his business partner on a separate investment property now worth around €1 million. www.ontheditch.com/robert-troy-...
Comment: 'The likes of Micheál Martin and Simon Harris have no use for a diaspora that wants to help secure a state resolved “to pursue the happiness and prosperity of the whole nation and of all its parts”.' www.ontheditch.com/comment-offi...
Official Ireland wants a diaspora of visitors and investors
None of this is what the diaspora is meant to think about.
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Corporate donors are perfectly fine with either Haley Stevens or Mike Rogers. Why? Because either of them would be a reliable vote on all of their priorities, which is using that Senate seat to monetize us at every turn to get what they want and not what we need.
This week, I sat in a church on Staten Island and listened to 26 community leaders of different faiths discuss what their congregants need most from city government.
An Ireland-based weapons manufacturer implicated in the Gaza genocide lobbied the Department of Finance this summer about economic sanctions during the period the Occupied Territories Bill was passed and signed into law. www.ontheditch.com/weapons-manu...
Weapons manufacturer lobbied government on sanctions
During the period the Occupied Territories Bill was passed and signed into law.
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As opposition, our job is to question govt policy. But people often ask us what we would do differently. For our education spokesperson @jencummins.bsky.social it starts with ensuring that no child is an outsider at school. And something else about homework... but we can't make promises on that.
The Department of Foreign Affairs won’t release records of what Helen McEntee told an off-record closed-door dinner organised by Ukrainian billionaire Victor Pinchuk's Board of Yalta. Pinchuk has been described by Forbes magazine as an “oligarch”. www.ontheditch.com/department-o...
McEntee addressed 'closed door' dinner at oligarch event
The Department of Defence won’t release the records.
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NYC’s small business owners have said it over and over: endless paperwork and uncertainty has made getting their stores up and running too difficult. So we’re cutting red tape, eliminating redundant permits (did you know you need a permit just to serve some ice cream?), and speeding up inspections.
"Shabana Mahmood staying as Home Secretary to presumably continue her appalling record of performative cruelty towards migrants and refugees is a warning sign that Burnham has not learnt the lessons from Starmer's failure," says Zack Polanski
A nine-year-old boy whose campaigning helped bring about changes to Northern Ireland's organ donation rules has received a heart transplant after a lengthy wait.
Boy behind 'Dáithí's law' receives heart transplant
A nine-year-old boy whose campaigning helped bring about changes to Northern Ireland's organ donation rules has received a heart transplant after a lengthy wait.
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Michigan! Today, July 20th, is the last day you can register to vote online or by mail. After today, you can still register to vote in person.
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Over the past month, New York has welcomed the world. From neighborhood watch parties to the stadium, we’ve celebrated the communities that make our city the global capital of the beautiful game. Today, we close out a historic World Cup, proud of how New Yorkers showed up every step of the way.
Money out of politics. Money in pockets. Medicare for All.
Time for the ‘pro-enterprise government’ to step up.
The Journal@thejournal.ie · 3w agoBusinesses and locals on Castle Street in Dublin city centre have said that barricades and garda patrols established for the EU presidency mean their street is effectively a "controlled security zone" for the rest of the year. jrnl.ie/7096586
With a 50% rise in the last year of children presenting with brain injuries after e-scooter accidents, it's clear we need to regulate these vehicles. But how? We've got four easy solutions that govt can take on board immediately to bring a halt to the increase in these kinds of injuries.
Do we want a politics that's rigged by corporations, by special interests, and AIPAC? Or do we want a politics that delivers for all of us, the people, so that we can climb together to the heights that we all deserve?
This summer, we kept the lights on all night, every night, at five soccer fields across New York City. This was the scene at Calvert Vaux Park in Gravesend, Brooklyn Tuesday night.
SIPO finished last year without a single investigation underway – despite a 63 percent rise in complaints against public officials. It received 186 complaints under the Ethics Acts last year with another 73 carried over from previous years. www.ontheditch.com/sipo-finishe...
SIPO finishes year without single ongoing investigation
Despite a 63 percent rise in complaints against public officials.
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The air quality in Michigan is the worst in the world right now. How did we get here?
The 7th of July is not an appropriate time to announce changes to the portal for special education places It's a time when many parents are away or trying to navigate summer holidays and school staff are entitled to time off The Government must also ensure there is more transparency in special ed
This summer, water conservation is important. But hosepipe bans can be frustrating, especially when there is so little governance around water usage by data centres. Yet, when it comes to data centres, the Taoiseach is just sticking his head in the sand.
