Colin McGovern
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If there were people around the country committing violence against Catholic priests and attempting to burn them to death in their beds, would Simon Harris and the rest of our politicians, the very next day, take to the media to demand a debate on whether there were too many priests in Ireland?
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November 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
If there were people around the country committing violence against Catholic priests and attempting to burn them to death in their beds, would Simon Harris and the rest of our politicians, the very next day, take to the media to demand a debate on whether there were too many priests in Ireland?
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In a world where all we seem to talk about is what the far right are doing, it's nice to be able to elevate a voice from the north inner city who's trying to do something positive in her community: www.thejournal.ie/readme/elect...
Canvasser: I knocked on over a thousand doors and learned to turn fear into hope. Here's how.
In communities that have long been ignored by politics, it’s more important than ever to get out and talk to people, writes Niamh McDonald.
www.thejournal.ie
November 4, 2025 at 8:24 AM
In a world where all we seem to talk about is what the far right are doing, it's nice to be able to elevate a voice from the north inner city who's trying to do something positive in her community: www.thejournal.ie/readme/elect...
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I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
To be asked to write about racism only to be racially aggressed in the editing process is a new level unlocked I have to say.
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
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Excellent letter from Wendy Lyon in today's Irish Times.
November 3, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Excellent letter from Wendy Lyon in today's Irish Times.
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What John Collision gets right & wrong
“Orla Hegarty said there is danger changes proposed would result in power located in a few hands
Are we to roll back to a time of quick windfall profits with true economic, social & environmental costs being borne by others” www.thejournal.ie/john-colliso...
“Orla Hegarty said there is danger changes proposed would result in power located in a few hands
Are we to roll back to a time of quick windfall profits with true economic, social & environmental costs being borne by others” www.thejournal.ie/john-colliso...
What Stripe's John Collision gets right - and wrong - about Ireland's infrastructure failures
A 2,500-word analysis by the tech billionaire has caused a stir in Irish political circles.
www.thejournal.ie
October 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
What John Collision gets right & wrong
“Orla Hegarty said there is danger changes proposed would result in power located in a few hands
Are we to roll back to a time of quick windfall profits with true economic, social & environmental costs being borne by others” www.thejournal.ie/john-colliso...
“Orla Hegarty said there is danger changes proposed would result in power located in a few hands
Are we to roll back to a time of quick windfall profits with true economic, social & environmental costs being borne by others” www.thejournal.ie/john-colliso...
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I've been repeating this ad-nauseum at work - a university where they've whole-heartedly embraced GenAI. It's unconscionable as far as I'm concerned.
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
October 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I've been repeating this ad-nauseum at work - a university where they've whole-heartedly embraced GenAI. It's unconscionable as far as I'm concerned.
France's Crown Jewels? Do they know who Napoleon was?
BREAKING: Two men have been arrested in connection with the heist of France's crown jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris.
2 arrested over jewel heist at the Louvre, French prosecutors say
One of the men was arrested while "preparing to leave the country" from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, officials said.
nbcnews.to
October 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
France's Crown Jewels? Do they know who Napoleon was?
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"It's too hard to get on the ballot" really is our version of "Stop the Steal."
October 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"It's too hard to get on the ballot" really is our version of "Stop the Steal."
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Saying that it's "too hard" to get on the Irish president ballot when an independent woman got the entire Irish left to back her, got the biggest vote ever and beat two historically dominant parties is not just wrong - it is breathtakingly offensive and outrageously dishonest.
#Aras25 #Speirgorm
#Aras25 #Speirgorm
October 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Saying that it's "too hard" to get on the Irish president ballot when an independent woman got the entire Irish left to back her, got the biggest vote ever and beat two historically dominant parties is not just wrong - it is breathtakingly offensive and outrageously dishonest.
#Aras25 #Speirgorm
#Aras25 #Speirgorm
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Let's be practical here, you'd need a referendum to change the nominations process, and nobody has proposed an alternative. So there's zero chance of it happening. Any talk of "looking into it" is post-election blather. It'll all be forgotten by the new year
October 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Let's be practical here, you'd need a referendum to change the nominations process, and nobody has proposed an alternative. So there's zero chance of it happening. Any talk of "looking into it" is post-election blather. It'll all be forgotten by the new year
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Boy forced into girl's sports because someone wasn't paying attention when they did his birth certificate.
