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Ellen Coyne @ellenmcoyne.bsky.social · 1h

Very interesting comment from former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar

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Dr Neutopia @oceanclub.bsky.social · 2h

Sorry but even if you're the most unthinking supporter of Israel, surely this strikes you as a bit weird?

Lady Bee Middlemast-Neal @mistyswoman.bsky.social · 2h

Fuck. Me. Backwards.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Jenrick says Star of David should be displayed at every point of entry to the UK

Tory leadership frontrunner addressed Conservative Friends of Israel event in hoodie emblazoned with words ‘Hamas Are Terrorists’

www.independent.co.uk

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Annie West @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social · 5h

Jim Gavin sits in his room thinking
*Well, I suppose it can't get any worse*
and then opens @thejournal.ie
www.thejournal.ie/cohost-sunda...

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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 5h

Maria Steen Turning Up At Gates Of The Áras Refusing To Leave Until She's Made President http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/08/maria-steen-turning-up-at-gates-of-the-aras-refusing-to-leave-until-shes-made-president/

Maria Steen Turning Up At Gates Of The Áras Refusing To Leave Until She’s Made President

A WOMAN who has never been a presidential candidate or appeared on a ballot paper has taken up residence outside the gates of Leinster House, vowing never to leave until she is made president of …

waterfordwhispersnews.com

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 9h

More Irish activists have now been taken by the IDF from international waters including author Naoise Dolan, TD Barry Heneghan and psychiatrist Veronica O’Keane.

They are part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.

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Susan Cartwright @listen2.bsky.social · 12h

I adore this young woman.

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 16h

Just to underline this: there are councillors in local authorities who have been co-opted without a view, and there are senators who have been appointed or voted in by a mere few dozen people.... and they have more of a democratic mandate than Steen.

Stop humouring her.

Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 18h

The rest of us shouldn't have to deal with the consequences of the Farage-ing of an unsuccessful political candidate who gets clicks... especially just because journalists would rather tell this story than explain the triple lock.

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 1d

New collections added, part 2

• International Digital Ephemera Project
• CND Cymru Archives (Wales)
• Peace News (UK)
• Ogoniok (USSR)
• Leon Trotsky Exile Papers
• Bolsevik Partizan (Türkiye)
• Against the Current (US)
• The People (US)

hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...

radical online collections and archives

I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

hatfulofhistory.com

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John Moynes @johnmoynes.bsky.social · 20h

Hearing reports of Jim Gavin canvassers in the Wicklow mountains who are refusing to surrender.

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John Moynes @johnmoynes.bsky.social · 20h

I call for a national holiday in my honour.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 20h

Maria Steen calls for presidential election to be cancelled over Jim Gavin’s departure

Conservative campaigner missed out on required signatures to make the ballot

www.irishtimes.com

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Alan Kinsella @electionlit.bsky.social · 22h

His work with the Football Review Committee where the rules got changed was seen as one of his accomplishments

Alan Kinsella @electionlit.bsky.social · 1d

The energy credits were great. The replacement seems to rule out a lot of those that are already struggling.

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 1d

There will be no one-off energy credits next year while increases in carbon tax will add around 2.5c to the cost of a litre of motor fuels from tomorrow

Petrol and diesel up 2.5c, no electricity credits in 2026

There will be no one-off electricity credits next year while increases in carbon tax will add around 2.5c to the cost of a litre of motor fuels from tomorrow.

www.rte.ie

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Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 1d

Luckily there isn't anything else for those folks across the border to be worried with.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 1d

UK prosecutors to appeal against decision to throw out terror case against Kneecap rapper

Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh (27) was accused of displaying a Hizbullah flag at a 2024 London gig

www.irishtimes.com

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🎃👻David 👻🎃 @rebelalliance77.bsky.social · 1d

Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting tomorrow evening with all TDs, Senators and MEPs attending.

Na gaeilge for bloodbath is Foladh Folcaidh

FF

#Áras25
#Speirgorm

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AutoMacai @automacai.bsky.social · 1d

Unless there is a 100% derelict property tax, or close to it, I don't want to hear about FFG doing "everything they can". #SpéirGhorm

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Sarah Clancy @sarahmaintains.bsky.social · 1d

My sincere thanks to everyone who has supported the Global Sumud Flotilla. I'm home safe & will be followed by the other Irish people today. I'm just catching up and have much more to share but for now I am so so grateful for everyone's attempts to free us. Remember that Gaza is the story not us.

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Karl Stanley @karlstanley.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely fuming at this Derelict Property Tax move in #Budget25 - any change like this will take years to bed in, meanwhile any efforts to collect the legacy Derelict Site Levy will be abandoned while councils wait for new legislation.

A gigantic win for property speculators. Smells like FFG.

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Alan Kinsella @electionlit.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks.

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🎃👻David 👻🎃 @rebelalliance77.bsky.social · 1d

@electionlit.bsky.social just in the door. Addressed to householder n all
#Áras25

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Alan Kinsella @electionlit.bsky.social · 1d

Found it interesting that Jim Gavins flyer didn't mention the GAA at all. #aras25 #Speirgorm

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maebhcon.bsky.social @maebhcon.bsky.social · 1d

We had an election in Tipp where a woman died between printing of ballots and election day initiallly it was going to be postponed but it ended up going ahead due to legal action.

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Alan Kinsella @electionlit.bsky.social · 1d

There's been a few cases in Local Elections but generally what happens is the election for that LEA is postponed for a fortnight or so.

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Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social · 1d

I was talking to someone the other night who uses old election posters to build a pathway out into reedbeds on the Shannon estuary mudflats, for cutting reeds for thatching cottages

Alan Kinsella @electionlit.bsky.social · 1d

Got a poster....

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Alan Kinsella @electionlit.bsky.social · 1d

It just says so much

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Got a poster....

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