Irish Socialist Republican 'Never in history has violence been initiated by the oppressed' Paulo Freire
Clare, Ireland
Joined April 2015
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There a fundamental misunderstanding on the election of far right Cllrs. Maybe its a self-soothing? "These far right ones will be in for a land when they realise how little they can actually achieve of their agenda😂". Completely wide of the mark. They're not in it to help people
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As a non-AI user, a disturbing pattern is emerging among AI-using friends. They argue with everything, including personal opinions & facts I know by heart. I cite official sources, & they present walls of disjointed AI text as “proof.” You can’t argue, because AI is the ultimate authority. It is always right. Attempting to discuss current events is a nightmare, as it seems to take time for the AI to update. You end up ceding the argument because it’s easier than arguing with an AI human proxy. If you are somehow able to convince them the AI is wrong, the entire cycle repeats with the next topic. I hate all of this so much.
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The son of Sligo Fianna Fáil TD Eamon Scanlon – and a party election candidate himself – has been charged with 197 counts of theft, forgery and money laundering.
ontheditch.com/fianna-fail-t…
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Ireland is broken
A 52-year-old grandfather, who is on dialysis, offered to end his treatment if his three-year-old non-verbal grandson could get speech therapy, the Dáil has heard.
The man said he made the offer in a bid to save the State money.
rte.ie/news/politics/2026/11…
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The Dáil has heard that a grandparent wrote to Tánaiste Simon Harris, offering to give up his dialysis treatment and trade it so that his three-year-old grandson, who is non-verbal, can get speech and language therapy.
jrnl.ie/7216480
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"Three states at the centre of the AI build-out - Texas, Georgia and Ohio - elected Democratic candidates who have pledged to crack down on building data centres."
"26 gubernatorial candidates across 21 states backed some form of moratorium on data centre development."
Link👇
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So the 41 datacenter moratoria across the country are, I predict, going to go 41-0. In nearly every case it's about 67-80% opposing datacenters. True in California, Ohio, everywhere. Read all the results here:
dashboard-production-c2fc.up…
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The Democrats have won the House and the Senate, flipping safe Republican seats like Texas, South Carolina and Kansas in a complete landslide.
Trump is over. MAGA is over. Apparently people don’t care about culture wars when they can’t afford fuel.
Who’da thunk it?
People buy the book because they see high sales, he gets articles & media appearances as a result, then more people see him plug a "bestseller" & believe it must be great, so purchase it. It's unethical market manipulation...about housing. Satire is dead
Economist Ronan Lyons’s housing crisis book loses its Irish bestseller crown as bulk sales stripped out buff.ly/1UO5lvY
Great to hear Francesca Albanese on RTÉ, as David McCullagh fought like his life (career) depended on it to give the alternative framing the Israelis need to carry on ethnic cleansing and Genocide. Some are so desperate to appear neutral that they wind up becoming apologists #rte
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Are we about the get the weakest short-term letting regulations in Europe?
It certainly looks that way.
After 10 years of foot dragging Govt looks set to make a mess of short-term letting regs.
irishexaminer.com/opinion/co…
Oh well, it's better to find out now she's an immigrant that's anti-immigration...
(I can now spend time researching why so many immigrants are anti other immigrants)
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State paying €14k a month for families who need four-bed emergency accommodation independent.ie/irish-news/st…
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Will BBCNI commit to securing an answer from @ChiefConPSNI about if 30 officers will be positioned prior to summer to prevent illegal bonfires & erection of flags, preparing surveillance op. so they can work thru recorded material, issue letters, interviews & charges?
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#Bismillah-c'est la lumière
Palestine-the revealer:
Its martyrdom is awakening the world.
Its struggle against Apartheid, the beating heart of all free beings.
Sumud, the grammar of resistance against all forms of oppression.
Thank you @mackelmore for being the comrade you are
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Govt intent to join EU (non UN) enforcement mission to Disarm Hezbollah -while Israel ethnically cleansing Sth Lebanon -Has potential to be mass casualty event & de facto end to our policy of Military Neutrality by active involvement in Lebanese Civil War on side backed by Israel
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Out today - 1pm UK; Is capitalism destroying democracy — and why can’t we seem to stop it?
As billionaire wealth soars to record highs and public trust in capitalism collapses, the ultra-rich are turning unprecedented fortunes into political power. As more countries slide toward authoritarianism, are we witnessing a crisis of democracy—or the inevitable consequences of a system designed to concentrate wealth and power?
This week on The Tea, we’re joined by one of the world's top political economists, Jason Hickel, author of the acclaimed best-selling book Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World. His work challenges the logic of endless economic growth and asks what it would take to build an economy that serves people and the planet, rather than the ultra-rich.
Watch here: youtu.be/HoxXswIyre8
Slowly, slowly and then all at once, eh John? "We go live to John O'Brennan for his reaction to the news that multiple Irish soldiers have been killed in..."
A good day for Ireland, where we seem to be emerging from the Cumbya approach to foreign policy we have long adopted, to begin facing the realities of a disordered world.
RTÉ News: Legislation to remove Triple Lock passes Dáil vote. rte.ie/news/2026/1021/159627…
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Incredible gaslighting by Fianna Fáil regarding the Triple Lock.
Reform and removal are two entirely different things.
If Thomas goes to the dentist with a bad tooth does he ask to have his tooth reformed? If not, keep your hands off Irish neutrality.
