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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 1d

Me every single budget day:

STOP GIVING MILLIONS TO GREYHOUND RACING

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Alt: a cartoon of spongebob squarepants giving a thumbs up as he gets blasted by a megaphone

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Huw C. Davies @huwcdavies.bsky.social · 1d

Reform’s channel, GBNews, and the Alliance of Responsible Citizenship are both funded from the UAE. Entirely coincidentally, they all oppose net-zero and any other challenge to the fossil fuel industry.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

The UAE is an authoritarian autocracy, a petro-state with no income tax for citizens, to bribe them for the lack of democratic voice or free speech

It is 85% migrant, a segregated society with a ban on integration in principle and practice, few rights, equal opportunities, nor voice for incomers

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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 1d

Séamus Murphy: Dog trough to De Valera - 10 of the Cork sculptor's greatest works

Fifty years on from the death of Séamus Murphy, we look at some of the examples of the impressive work he created through the decades

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 1d

I say this with the bluntness it requires: they will get people murdered if this continues. This is not just populism anymore either: it’s completely unhinged and a deliberate choice that does endanger lives. I am not saying this lightly at all.

Screenshot of an Express article; it says: Robert Jenrick lists 30 'activist judges' he vows to axe in war on UK's open border

In a bold move, Robert Jenrick is set to unveil a controversial plan targeting what he calls 'activist' judges, at the Conservative Party conference.

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 1d

Members of the Senedd have raised further concerns about Reform UK's links to Russia ✍️Emil Price

Further concerns raised in Senedd over Reform's links to Russia

Emily Price Members of the Senedd have raised further concerns about Reform UK’s links to Russia. During Questions the the First Minister on Tuesday (October 7), Baroness Eluned Morgan said the integ...

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing says "I want independent judges" like threatening to sack any judge who disagrees with you, while holding up a judge's wig like a puppet

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UCC Library @ucclibrary.bsky.social · 1d

Need a chapter or article from UCC Library’s print collections?
UCC students and staff can use our Scan and Deliver service. We’ll scan it and email it to you free of charge
For full details, copyright info, and the request form, visit libguides.ucc.ie/scananddeliver

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Evelien Geerts @egeertsphd.bsky.social · 2d

Looking forward to this wonderful keynote (and program) & participating by means of a brief intervention on the #violence of #memes

Women's Studies, UCC @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social · 9d

Do check out this wonderful UCC event on Global & Comparative Perspectives on Gender-Based Violence on October 15!

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National University of Ireland @nuimerrionsq.bsky.social · 2d

Neurodiverse Learners Transitioning to Higher Education 📚

Join us for the next lunchtime seminar in our series, Higher Education, Today and Tomorrow in NUI, 49 Merrion Square.

📅 21 October
⏰ 12.30pm
🥯 Light lunch to follow

Register here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/neurodiver...

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Markus Reuter @markus.reuter.netzpolitik.org · 2d

Als Journalist soll man ja immer irgendwie distanziert sein und so. Die #Chatkontrolle ist aber so gefährlich für Demokratie und IT-Sicherheit, dass wir alle lauter werden müssen. Macht heute mit bei den Aktionen, denn morgen entscheidet die Koalition: digitalegesellschaft.de/2025/10/der-...

Der Kampf gegen die Chatkontrolle braucht dich – Digitale Gesellschaft

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 2d

⚡️ 5 killed, 22 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day.

Ukraine's Air Force said Russian forces launched 116 Shahed-type attack and decoy drones overnight.

5 killed, 22 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day

Ukraine's Air Force said Russian forces launched 116 Shahed-type attack and decoy drones overnight.

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APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to APC's Prof Catherine Stanton, @teagasc.bsky.social who has been ranked as the #1 female scientist in Ireland by Research.com on their 2025 Edition: Ranking of Top 1000 Female Scientists in the World.

@researchireland.ie
#womeninSTEM #microbiomeresearch

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 4d

It’s easy to say that this is the last desperate hurrah of a dying party, but can we be clear: Trump’s ICE agents are literally kidnapping people, detaining them without due process in concentration camps (yes, this is the right term) and 1000s have disappeared. These are fascist practices.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Tories to pledge to create immigration taskforce modelled on Trump’s Ice

Proposed ‘removals force’ will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in bid to tackle illegal immigration The Conservatives will pledge to create a new immigration taskforce modelled on Donald Trump’s controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agency, the Guardian understands. The party’s leader, Kemi Badenoch, is expected to announce the policy on Sunday as it heads into its annual conference following a year of historic low poll ratings. The proposed “removals force” will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in a bid to tackle illegal immigration. Continue reading...

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 4d

“We knew the Irish would stand with us,” - Max Levitas (102)
www.irishtimes.com/culture/heri... #CableStreet

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Cornelius (aka Con) Traas @theapplefarmer.bsky.social · 5d

I had a good day today. Spoke at length about craft cider at Blas na hEireann in Dingle, won a bronze for our apple crisps in the snack category, and then a bronze (up against major competitors) in the spirits category, for The 80 apple brandy with The Tipperary Distillery.

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Orla Hegarty @orla-hegarty.bsky.social · 4d

Do people in govt think that a VAT cut (from say 13.5% to 9%) on say 8,000 new #apartments will only cost the exchequer €128m?

A VAT cut will result in hundreds of millions in windfall profits for developers/owners of ~all residential development land~ adding to the future cost of #housing

Orla Hegarty @orla-hegarty.bsky.social · 11d

New homes VAT cut proposed by Housing Minister & Taoiseach

So what’s immediate impact of VAT cut from 13.5% to say 9% on development land values using Dept Housing’s own costs?

Suburban housing sites up 14%
Suburban apartment sites up 34%
Urban apartment sites up 23% assets.gov.ie/static/docum...

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 5d

Conservatives would join Russia and Belarus, Badenoch confirms

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Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 6d

Look at the damning numbers
We should not have a housing emergency or homelessness industry in Ireland
Everyone should have a home
@judesherry.bsky.social & I updated our register on a derelict property in Cork city

Join 'Raise the Roof' protest
Saturday 4th, 2.30pm, Grand Parade #DerelictIreland

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 6d

Kemi Badenoch told the BBC in Northern Ireland that "the last time I checked, Northern Ireland voted to Leave". (56% Remain). One reason she didn't know/ recall the actual result is probably that she is more familiar with Unionist MPs from Northern Ireland but much less aware of Catholic opinion

Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 6d

The not-quite-correction is really funny. “A lot” rather than “a majority”.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 6d

Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.

They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.

But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.

RIP, Jamal.

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Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out

As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.

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Creepyosaurus @cheekyian.bsky.social · 7d

This must have been some other Nigel Farage then...

Headline from May 2017, concerning a video of Farage saying he would "pick up a rifle" if Brexit wasn't delivered.

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Paul O'Donovan @paulodonovan.bsky.social · 8d

Paging @akellyucc.bsky.social Dairy and Oxford commas!

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 8d

On the case of the Maine milk-truck drivers who, for want of a comma, won an appeal against their employer, Oakhurst Dairy.

A Few Words About That Ten-Million-Dollar Serial Comma

On the case of the Maine milk-truck drivers who, for want of a comma, won an appeal against their employer, Oakhurst Dairy.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 8d

One or two people are complaining about the budget for providing safe parking to hospital staff who cycle to work.

In other news:

"€248,500 was spent on accommodation that was never used, the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) has said."

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Paul O'Donovan @paulodonovan.bsky.social · 8d

Endlich, aber etwas spät. Es fehlt an Glaubwürdigkeit.

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