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Legal term 'child pornography' to be changed to 'child sexual abuse material' The provision will not change any legislative provisions and is simply a replacing of the current term in use.

This is a welcome change that reflects the reality that children can never consent to appearing in such material:

Legal term 'child pornography' to be changed to 'child sexual abuse material' jrnl.ie/6850570

This averages out at a violation roughly every four hours, around the clock, continuously since 10 October. At what point do we stop calling it a ceasefire when Israel has just literally not ceased firing

Delicious.

Meanwhile, in the real word, and just to give a Soviet reminiscent example, the Trump administration is banning a growing number of words to comply with (deranged when not downright unconstitutional) executive orders from President Trump

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#1984

Retired Israeli major general Giora Eiland:

"Israel has no interest in seeing Gaza rehabilitated... The Israeli interest is for Gaza to remain destroyed forever, as a monument telling the story of those who tried to harm Israel"

This latest "barrister meets AI" disaster is something all stage 1 law students should read. It is vital about the key skill of case reading - you mustn't use AI to substitute for the skill of being able to find cases and find key content in cases:

tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk/utiac/ui-202...

In #Gaza, children are out of school for a third year in a row.

For nearly 660,000 girls and boys, returning to learning is not only about education, it’s about starting to heal from deep trauma.

As the largest humanitarian organisation in Gaza, UNRWA stands ready to support them.

#UNRWAworks

"Yesterday Israel killed 7 people.. today Israel abducted 9 people.. the ceasefire is not a real ceasefire"

Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha asks, why aren't intl journalists being allowed into Gaza? Why hasn't the Rafah crossing been opened?

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During an EU Commission press briefing, a journalist questioned the double standards of European policy, asking whether Israel should also be held accountable for rebuilding Gaza — just as the EU demands Russia
The question was met with silence, as the EU spokesperson declined to comment.

Not a single mention of the Palestinians and this is who Europe chooses to represent them. This world has gone to hell under leadership that is so corrupt it cannot acknowledge the humanity of an entire people.

Not only are these data centres devouring energy & water – and feeding the AI bubble that'll blow up our economy when it bursts – they're also wasting vast construction resources (human, materials & admin) that could instead be building homes, solar farms, wind farms etc.

If you haven’t seen it, this footage from @apnews.com is incredibly important.

The intent here seems unmistakable, in two ways: (1) just read the genocide convention, here it **absolutely** is, and (2) this level of infrastructural destruction is, no question, meant as pre-development demolition.

This is what is left of Khan Younis, southern Gaza.

CountryWide - RTÉ Radio 1 The CountryWide team feature the events, people and happenings that bring colour and life to communities, towns and villages across the country.

Q: Why was the person responsible for the Blackwater fish kill never found?

A: it wasn’t anybody’s job.

I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks.

Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Since Israel signed a ceasefire deal with Lebanon, Israel has:

- killed 280 people
- wounded 625 people
- violated the agreement around 4,500 times

That’s in under a year

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In sum, the President is certainly entitled "a great level of deference," Newsom II, 141 F.4th at 1048, in his determination that he "is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States." 10 U.S.C. § 12406(3). But "a great level of deference" is not equivalent to ignoring the facts on the ground. As the Ninth Circuit articulated, courts must "review the President's determination to ensure that it reflects a colorable assessment of the facts and law PAGE 22 - OPINION AND ORDER Case 3:25-cv-01756-IM Document 56 Filed 10/04/25 Page 23 of 31 within a 'range of honest judgment.'" Id. at 1051 (quoting Sterling, 278 U.S. at 399). Here, this Court concludes that the President did not have a "colorable basis" to invoke § 12406(3) to federalize the National Guard because the situation on the ground belied an inability of federal law enforcement officers to execute federal law. Id. at 1051-52. The President's determination was simply untethered to the facts. c. Whether there is a Rebellion or Danger of Rebellion Defendants also aroue that the Sentember 28 2025 federalization order is authorized

If a federal judge, appointed by Trump, can call him “simply untethered to facts,” our White House press corps can as well.

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Trump Judge says the President’s version of the facts in Portland was not tethered to reality, and that the sending of National Guard troops there violated Oregon’s sovereignty and the 10th Amendment citing all kinds of historical sources. A…Trump….Judge. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

This morning, an attack carried out by Israeli forces killed Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff member, Omar Hayek, and seriously injured four others. The attack took place on a street where our teams were waiting to take a bus to the MSF field hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza. All staff were wearing MSF vests, clearly identifying them as medical humanitarian workers. We express deep sorrow and outrage over the killing, which occurs less than two weeks after another MSF colleague, Hussein Alnajjar, was killed by the Israeli forces, in Deir Al Balah. Our thoughts are with Omar’s family and colleagues at this tragic time. Omar, 42 years old, is the fourteenth MSF colleague to be killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023.

MSF staff are universally understood to be engaged in an essentially sacred form of work. For a state to nonetheless continuously murder them is a testament to a truly unthinkable degree of depravity.

msf.org/msf-denounce...

Don O'Leary, former director of Cork Life Centre, dies aged 68 Mr O'Leary, who was a former member of Cork City Council, had been diagnosed with lung cancer in 2021.

Don was a real-life hero who had a staggering impact on the lives of countless young people who had been let down by other adults in their lives. His work was a living illustration of the vindication of children's rights. He fought the good fight. RIP.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

Terribly sad to hear about Manchán Magan's death. I went to his "Arán agus ím" show a couple of years ago. It was completely unique - just like the man himself. The saying "ní beidh a leithéid arís ann" seems especially apt.

A massive loss to us all. His care for and wonder at both nature and the Irish language was a great gift that he shared with us all

The Supreme Court Just Rewrote the Constitution to Give Trump Terrifying New Powers The conservative supermajority's lawless shadow docket decision let the president unilaterally cancel $4 billion in foreign aid.

when will people realize that the supreme court is giving trump everything he wants - and more? slate.com/news-and-pol...

Now that's a policy I can get behind

Why children should have constitutional rights of their own Abstract. Although children’s rights have in recent years moved from the fringes to the mainstream in international law, there is not yet a consensus on ho

My latest article, published in the International Journal of Constitutional Law, pulls together themes that I have been working on for alnost 25 years.

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The Straight Road cycle lane is awful and leaves people stranded while trying to cross a busy road.

Meanwhile, the same road (N22) has light segregation, an inner kerb, and a toucan x'ing a few km away.

Please sign this petition to call for safer cycling to Bcollig.

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Why children should have constitutional rights of their own Abstract. Although children’s rights have in recent years moved from the fringes to the mainstream in international law, there is not yet a consensus on ho

My latest article, published in the International Journal of Constitutional Law, pulls together themes that I have been working on for alnost 25 years.

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