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Issued by Government Press Office 21 October 2025 Statement by Taoiseach Michel Martin I strongly condemn the violent disorder that unfolded in Citywest in Dublin this evening. I pay tribute to the frontline gardaí who acted courageously and quickly to restore order. The Minister for Justice and Garda Commissioner have briefed me on the operation, and I thank everyone for their work. An Garda Síochána protect us all and have a proud tradition of service to the Irish people. There can be no justification for the vile abuse against them, or the attempted assaults and attacks on members of the force that will shock all right-thinking people.

Others have noted that this doesn’t have anything to say about who rioters were. But neither does it have a single word to say about the terrified people inside City West who were the intended targets of the mob’s violence

That was nothing but a racist riot last night in south west Dublin.

Thank you to the Gardaí who did their jobs managing to quell the racist thugs by 10pm.

And a reminder that usually the biggest risk to people's safety are the abusers who are in the riot.

He's a pro-Israel propagandist. He's not Jewish.

He works for a right-wing pro-Israel organisation.

He's posted vile things about Palestinian kids shot by Israeli soldiers.

But Sky News presented him as an ordinary Jewish football fan subjected to online hatred.

#HaveYourSay on the future of Deansgrange Village!
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Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

This is appalling
www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...

AI is apparently already accelerating science as a co-intelligence.

Measuring academic publications of authors: “we find that productivity among GenAI users rose by 15 percent in 2023 relative to non-users and further increased to 36 percent in 2024” and the quality of publications also went up.

Earth Was a Fungal World Before Plants Existed Fungi arose long before plants, shaping Earth with early soils and nutrient cycles. Their hidden legacy shows they may have prepared the world for life to flourish on land.

A profound rethinking of the history of #biodiversity.

"In new view, plants did not colonize a barren wasteland, but rather world prepared for them over eons by the ancient and persistent activity of the fungal kingdom."

scitechdaily.com/earth-was-a-...

Micheál Martin raises the white flag on achieving our climate targets 🏳️
A Government with no leadership, no ambition and no ideas.

I'm not a fan of her but this is a little silly, learning and knowing Irish should be a healthy persuit not something judged against for not knowing? Being president is more of a symbolic role, her not knowing Irish wouldn't be that major barrier to being good at it. That's my opinion anyways

Farmer fined for destruction of rare limestone habitat A Co Galway farmer has been ordered to pay over €9,300 in penalties for the destruction of more than four hectares of "an extremely rare and unique" limestone pavement habitat in a Special Area of Con...

If it's not poisoned/shot eagles or killing life in rivers it's just plain bulldozing of important habitats.

What they all have in common is the ease with which perpetrators escape meaningful punishment... if they're caught in the first place.

www.rte.ie/news/regiona...

Little Nettle tap moths covering this Ragwort today. They are beautiful little moths. Ragwort is such an important plant.

Trump is deeply unpopular compared to other presidents (besides Biden last term).

X post: This is actually one of the saddest diagrams from the dalle3 release One picture of an oil painting of a cookie in milk, one nonoil dreamlike painting of an oil in milk.

Ironically, the reason why generative AI has defaulted to the "dreamlike" aesthetic over time is due to RLHF of the average person preferring it.

It is us, the audience, with bad taste.

Chalk drawing from Shandon Drive

The massive success of the 20+ play streets across Dublin today will be entirely missed by the naysayers precisely because they only impact (positively) the people who live on the streets concerned - and no one else!!

Tomb of Sir Clement Spelman and his second wife Ursula (nee Willoughby), 1607, leaning awkwardly on their elbows.

Sir Clement Spelman and his second wife Ursula (nee Willoughby), leaning awkwardly on their elbows.

All Saints church, Narborough, Norfolk.

www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/narborough/n...

The buff-tip moth (Phalera bucephala) has mastered a very particular kind of camouflage.

When they close their wings up, they resemble a broken twig.

Native to large parts of Europe, there's regional pattern variation that reflects the local tree species. This one best resembles birch twigs?

MSNBC fired Matthew Dowd and yet Fox News is just going to let this guy stay.

EPA licensing rules to protect our fragile rivers are being repeatedly breached Public records about North Cork Creameries’ operations paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing

North Cork Creameries is a member of Bord Bia's 'Origin Green' greenwashing programme despite 125 non-compliance notices since 2020 and listing on the EPA's top polluter watchlist 🙈

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Over 230,000 Badgers Killed for Nothing: DEFRA Review Confirms the Real Cause of TB The government has just published the new Bovine TB strategy review, led yet again by Professor Charles Godfray.

As @greenparty.org.uk has always said, the #BadgerCull is unscientific, unjustified, inhumane and disastrous for the #Biodiversity on these battered islands

protectthewild.substack.com/p/over-23000...

Chris O'Dowd wishes Graham Linehan was writing more comedy after controversial transgender views The two previously worked together on Channel 4's The IT Crowd.

An I'm sure Chris O’Dowd is still supporting his creepy friend www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/ch...

- the trans debate -

every medical & psychiatric institution in the world

vs

jk rowling, graham linehan, ricky gervais, helen joyce, piers morgan, matt walsh, tim pool, ben shapiro

just admit that if you side with these ppl you're not 'following the science'.

the science doesn't agree with you.

So glad this video of Graham Linehan allegedly assaulting a 17 year-old is finally public.

Last night, Firefighters from Kilbarrack, North Strand and Phobsborough responded alongside RNLI Howth, Irish Coast Guard and Gardaí to a rescue in Howth.

NEW: A devastating before and after montage of Rasheed Street in Gaza City.

Put together by local photojournalist, Motaz Azaiza.

Firefighters from Tallaght attended this car fire in #Ballyfermot on Monday morning.

The bright white flash is the reaction of water and molten metal alloy containing magnesium.

Why Transgender People Are Not Feeling Gavin Newsom We have seen this song and dance before.

1. If you've scrolled social media lately, you've likely seem Democrats cheering for Gov. Gavin Newsom for trolling Trump relentlessly.

You've also likely seen trans people terrified of a Newsom 2028 run.

I explain why trans people are not feeling Newsom.

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It's also pathetic of them to copy British fascists, so sense of irony

Blue-green algae: Lough Neagh 'already dead', says fisherman Dozens of protestors gathered to voice their concerns over a perceived lack of action on Lough Neagh.

"To me, personally, the lough is dead. It's not dying, it is dead."

Realistically, nobody seems to care"

- how will we explain to future generations that we allowed this to happen?

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

Close-up of one allotment with birdhouse

Two people walking within the allotment

I was very impressed with the size and biodiversity of East Finchley Allotments in North London!

A walk up to Tarn Hows this evening. Lovely light and refreshing, cool air in the woods 😊