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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 24m

RTÉ Prime Time:
DPC stirs. Irish company at the centre of a recent investigation into the sale of smartphone location data has temporarily suspended operations.

www.rte.ie/news/primeti...

Irish firm halts phone location data sales, as DPC probe expands

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has confirmed that an Irish company at the centre of a recent RTÉ investigation into the sale of smartphone location data has temporarily suspended operations.

www.rte.ie

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 1h

I am grateful for this info. 🙏🏼

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Sam @faroqabilly.bsky.social · 1h

@blindboyboatclub.bsky.social memorably covered this a few years back
shows.acast.com/blindboy/epi...

Hieronymus Bosch | The Blindboy Podcast

I chat about the painter Hieronymous Bosch, and how our modern vision of Hell is based on 12th century Cork

shows.acast.com

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 2h

Yep

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Simply Shada @simplyshada.bsky.social · 2h

Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza is exposing deep #EU divides👇🏼https://euobserver.com/eu-and-the-world/ar0a1a35c6

October 7 redux — so now what from the EU?

Complacent EU officials in Brussels may shrug off accusations of double standards as part of a new geopolitical reality. But others know that no amount of clever spin or PR can hide the difference in ...

euobserver.com

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 2h

This is simply wonderful by Angela Byrne of UCC:

How one man's drink-induced unconscious trip in 12th century Cork reshaped how the Western world imagines eternal damnation.

www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2... #Cork #FiresOfHell

Does the road to hell begin in Cork?

How one man's drink-induced unconscious trip in 12th century Cork reshaped how the Western world imagines eternal damnation

www.rte.ie

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Middle East Monitor @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social · 2h

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, stated that the situation in Gaza has become even more dangerous and tragic than it was a year ago, following a devastating war that claimed tens of thousands of lives.

www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251008-vat...

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 2h

Ceann amháin eile ann -

Sir, – I was bemused by Fintan O’Toole’s wry comment that Catherine Connolly is now “odds on favourite” to win “simply because she has coherence and conviction”.

Yes indeed, two rare qualities that the electorate might appreciate. – Yours, etc,

EVELYN MAHON,

Dublin 2.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 2h

Sharp letter in the ITimes:

Sir,

I was bemused by Fintan O’Toole’s wry comment that Catherine Connolly is now “odds on favourite” to win “simply because she has coherence and conviction”.

Yes indeed, two rare qualities that the electorate might appreciate.

Yours,

EVELYN MAHON
Dublin 2

#aras25

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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 3h

“We have about 12,000 people — doctors, nurses, engineers, humanitarian workers — who are on the front lines,” our Juliette Touma tells BBC.

UNRWA teams continue to provide essential services in #Gaza, including shelter, healthcare, and waste and sewage management.

#UNRWAworks

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 5h

I was mostly joking when I compared Connolly's football skills to Clinton playing the saxophone on the Arsenio Hall show. But here I am, cursed with the gift of prophecy...

Donncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social · 5h

I sniff the emergence of a formidable ‘Centrist Dads for Connolly Campaign’… #Áras25

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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 5h

We also discussed @omerbartov.bsky.social's cover essay for the latest issue of @prospectmagazine.co.uk on this week's episode of the Prospect pod, where he addresses the arguments against calling Israel's atrocities in Gaza a genocide >>> www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/pro...

Israeli genocide scholar: My country is in denial

Most Israelis refuse to see what their army is doing to Gazan people. This denialism has its roots in history

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 5h

MDH backs BMX

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 5h

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THE IRISH TIMES

Keeping up with Catherine

Sir, - Catherine Connolly's soccer and
basketball skills, as demonstrated on social media, vill earn her more votes than the highbrow arguments and debating points combined.

Furthermore, it will do more for the equality of women in sport than all the women's rugby trophies or skort" camogie
controversies put together.

