Danny Kelly

And here is @judesherry.bsky.social at @oireachtasnews.bsky.social outlining how compulsory sales & compulsory rental function as effective policy measures to tackle vacancy/dereliction in other countries
We believe they would be transformative in tackling #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland

#speirgorm

Who gets paid €270m to home children in Tusla’s care – and how do they perform? Three quarters of the children placed in residential care in Ireland live in commercial accommodation. Investors have entered this growing industry, where inspections of the largest owners’ children’s homes show a mixed record.

Who gets paid €270m to home children in Tusla’s care – and how do they perform? Three quarters of the children placed in residential care in Ireland live in commercial accommodation. Inspections of the largest owners’ children’s homes show a mixed record. (w/ The Currency)

Takes a special manager to give that Man U team confidence, but fair play to Arteta for achieving that.
#ARSMUN

An ADSBx map showing N352BH going from Shannon to Sophia to Tel Aviv.

A screenshot of a photo from Haaretz showing a shackled Palestinian in a gray ICE jumpsuit descending air stairs of a private jet. At the bottom is a crowd of what appears to be Israeli security officials.

Next, this Journey ICE flight that landed in Tel Aviv on Jan. 21 held eight Palestinians, who were transferred to the West Bank and released, according to @haaretzcom.bsky.social.

This aircraft refueled in Ireland, @wereontheditch.bsky.social. #spéirghorm

A single Dublin data centre found to consume as much power as 200000 homes.

🚨🇮🇪 A single Dublin data centre found to consume as much power as 200000 homes.

Uncovered by @lnbdublin.bsky.social
Reported by Jack Horgan Jones @irishtimes.com

One of the biggest sources of trauma in my life has been my experience of being an immigrant in Ireland. There wasn’t a single person who didn’t abuse my status at every turn—university department, the boss you know well, partners who knew I was at risk, the court system. EVERYONE did it.

3 headlines to remind us the housing crisis is down to government policy, allowing 180k+ homes to lay empty while manufacturing a homeless industry The example below might be Cork City but you'll find a similar situation across Ireland Everyone should have a home #DerelictIreland

3 headlines to remind us the housing crisis is down to government policy, allowing 180k+ homes to lay empty while manufacturing a homeless industry
The example below might be Cork City but you'll find a similar situation across Ireland
Everyone should have a home

#DerelictIreland #speirgorm

Activist group slams GAA's 'business as usual approach in time of genocide' after Allianz decision GAA retaining its controversial Allianz sponsorship deal following Ethics and Integrity Commission report.

Activist group Gaels Against Genocide has hit out at the GAA for retaining its controversial Allianz sponsorship deal following an Ethics and Integrity Commission report.

The Association announced its decision yesterday evening, and Gaels Against Genocide have since responded.
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1. Greed
2. Profiteering

Excellent thread. Personally I think it's not that FFG can't fix the housing crises. The crises were the goal. As far as they are concerned, the policies worked. Prices and rents have doubled. Which was the purpose of the exercise

Patrick O’Donovan went out on the national airwaves with a half-baked, bad set of ideas about linking access to online spaces to our PPS numbers.

If he had these ideas himself, it would be a Christmas miracle.

But in fact, they are the Zuckerberg lobbying aim across the world.

The Gist: Waving the Ban Hammer Patrick O'Donovan has proposed a National ID system, a Meta-endorsed regulation model and a mass surveillance machine, all in one. This is the Gist.

New Gist: Waving the Ban Hammer
Patrick O'Donovan has proposed a National ID system, a Meta-endorsed regulation model and a mass surveillance machine, all in one.

It's government by Dunning-Kruger.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...

Collage of prints from my site #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland

One of the handwritten gift notes that I can include for free with all orders, if desired.

