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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1h

NEW: Nevada could’ve fined Elon Musk’s Boring Co. more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

www.propublica.org

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 19h

They did not ask about it. #aras25

Teresa Collins @queen-crafty.bsky.social · 21h

It’ll be interesting to see if RTE ask Humphreys about this. www.ontheditch.com/fine-gaels-h...

Humphreys has avoided a property tax on old office

She could face criminal prosecution under laws introduced when she was a government minister.

www.ontheditch.com

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 1d

My partner's letter in today's Clare Champion. I'm very proud of her. Catherine Connolly's campaign is giving hope to people who have felt disenfranchised for so long. #spéirgorm ##Áras2025

Young people do have a future in Ireland

I’m not a very political person.

That’s a strange thing to admit as someone with two degrees in politics, but whatever enthusiasm I had for political engagement was quickly snuffed out as I graduated into an Ireland of austerity and dwindling opportunities. I knew change was needed and I was excited to vote for it, but time and again I was shown that change wasn’t possible. I voted to elect Labour - I got Fine Gael. I voted to elect the Greens - I got Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. If I just stayed home, I still got Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.

Time after time, Ireland’s youth begged for changes that would give us some hope for the future, but every time we were told that our lives mattered less than rising house prices. It was obvious there was no future for me in Ireland, so I took the same path as so many others before me and sought a better life in Australia. I had no intention of coming back. Ireland had turned her back on me long before I turned my back on her.

Covid forced me back home and I wasn’t happy about it. I met someone when I returned and we’ve done our best to build a life here, but always with one foot out the door. Melbourne has never stopped calling to me.

On September 22nd, my partner happened to be watching Catherine Connolly’s campaign launch and sitting beside him I felt something stir that I thought was long gone - hope. Catherine Connolly and the people she shared that stage with shared a vision for Ireland’s future that had a place for me in it. I heard Holly Cairns express that the presidency can be a role that highlights who we want to be, not just accepting the shortcomings of who we are right now. I heard Mary Lou McDonald speak of an Ireland where the aspirations and wellbeing of the people come first. I heard Paul Murphy reassure us that there is indeed hope that the 100 year rule of Fine Fáil and Fine Gael can be ended. Finally, when Catherine herself spoke, I saw why each of these le…

A photo of 4 women and a man canvassing for Catherine Connolly. It's a selfie style shot and most people are wearing Catherine Connolly badges or clothing.

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Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 1d

Big piece in POLITICO asking about the independence of Ireland's process of appointing people to its Data Protection Commission. There is deep unease in Brussels about Ireland appointing a former Meta lobbyist as Meta's watchdog. Now questions about who was involved.

www.politico.eu/article/big-...

Big Tech lawyer played key role in picking Ireland’s new privacy regulator

Former Meta lobbyist Niamh Sweeney will co-lead the Irish Data Protection Commission from mid-October.

www.politico.eu

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Haneen🍉 @habjjfjiu588.bsky.social · 1d

The Guardian publishes me and my meaning on Blue Sky. Take a look, donate and support me.

Donation link 👇🏻👇🏻

chuffed.org/project/help...

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Social media accounts of Palestinians desperate for funds are being flagged as spam

People in Gaza use Bluesky to crowdfund for milk and diapers – repeated deletion of their profiles has spawned a guerrilla verification squad

www.theguardian.com

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Sharrow 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪🦄💙📚🎃 @sharrow.bsky.social · 1d

“Voting isn’t marriage, it’s public transport. You’re not waiting for “the one” who’s absolutely perfect: you’re getting the bus, and if there isn’t one to your destination, you don’t not travel- you take the one going closest.”

#speirgorm #Irishpolitics #Áras25 #Aras25

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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 1d

“Budgets are moral documents. They reveal priorities & values, and as a society, they are the primary way that we care for one another, especially for the vulnerable.”

Or not #Budget26 🤦🏾‍♀️

www.citizensinformation.ie/en/money-and...

#spéirghorm #Áras25 #IrishPol #Budget26 #Disabled #Ireland

Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 1d

"Unpaid carers are predominantly women, which might go some way to explaining why their contributions are ignored." Catherine Connolly speaking out following yesterday's budget on the continuation of the means test for carers, and the unfulfilled promise of a cost of disability payment.

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Fiona Murphy @fcemurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Great bring it on the sooner the better #KillAI #speirgorm #Artists

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

From May 2025: Meta’s former head of global affairs said asking for permission from rights owners to train models would “basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight.”

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

www.theverge.com

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Taryn de Vere @taryndevere.bsky.social · 1d

Fair point

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Taryn de Vere @taryndevere.bsky.social · 1d

I'm really sorry you have to have this awful crap pop up on your timeline Lilith, it's pure shite.

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Eyepatch Wolf but like spooky or a ghost or something @eyepatchwolf.bsky.social · 1d

The irish presidential election is basically now between "dog fighting transphobe" and "woman who destroys children in soccer matches"

I will be voting for Connoly in support of her war on childrens egos.

