Can't help wondering if a prominent member of a party not FF/FG clearly said they would recommend a smear campaign against their opponent in any election process, whether there would be a lot more moral outrage being expressed and facilitated on the national airwaves. #doublestandards

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace... Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a woman who has "brought her country’s opposition together, resisted the militarisation of society and been steadfast in her support for a peaceful transition to democracy...'' the antithesis of what is currently happening in the U.S.

Fintan O'Toole: Gaza is also a war on the human instinct for compassion

Reported with @dropsitenews.com

Palestinian scholarship students with places at Irish universities and processed visas remain trapped in Gaza as the Irish government refuses to evacuate Palestinians who aren’t on 'official government scholarships'.

www.ontheditch.com/government-w...

Sounds about right …

Let them play! #LetThemPlay #GaaPalestine my.uplift.ie/petitions/le... @uplift.ie

In a play activity at a UNICEF-supported temporary space in Gaza, Yamen, 7, drew a wish: a sky without drones and warplanes.

A long-lasting ceasefire is vital for children’s survival. Share Yamen’s wish to show your support.

Scores killed in Gaza as Israeli forces strike cafe and fire on people seeking food

The Free Legal Advice Centre received a record high number of domestic violence queries last year as it warned it only has the capacity to respond to one fifth of the calls it receives.

Lovely to see a #d7playstreets scene out in the wild below - this is from one of our first play streets.

I think it really captures the potential of intervention like this for reimagining our streets to support and encourage play and (intergenerational!) community!

Coincidentally, a recent profile of Jacqui was included in this publication: www.hse.ie/eng/about/wh...

Very sad to hear of the untimely passing of Jacqui Browne, a fearless advocate for the meaningful inclusion of disabled children and adults. I was privileged to benefit from her insight and leadership, when I worked for @dessa-ireland.bsky.social

Very sad to hear of the passing of Jacqui Browne, a fearless advocate for the meaningful inclusion of disabled adults and children. I feel very lucky to have benefitted from her insight and leadership, when I worked for ‪@dessa-ireland.bsky.social‬ Sincere sympathy to Jacqui's family and friends.

The UN has condemned Israel's 'weaponisation of food' in Gaza as another 21 people are reported killed in the region today.

Israeli military strikes have killed at least 35 Palestinians in Gaza, most of them at an aid site operated by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in central Gaza, local health officials said

The ‪@investigates.thejournal.ie‬ team examined over 25 years of planning records to pinpoint Ireland’s data centres.

They found 89 data centres, with a further 40 in development.

Explore the interactive, visual investigation here: https://investigates.thejournal.ie/data-centres

I cannot believe what has just transpired in the Oval Office. Overblown bullies picking on the guy who is trying to deal with ongoing violence at home, to make him "say thankyou"!!?? Putin must be delighted with Trump as an ally. America has completely lost it.

A male politician chastising women on the panel for laughing at the governments excuses for their appalling, regressive approach to ensuring the representation of women, is everything you need to know about male privilege. #genderequality

A rare planetary alignment which will see six planets line up in a row across the night sky is due to take place from tonight for the first time since 2018

Weird how Ireland is always personified as slender, doe-eyed Caitlín Ní Uallacháin when our true spirit is a woman hewn from butter and turf with three children hanging out of each welly while she pummels a cottage into existence using only a side of bacon and her weathered fists

physics of climate impacts 101:
- Stuff gets hot (worse heatwaves)
- Hot air holds more water vapor (heavier rainfall)
- Hot air is thirstier air (higher drought risk)
- Warm water is hurricane food (stronger storms)
- Hot water expands and hot ice melts (sea level rise)

Compelling argument: the big threat to democracy is not the individual experience of misinformation but a degraded public. What purports to be collective ‘voice of the people’ is moulded by the private hands and particular kinks of “wannabe God-Emperors” www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getti...

NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...

Word of the day is one I mention often. To have the ‘mubble-fubbles’, in the 16th century, was to experience a fit of despondency or low spirits - another name for the Sunday blues.