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Donncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social · 13h

Is there a barrel bottom that hasn’t been scraped yet in the determined drive to attack the character and professionalism of the Left candidate who’s doing well in polls? Of course Catherine Connolly BL acted for clients on a normal disinterested basis!

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

Catherine Connolly did ‘all types of work’ as barrister and represented banks during crash

Presidential election candidate says she was ‘obliged as a lawyer to act on behalf of variety of clients’

www.irishtimes.com

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 11h

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🤏 eoᵹ̇an 🫳 @ohjann.world · 15h

This is honestly the shit that the accuse 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔚𝔬𝔨𝔢 of doing but it's business lobbiest so it's okay here

Mark Lynas @marklynas.bsky.social · 17h

WOW! The European Parliament just voted to BAN the words 'burger' and 'sausage' when used in sustainable plant-based alternatives. HUGE win for the meat and dairy lobby in the EU, and lots more confusion for consumers if this goes through. Insane!
www.euroveg.eu/european-par...

European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’ - European Vegetarian Union

Brussels, 8 October 2025 European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’: coalition calls decision misguided and counterproductive This Wednesday the Members of the E...

www.euroveg.eu

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Jamie @fctwentebenson.bsky.social · 23h

Every person on the flotillas is as important as the next but the fact that the entire European political system has hardly had a word to say about the kidnapping of elected reps in international waters and then imprisoned is absolutely shocking

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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 2d

the official position of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael appears to be that if gardaí want to leak confidential information about private citizens to damage a political candidate, they are not only entitled to do so, but it is righteous

Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 2d

everyone – including Kieran Cuddihy – jumping down Paul Murphy's throat for correctly raising the very serious issue of confidential garda vetting information being leaked to the media

disgraceful

#TonightVMTV

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Elaine Crory @elainecrory.bsky.social · 2d

This clip has been circulating a lot and look I don't want to be critical, it's great that it's inspiring people.

BUT. There is one thing he says that's inaccurate and it's important that people understand the reality.

He says that their trade union didn't support them. That's not true.

Dipa @amrakunj.bsky.social · 2d

The story of how Ireland became the first western nation to implement a nationwide ban on South African goods during the apartheid era beautifully told. This cheered me up immensely.
www.youtube.com/shorts/O5yK7...

Fruit for thought. Never judge a book by its cover. #comedy #histoty #storytelling #standup

YouTube video by David Nihill

www.youtube.com

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 2d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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nattie winters @utilitylimb.bsky.social · Aug 7

a bunch of libertarians set out to make a blockchain social media paradise for the crypto bourgeois but instead their dad abandoned them and their house got overrun by transsexuals

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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 2d

i know i'm just repeating what we all already know, but the side-by-side of a football manager candidate forefeiting his campaign while his 68-year-old opponent demonstrates preternatural keepy-uppy skills and wins unanimous praise for it is historically funny

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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 3d

Re-sharing this because ex-Garda @nialljournal.bsky.social seems to have gone very quiet on the topic.

So many of us have shared confidential personal info with the Garda Vetting Bureau in order to volunteer in our communities. That data does not appear to be safe.

Kieran @eslsys.bsky.social · 6d

There is a real story here Niall if you'd care to write about it, someone is leaking Garda vetting information for political gain. Breaching confidentiality and GDPR requirements. Every underage coach, every volunteers data is not secure. Confidence in vetting undermined. That's the story. #Aras25

Niall O’Connor @nialljournal.bsky.social · 7d

Gardaí blocked Catherine Connolly from hiring woman convicted of gun crime jrnl.ie/6830299

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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · Nov 21

Contrary to popular belief, there are only four kinds of bats.

Illustrated image divided into four panels, each showing a head of a bat with a text label. Top left: little guy, a regular looking back with a dark face and light colored fur, top right: little guy deluxe, a bat with a mask and large ears alongside a bat with a leaf shaped nose, bottom left: what is even going on here, a visored bat with a large forehead next to a bat with a large, wrinkly nose, bottom right: o hi doggie, a fruit bat with its tongue sticking out.

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Gerard Shannon @gerardshannon.bsky.social · 3d

Fucking outrageous the Irish members - and all remaining imrpisoned members - of the Gaza Flotilla are still detained. How is this not headline news on RTÉ and every broadsheet going? Imagine if it was China or Russia holding them?

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more mr. dice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 4d

(comforting a kid at their dad's funeral) you know, your daddy always told me he wished he was dead (kid starts crying) he's uhh he's not though. he's fine. i saw him at the gas station. mommy told a lie

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 4d

The police will tell you they have 'no choice' because PA are a proscribed organisation but come to Belfast and you learn very quickly that is a lie.

This is absolutely a choice.

Son of Eric @spiritof44.bsky.social · 4d

A BLIND ELDERLY man using a mobility cane is ARRESTED for holding a sign which read "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

#PalestineAction #GazaGenocide

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 4d

Israel does not give a fuck. They kill because they can. I'm not sure there is somebody they could kill that would make the West turn on them at this point...and certainly not someone with an Islamic sounding name...

