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Macron's wife calling fairly mainstream feminists that were protesting an accused sexual abuser during his stand-up comedy "dirty cunts", is all you need to know about who this woman and her husband really are.

If you needed another proof that the so-called centrism will always put business and profits ahead of human rights, environmental rights and everything in between. To the point they vote with the far-right in the EU Parliament.

The've officially done it – the centre-right EPP has voted with the far-right to cut protections for human rights & nature, all to boost corporate profits

This is an extremely worrying sign for upcoming proposals to strip away more protections for climate, labour rights, privacy and more

#omnibus

Right-wing extremist terror group planned destruction of Galway Mosque, court hears Portlaoise District Court hears gardaí discovered ‘manifesto’ and video during search

'Right-wing extremist terror group planned destruction of Galway Mosque' and it seems it would have been the first of many other attacks had it not been foiled. Make you wonder how many more far-right extremist cells there are on this island.

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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.

I think in general I have a fairly high “politician forgiveness” threshold because I understand they face a firehose of shit everyday and also in a democracy they have to comprise all the time, but Simon Harris not standing up for immigrants in this moment feels like one that crosses that threshold

It’s time we call out the responsibility such statements have, north and south. Those are enabling - run afoul of our legal obligations under IHRL - and propelling violence against persons as a means to express political dissent. It’s more than irresponsible: it’s unacceptable

Toilets
TV ads
Flags
Small boats
The minority du jour

None of the above really matters, except as a distraction from the wilful destruction of our beautiful flying rock by a tiny minority of self-obsessed fools who think they can buy their way out of climate Armageddon.

Cuts to social protection for people living in poverty have created “fertile ground” for far-right movements around the world, according to a United Nations report. https://cnn.it/3JlsNyN

Garda van set alight at Citywest protest in Dublin Gardaí have begun clearing protesters from in front of the entrance of the IPAS centre at Citywest in Dublin.

This RTÉ article about the riot in Citywest manages to avoid mentioning what they were rioting for even once

Whereas The Journal calls a spade a spade in the subheading: "Anti-immigration groups and fringe far-right political parties"

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Ireland's gardaí's "soft touch-approach" emboldening far-right and conspiracy groups in Ireland ISD’s Aoife Gallagher on the increasing intimidation and violence faced by politicians from far-right agitators and conspiracy groups in Ireland.

April 2024

“Unless something changes, the direction of travel is only becoming more clear, those who are willing to engage in violence and intimidation will become more emboldened and continue to act with impunity.”

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Rothar and @phibsboro4all are raising money to support the safe resettlement of a young Afghan woman facing life persecution.

Rothar is therefore raffling a Yuba Kombi e5, worth €3,000 to help her settle in Phibsboro. All proceeds will go to Phibsboro For All.

“How’s IrishCycle.com going?” Honest answer: It needs to be better sooner rather than later -- IrishCycle.com was funded by as low as 0.05% of total readers last year. -- The open-access, reader-funded model only needs a low percentage of readers.-- But your help is needed to make it slightly higher than it is now.-- If you are not subscribed, please subscribe today.-- If you are subscribed, please consider taking your subscription to the next level.

“How’s IrishCycle.com going?” Honest answer: It needs to be better sooner rather than later

-- IrishCycle.com was funded by as low as 0.05% of total readers last year. -- The open-access, reader-funded model only needs a low percentage of readers.-- But your help is needed to make it slightly…

Severance (of car parking in Paris)

Just a reminder to avoid the GPO & the Dáil tomorrow, as the latest 'revolution' by the racist bigots is taking place. Starting at the GPO at 12.15pm (formal attire requested) infesting the streets to the Dáil for 2pm. Previous years have seen tense scenes, so avoid if possible.

A Saturday morning in Phibsborough. The traffic is already heavy, the sun is shining through our window, making the yellow of the @ternbicycles GSD pop.

Have a great weekend folks!

Ireland has €97m worth of shares in companies linked to 'occupation and genocide' in Palestine The companies were among 48 named on a United Nations list earlier this year.

Ireland's sovereign wealth fund has shares worth almost €100 million in 12 companies that are linked to 'occupation and genocide' in Palestine

http://jrnl.ie/6801350t

Biggest yawn ever

Diagram titled 'Possible causes of your problems'. On the left hand side, subtitled 'Yes': Funding removed from local councils, growing gap between rich and poor, multinational companies not paying their taxes, lack of new affordable housing, government not investing sufficiently in schools and healthcare. On the right hand side, subtitled 'No': Picture of small boat, with arrow; 'People fleeing horrific situations that you and I can't imagine'.

Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.

Oooffff, apparently Hodge Figgis are on the side of Big Genocide, including firing a staff member for his stance on supporting Palestine.
Shop in your LOCAL (non-UK operated) bookshops, people.
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Irish Government plans to stop illegal immigrants getting free social housing A new law banning the controversial practice is to be published in the Autumn and will be presented to the Dail in the coming months

Fucking disgusting. Throwing the most vulnerable people under the bus to dodge taking any sort of real action on housing.
the place is overrun with empty and derelict homes and landlords are outbidding everybody and this loser minister targeting social housing www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n...

Who are the red-clad campaigners on a door-to-door ‘crusade’ against the SPHE curriculum? In the past week, the group travelled to counties Kilkenny, Waterford, Cork, Limerick and Dublin to spread their message.

Who are the red-clad campaigners on a door-to-door ‘crusade’ against the SPHE curriculum?

http://jrnl.ie/6793302

The silence from the Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan on this issue that he is directly responsible for for three weeks is sickening.

If BusConnects plan for Ballyfermot is being watered down for cars, can Phibsborough and Crumlin plans be made more people-frendly?

Comment & Analysis: We're told that “no final decisions have been made yet” on the plans to remove parts of bus lanes on the planned BusConnects route for the…

One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires Rain storms wash those tire shards into streams and ultimately into lakes and oceans. That’s bad news for fish and other aquatic life.

One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires. Via @us.theconversation.com @uk.theconversation.com