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Rob@robosullivan.bsky.social · 6d ago

"At best his actions represent a bumbling breach of democratic norms. At worst political reprisal, from an embattled minister, against an organisation deemed to have been unsupportive of him in the past" My latest in the Examiner about what's at stake when civil society is silenced #spéirgorm

DRCC consent ad shows it's a huge risk to tell the State something it doesn't want to hear

The justice minister's assertion that Dublin Rape Crisis Centre's WeConsent campaign 'didn't reflect the views of Government' went almost unnoticed in the storm

irishexaminer.com

Aidan O’Brien@aidanobrien.bsky.social · 4w ago

Just a reminder, the Irish government has used its time holding the EU presidency to introduce a proposal to weaken EU data privacy regulations. This measure would allow AI companies to scrap private information from hundreds of millions of EU citizens to use for their training models.

Dr Abeba Birhane@abeba.blacksky.app · 4w ago

"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

Kaz@kazlefay.bsky.social · 2mo ago

You know how everything bad gets blamed on video games & the internet? I have a theory that it’s golf destroying our society. Few activities have such an outsized effect on the environment, public health and epitomizing the corruption of wealth & privilege. Limit and restrict access to golf.

Filter | harm reduction journalism@filtermag.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The recent surge is expected to continue. It's unsurprising that more people—especially women—are using pouches to quit smoking, reports @kiransidhu41.bsky.social. But some are switching to pouches from vapes, and the reasons for this are more complex:

What’s Behind the UK’s Migration to Nicotine Pouches?

It's unsurprising that many people are using them to quit smoking. But some are switching from vapes, and the reasons for this are complex.

filtermag.org

Filter | harm reduction journalism@filtermag.bsky.social · 4mo ago

“They have not considered the unintended consequences," says one expert, including "increased smoking rates across the age spectrum." Ireland's government appears more determined than ever to make tobacco harm reduction harder, reports @kiransidhu41.bsky.social:

Disposables Banned, Flavors Next: Irish Vape Crackdown Gathers Pace

With one ban just confirmed and more restrictions imminent, the government continues to make tobacco harm reduction harder.

filtermag.org

Simon McGarr@tupped.bsky.social · 4mo ago

An inability to imagine change as a positive, even as potentially positive, has frozen our 100 year Government into universal inaction, as a main policy. Whatever you’re doing now, they want you to keep doing. Doing anything else is to be discouraged, blocked or banned.

Simon McGarr@tupped.bsky.social · 5mo ago

All books belong in every library. Pay no attention to any argument by loo lahs presenting themselves as concerned parents that *any* book is inappropriate in a library. Ireland was famous for its avid censorship of books throughout the 20th C, the same time it is now famous for abusing children.

Dr Alex Wodak AM@alexwodak.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This new book on Australia’s drug policy is highly recommended. Why harm reduction matters ‘Desmond Manderson’s High Time – How Australia changed its mind about illegal drugs’, is a social history of Australia’s drug policy and a must-read for policymakers. pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/06...

Hailing Australia's under-appreciated life-saving heroes

Desmond Manderson’s High Time – How Australia changed its mind about illegal drugs, is a social history of Australia's drug policy and a must-read for policymakers.

pearlsandirritations.com