Guardian headline - Top lawyer at Goldman Sachs resigns after revelation of Epstein relationship

So far it’s been the complicit women who have paid the price of association / collaboration with Epstein. Complicit women who support & benefit from the patriarchy should realise they / it will always throw you to the wolves when & if it suits. The men will save themselves #killthepatriarchy

Mini-thread here on a critical road safety consultation in #Cork. Deadline is this Friday for submissions

Fascinating case study here for anyone interested in open justice and data protection.

ICE flight refuels in Ireland again; Irish activist pressed police to investigate MAGA billionaire’s jet also did another ICE flight, to Sierra Leone.

BREAKING: An ICE flight just refueled in Ireland again. A local activist pressed police to investigate for human trafficking; the plane took off 30 minutes ago.

Plus, that MAGA billionaire's jet did another ICE flight, this time to Sierra Leone.
#speirghorm
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Help Alaa and her children Alaa's Story… A Mother of Three Struggling to Survive

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FF TD detected at 190km/h convicted of dangerous driving Fianna Fáil TD Michael Cahill has been convicted of dangerous driving after a court heard he was driving at over 190km/h on a motorway last March.

Fianna Fáil TD Michael Cahill claimed he was driving at 190km/h because he was eager to facilitate a meeting with the parents of children with profound disabilities.

Last week he voted against providing disabled people with an emergency winter payment of €400.

#spéirgorm 1/3

The Black-and-Tans Lord Fitzalan, speaking at Bel- fast, made the following remarkable statement :- "Now I want to say one other word in connection with crime in this country, and I hope you will forgive me if I touch on it, but I feel I want to. We know that the force in this country, commonly called the 'Black-and-Tans,' are accused of committing serious and grave crimes. Yes, but it is unjust to say that because crimes have been committed the whole force should be, so to speak, charged as being guilty of those crimes. That, ladies and gentlemen, is not justice (hear, hear). "It is true-I do not deny it for one moment-let us be frank about these things-that crimes, horrible crimes, have been com- mitted by members of this force. You may find explanations, but there is no excuse for any force committing these crimes. Provo- cation? Yes. Explanation? Yes. This force was hastily enlisted and hurriedly set to work, without proper discipline. Mistakes, no doubt, have been made, owing, perhaps, to the great hurry. None the less, these crimes have been committed, but not by the force as a whole (hear, hear). "And I very much doubt-and I shall be very much surprised-if

Lord Fitzalan gave this stirring defence of the Black and Tans, who should not all be tarred with the same brush.

Why shouldn't they, I hear you ask? Well, it's not Lord Fitzalan's job to educate you.

Multiple apps encouraging Irish users to swap women's faces onto pornographic images and videos Ads for the apps have appeared on social media sites in recent weeks.

‘Multiple apps encouraging Irish users to swap women's faces onto pornographic images & videos’
I just have had it with this deeply, & it seems, irredeemably misogynistic world. Anyone who creates, likes, shares or does not protest this non consensual ‘nudification’ is guilty jrnl.ie/6932674

Brilliant news, a home in Cork city again after 5 years boarded up, good luck to the occupants jude sherry & I've been recording, sharing this council owned home since Feb 2021 How can it take 5 years to bring a home like this back into use in a housing emergency #DerelictIreland

Brilliant news, a home in Cork city again after 5 years boarded up, good luck to occupants
@judesherry.bsky.social & I've been recording, sharing this council owned home since Feb 2021
How can it take 5 years to bring a home like this back into use in a housing emergency
#DerelictIreland #speirgorm

Networking 7,370 languages visualized as a force-directed network

Data visualization: Every human language, from modern day back through protolanguage to a hypothetical common origin. Accurate, sourced, possibly complete. Includes sign language!

Tap or mouse over to highlight individual branches; many also have more info.

🛌 this project has been a beast

PhD scholarship in History or Geography at Dublin City University - applicants with an interest in medieval Ireland are particularly encouraged to apply.

#MedievalSky

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Tough ol' time for art sales of late and I depend solely on it for a living, so if you like anything I do, I'd appreciate if you'd keep me in mind when buying gifts for friends or family. If you hate what I do, I'd appreciate if you'd keep me in mind when buying gifts for enemies or nemeses.

For the record: as of right now, the Grok app is still doing all the things they’ve said it is stopping, for users with free/unpaid accounts.

All Hands on Deck Needed to Respond to the Latest Attack on Access to Justice The Government is seeking to dramatically erode the public right of access to justice via the courts by imposing prohibitively expensive costs on eNGOs and members of civil society who seek to challen...

Consultation ends tomorrow - how to have your say 👇
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On this general topic: the Minister seems very quiet about the whole Grok/CSAM generation engine debacle. Has he asked CnAM what they are doing about it or has he asked AGS if they are investigating the generation and distribution of CSAM by a company based in Ireland?

Maybe a journalist can ask?

Ramming through CETA at 1am this morning is the mother and father of such measures. Tailor made to handcuff any future government that isn't a shower of hard right corpolackeys.

Science e-Books - NASA Science From Earth and the other planets in our solar system, to supermassive black holes and the distant galaxies that contain them, explore NASA science and imagery through our library of e-books.

Today I learned that NASA has a collection of free ebooks that can be downloaded as pdfs or ebub format.

The science books even include a children’s section with fun activites and coloring books!

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"Judicial review has long been the legal firewall between private ambition and public harm."

Photograph of a display of prints, surrounded by Christmas decorations and fairy lights, against a white fluffy background #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Art #Christmas #ArtistsOnBluesky #BuyLocal #ShopIrish

Cartoon of a little rook building a snowman in the shape of a crow, and a photograph of the same image as Christmas cards against a red brick background - there's one free with every order.

📌 ciaraioch.com is now taking Christmas orders for prints, cards, and vouchers - each archival-quality print on heavy art paper is made in Ireland, ships internationally in eco-friendly packaging with discount tracked postage, and comes with a FREE card and treats for every customer 🎁 #SpéirGorm

Majestic 🤩

Ordered myself a pack? You best believe I did

Happy 2026!

The EU Commission has launched a call for feedback on the Digital Omnibus, at lnkd.in/dZvgEQWr.

Digital Omnibus Regulation Proposal: lnkd.in/dzAdAUaS.

Digital Omnibus on AI Regulation Proposal: lnkd.in/dSxvAnjs.

Irish President Catherine Connolly sends message of support on Transgender Day of Remembrance #SpéirGorm

Offer not applicable to women of Palestine.

Great pics 🙌🙌

Gut microbiome does not cause autism, new paper finds Scientists from TCD, UCC and University of Oxford debunk claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism.

Scientists from TCD, UCC and University of Oxford have debunked claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism.

International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software

The ICC ditched Microsoft services and is using #Zendis OpenDesk instead. Zendis is Germany’s publicly funded center for #digitalsovereignty. OpenDesk is open source. This is fabulous news! So impressed by the folks who are & have been involved with Zendis www.euractiv.com/news/interna...

Bingo 👏

If Jim Gavin gets 12.5% or more, Fianna Fáil gets €250,000 in expenses refunded. Bear that in mind if you're voting for Jim Gavin as a joke.