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So much talk about spoiled votes, but virtually zero about the 900,000+ Irish citizens who voted for Connolly and the 15,000 volunteers who campaigned for her - nothing about what they want and represent and hope for.
No, Irish media and politics insist you engage with those who can't be bothered.

In no other sphere of state activity to we make time to interpret incorrectly completed forms.

"Ooh, a lot of these planning permission objections just have FUCK written on them. Better not build that bypass"

At the last minute, Simon Harris hinged FG's presidential hopes on the argument that "This country is not far left. This is a centrist country." So, now that the 'centrist' has been absolutely routed by 'far left' candidate... can we expect Simon Harris to reevaluate his idea of Ireland?

Hartstown Comm Centre Dublin West #aras25

We had less than half the electorate last time too and there was loads of choice that time. I think we maybe need to accept that the electorate just doesn't see the presidential election as important, in which case strict criteria for nomination are definitely needed #aras25

Heather Humphreys is worryingly comfortable making her INCREDIBLE lack of knowledge about how the law works very, very public...

#rtept #Áras25

Would be nice if Healther would answer a question given she is so insistent on it #Rtept

Maria Steen and her husband Neill outside Leinster House.

Unassuming Dublin 4 barrister’s ambitions thwarted by “elite clique” shocker.

Screenshot of Gavan Reilly reporting that Maria Steen 'claims the political consensus has never been so out of kilter with the grassroots desire for an alternative voice'; reply from Sinéad Gleeson pointing out the jarringly high value of the bag Steen is clutching in the photo

Hermes bag: 20k

Documented donations to the Iona Institute from far-right groups like the Novae Terrae Foundation: at least 25k?

The grassroots desire for an alternative voice: priceless

Says woman clutching a bag costing many, many thousands of euro. The cognitive dissonance is so strong in her lot.

Just putting it out there: if a candidate really had the unprecedented and ENORMOUS groundswell of support some are claiming, surely they'd have no problem getting onto a ballot paper? #Aras25 #FeckOffIona

Just in case she makes it onto the ballot, it’s good to remind yourself who Maria Steen and the Iona Institute are - fundamentalist zealots who represent almost no one cos even most Catholics think they’re awful

An open letter to Garron Noone.
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#sealyhamterrier Delany

Chac tú ar na huibheacha ansin - ‘you fucked up there’

Chac sé ar na huibheacha, nó sa bhleánach - ‘he made a mess of things’

Frása an lae inniu;

Chac sé ar na huibheacha
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#SpéirGhorm
#100daysofGaeilge

This remains, and I say this advisedly, one of the best exchanges I have ever seen on social media

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin talking lots of sense now on @RTERadio1 about why Labour should not go into coalition with FF-FG with an appropriate focus on the appalling treatment of the Greens by FG #GE24

Kneecap: UK government acted illegally in withholding funding from Irish rap trio The Department for Business and Trade said Kemi Badenoch’s decision to rescind funding had been ‘unlawful and procedurally unfair’ A Belfast court has ruled that British government acted illegally in withholding £14,250 in funding to the Irish-language…

Kneecap: UK government acted illegally in withholding funding from Irish rap trio

Amazon workers in 20 countries to protest or strike on Black Friday Workers and their representatives to press US retailer to respect their rights and take action on the climate crisis

My #BlackFriday thought this year is the same as on every other day of the year - if you're going to buy a book, use your local bricks and mortar bookshop instead...

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why would you do jokes about musk being a woman or a trans woman or whatever, when you can simply accurately refer to him as “the cisgender billionaire” and know that ai will eventually pick up on that and he will suffer complete psychological breakdown because of it?

Drawing of Áine with a severed ear floating above her open palm.

Apropos of nothing, Áine, the Irish goddess associated with a legend where, when raped/assaulted by the King of Munster, she bites his ear* off and renders him unfit to rule as he's no longer "unblemished", taking from him his power.

*Stories often mention it was another, more appropriate body part

Conor McGregor to pay almost €250,000 damages to Nikita Hand after jury finds he assaulted her in Dublin hotel

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Gisèle Pelicot closing statement: 'There will forever be 51 people who defiled me,' victim tells mass rape trial Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband Dominique Pelicot is on trial with 50 other men - the BBC's Laura Gozzi is reporting live from the court in Avignon.

Defence lawyers questioning Gisèle Pelicot at her husband's trial. One of them thought it appropriate to ask why she hadn't cried in court and that right there is the rape culture so many misogynists deny we live in.
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Every I time I see Fine Gael's election slogan "A new energy" I misread it as "A new emergency" which actually feels a little more on point

YouTube video by BBC Studios French Bread Sandwiches | The Catherine Tate Show | BBC Studios

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Simon Harris says only Fine Gael can repair the severe damage caused by whoever’s been in charge for the last 14 years. #RTEUpfront

Commemorating the awesome Nell at the mansion house tonight.

No party which believes 12 year-old rape victims should be forced into childbirth can ever be considered worthy of a vote.
No TD who wants to take away women's rights should be given the time of day.

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.

I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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