Met Éireann director meets Minister for Housing after he criticises weather forecaster James Browne had suggested forecaster withheld information that would have helped with flood preparations

Met Éireann director meets Minister for Housing after he criticises weather forecaster www.irishtimes.com/i... #mastodaoine #speirghorm #iepol

Former presidents to receive new secretarial supports Hundreds of thousands of euro have been set aside this year to pay for new secretarial support for former presidents.

Former presidents to receive new secretarial supports www.rte.ie/news/2026... #mastodaoine #speirghorm #iepol

Rowing Ireland CEO fails to attend Oireachtas meeting The chairperson of the Joint Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport, Alan Kelly TD, has outlined what he called "unprecedented" communication from representatives of Rowing Ireland before an Oireachtas hearing today.

Rowing Ireland CEO fails to attend Oireachtas meeting www.rte.ie/sport/row... Its strange when they hire these experienced and very well paid people, a problem occurs and they suddenly can't handle it. www.rowingireland.ie... #speirghorm #iepol

Jim and Patrick Mansfield charged with money laundering related to more than €550,000 High-profile businessman Jim Mansfield and his younger brother Patrick have appeared in court charged with money laundering related to more than €550,000.

Jim and Patrick Mansfield charged with money laundering related to more than €550,000

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Brothers charged with multiple counts of money laundering Two Dublin businessmen have appeared in court charged with multiple counts of money laundering more than ten years ago.

Mansfield Brothers charged with multiple counts of money laundering www.rte.ie/news/cour... #mastodaoine #speirghorm #iepol

The powerful tools in ICE’s arsenal to track suspects — and protesters Biometric trackers, cellphone location databases and drones are among the surveillance technologies agents are using in their immigration enforcement campaign.

'On Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security, of which ICE is a part, disclosed in an annual report that the agency has significantly expanded the operational scope for its use of facial recognition, AI and other advanced technologies.' wapo.st/4bXee03 (gift article)

Sitting across the Oireachtas Children's Committee on online safety for children.

Very much getting the impression that a lot of politicians are reaching for the Under-16 ban. Momentum behind that rather than a deeper understanding of platforms, algorithms and any alternative view.

Who are these FBI members raiding Georgian election headquarters on Trumps orders?

Search warrant FBI served at elections office near Atlanta seeks records tied to the 2020 elections The search warrant FBI served at Fulton County elections office near Atlanta on Wednesday seeks records tied to the 2020 election, a county spokesperson said.

"The FBI searched the election office of a Georgia county central to right-wing conspiracy theories over Trump’s 2020 election loss, acting just one week after Trump predicted prosecutions over a contest he has baselessly insisted was tainted by widespread fraud."

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Updates from @uisceeireann.bsky.social about burst pipe, repairs and water outages. @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social

Fairview Road in Dublin was closed this morning after a major water main burst.

Combined with cancellations to northside train services, this led to major travel disruption.

Get the latest here jrnl.ie/6941347

Sidcup man convicted aover explosive attack on Ulez camera Kevin Rees's homemade bomb caused damage to vehicles and property including a child's bedroom.

This was a minor story on London news this morning - but suspect is a real cautionary (and alarming) tale of an older man getting radicalised online.

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Its an Oireachtas 'Inter-parliamentary' initiative.

Plan to save Digital Hub by bringing it under control of council published DHDA is to transfer its lands in Dublin’s Liberties to Land Development Agency for housing

Plan to save Digital Hub by bringing it under control of council published www.irishtimes.com/i... Digital Hub Development Agency's Strategic Plan thedigitalhub.com/wp... #mastodaoine #speirghorm #iepol #dublin

Conor D. McGuinness TD appointed Irish envoy to US State of Maine - Sinn Féin Sinn Féin TD for Waterford and Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Conor D. McGuinness, has been appointed as Ireland’s envoy to the US state of Maine, as part of a cross-party initiative involving American Irish...