Birth certificate trumps everything no matter what. Just what they wanted, right?
Birth certificate trumps everything no matter what. Just what they wanted, right?
October 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Boy forced into girl's sports because someone wasn't paying attention when they did his birth certificate.
Birth certificate trumps everything no matter what. Just what they wanted, right?
Birth certificate trumps everything no matter what. Just what they wanted, right?
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Aoife Moore: Fine Gael texts out attack lines to journalists. They’re often forwarded on to me by colleagues in journalism and minutes later the very queries Fine Gael direct them to ask appear in the Connolly press inbox. If you didn’t laugh, you’d cry.
#Áras25
ereader.irishnews.com/2025/10/21/a...
#Áras25
ereader.irishnews.com/2025/10/21/a...
Aoife Moore: Why I offered to help Catherine Connolly and why the Irish establishment won’t stop her
The most desperate times call for the most desperate measures and Fine Gael have reached a new level of desperation
ereader.irishnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Aoife Moore: Fine Gael texts out attack lines to journalists. They’re often forwarded on to me by colleagues in journalism and minutes later the very queries Fine Gael direct them to ask appear in the Connolly press inbox. If you didn’t laugh, you’d cry.
#Áras25
ereader.irishnews.com/2025/10/21/a...
#Áras25
ereader.irishnews.com/2025/10/21/a...
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The AI generated overview of reviews for a V for Vendetta costume says it's "ideal for both Halloween and rioting scenarios" in case you were looking for that sort of thing.
October 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The AI generated overview of reviews for a V for Vendetta costume says it's "ideal for both Halloween and rioting scenarios" in case you were looking for that sort of thing.
I must admit, I didn't have "FG alienates the law profession" on my campaign bingo card.
October 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I must admit, I didn't have "FG alienates the law profession" on my campaign bingo card.
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'The plan? Stake our entire reputation on a huge group of Maccabi Tel Aviv hooligans behaving themselves.'
October 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
'The plan? Stake our entire reputation on a huge group of Maccabi Tel Aviv hooligans behaving themselves.'
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Award-winning pain researcher here. This is not something that can be done. Hope this helps.
“In nursing homes, neonatal units, and ICU wards, researchers are racing to turn pain—medicine’s most subjective vital sign—into something a camera or sensor can score as reliably as blood pressure.”
AI is changing how we quantify pain
Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort.
www.technologyreview.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Award-winning pain researcher here. This is not something that can be done. Hope this helps.
We know from Musk that hollowing out your subscribers is a mild inconvenience compared with having a mouthpiece for your views. Most people are satisfied with an account, these guys need an entire company.
Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...
The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay
Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.
www.forbes.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We know from Musk that hollowing out your subscribers is a mild inconvenience compared with having a mouthpiece for your views. Most people are satisfied with an account, these guys need an entire company.
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Returns from a chain bookshop have reduced our sales to a minus figure in the most important sales month of the year.
Please support independent bookshops this Christmas.
Please support independent bookshops this Christmas.
October 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Returns from a chain bookshop have reduced our sales to a minus figure in the most important sales month of the year.
Please support independent bookshops this Christmas.
Please support independent bookshops this Christmas.
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way to go, sir
October 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
way to go, sir
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"I would smear the bejaysus out of her, simply because you've nothing to lose... you've got to create a fear... in my experience, nothing works like negative campaigning."
They're really openly saying the quiet part out loud now aren't they...🤔
They're really openly saying the quiet part out loud now aren't they...🤔
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"I would smear the bejaysus out of her, simply because you've nothing to lose... you've got to create a fear... in my experience, nothing works like negative campaigning."
They're really openly saying the quiet part out loud now aren't they...🤔
They're really openly saying the quiet part out loud now aren't they...🤔
What would the existence of even one repentant transphobe mean?
“The existence of even one ex gay dismantles the central lie of homosexuality, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.”
Same shit different era.
Same shit different era.
October 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
What would the existence of even one repentant transphobe mean?