Eoin

Obviously it's never an unpopular move to take money away from lawyers. I get that. But if you make it uneconomical to work as a solicitor or barrister suing the Government, then that same Government can essentially do whatever it wants without fear of being stopped in the courts.

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Objectors will be on the hook to pay six-figure legal costs under judicial reviews clampdown Objectors will have to foot six-figure legal bills for successful judicial review cases in a new move being brought to the Cabinet to speed up the supply of infrastructure and housing.

The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?

m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...

In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together "Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.

“The regime wants all of us afraid. It is counting on fear immobilizing us and perhaps even turning us against each other. Instead, what we are currently seeing in Chicago is that solidarity can overcome fear and can give people the courage and tenacity to fight for each other.” --Mariame Kaba

What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.

To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil

I don't think we talk enough about how @finegael.bsky.social MEPs voted to let migrants drown in the Med.

Simon Harris should be easily able to say "let's cool the immigration talk until we are sure the refugees are safe from arson"

But he won't cause he's a terrible person who feels his power is under threat

Human rights defenders charged for peaceful protest action at Shannon Airport

Protect the right to peaceful protest in Ireland and join the call to drop all charges against The Shannon Three. Sending solidarity to admirable activists, Áine Treanor, Aindriú de Buitléir, and Eimear Walshe. #freepalestine

www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/huma...

Really REALLY important that everyone who enjoys #SpéirGhorm goes through these settings and toggles the switch to enable 'rude' posts. Tis a rare one of us who doesn't have a colourful tongue.

Headline from the journal dot ie under a photo of Simon Harris Headline: Harris says it is a ‘dog whistle’ to compare him to Nigel Farage Subhead: SocDems TD Cian O’Callaghan emphasised the importance of leadership not “inflaming” the debate around migration.

Scene from the US Office "I am a victim of a hate crime" "That's not what a hate crime is" "Well, I hated it a lot, okay?"

he literally did the meme

Who do you think is more empowered to make a documentary that doesn't shirk from speaking truth to power: a salaried in-house employee, or a contractor who has to apply for funding and spend that funding in a limited manner in the hope they can get more funding in future

The fuck am I paying my tv licence for any more, this was the one thing ye were good at.

Do we really have to call it an "alleged arson"? Like whatever about saying "allegedly committed arson" about the people that did it but there's a video of someone pouring stuff on a staircase before setting fire to it. Arson happened like.

This is a terrible move. Standards in RTÉ are in audible decline. This is an essential public service not a for profit enterprise, something made all the more vital in an age of rampant disinformation. Short sighted, shallow thinking.

Politician who should be in jail for corruption: All this red tape is holding back progress

This is a disastrous move. RTE's documentary-makers in both radio and TV are held in very high esteem all over the globe, and to shutter the in-house TV unit is as stupid as it is short-sighted.

One of the maybe three things Rte actually does well and on rare enough occasions. And they’re closing it down.

oh my god they actually did it lmao

I hope everybody understands that the people who say we can't have anybody better than Harris, Pritzker, Newsom, etc. are lying because THEY don't want anybody better.

📣 I am hiring a postdoc! aial.ie/hiring/postd...

applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome

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guy said, “Do you like Marx?” I said, “I haven’t met him.” Guy said, “No, no, he’s dead.” “Wow, what happened?” “No, no, he died long ago.” I thought the guy Marx had just died. So then, “Why are you asking me if he died long ago?” “No, he wrote a lot. He wrote that poor people should not be poor.” I said, “Sounds amazing.” I’m giving you a sense of how naïve I was. After they left, I went to the library to look for Marx. So that was my introduction to Karl Marx. BS: The FBI. MM: The FBI. Then, of course, I took a class on Marx. Couldn’t just get Marx out of the library. But,

good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx

79% of homes sold in Dublin this year were bought by landlords, 75% by large landlords. About 1 in 5 TDs are landlords.

This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.

New Poll: Voters Prefer Democratic Candidates Approach To Trans Rights Over Republicans A new poll, which surveys voters who will partake in the New Jersey and Virginia governor races, found that voters were not impressed with Republican anti-trans positions.

wait, are you telling me that all the centrist pundits who insisted that Dems wouldn't win any future elections unless/until they threw trans people under the bus turned out to be wrong? how could this be?!? 😱
www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-poll-v...

Immigrants are not responsible for decades of failed housing policy.

Hope this helps x

This is stochastic terrorism

Three hours left.

zohranfornyc.com/vote

This kind of right-winger who are always saying shit like "as a centrist I actually think the right have a point" and then spouting some racist dogwhistle cliché about needing to be tougher on immigration are in many ways worse than the ones who just say the racist thing.

This is fucking disgusting. Fianna Fail and Fine Gael have sold us down the swanee with housing...and now they are blaming it on people coming here to seek asylum. Absolutely obscene

Incredibly funny to watch the right wing going Oh so just because I love money and hate poor people I'm a bad Christian according to "the pope"???