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Only use water NOT milk or antacids.

Excerpt from the article: "The anti-immigrant activists also carried a flag of Jesus of Nazareth – possibly history’s most famous refugee - and Welsh-born immigrant, St Patrick, much to the mirth of onlookers, who posted dozens of bemused videos on Galwegian social media channels regarding the marchers’ misspelled ‘Galimh’ banner. United Irishmen, crowned harps, ‘Erin go bragh’ and Sacred Heart flags were also flown by marchers, who played songs by lifelong socialist, Luke Kelly, amplified through loudhailers. One woman was dressed up as Anglo-Irish nationalist and socialist revolutionary, Constance Markievicz."

"Visitors stage anti-migrant march in Galway"

Other journalists should take notes on reporting from Maxim Kelly.

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“It’s just a tool! People used to hate on photoshop too.”

Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?

This, and it doesn't work.

Now, it is possible to address the harms of mass engagement-driven platforms. But doing so requires pushing back on the core biz models of the platforms, not tinkering on the edges w surveillant 'solutions' that increase surveillance w/o addressing the root cause.

Collage of messages from US politicians launching barrage of threats via socials against Ireland over draft law to bring the country into compliance with international law against supporting illegal occupation.

Threatening Ireland: US politicians launch barrage of threats via social media against Ireland over draft law to bring the country into compliance with international law against supporting illegal occupation.
Something the Irish Constitution mandates.

Sally Hayden | Kilkenny Arts Festival | 7 - 17 August 2025 Irish Times journalist Sally Hayden moved to Beirut in January 2024. Since then, she has travelled twice across the occupied West Bank; lived through and reported on the war in Lebanon; and crossed...

Speaking about the past year of Middle East reporting in Kilkenny, August 10. Thank you to the arts festival for inviting me: www.kilkennyarts.ie/programme/th...

Was that Echo Island with Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh? It was a mixture of English and Gaeilge!?

In a statement, Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the sanctions are “for her illegitimate and shameful efforts to prompt International Criminal Court action against U.S. and Israeli officials, companies, and executives.” Rubio adds, “Albanese’s campaign of political and economic warfare against the United States and Israel will no longer be tolerated. We will always stand by our partners in their right to self-defense.” Albanese is an Italian national.

BREAKING

The U.S. State Department is imposing sanctions on U.N. Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese.

Wow.

Get the f— off of Twitter.

Bons Secours Sisters release Tuam archives for first time as site excavation begins Some 796 children died at Tuam mother and baby home over 40 years

Finally !!!!!

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A Russian Shahed drone downed by electronic warfare, shown in full size next to a person for scale.

The open Nazis marching at the pro-life rally is a "fork found in kitchen" scenario. I mean, it should destroy their outsized media credibility (it won't) but also it's just who the pro-life movement is

"The plant is owned by Rusal, a Russian metals company co-founded by Oleg Deripaska, a businessman with reported close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin."

Umm, even pure U-235 is not very radioactive. Happy to show you the calculations

Maybe if WhatsApp is sold to an American company they wouldn't have to worry about privacy or security threats posed by using the app :)

By coincidence I was passing Tuam today as the hoarding went up around the Mother & Baby Home site. A discreet and respectful veil.

It’s 11 years since I took this photo of Catherine Corless at her kitchen table. I rang her today just to say hi.
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Big props to the guy with the sign "the only boots worth licking are worn by goth girls" 👢🧛‍♀️😂

We need everyone, no normie lib shaming and no kink shaming

What N. Ireland is experiencing right now is a form of state media censorhip to cover up the overwhelming level of paramilitary involvement in the far-right, white supremacist riots that have swept the North. While cameras and narratives focus on the 'youths' - the men in the shadows .. [1/n]

This graph was published by The Economist. It covers the decade before 2021, so dovetails with what Peter describes below. You can see the steep convergence after Cameron called the #Brexit referendum. As much as some want this to go away, not preparing for it is grossly irresponsible. #Ireland

The knock-on effects have not gone unnoticed across the Atlantic, and Washington is not amused. As it steps back from its old role as global policeman, it finds its companies quietly conscripted as global censors. The regime, for good measure, threatens to tax not just American profits, but the principles underpinning them. And thanks to a quirk of geography and corporate clustering, Ireland has become the bailiff. That role has already earned Dublin what diplomats might politely call a "frank exchange of views". This week, Trump dispatched a team to the Irish capital, where they met with free speech advocates and, I'm told, delivered a few sharp words to the Irish government and media commissioner.

There’s an interesting aside in this otherwise shoddy attempt at journalism. What Trumpian figures were in Dublin, and what local grifters did they meet?
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An odd Irish political journalism wall where you get briefed to say the Government will ask the AG for legal advice about excluding services in the Occupied Territories Bill, and never mention a former Government Minister saying the same AG raised no issue with it previously.

But a wool uniform in Summer 🫠

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A map of Ireland showing a Gulfstream plane N588AT flying out of Shannon airport and heading south east of Cork.

Departed Shannon. Cleared to 39k feet.

Boom! Over the million signatures mark but keep on signing if you haven't as the more the merrier and some signatures can't be verified so the site suggests having more!

Supports for St John Ambulance  abuse survivors 'misrepresented' Man abused by former charity volunteer says survivors have been 'left to seek support on their own, without genuine initiative or adequate assistance from St John Ambulance Ireland'

It is deeply misleading for Norma Foleys department to claim that St. John Ambulance Ireland has proactively engaged with or provided meaningful outreach to survivors of abuse.

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Cats' Aid Dublin is at Three Arena. Win two tickets to see Andrea Bocelli! The renowned, world famous Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will be performing in Dublins 3Arena on the 28th of April 2025. We have been kindly gifted 2 tickets for this event and also a parking space in the 3Arena. The tickets alone are valued at €165 each. As this event is fast approaching, we have decided to hold a special Cats Aid supporters raffle. This draw will be strictly limited to 200 tickets only. The price of a raffle ticket is €10. In order to purchase, you may do so via donate page/ our PayPal, which is linked here: https://www.catsaid.ie/donate/ We will have your email from this donation so we will be in touch with details of your ticket number. Raffle tickets go on sale on Tuesday, the 15th of April. (Today! The raffle tickets are on sale for less than a week, so be quick!) We will draw and announce a winner on Easter Monday, the 21st of April." *We would like to say a huge thank you to Newell Clinic, Arizona USA, for the very generous donation of the tickets.

A very cute grey cat

So the lovely people at Cats Aid Dublin are now raffling tickets for Andrea Bocelli at the 3 Arena, details in first photo. All proceeds go to support the kitties in their care like my ridiculously adorable foster boy Ernie (2nd photo). Retweets and shares appreciated #speirgorm

I've seen lefties floating the idea that "We should use the R word against bigots to show that our hatred for them transcends our morals" and

Absolutely THE FUCK not. Are we for real with this? Like, seriously? Absolutely not, under any circumstances actually.