It suddenly shows her in a completely new
light and for someone of her age, male or
female, it is astonishing. For all Michael D's outstanding skills, keepy-uppys was not one of them.

he will certainly get number one from this
male chauvinist. - Yours, etc,

MAURICE OCALLAGHAN,

Stillorgan,

Co Dublin.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 5h

Not wrong.

Catherine Connolly TD doing keepy uppies.

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Donncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social · 5h

I sniff the emergence of a formidable ‘Centrist Dads for Connolly Campaign’… #Áras25

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 5h

"Safe, accessible bike parking at a maternity hospital is imperative to enable healthy, lower-impact travel for staff, patients and visitors.”

- cllr Eva Dowling

The need for this - and especially the value of it - is being underestimated by some still.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 5h

"I do expect a Budget to be put in context of the existential threat posed by climate change."

- Catherine Connolly TD

@catherinegalway.bsky.social #aras25 #climateemergency
www.thejournal.ie/catherine-co... #Budget26

Catherine Connolly says there is no 'recognition' of climate emergency in Budget 2026

‘I don’t expect any Budget to sort out those crises, but I do expect a Budget to be put in context of the existential threat posed by climate change.’

www.thejournal.ie

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Mike Finnerty @mikecjf.bsky.social · 7h

Blanchardstown had a dreadful turnout of 32.5% in last June's locals and elected a far-right councillor. I went along to a Catherine Connolly campaign event in the area last Wednesday to see how she plans to win over those disillusioned voters
#Áras25 dublinpeople.com/news/northsi...

Connolly campaign tries to woo disillusioned Dublin 15 voters

Blanchardstown saw a pitiful turnout of 32.5% in last June's local elections; now presidential hopeful Catherine Connolly is hoping to reach those disaffected voters with her united left approach and ...

dublinpeople.com

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 10h

Famine’s Long Shadow

Even if food is surged into Gaza today, the history of weaponized mass starvation shows that the social aftershocks will reverberate for generations.

Alex de Waal

jewishcurrents.org/famines-long...

Famine's Long Shadow

Even if food is surged into Gaza today, the history of weaponized mass starvation shows that the social aftershocks will reverberate for generations.

jewishcurrents.org

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 6h

“I am an Independent candidate with an independent mind, with a vision for Ireland for the future. I am absolutely delighted that the parties and Independents have come in behind me. I have always looked on myself as an inclusive candidate drawing from all sides.”
www.independent.ie/regionals/co...

Catherine Connolly outlines her vision for presidency during visit to County Cork

“One of my strongest characteristics is an ability to listen,” declared Independent candidate Catherine Connolly during her recent visit to County Cork.

www.independent.ie

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Middle East Monitor @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social · 7h

UNICEF: Gaza’s children enduring “terror no child should experience”

A UNICEF spokesperson warned Tuesday that children in Gaza are enduring levels of violence and fear that “no child should ever experience,” amid Israel’s ongoing military campaign. Speaking to repo…

www.middleeastmonitor.com

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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.bsky.social · 8h

Two Irish novelists have now done more to break the blockade and end man-made famine in Gaza than the entire UK government.

(Naoise Dolan on the flotilla and Sally Rooney with her words and deeds)

Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 8h

Author and TD among five Irish people on board latest Gaza flotilla intercepted by Israel
#speirgorm #stopthegenocide
jrnl.ie/6838266

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

There were five Irish citizens aboard boats in the flotilla.

jrnl.ie

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 1d

The EU's General Court has upheld the EU/US arrangements for transfers of personal data to the US. Analysis by Dr Samira Allioui: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

The General Court of the European Union upholds the Data Privacy Framework

Dr Samira Allioui , Research fellow, Centre d'études internationales et européennes, Université de Strasbourg Photo credit : Ibrahim...

eulawanalysis.blogspot.com

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 7h

No, I am not going to allow my platforms to be used for amplifying silly nasty provocations from an opposition politician about my home city - and about sacking judges.

I will not provide the noise he wants to create.

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