Lilith Ferreyra-Carroll @trasinscneach.bsky.social · 2d

Not going to share 'grift' but Heather Humphreys has just said that I'm a man and the gender recognition act should be changed. Please do not vote for or give a preference for her. Having someone as president who thinks this way would be absolutely awful for minorities #SpeirGorm

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Taryn de Vere @taryndevere.bsky.social · 1d

Yesssss!! #Aras25 #VoteConnolly

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 1d

Paddy Power has paid out early on bets backing Catherine Connolly to become the next President of Ireland.
The election takes place on 24 October but the bookmaker claimed it has 'seen enough' to call it.
http://jrnl.ie/6838922

‘Can’t keepie up’: Paddy Power pays out early on bets for Catherine Connolly to become president

Paddy Power said there is ‘always the Ballon D’Or’ for Connolly if she fails to win the presidential election.

jrnl.ie

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Hannah O'Sullivan @sullydaysleeper.bsky.social · 1d

There is no cost of disability payment for any disabled person & what we do know is every disabled person does face additional costs. The gov haven't followed through on their own programme for gov ... they sold a lie #speirgorm

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Hannah O'Sullivan @sullydaysleeper.bsky.social · 1d

🧵Thank you to Cormac O' Hara @drivetime.bsky.social for pressing Hildagarde Naughton on budget 26 & cost of disability, everyone who cares about #disability rights should listen back . The fact that the cost of disability is diff for individual persons with #disabilities is irrelevant #Speirgorm

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 1d

Whilst the FG candidate for president is seeking to exclude trans ppl, Catherine Connolly is seeking to include more Irish people. We need to move on from the politics of the past, towards a new Ireland, where everyone matters #SpéirGhorm

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Eóin Cunningham @eoinmcunningham.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder that the minister in charge of the housing crisis for the past 5 years is now in charge of our climate response instead.
It’s going great.
#speirgorm

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 1d

Minister says climate costs warning is ‘back of envelope stuff’

Darragh O’Brien says he does not believe Ireland will face fines of up to €26 billion

www.irishtimes.com

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Allan @allanartist.bsky.social · 1d

Naoise Dolan, Barry Heneghan and other Irish citizens have been kidnapped by Israel.
Ring Dept Foreign Affairs
+353 (1) 408 2000
Simon Harris constituency office
(01) 618 3805 #mastodaoine #flotilla #freedomflotilla #SpeirGorm #SpéirGorm

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Orla Egan she/her @orlaegan1.bsky.social · 1d

Ok so @simonharrisireland.bsky.social accepts that the kidnapping by Israel of Irish people on flotillas heading to Gaza was illegal - what actions is he going to take to address this breach of international law? #speirgorm

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 1d

Speaking in the Dáil today, Simon Harris said the activists were trying to do something about the "humanitarian catastrophe and genocide" in Gaza and that they posed "no threat".

He denounced their detention as illegal.

http://jrnl.ie/6838266

Author and TD among five Irish people on board latest Gaza flotilla intercepted by Israel

The Tánaiste denounced the activists’ detention by Israel as illegal.

jrnl.ie

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Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 1d

“Mr Donald said his work with the Sunday World involves him working alongside colleagues from the Irish Independent and that he regularly told the story in the newsroom of how he was owed money by Mr Gavin.”

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

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Orla Hegarty @orla-hegarty.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll be speaking to @newstalkfm.bsky.social The Hard Shoulder about apartments after 6 today #Housing #SpeirGorm www.newstalk.com/shows/the-ha...

The Hard Shoulder | Newstalk

Join Kieran Cuddihy every weekday afternoon from 4-7pm for a round-up of the day’s events, interviews with the people at the centre of the stories – and ...

www.newstalk.com

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Taryn de Vere @taryndevere.bsky.social · 1d

The group chat, the echo chamber, reboot Republic

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Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 1d

Any good Irish current affairs podcast recommendations?
#speirgorm #aras25

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Carole (Ducky) (IrPsych) @caroleducky.bsky.social · 1d

It seems that a barrister who doesn’t understand the Constitution is throwing her toys out of her Hermes bag. 🤔

#Áras2025 #SpeirGorm #Steen

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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 2d

Heather Humphreys is spreading misinformation that Oireachtas political staff need so-called garda clearance – they don’t, according to documents obtained by The Ditch

Alan Shatter joined in – posting a fake document on X purporting to be official policy

www.ontheditch.com/heather-hump...

Humphreys spreading misinformation about Oireachtas vetting

Humphreys’s former party colleague and ex-justice minister Alan Shatter has also joined in.

www.ontheditch.com

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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 2d

So Gone Gavin now issuing statements making the repayment of funds he has owed for 16 years - conditional on some quibbles he has with tenant's story in podcast - and no 'sorry' ? He should actually pay interest on the sum for last 16 years - and move on #spéirghorm

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