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Crying for Freedom: Peter Watkins at 90 Radical British filmmaker Peter Watkins was briefly tipped by the BBC before The War Game made him a controversial pariah. But he persisted — and now, at 90, he is a hero of liberated, formally remark...

If I said the last of the great twentieth century British film directors died last night, and very few people even remembered him by the time of his death... would you know what I'm talking about?

tribunemag.co.uk/2025/10/cryi...

Wed: “Our migration numbers are too high”-Simon Harris

Thurs: “Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’”

Fri: ”migration numbers too high outside of international protection…as well”-Simon Harris

*Arson attack on infants in IPAS centre.*

Image of a Robo-Beaver stepping out of a police car

A spoof of the Escape from New York poster. The head of the statue of liberty has been replaced by a beaver's. The caption reads: 1847. New York City is a maximum security prison. Gnawing your way out is impossible. Gnawing your way in is insane.

Parody of the poster to Chinatown. A beaver in a pinstripe suit and fedora is smoking a cigarette. The smoke from the cigarette forms the image of another beaver

Parody of the La La Land poster. Two beavers dance by a lamppost looking down over Los Angeles. The caption reads: Here's to the fools who murder hundreds of beavers

Going to see the Hundreds of Beavers roadshow tomorrow and have been furiously cataloging the spoof posters all morning.

Astounding that the first substantive mention of #climate in entire Presidential election campaign should occur during Catherine Connolly’s acceptance speech, which she rightly labelled an “existential crisis”.

Neither the main political parties nor our national media seem remotely interested.

For overseas followers: in Ireland every seven years we vote for someone to tell the Government they are a bunch of evil clowns and every five years we vote in the evil clowns.

The lie-to-children is an important step in knowledge acquisition, I suppose the major issue is that in the humanities the majority rarely stay in it long enough to get passed it, in my own teaching the majority of students drop history at 16.

A COBH MEMBER GEMMA HOGAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED BY THE IDF WHEN HELPING WITH THE OLIVE HARVEST IN THE WEST BANK. SHE IS WITH OTHER IRISH VOLUNTEERS. THE CONSULATE JUST CONFIRMED THAT SHE IS BEING HELD IN AN ISRAELI PRISON. PLEASE EMAIL YOUR TDS ASKING FOR HER TO BE RELEASED AS A MATTER OF URGENCY.

You'd wonder how does the Taoiseach square this view, sensible on cooperation and preparation, with his recent statements that there is no way to mitigate for climate change?

Typical Brit must save entire lifetime's worth of earnings to become wealthy

A typical British worker would need to save all of their earning for 52 years to become wealthy, new research has found.

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

A slap on the wrist, and no redress is all that can be expected from this. Purely a cost of doing business.

www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...

Government of Colombia Announces First International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels — The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative During the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, Colombia proudly announces its plan to host the First International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026. The ...

🚨 Breaking news from the #UNGA sidelines:

🇨🇴 Colombia will host the 1st International Conference on the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026

Read our press release to learn more: fossilfueltreaty.org/phase-out-conference

#FossilFuelTreaty #PhaseOutSummit #FossilFreeFuture #ClimateJustice #UNGA

Overheard in the Whelan's bathroom Girls & Boys (Blur) referred to as an underrated gem. Crumpling into dust.

312. Taking into account all of the matters arising for consideration as part of the individual assessments required to be carried out pursuant to Article 83(2) together with the requirements of the Fining Guidelines, as detailed above, the DPC imposes fines totalling €550,000, as broken down below: a. For the infringement of Article 5(1)(a) GDPR, a fine of €140,000. b. For the infringement of Article 6(1) GDPR, a fine of €110,000. c. For the infringement of Article 9(1) GDPR, a fine of €110,000. d. For the infringement of Article 5(1)(e) GDPR, a fine of €60,000. e. For the infringements of Articles 13(1)(c) and 13(2)(a) GDPR, a fine of €90,000. f. For the infringements of Articles 35(7)(b) and (c) GDPR, a fine of €40,000.

DPC finds the use of the biometric photos & facial recognition tech in the PSC card was was illegal.

Lists six different bits of the GDPR the Dept has been breaching.

Fines the Department of Social Protection €550,000.

www.dataprotection.ie/sites/defaul...

Shocking indifference to catastrophic Blackwater pollution is a sign of the times The Blackwater fish kill is part ecological disaster, part culture war, part climate change confrontation and, worst of all, a gross denial of responsibility

There's something off here -a slow response,an ever changing story - and no answers to the worst fish kill in our history.

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Universal credit worth staggering £9.6bn went unclaimed in 2024

Do you know what benefits you are entitled to? A staggering £9.6bn of universal credit went unclaimed in 2024.

Banning Airbnb/short-term lets, grants for retrofitting vacant/non-residential property, punishing vacant land hoarders - these would be healthy additions to an actual housing plan, but they get talked about as if they're radical solutions. On their own they're piecemeal, band-aidy, nothing tactics

Nine years after the murder of Jo Cox, half of the electorate has assimilated the basic views of her murderer into their everyday worldview.

That's all it took. Nine years of relentless xenophobic racist propaganda, and the UK is a relentlessly racist, xenophobic country...

Mahmoud, I've donated to your fundraiser. Wishing you and your family dignity and safety

Reem, I have just donated to your fundraiser. Wishing you dignity and safety

Police close suspected Surrey brothel after antisocial behaviour reports A woman and man in their 40s were arrested on suspicion of assisting the management of a brothel

It turns out that sex work IS work when police want to deport migrants. Brothel workers were arrested and deported for working without a visa in England.

www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-...

Two framed artworks hung side by side on a white gallery wall. The left piece is a detailed blue line drawing of a group of people standing closely together, looking forward with solemn expressions. The right piece is a red-toned illustration

Two beach towels displayed side by side. The left towel is brightly coloured, depicting Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu smiling amid skulls, palm trees, cocktails, and explosions, with the text “Gaza Riviera.” The right towel is pink with white text listing words such as “starvation,” “war crimes,” “murder,” “ethnic cleansing,” and “occupation.” Small signs above them list prices in USD and ILS, and payment options including cash, card, and cryptocurrency.

A car door mounted on two concrete blocks, displayed against a white wall. The white door is covered in bullet holes and has red Arabic text sprayed across it

A wall display of vintage-style portrait cards of women, arranged in two main sections and a small shelf below. The portraits include both Irish and Palestinian women, framed by decorative borders with names and text in English and Arabic.

Just visited the Dlúthpháirtíocht exhibition in Cork, a showcase of Irish & Palestinian artists.

Every sale directly supports artists in Gaza, or in the case of Irish artists, goes to Dignity for Palestine. If you’re anywhere nearby, go see it and show support 🇮🇪🇵🇸

For Ukrainians asking if time on temporary protection counts towards citizenship, no clear answer from the government Opposition party Sinn Féin, meanwhile, is clear that it doesn’t think the time should count towards citizenship.

For Ukrainians asking if time on temporary protection counts towards citizenship, there is no clear answer from the government. Opposition party Sinn Féin, meanwhile, is clear that it doesn’t think the time should count towards citizenship. www.dublininquirer.c...

Times must indeed be bad if Cicero has a book in the works

I could do a spot o' damage to a berryfruit tart right now. Wouldn't mind if it was hot or jolly well cold...

Remains this

Whatever else can be said for him, Varadkar was at least honest enough to state outright that government policy was not to bring house prices down - homelessness being seen as less of an issue than negative equity.