Natalie O'Regan

House Oversight panel votes to subpoena AG Pam Bondi in Epstein probe | CNN Politics The Republican-led House Oversight Committee voted to subpoena US Attorney General Pam Bondi for testimony about her role in the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files as part of the committee’s probe i...

The Republican-led House Oversight Committee voted to subpoena US Attorney General Pam Bondi for testimony about her role in the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files as part of the committee’s probe into the late convicted sex offender.

And what will happen.... Nothing

Oil and fuel retailers are being called into the Enterprise Minister’s office on Friday to explain why prices at the pump have jumped so high ahead of any supply disruptions caused by the war in Iran. Revealed at FG’s weekly PP meeting this evening. @virginmedianews.bsky.social

Natalie lays out all the ways the Govt ignored the #CitizensAssembly and their recommendations. #Spéirghorm

Ireland’s Draft National Drugs Strategy: A Missed Opportunity for Meaningful Reform The Government has opened a public consultation on Ireland's Draft National Drug Strategy 2026-2029, developed by the Departmnent of Health, and they need to hear your voice!

Ireland’s Citizens’ Assembly & Oireachtas Committee called for bold drug reform, including decriminalisation and expanded harm reduction.

The Draft National Drugs Strategy avoids the biggest changes.

#SpeirGorm #Ireland #DrugSky

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People deserve the chance to move on from their past.

Lynn Ruane’s Spent Convictions Bill would give people a real second chance to work, volunteer and rebuild their lives.

Because people shouldn’t be defined forever by mistakes they’ve already paid for.

If you willingly turn on the "Big Light" instead of using a lamps…
we are not t/he same person.

#SpeirGorm #Ireland

If anyone is friends with any Georgian air traffic controllers, buy them a nice bottle of wine. As guardians of pretty much the only narrow gap still available between Europe and Asia that avoids both Iran, the Gulf, Ukraine and Russia, they are under some substantial pressure.

Actual visa refusal reason: ok maybe your client, a businesswoman, will be able to support herself here but what childminding arrangements will she need to make 🙃

#speirghorm

BREAKING:

The Irish government condemns in the strongest possible terms the people asking them difficult questions which could end up forcing them to take a position on current global events

Shattering the STIGMA: Talking openly about MOUD in 12-step recovery programs Despite overwhelming evidence supporting Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) for substance use disorders (SUDs), stigma persists within recover…

Good summary of some of the obstacles 12-step members face in regard to meds for opioid #addiction and how to counter that problem. #harmreduction #opioids
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Can a voter registration drive help Gerry Hutch become a TD?

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Draft National Drugs Strategy: Public Consultation

📢 Public Consultation Open

The Draft National Drugs Strategy from the Department of Health is now open for public submissions.
🗓️ Closes: 10 April 2026

Have your say on the future of drug policy in Ireland. Your voice matters

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#drugsky #DrugPolicy #Ireland #SpeirGorm

Colleges to be asked to cut on-campus days to ease student accommodation crisis Government to ask third-level institutions to condense students’ time on campus to minimise the number of commuting days

Student numbers have increased dramaticaly without any corresponding increaase in physical facilities for teaching etc, making timetabling impossible... and now the Govt wants universities to condense timetables because of accommodation shortsges. Go figure.

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Vicious circle!!

Third time since December I'm down with a flu/cold 🤧
And in-between that my sinus are inflamed.

Surely I can't be the only one like this!!

#SpeirGorm
#Ireland

NEW: A review of SNA allocations to primary schools has been paused by the Minister for Education. Hildegarde Naughten has written to TDs saying she wants to "ensure that SNAs are with the children who most need their care" @virginmedianews.bsky.social

Some amazing marketing right here 👏

#SpeirGorm
#Ireland

Pressure for completion in the run up to the General Election for good headlines. Housing figures and targets have stalled for 2026!
#SpeirGorm
#Ireland

Shenanigans already at Oireachtas Sport committee, which was due to hear from Rowing Ireland about treatment of athletes in high performance prog. The CEO is a no-show, having rang vice-chair Evanne Ní Chuilinn (who she’d have known from her time in media) last night looking to speak in confidence…

Storm Éowyn one year on: ‘It took away the last few things my son enjoyed ... his world really narrowed’ People who were affected by the storm are already dreading the next big weather event

This is an excellent read on a storm that has had a profound lasting impact on several communities.

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It is blinding !!

Surprisingly , zero regulations

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.

SF raises this at Leaders’ Questions today - Simon Harris says “due process” is to allow the board of Bord Bia itself to make a decision about the chair’s future

Pearse Doherty in reply says under the law, the board doesn’t have the authority to remove a chair - the minister does

🚨 Ireland will not join Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ “as currently constructed”, Simon Harris tells the Dáil

(only an hour or two after Mícheál Martin said it was being considered)

@virginmedianews.bsky.social

Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen not giving much away ahead of this evening's short-notice EU summit.

Then again, it seems her country isn't giving much away either.

I only discovered this today when I was so annoyed by being blinded I looked into it.

We really need to have a discussion on LED lights in the newer cars!

Laughing Gas in Ireland: From Kitchen Staple to Public Health Headache Nitrous oxide , colloquially known as laughing gas, whippets, or nangs , has an unlikely place in Irish public life, morphing from a kitchen staple to a public health issue.

This isn’t a moral panic piece. It’s about how something legal, cheap and misunderstood slipped into everyday use and what happens when regulation catches up with reality.

#DrugSky #NitrousOxide #DrugPolicy #PublicHealth #SpeirGorm

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