Carol-Anne

It’s shocking that following Friday’s serious attack, the first thing that the Government discuss is this payment from IPAS applicants.

A chara, - In January 1989, the British Minister Douglas Hogg stated that some solicitors were “unduly sympathetic to the cause of the IRA”. Three weeks later Pat Finucane was murdered by loyalists. It is widely accepted in Ireland that there was a consequential link between these two events. Will there be a similar recognition of the responsibility political leaders bear for inciting violence in the wake of the horrific arson attack on a centre for international protection applicants in Drogheda on Hallowen night, only days after the Tánaiste described migration numbers as “too high”? - Is mise Wendy Lyon

Wow the IT actually printed my letter

#speirghorm

There is a direct line.

The news story that reveals Wes Streeting’s puberty-blocker ban to be nothing to do with “protecting children” and everything to do with Wes Streeting and Keir Starmer being deeply transphobic bigots…

www.itv.com/news/2025-10...

Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.

Since the far right race riot where immigrant families were threatened, Garda were attacked, and a Garda van was set on fire, have you heard our senior politicians talk more about the rioters, or immigration?

I need every journalist to point out that even if steen got the finger out and got on the ballot (she didn't), and even if all the spoiled votes would have gone to her (they wouldn't), she would have still come last

91% of UK trans people don't trust the Labour Party, survey reveals 91% of trans respondents in a YouGov poll conducted between July and August, commissioned by the Good Law Project, said they distrust Labour.

“Before the election it promised to ‘remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance.’ But in government it has lined up alongside the Tories and Reform UK at the cruelty Olympics.” – @goodlawproject.org
https://bit.ly/43CpABH

I 100% endorse this message. The spoiled votes are a 3rd or 4th order story in this election and disproportionate attention and airtime is a measure of the level of editorial discomfort with talking about Connolly’s success and FF/FG failure.

The Reform offices in Caerphilly with “now you can fuck off home” sprayed on the shutters

Aah Wales, never change ❤️

Seeing the photos of spoilt ballots people are posting and it's interesting how many of them seem to carry racist or explicitly nazi messaging. Probably just a coincidence, nothing to worry about!

Really important fight back by the UK trans community & independent human rights bodies against the English Equalities & Human Rights Commission & its anti-Queer agenda. The EHRC is quite astonishingly anti-human rights & part of the far right’s ‘culture wars’ against LGBTQ ppl.

i sincerely hope that A Certain Other Irish Pop Star gets the help that she needs, but right now she is very publicly acting like a bully and is absolutely not a voice to be listened to or trusted when it comes to trans lives. can i ask for all the lovely people in the irish/musicy/ gay/alloftheabove circle who are *rightfully* outraged by her latest series of tweets to not share them? i can tell that everyone's intentions are good but it can be quite traumatising to spread around this bogus 'data. I really care about prevention of harm to the trans community and i believe in the power of cutting off hate at the source. anyways. today seems like as fabulous a day as ever to donate to TENI, Trans Equality Network Ireland. https://teni.ie/donate/?fbclid=PAZnRzaANncGtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp2cnZliqOys3gQKkAF8NEpuBafVfttOvDRjB-OQJ7l87861IlgPXkrXzoDXq_aem_HF0eRetIzgAfhfLYk8-y4Q i love you all so much ! let's work harder to protect our trans family during these

CMAT is a legit legend

Delighted to be able to Vote 1 for Catherine Connolly today.

She's a woman of dignity, integrity and warmth.

She is the best of us.

Bean uasal, iontach agus ionraic. #CatherineforPresident

Outrage as Ireland picks ex-Meta lobbyist as new data protection chief Civil society is outraged by Ireland data protection agency — the key one in the EU — picking a former Meta lobbyist as its new commissioner.

Shock in Brussels and outrage across civil society.
This story is not going away.

euobserver.com/digital/ar6c...

Explain to me again what "terrorism" is?

Hands free to do good trouble.

This is a very important legal case, whereby the enforcement of equal human rights for trans ppl, ruled by the European Court of Human Rights, is actually carried out by the British govt. Having not done so, as legally required, brings the British state into disrepute, & undermines human rights.

One of the great things about campaigns like this is seeing a photo and recognising your friends in it. I didn’t know they would be campaigning for Catherine, but they are good principled people so of course they are! #SpeirGorm #Aras25

Call for clarity on Ireland's data centre policy Tens of billions of euro of investment is being diverted to other countries due to uncertainty around Ireland's data centre policy, according to Digital Infrastructure Ireland.

Ireland's data centre industry has long justified its massive expansion here on the basis of being able to operate with lower emissions than the alternative. But this is not a genuine reason, as this article makes clear:

www.rte.ie/news/busines...

There are a few people expressing surprise that members of the green party in Ireland might be against left wing politics enough to resign from the party over backing Catherine Connolly for president...

I am curious how this could possibly still be surprising?

The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People The astonishing story of how a movement’s quest for rural simplicity drifted into a formula for mass death

In any discussion of food and farming, unless your solution can be scaled to feed 8 billion people, you shouldn't be taken seriously. Unfortunately, cottagecore fantasies that would feed only the richest consumers, leaving billions to starve, are all too common.
www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...

Racist commentary about the legal status of a security guard who faced Enoch Burke

I'm sorry, but putting a non-white person to face Enoch Burke, knowing the whole thing would be filmed and posted on X, was grossly irresponsible.

Gentle reminder…the Special Criminal Court was opposed trenchantly and for compelling reasons by Mary Robinson before she became President; its continued existence has been criticised by the UN Human Rights Committee, UN Special Rapporteurs, the Irish Human Rights & …

Be sure of this: many of the horrors the west allowed in Gaza will come closer to home | Owen Jones History shows the crimes of empire were later mirrored on European soil. Dehumanisation and militarised terror both seem normalised now, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...