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Surrealing in the Years: Paschal Donohoe leaves government unscathed, but how? Donohoe has played a decisive role in every budget since 2016.

'In his exit interview this week, he told Morning Ireland: “The pinnacle of my ambition was to be the Minister for Finance.” Which, we can all admit, is a funny thing to say after you’ve just quit that job to move to what is very objectively a cooler job in every possible way.'

This week's column.

EU commission president von der Leyen said today the EU isn't fighting fossil fuels, only the *emissions* from fossil fuels

total nonsense, we can't separate fossil fuels from carbon emissions

even IF we could, they're a disaster for health, nature & human rights even before you burn them

#COP30

Listening to Closer to Heaven by Eric Slick
(Wiseacre is a great album, by the by)

Sad we've still not gotten a new Natalie Prass album since 2018!

Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance The new code of practice on access to single-sex services cannot gain legal force until it gets sign-off from ministers.

You're not asking trans people. You're asking all people. This affects us all. Anyone could be barred from services based on appearance. Since, surprisingly we all have a fecking appearance

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Decanting my full bottle of wine through the Brita filter

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So absolutely stupid that the animal ag lobby are pushing this. They obviously feel threatened

Marco Pierre White as Scrooge and Ghosts of Christmas past, present and future are just the Michelin Man over and over

IRELAND has dropped 4 places in the 2025 global Climate Change Performance Index.
Alarm bells are blaring on the new coalition's attitude to LNG (liquified natural gas - which often comes from fracking in the USA) and data centre expansion...

Every TD who pushed for government investment in AI should have to use Bored Ape caricatures as their election posters next time around. We need to know which ones fall for gimmicky schemes they don't understand.

You might be evaporated by the cacophony of their speaker levels if it is them too!

BREAKING: Bill to release the Moleman Files passes the House 427 - 1. Subterraneous Q. Burrow (R - The Underkingdom) was the only no vote

YouTube video by Jay Som Jay Som - Past Lives (feat. Hayley Williams) [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]

youtu.be/AUaYZ77ik5A?...

I could sincerely eat it every day when I worked in a video shop I used to take home a full bucket of it when I was closing up as it was going in the bin otherwise. Could not let that happen

Hutch 2: Goodby-election

This is the "mature debate" they keep banging on about btw. What level of cruelty we should aspire to, with the claimed fear of being seen as less cruel than a country rapidly sliding towards fascism. An ivory tower scumbag

I forgot that Grylls had invented that time machine

People Before Profit are using our time in the Dáil to demand the Occupied Territories Bill is passed in full, including services.

The motion is co-sponsored by PBP, Solidarity, Sinn Féin the Soc Dems, Labour, Greens, 100% Redress and Independents.

Join the protest Wednesday.

Still cold as ice and I'm disappointed this wasn't in the Amanda Seyfried show about her

Senator Frances Black says she has run out of patience with Tánaiste Simon Harris & the government when it comes to their promise to enact the Occupied Territories Bill.

A key election pledge from FF and FG last year, but progress seems to have halted.

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A great time to remind everyone that the largest landlord in the Gaeltacht is now a British company letting Airbnbs.

They simply don't want to work = I refuse to pay them enough / they can't afford to live here because of said pay

The future is here

> Undermine judicial reviews
> Roll back planning regulations
> Claim it's to deliver housing
> Fast track a bunch of data centres
> AI bubble pops
> Left holding the bag
> Still no housing delivered

We all know this is how Ireland's new "housing plan" is gonna go right

Any time I open my mouth

It's a tale as old as time

At least he seems to be somewhat aware of how weird it is to be inspired by it? bsky.app/profile/pasq...

YouTube video by Analog Memories The Luck Of The Irish (2001) Promo - Disney Channel

Seems to be this fella. Would be pretty funny for it to be the Tyrone Power one though. Not sure if this is worse. youtu.be/1emk0LMPu-8?...

Football’s coming Heim.