Conor D. McGuinness TD appointed Irish envoy to US State of Maine sinnfein.ie/news/con... #mastodaoine #speirghorm #iepol Has anyone else been mentioned as being appointed as an Irish envoy to a US state?

Rice's Pub on St. Stephen's Green and the Dandelion Market on South King Street were demolished in 1986 to make way for the St. Stephen's Green Shopping Centre. The Slazenger family had assembled the site over 15 years, beginning in 1966.
#Dublin

Now the position is not needed to promote him.

Sculpture of Daniel O'Connell unveiled at Leinster House A sculpture of Daniel O'Connell has been unveiled at Leinster House to commemorate 250 years since his birth.

Sculpture of Daniel O'Connell unveiled at Leinster House www.rte.ie/news/poli... via @rte whats going on with his hair? #mastodaoine #speirghorm #iepol

'It's laughable': Enniscorthy residents hit by flood angry as they clear out their belongings Residents on Island Road found water levels rising rapidly yesterday morning.

Enniscorthy's worn-out residents spoke to The Journal's Eoghan Dalton today...

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Tim Cuck

Apple Workers Are Livid That Tim Cook Saw “Melania” Movie Hours After CBP Killed Pretti Internal Slack logs shared with The Intercept show outrage over Cook’s coziness with Trump and Apple's silence on Pretti's death.

Apple employees are speaking out internally about Tim Cook's cozy relationship with the White House.

“I hope we never find out, but I seriously started wondering what our leadership would do if an Apple employee was summarily executed by our government."

theintercept.com/2026/01/27/a...

ICE Agent Stuffs Sock Under Mask To Give Himself Chin

ICE Agent Stuffs Sock Under Mask To Give Himself Chin

Jim Gavin stands down as chair of Dublin inner city taskforce after disastrous presidential run Jim Gavin has stood down as chairperson of the North East Inner City Taskforce (NEIC) following months of speculation over whether the Fianna Fáil presiden...

Jim Gavin stands down as chair of Dublin inner city taskforce after disastrous presidential run www.independent.ie/i... #aras2025 #aras25 #iepol #dublin

NI education: Teacher uses conscience clause to withdraw from RE teaching Javed Love is understood to be the first teacher in Northern Ireland in at least a decade to take the action.

Northern Irish teacher uses law to withdraw from teaching religion bbc.com/news/article... #mastodaoine #speirghorm #iepol

Ross apologises to husband of McDonald over biography The husband of Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has received an apology in the High Court from author and former TD Shane Ross and his publisher over Mr Ross's biography of Ms McDonald.

Ross apologises to husband of McDonald over biography www.rte.ie/news/2026... via @rte #mastodaoine #speirghorm #iepol

Oireachtas rules out mediation with former Rehab CEO The body that runs Leinster House has told former Rehab Group chief executive Angela Kerins that it will not enter mediation, despite the urging of Taoiseach Micheál Martin that closure should be brou...

The body that runs Leinster House has told former Rehab Group chief executive Angela Kerins that it will not enter mediation, despite the urging of Taoiseach Micheál Martin that closure should be brought to the long-running dispute

The president is setting up his own slush fund with oil money stolen from a foreign country.

Discover isn’t the only place Google is experimenting with AI-generated snippets On Friday, The Verge’s Sean Hollister reported that Google is now calling AI-generated headlines in Discover a “feature,” not just an experiment. For several months now, Google has been rewriting…

With "Web Guide," Google is testing AI rewrites of meta-descriptions. It's just the latest example of the search giant chipping away at news publisher real estate in search. www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/disc...

Rowing Ireland CEO fails to attend Oireachtas meeting The chairperson of the Joint Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport, Alan Kelly TD, has outlined what he called "unprecedented" communication from representatives of Rowing Ireland before an Oireachtas hearing today.

Rowing Ireland CEO fails to attend Oireachtas meeting www.rte.ie/sport/row... Its strange when they hire these experienced and very well paid people, a problem occurs and they suddenly can't handle it. www.rowingireland.ie... #speirghorm #iepol