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 5d

MSF staff are universally understood to be engaged in an essentially sacred form of work. For a state to nonetheless continuously murder them is a testament to a truly unthinkable degree of depravity.

msf.org/msf-denounce...

This morning, an attack carried out by Israeli forces killed Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff member, Omar Hayek, and seriously injured four others. The attack took place on a street where our teams were waiting to take a bus to the MSF field hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza.

All staff were wearing MSF vests, clearly identifying them as medical humanitarian workers.
We express deep sorrow and outrage over the killing, which occurs less than two weeks after another MSF colleague, Hussein Alnajjar, was killed by the Israeli forces, in Deir Al Balah.

Our thoughts are with Omar’s family and colleagues at this tragic time. Omar, 42 years old, is the fourteenth MSF colleague to be killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023.

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Shawn @shawnhils.bsky.social · 5d

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 5d

reddit occupied government

Ken Dilanian
@DilanianMSNBC
Follow
The challenge coins being handed out by @FBIDirectorKash. Seems someone put a lot of thought into this.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 5d

"I believe the idea that foreign investors would leave Ireland has been much exaggerated,” said @aliceeire.bsky.social, of the joint committee on foreign affairs and trade, who backs the inclusion of services. “What is the alternative? To reward profiteering in goods and services on stolen land?”

The Times of Israel @timesofisrael.com · 5d

Ireland said set to soften planned sanctions on Israel, under pressure from businesses https://www.timesofisrael.com/ireland-said-set-to-soften-planned-sanctions-on-israel-under-pressure-from-businesses/

Ireland said set to soften planned sanctions on Israel, under pressure from businesses

Multinational corporations, which pay almost a third of Ireland's taxes, warn against discouraging US investors or drawing retaliatory American sanctions on participating companies

www.timesofisrael.com

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 6d

Leave aside the Connolly campaign. Consider all the people who go through garda vetting. That is a significant bloc of the population- volunteer parents helping kids in sports, at scouts, in charities.

Will that police data leak if the Gardaí want to intervene in a political campaign in the future?

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 6d

Sorry, but this is some old baloney. But also, I have GDPR questions about the emergance of this story.

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 7d

Counter-terrorism gardaí intervened to stop Catherine Connolly from hiring a woman convicted of a gun crime to work in Leinster House, The Journal has learned.
http://jrnl.ie/6830299t

Gardaí blocked Catherine Connolly from hiring woman convicted of gun crime

The presidential candidate sought to hire Ursula Ní Shionnáin, a former Éirigí member who was sentenced to six years in jail by the Special Criminal Court.

jrnl.ie

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🤏 eoᵹ̇an 🫳 @ohjann.world · 6d

Looks from this like the Mikeno has been intercepted. Marinette the only boat still reporting its position

Biggest yet attempt to break Israel’s deadly Gaza blockade

Unlike previous sea attempts, this flotilla was the largest yet to try and break the Israeli blockade of Gaza. The activists said they believed that with the sheer number of boats, it would be more difficult for Israeli authorities to intercept them all.

The Sumud organisers have lost contact with one remaining boat whose last coordinates showed it to be only a few kilometres from Gaza’s shores.

The flotilla, which started out with more than 40 boats and 500 activists, was carrying a symbolic amount of humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Israeli soldiers detained and removed dozens of activists – including Greta Thunberg, former mayor of Barcelona Ada Colau, European Parliament member Rima Hassan and others – from the flotilla.

All Gaza flotilla boats intercepted except one, says Israel

Israel’s Foreign Ministry has announced none of the Global Sumud Flotilla boats has “succeeded in its attempt to enter an active combat zone or breach the lawful naval blockade”.

“All the passengers are safe and in good health. They are making their way safely to Israel from where they will be deported to Europe,” the ministry said.

However, it noted, one vessel remains sailing and “if it approaches its attempt to enter an active combat zone and breach the blockade will also be prevented”.

Sumud tracker showing Marinette still sailing at 6 knots far behind the rest of the now-intercepted flotilla

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 6d

Regardless of one's views of the wider conflict, it is astounding that there are talking heads - including former TDs - that are claiming that the arrest of Irish citizens, including elected politicians, by a foreign military is simply not worthy of discussion

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🤏 eoᵹ̇an 🫳 @ohjann.world · 6d

Speed at 0 knots and position hasn't changed in the last 3 hours, likely that communications has been disconnected as you'd expect some drift even if they weren't actively sailing bsky.app/profile/isab...

Mother Mayhem 🍉 @isabella-cortese.bsky.social · 6d

Screenshot shows Mikeno speed @ 0 knots

globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/

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🤏 eoᵹ̇an 🫳 @ohjann.world · 6d

Mikeno is still sailing and looks to be within about 30km of Gaza 🙏🙏🙏🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

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🎃 Graham 🎃 @1fivefive.bsky.social · 6d

Being in your 30s is gradually transitioning from "wow that person is a bit weird when I see them, I think they don't like me" to "everyone else has the same social anxiety as me".

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