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I am selling 1 verified ticket for Rick Glassman - Live on 21 August 2026 at Whelans, Dublin via Ticketmaster. Interested?
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In completely unrelated news, there are 116 data centres in the Greater Dublin Area
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Uisce Éireann has told an Oireachtas committee that demand for water in the Greater Dublin area is so high, that it cannot be met without taking water from the River Shannon rte.ie/news/2026/0624/158017…
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It is important to resist the commodification of basic human needs. Food, water and healthcare cannot be subordinated to market considerations or geopolitical interests. Access to adequate food is a fundamental human right grounded in the dignity of every person. Meeting this need not only alleviates suffering but also addresses underlying causes of geopolitical instability. Indeed, food security is an essential component of global and integral security. vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/e…
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It would be *much* more socially transformative to ban social media for over-65s
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- @AlexCrawfordSky is doing something fascinating and it is drawing a lot of heat.
She is reporting on Arabs as if they were white people.
"she was 4 years old & called Lamar.. when they found her body she'd been decapitated. Her mother was killed with her"
@AlexCrawfordSky reporting from Lebanon
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🇫🇷 French International Criminal Court (ICC) judge Nicolas Guillou, sanctioned by President Trump in August because of the court’s warrant for Netanyahu, says he has been cut off from basic financial and digital services.
“I discovered that almost all payment methods in France today are American,” Guillou said. “The only cards we have in France are Visa and Mastercard.”
He can no longer use Amazon, Airbnb, Booking or Expedia, and some UPS deliveries to his home have also been blocked.
French officials say efforts to lift the sanctions have seen no U.S. response. “If judges are afraid to judge… then we no longer have democracy,” Guillou told France Télévisions.
« Ma carte bleue a été coupée. Plus rien ne marche : Amazon, Airbnb, Booking… »
Le juge français Nicolas Guillou est visé par Trump après le mandat de la CPI contre Netanyahou.
Rencontre à La Haye.
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RTE Radio 1 published this phone interview with Seamus Culleton, an Irish national held by ICE in Texas since September, says he “fears for his life” in detention. Culleton lived in the U.S. for 20 years, is married to a U.S. citizen, and was detained despite holding a valid license and work permit. He said people have been killed by the staff.
An Irish immigrant with a valid US work permit has been held in ICE detention in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record, the Irish Times reports. Seamus Culleton, who has lived in the US for over 20 years, is married to a US citizen and was in the final stages of a green card application when he was arrested in September. He describes detention conditions akin to a “concentration camp,” limited access to outdoors, and constant hunger. A judge initially approved his release on bond, but the US government later blocked it.
His lawyer says the case is highly unusual and reflects arbitrary enforcement by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE did not respond with comment on the story at the time of publication.
(Photos from Irish Times)
Rebecca Gorman retweeted
Geoffrey Hinton’s Nobel Peace prize speech is short and sobering.
The greatest danger of advanced AI isn’t the machines themselves, but the way they magnify humanity’s existing fractures — misinformation, division, exploitation, power concentrated without accountability.
But will anyone listen? It is the difference between colossal progress and the end of humanity as we know it.
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alice wong introduced me to the 10 principles of disability justice and i think they are vital to the continued existence of the human race so i am sharing them
ALT soft pink blue and green infographic created by Sins Invalid in 2015 of the 10 Principles of Disability Justice in a bulleted list: intersectionality, leadership of the most impacted, anti-capitalist politics, commitment to cross-movement organizing, recognizing wholeness, sustainability, commitment to cross-disability solidarity, interdependence, collective access, and collective liberation. Text by Patty Berne and Sins Invalid. Design by Nomy Lamm.
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This is what an Irish President sounds like. It’s a no brainer. She’s the one.
Presidential Debate 2025: This is why Catherine Connolly thinks you should vote for her in the upcoming presidential election.
#TonightVMTV 👇
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Bring about equality and inclusion when Minister Heather Humphreys tried to bring in some of the worst changes to disability payments in Irish history ...
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Total "Economy labour productivity" is €127 per hour btw in Ireland, one of the highest in the world.
How are we benefitting? Homelessness, living with parents, debt, poverty.
The social contract isn't a priority whatsoever.
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8/11 Excluding windfall corporation tax receipts, the government is forecasting a budget deficit of almost €11 billion next year (3.2% of GNI*). This is despite a strong economy.
ALT Chart showing that while the public finances are in surplus, if we exclude excess corporation tax receipts, there is an underlying deficit. This is growing over time.
I actually cannot believe that the Government are going to spend over a billion euro in tax cuts. Our public services have been gutted, there needs to be "prudent" measures in the Budget, and yet, our already narrow tax base will become even more precarious?! Math isn't mathing
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We have published our 2026 Pre-Budget Submission today, titled "Inclusive Employment, Sustainable Communities".
We are calling on the Government to Invest in social protection and wider public services to protect already low incomes that do not meet the cost of living.
