Philip K Hole

Timmy Dooley is a landlord and has declared income from properties in Rathfarnham and Ringsend. The cheapest one bed listed in daft in these places is 1600 a month. He also owns land in Co. Clare. #speirgorm

New gif for "oh no how sad never mind"

Poor Michael throwing the CV he was going to hand directly to Catherine in the recycling bin

Micheál Martin says house building in Ireland is hampered by 'gold-plating' of EU rules Taoiseach says 'going beyond what is required' is slowing down delivery of housing and other big projects in Ireland

"While Mr Martin has pointed to these regulations as a barrier to building, the Government has still not published its own housing plan."

Just wait, they'll soon start blaming snails, and bats, and otters for the reason their cronies are no longer allowed to build on flood plains.

Never forget: your government didn't give a shit about 7 years of escalating arson attacks on IPAS centres & street assaults on immigrants & LGBT people & that they & the media described the arsonists & shitters on ballot papers as having "reasonable concerns." www.thetimes.com/article/0887...

I'll call it here and now - those in the IPAS centre will face more "serious consequences" than those who attacked it.
The recent rhetoric of O'Callaghan, Harris et al has paved the way for this attack, but no-one in media or politics will call them out.

The absolute neck of this fucking gowl to talk about "economic migration" after creating hundreds of thousands of Irish ones by bankrupting the country and then pricing them out of their homes.

Is this the same asylum system that his party/government set up, that both FF and FG have run for years separately and together, that made millions for themselves and their developer pals, that refugees and NGOs have literally protested against for years because the system is not working and cruel.🤔

I wish, just once, that Irish mainstream politicians would show a bit of intelligence and vision, instead of being so predictably fucking stupid about every single issue the nation faces.
A bunch of pig-ignorant, knee-jerk, reactionary morons, ruining the lives of the most vulnerable.

Hoarding homes in a housing emergency is akin to hoarding food in a famine
Irony is this is what Dunnes Stores "Better value" are doing
Sitting on 20 apartments in Macroom, Co. Cork for 20 years
Welcome to #DerelictIreland where protecting property rights is deemed more important than human life

Complaint v Ireland to European Commission re process appointing ex-Meta lobbyist as Data Protection Commissioner Ireland's appointment process lacked procedural safeguards against conflicts of interest and political interference and may be interpreted by the tech industry as a signal of impunity

We filled a complaint against Ireland to the European Commission today.
Ireland has appointed an ex-Meta lobbyist as its new Data Protection Commissioner.
This will be interpreted by the tech industry as a signal of impunity.
The European Commission must intervene.

www.iccl.ie/digital-data...

Don Draper, part of caption reading "haven't taken acid" very poorly overlayed so the caption reads "Lots of people who aren't American already know that, Roger"

I'm finding it so hard -not- to reply to the American Exceptionals. There's something fundamentally tragic about it and the impulse to confront them with their mistake feels both important and utterly futile.
Anyway, made this, use it if you're less hung up over it. #speirgorm

Is there a pattern of Block And Move On as soon as they encounter any challenge to their perceived centrality? These are notionally the good ones!

I understand that he did very badly in the Leaving Cert and replied on his nepo baby connections to get his start in journalism.

A number of figures on the Irish hard right have impressive business or academic credentials. He is not one of them.

I need every journalist to point out that even if steen got the finger out and got on the ballot (she didn't), and even if all the spoiled votes would have gone to her (they wouldn't), she would have still come last

This is absolutely it. There was no council going to allow the rapist on to the ballot, and a whip in that specific regard wouldn't have been controversial, but to close them off altogether just to boost the odds for two wet bread candidates was utterly foolish.

This may surprise you, aubergine

but sometimes people in different countries make decisions that have nothing to do with you. Regardless, every time someone in a different country makes a decision, -they- are better placed to account for it than you are.

I'm actually slightly gassed at the idea of all these "spoil the vote" losers rocking up to their local school, colouring pencils and markers in hand, getting their ballot, then sitting down to do some colouring in, tongue poking out of the mouth, trying to figure out how to draw a handbag. #aras25

That fucking gobshite egghead shit stirring shit writer nominated for Author of the Year by Library Association of Ireland.

FOR FUCK SAKE! Of all fucking institutions do it - absolute disgrace.

Oireachtas records show that Humphreys spoke during a debate on a motion about mortgage arrears in the Dáil in 2013. When asked about Fine Gael barrister who represented clients in other controversial cases, Humphreys said “barristers have a job to do”.

STOP IT YOU'RE KILLING ME!!!

Humphreys was asked if she made it clear that she managed a credit union if she spoke in the Dáil on the tracker mortgage scandal and mortgage repossessions. “I never stood up in the Dáil and spoke about any of those things, I can assure you,” she said.

Oh God it's just too good!

I can't remember the last time I laughed this hard at something from the internet. This is the best Presidential election campaign ever.

Fine Gael had such little respect for the office of the Uachtarán that their top priority for selecting a candidate was "won't cause a by-election if they win". The job isn't worth one TD or senator to them.

But they really don't want anyone else to have it.

PREMIUM I've never tried to capitalise on somebody's misfortune': Humphreys launches blistering attack on Connolly's work for UK banks

Imagine having voted for every policy that increased child homelessness by 100% in just 4yrs - and let’s not forget the lifting of the no-fault eviction ban that is the main driver of homelessness - and thinking that you have the high moral ground on the housing crisis…

The Journal understands Murphy did not inform Connolly's campaign team before taking legal action. A source within Connolly's campaign said it was entirely his own decision. They added: "He's dead fucking right though"

Put it back in!!!

I think this is the most unhinged literary take. There's about 4,000 here, and while I haven't read them all yet, I don't think this will be beaten. Well done!

Science fiction benefits from its repudiation, and the repudiation of Sci-fi is essential to the greatest entries in the genre.
Any sci-fi that could be accepted into a literary fiction cannon would be so much less provocative and interesting than another that couldn't.

Let's explore the Green credentials of Heather Humphreys - The woman former GP member Brian Leddin thinks should be president.
She advocated for an increased burn period during her time as Minister for Heritage, as well as prolonging the period during which hedgerows could be cut. #Spéirgorm 1/n

I'm not gonna look, but check if there's a paypal/revolute link in the bio of anyone posting those videos. You'd have a hard time persuading me these stunts are solicitations for $$$.

Humphreys mightn't be familiar with the sport in fairness.