Conor Gallagher

Troy Parrott, saviour of European democracy

@lalabote.bsky.social hi there, Conor here in the Irish Times. might you be able to follow me for a quick DM?

Naval Service to outsource ship maintenance due to technician shortage Civilians from naval firm, most likely from outside State, will carry out almost all repairs and upkeep

The Naval Service is set to outsource the vast majority of ship maintenance to civilian contractors, the latest in a series of moves to privatise what were once core capabilities of the Defence Forces.

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Government may fast-track citizenship for military personnel Proposals under consideration similar to system operating in the United States

Government may fast-track citizenship for military personnel

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

“Go to therapy.” That’s the message Daye Gottsche, a trans woman, has for far-right provocateur Jake Lang after she helped save him in Minneapolis.

Two babies among 53 people dead or missing after boat capsizes off Libya Shipwreck brings number people reported dead or missing on Central Mediterranean route this year to at least 484.

This is a breaking news story.

Today’s NYT investigation into what really went on after the killing of Renee Good is shocking.

It’s centered on the apparent suppression, for political reasons, of a proper investigation. But there’s so much more.

(Link below.)

A supermodel sandpiper popped up on the Clare shore in December Eye on Nature: Éanna Ní Lamhna on kelp, Bootlace Fungus and Pelican’s Foot Shells

Amazing photo

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Google helped Israeli military contractor with AI, whistleblower alleges A whistleblower complaint filed with the SEC claims that Google breached its own ethics rules to help an Israeli contractor apply AI to drone surveillance video.

Exclusive: Google breached its own policies that barred use of artificial intelligence for weapons or surveillance in 2024 by helping an Israeli military contractor analyze drone video footage.

As Dean notes, a bizarre sovereign citizen style organisation claiming to be a continuation of the historical IRB could well become an issue during the upcoming by-election

I miss films were marketed with trailers and posters instead of whatever this shit is

Unfortunately I didn't go through with it the purchase. I'm looking forward to the reviews though

Maybe they're going to the evening screening in Liffey Valley, the only other cinema showing it. Five seats booked

That's me!

A grand total of zero seats booked for tomorrow evening's screening of the Melania Trump documentary in Cineworld. You'd think the US ambassador would at least head along

I actually agree with his general point but inserting Burke as an example is just very silly

Sorry, but I just hate that type of writing. Unprovable, unaccountable and worthless

*a load of melts on twitter saying the same shite as always*

"wow, this is getting serious"

"Kitchens across Ireland" my hole

It’s obscene, tbh.

Innovative Drone Technology Could Improve Ireland’s Maritime Surveillance and Ability to Combat Drug Smuggling - Tyndall National Institute - Excellence in ICT Research Tyndall showcased the groundbreaking industrial research which has been developed through the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) programme.

We do a little bit of that. www.tyndall.ie/news/innovat...

An insane, perfect encapsulation of it all:

The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files

We need to set up a perimeter around Blackrock College asap

As Ireland strengthens its military, one country and company gain the most

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Defence Forces retires ‘disastrous’ armoured fleet as it looks to French replacements South African-made Light Armoured Tactical Vehicles saw minimal operational use since they were acquired in 2010

Defence Forces retires ‘disastrous’ armoured fleet as it looks to French replacements

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

ICE accused of using five-year-old child as ‘bait’ in Minneapolis immigration raids Elected officials and school workers have decried the ‘dehumanising’ tactics after federal agents detained the preschooler, along with other young students

Zena Stenvik, superintendent of Columbia Heights Public Schools, said the child was removed from the still-running car and directed by an ICE agent to knock on the door of his home to see if anyone else was inside.

www.thejournal.ie/minnesota-fi...

Going to assume they're the robot squid things from the matrix

I'm sure this is great work as usual but I'm not clicking on it because I want live as long as possible without knowing what AI Swarms are.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will skip the signing of US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” in Davos after Switzerland confirmed it would enforce the ICC arrest warrant over war crimes in Gaza.

My best guess is flying officials for latest meeting of the Ukraine contact group, which takes place there