First year selling my art at Christmas without the Other site, where most of my sales came from, as well as losing US orders to new tariffs, so it'll be a tough one - I put huge work into every order, so even if you can't buy, shares help get them in front of eyes. GRMA! www.ciaraioch.com/artprints

We need to talk about HOLIDAY HOMES

If you already own a home, should you be allowed to buy a spare one?

The Dutch don't think so

New laws require buyers to obtain permits to buy a 2nd home, while existing owners will be given 1 year amnesty
#DerelictIreland #speirgorm #EveryoneShouldHaveAHome

Damn right.

And if the AMOC *is* disrupted as climate science predicts is likely, and millions of Irish are driven to become refugees, there'll be nothing anomalous about that with regard to the rest of our history up to a couple of decades ago.

HSE tried to conceal ties to company at centre of forged Garda vetting controversy Internal inquiry opened into HSE contract awarded to firm that supplied falsified checks on care workers

HSE tried to conceal ties to company at centre of forged Garda vetting controversy

Lorcan Sirr: Judicial reviews are not the problem – and deregulation is no answer We have seen before how cutting ‘red tape’ leads to disaster, especially in planning and housing

“Judicial reviews are not the problem & deregulation is no answer

Politicians should be careful about what lobbyists wish for—the latter’s cures often make things worse

Planning is key part of democracy, & legal system is how citizens hold power to account” www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Looking forward to Dan O’Brien and Larry Donnelly using the Santa Tracker App to demonstrate how Ireland can’t protect its own airspace.

Number of housing sites with nothing done since filing of commencement notice trebles A commencement notice is a formal notification that construction is set to begin

“Number of housing sites with nothing done since filing of commencement notice trebles”

“while designed to incentivise housing, the [waiver schemes] which led to a significant number of commencement notices hasn’t led to increase in housing availability” www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Gardaí believe Enoch Burke is hiding in family home – days after order by High Court returning him to prison for contempt Enoch Burke remained at liberty last night despite multiple attempts by gardaí to execute an order by the High Court returning him to prison for contempt.

The purest example of white male privilege is the Guards allowing Enoch Burke to hide under his Mammy’s bed instead of hauling him off to prison.

www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...

And he only got this post for the same reason he became leader of FG; nobody else would touch it as they know there's a shit storm coming. And he's so incompetent that he's not bothered by repeated failures

'I am incredibly frustrated'- Young girl with cerebral palsy on 15 year battle with HSE Katie Byrne (19) from Cork has cerebral palsy, a dysplastic hip, a twisted femur and a retroverted pelvis and she cannot get the surgery she needs in Ireland because 'she is too weak' An Irish mother has called out for financial aid for her young teenage daughter after fighting over 15 years ---

'I am incredibly frustrated'- Young girl with cerebral palsy on 15 year battle with HSE

News headline announcing Simon Harris as Finance Minister

If this headline doesn't scare the living daylights out of you, you haven't been paying attention

Surge in objections leads to planning board facing ‘record number’ of judicial reviews

New day. New un-evidenced & easily disproved claim about #Planning & #housing
This is every day #6

Headline “Surge in objections, board facing record number of judicial reviews”

Text “recent slowdown in JRs means number between this year & last are equalising” www.businesspost.ie/companies/su...

Interesting critical take on new housing strategy in today’s @independent.ie by john mccartney‬⁩

It's always important to remember that Peadar Tóibín was so butthurt about not being able to force women to be pregnant against their will that he formed his own political party about it so any time he opens his mouth on anything you should immediately dismiss it and come back to that central point

Simon Harris truly has less intellectual curiosity than your average woodlouse. He's in the paper saying that he wants an informed debate on migration, and then immediately shows that he hasn't bothered to learn the first thing about it. The first image is his remarks, the second is the actual law.

Exactly what it says on the label: The Pope in 1982. He's wearing a black hat, dark RayBans, and looks like he's a member of the Blues Brothers.

What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?

It's the Pope in 1982.

From Eamonn Sweeney’s sports column in the Indo 👏