Colm O’Dwyer

Another landmark judgement by @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social that applies to many member states: even in cases of a sudden surge in arrivals, basic reception conditions must be provided. So will the @ec.europa.eu finally launch infringement proceedings against all (many) member states in breach?

Australia airdrops supplies to farmers stranded by floods

Helicopters were air dropping animal feed to farmers in Australia stranded by floods that have killed five and isolated tens of thousands in the country's southeast

Quite a lot of grumbling about NIMBYism etc in the replies to this, but I think it’s pretty exclusionary that some London councils now fence off large areas of public parks for several of the best weeks of summer so that private companies can hold expensive ticketed events.

Gazans subjected to 'forced starvation', says President President Michael D Higgins has said the population in Gaza is being subjected to "forced starvation" where hunger is being used as "an instrument of war".

The population in Gaza is being subjected to "forced starvation" where hunger is being used as "an instrument of war", President Michael D Higgins tells the National Famine Commemoration in Kilmallock, Co Limerick.

Ireland can’t use housing shortfalls as excuse for failing to accommodate single male asylum seekers, ECJ says Significant legal opinion says key legal argument advanced by Government cannot be used

Ireland can’t use housing shortfalls as excuse for failing to accommodate single male asylum seekers, ECJ says

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Government has sent a clear message to the far right: arson and violence work It may be that the decision to stop locating accommodation centres in parts of the country takes the heat out of anti-migrant protests. But given the victory they have just been handed, I wouldn’t bet on it

Government has sent a clear message to the far right: arson and violence work

What does European #humanrights law have to say about the #costofliving? Find out with this short podcast on the @coe.int European Committee of #SocialRights review on the #costofliving #crisis
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Greed, manipulation allegations as ex-friends go to court There was hardly an accusatory word that wasn't used as the much anticipated Web Summit case opened at the High Court on Tuesday, writes Vivienne Traynor.

There was hardly an accusatory word that wasn't used as the much anticipated Web Summit case opened at the High Court on Tuesday, writes Vivienne Traynor.

This is really good longer piece from yesterday’s IT.

I don’t think that ‘Irish Britons’ works culturally.

I thought Dry January had affected my eyesight

Even if it were true that 1 in every 12 people in London is a migrant without a visa or permission, which it isn’t for reasons explained in this post, surely this would, to a large extent, be the fault of the previous government & Home Secretaries, supported enthusiastically by the Telegraph 🤔

If this theory - and it is only a theory, based entirely (with one exception - the Tomlin Order point, which came from someone in court) on a close reading of the public domain documents and a knowledge and experience of civil litigation - is correct then many things are explained, which otherwise cannot be explained. It explains the volunteered public apology in its wide-ranging terms and its open admissions - in contrast with how the Hugh Grant claim and other claims ended. It explains the timing - which cannot be explained by costs risks on the defendants. It explains why NGN did not proceed to trial even though it had a good arguable but technical defence. It explains all the odd procedural technical details of how the case came to an end. It makes sense - wheras the “costs risk” explanation of other commentary did not make sense and match the facts.

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Photo of Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.

This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.

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Colm Tóibín · In LA A new fire started in Hollywood. It might have looked as though we were now surrounded on three sides by fires, but it...

Colm Tóibín on the LA fires is an essential read www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

This is what happens in Ireland following a Constitutional challenge a number of years ago.

While far from ideal, the on-street food services or ‘soup kitchens’ are obviously used and needed. You can’t help but think that the long queues are in fact the cause of embarrassment to people other than the users.

Cillian Murphy's Limited Edition - Series 3 - Vol. 3: Cillian takes you on a sonic journey in this nocturnal mixtape - BBC Sounds With music from Gil Scott Heron, Iggy Pop, DJ Shadow, Ana Roxanne and Lisa O’Neill.

This is very good www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Still in need of some festive history? Look no further than our episode on the empire built on frankincense and myrrh with the brilliant @bettanyhughes.bsky.social

By the time of Jesus’ birth, a mysterious empire had built its wealth through trading two of the gifts present at the Nativity...

The rebels have liberated hundreds of women, toddlers and babies held in Sednaya prison.

They've also released hundred of prisoners some of which were tortured to the point of forgetting their own identity, others held for decades for speaking out against the regime. #freeSyria

Tonight folks 🎄

Notre-Dame Reopens: Here’s What to Know Millions of visitors will flock to the Parisian cathedral after it reopens in December for the first time since a destructive fire in 2019.

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is set to reopen after five and a half years of work to restore its wood and lead roofing, famous spire and other parts of the building that were destroyed or damaged in a devastating fire in April 2019. Here is everything you need to know.

Strikes on key bridge linking Syria's Homs, Hama Air strikes targeted a bridge on the highway linking the Syrian cities of Homs and Hama, a war monitor said, as government forces scramble to secure Homs after Islamist-led rebels captured Hama and co...

Air strikes targeted a bridge on the motorway linking the Syrian cities of Homs and Hama, a war monitor said, as government forces scramble to secure Homs after Islamist-led rebels captured Hama and commercial hub Aleppo.

Assassin of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson wrote "deny", "defend" and "depose" on bullet casings.

The final seat numbers, when counting concludes in 🇮🇪 #ge24, are set to be:

Fianna Fáil 48
Sinn Féin 39
Fine Gael 38
Social Democrats 11
Labour 11
Ind Ireland 4
PBP-Solidarity 3
Aontú 2
Greens 1
100% Redress 1
Independents 16