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Aodhán Ó'Coileáin

@werslabber.bsky.social

Belfast born. Galway domiciled. Here for the news and the views. Despise bots and their puppet masters. Ex-The Other Place, and happy to be cleansed of it.

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The EU is a colossus. So why is it cowering before Trump like a mouse? | Alexander Hurst With its woeful trade deal, Europe prostrated itself before the president. We need a leader who will tell him where to shove it, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

09.08.2025 13:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mothers Against Genocide We are a collective of mothers and allies committed to ending genocide and advocating for justice. Through peaceful protest, education, and community action, we amplify the voices of the oppressed and...

mothersagainstgenocide.mychannl.com

01.08.2025 11:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Irish immigration officials refuse visas for 47 Palestinians due to come to Ireland for GAA tour Over 100 Irish families have volunteered to host the Palestinian group and GAA clubs up and down the country have been fundraising for their tour.

This is so grim.

Irish immigration officials refuse visas for 47 Palestinians due to come to Ireland for GAA tour jrnl.ie/6757964

09.07.2025 18:19 — 👍 5    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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Don't be fooled by the government's new promises that gutting minimum standards 'will increase housing'.
It's just shrinkflation for apartments!
Making unlivable units to squeeze even more profits, while gutting real communities.
A disgrace.

09.07.2025 19:01 — 👍 43    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 0

Dune and Dusted.

09.07.2025 18:40 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It will go up in flames tonight.

09.07.2025 18:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Matthew 18:19
MATTHEW 18:19
"He prayed for her, she prayed for him and God smiled knowing that their names are already written next to each other."

HOLY BIBLE Holy Bible © @Holy_Bible1 Follow Matthew 18:19 MATTHEW 18:19 "He prayed for her, she prayed for him and God smiled knowing that their names are already written next to each other."

AI slop now making up saccharine Bible verses that do not exist

09.07.2025 16:59 — 👍 3574    🔁 714    💬 254    📌 725
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cant believe that this response from a sitting member of Congress from Florida, to one of his Dem colleagues, is real

09.07.2025 17:33 — 👍 11151    🔁 2725    💬 1015    📌 577
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Keir Starmer's Government Says Elon Musk's X AI Chatbot Endorsing Hitler Is a 'Matter for the Company' The Prime Minister's spokesman dismisses calls to leave the social media platform, despite its official 'Grok' bot posting a series of antisemitic comments

Keir Starmer’s spokesperson is unconcerned that Elon Musk’s X AI Chatbot Grok is endorsing Hitler. Not only were calls to leave the social media platform dismissed, but the Anti-Semitic comments from "MechaHitler" were described as merely a ‘matter for the company’.
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/09/k...

09.07.2025 13:28 — 👍 131    🔁 47    💬 25    📌 28
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Palestinian man challenges Garda decision not to investigate Israeli settlers renting out his land It’s alleged that cabins built by settlers on the man’s land are being advertised for rent on an Irish-registered website.

A Palestinian man has taken an action against the Garda Commissioner for refusing to investigate an allegation that Israeli settlers barred him from his land and used it to build cabins later advertised for rent on an Irish-registered website.

http://jrnl.ie/6758222

09.07.2025 18:05 — 👍 15    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Oh great

09.07.2025 18:14 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

I hate living here sometimes. Fucking shameful.

09.07.2025 13:25 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0

Mick Clifford, three years ago when the far right threat was manifest but still containable. #Ireland

09.07.2025 13:27 — 👍 8    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Limerick company sending components to IDF arms supplier The Irish-registered company was shipping these parts to arms manufacturer Elbit Systems in Israel.

Limerick-based Analog Devices International is sending critical components to the Israel Defense Forces’ largest weapons supplier

Backed by the IDA with an €85 million grant last year, its microchips were found in Russian weapons used to attack Ukraine

www.ontheditch.com/limerick-com...

09.07.2025 14:48 — 👍 27    🔁 28    💬 1    📌 0

I love the use of the passive 'have been placed'.

09.07.2025 14:24 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

But you get arrested on sight for saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action". Saying those words is terrorism. Whereas this burning of effigies of refugees, that's just culture

09.07.2025 11:46 — 👍 114    🔁 69    💬 1    📌 1
Guardian headline: open organisers poised to move tee times amid concerns of loyalist parade disruption.

Guardian headline: open organisers poised to move tee times amid concerns of loyalist parade disruption.

Good to see the Guardian's one story on marching season is about moving tee times.

09.07.2025 11:52 — 👍 22    🔁 2    💬 5    📌 0

People in Britain might be interested that their government is having discussions like this with heavily armed Union Jack waving far right terrorist organisations inside the UK.

Or they would be if their media and politicians chose not to stay very, very quiet about it.

#PalestineAction #Gaza

09.07.2025 11:55 — 👍 11    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

But KNEECAP #SpeirGorm #OrangeOrder #TwelfthOfJuly #RacistBigotedLoyalists

09.07.2025 12:09 — 👍 25    🔁 8    💬 4    📌 1
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Call to ensure Gaza children receive treatment in Ireland Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has called on the Government to immediately intervene to bring 18 children from Gaza to Ireland for vital medical treatment.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has called on the Government to immediately intervene to bring 18 children from Gaza to Ireland for vital medical treatment

09.07.2025 12:13 — 👍 37    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 0

All of this was predicted and explained daily for years on end. The government had every opportinity to stamp on it while there was still time. They and their media outriders chose instead to mock those who warned them, both sides it and pander to the fash. They own it, every single bit of it.

09.07.2025 12:15 — 👍 13    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0

A better headline would be "Man assaulted in racist attack."
You can also try "Man assaulted in racially-motivated attack", but it's better to be as clear as you can with these things. 👍

09.07.2025 12:17 — 👍 35    🔁 12    💬 2    📌 0

"Death to the IDF" = 😡

Death by the IDF = 👍

09.07.2025 12:22 — 👍 126    🔁 39    💬 5    📌 0

"When people tell you who they are, believe them."

09.07.2025 12:27 — 👍 27    🔁 4    💬 4    📌 0
A BBC news headline which says “Penguin says it did “all necessary due diligence” with The Salt Path

A BBC news headline which says “Penguin says it did “all necessary due diligence” with The Salt Path

I’m no expert but I would’ve got a person to do it.

09.07.2025 12:39 — 👍 5684    🔁 1057    💬 155    📌 84
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Musk Apologises For Uploading Hitler’s Consciousness To Grok REGRETTING his decision to upload the conciousness of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler to his AI chatbot 'Grok', the world's lamest super-villian Elon Musk apologised for the move, WWN can report. I was high off my tits …

Musk Apologises For Uploading Hitler's Consciousness To Grok https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/07/09/musk-apologises-for-uploading-hitlers-consciousness-to-grok/

09.07.2025 06:05 — 👍 20    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

They managed to have a 10 minute segment on Claire Byrne about water shortages and mentioned everything except the 82 data centers that consume the same amount of water per day as a town of 50,000 people. Superb stuff, really doing a journalism

09.07.2025 09:24 — 👍 214    🔁 63    💬 5    📌 1

The point of this absolutely stands, but the pedant in me can't help pointing out that the chances of being fined by any council if your dog takes a shit on the footpath are basically nil.

09.07.2025 09:44 — 👍 14    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

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