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The Irish government has just announced plans to gut judicial review by (amongst other things) narrowing locus standi so much that civil society groups won't be able to challenge illegal acts of public bodies. Amongst other things, this is clearly contrary to Articles 79 and 80 GDPR.
Minister Jim O’Callaghan publishes Civil Reform Bill to overhaul Judicial Review and streamline courts processes
www.gov.ie
January 6, 2026 at 5:31 PM
The Irish government has just announced plans to gut judicial review by (amongst other things) narrowing locus standi so much that civil society groups won't be able to challenge illegal acts of public bodies. Amongst other things, this is clearly contrary to Articles 79 and 80 GDPR.
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If you are thinking of following suit, here's a list of EU tech alternatives:
european-alternatives.eu
european-alternatives.eu
January 4, 2026 at 7:24 PM
If you are thinking of following suit, here's a list of EU tech alternatives:
european-alternatives.eu
european-alternatives.eu
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It means absolutely nothing to anyone concerned right now but here's what the United Nations says about kidnapping Heads of State.
legal.un.org/ilc/texts/in...
legal.un.org/ilc/texts/in...
January 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
It means absolutely nothing to anyone concerned right now but here's what the United Nations says about kidnapping Heads of State.
legal.un.org/ilc/texts/in...
legal.un.org/ilc/texts/in...
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Because of external factors, this weekend’s Gist came out on Tuesday.
So if you got a chance to hit repost that would be very helpful.
It’s on Patrick O’Donovan’s plans to implement Meta’s preferred form of ‘regulation’, but also to make it worse.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...
So if you got a chance to hit repost that would be very helpful.
It’s on Patrick O’Donovan’s plans to implement Meta’s preferred form of ‘regulation’, but also to make it worse.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...
December 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Because of external factors, this weekend’s Gist came out on Tuesday.
So if you got a chance to hit repost that would be very helpful.
It’s on Patrick O’Donovan’s plans to implement Meta’s preferred form of ‘regulation’, but also to make it worse.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...
So if you got a chance to hit repost that would be very helpful.
It’s on Patrick O’Donovan’s plans to implement Meta’s preferred form of ‘regulation’, but also to make it worse.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...
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ICYMI
Government claim that Judicial Reviews will be up 30% this year & will “drown the courts” is false, they’ll be down about 15% in 2025 #Planning #Speirgorm
Government claim that Judicial Reviews will be up 30% this year & will “drown the courts” is false, they’ll be down about 15% in 2025 #Planning #Speirgorm
Min Jack Chambers claim: “number of judicial reviews rapidly growing. 2024 saw 43% increase on 2023, & 2025 a further 30% increase in cases in Court”
Factcheck “number of JR decreasing year on year..members of public to take 40% fewer in 2025 & overall JRs will be 15% lower this year”
links below
Factcheck “number of JR decreasing year on year..members of public to take 40% fewer in 2025 & overall JRs will be 15% lower this year”
links below
December 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
ICYMI
Government claim that Judicial Reviews will be up 30% this year & will “drown the courts” is false, they’ll be down about 15% in 2025 #Planning #Speirgorm
Government claim that Judicial Reviews will be up 30% this year & will “drown the courts” is false, they’ll be down about 15% in 2025 #Planning #Speirgorm
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Recent CSO data found 72,000 vacant homes empty, connected to services & ready to go
So why are they still empty?
Record homelessness, children being traumatised
'Cos of ideology
Introducing compulsory rental & sales & custodian squatting would be transformative
#derelictireland #speirgorm
So why are they still empty?
Record homelessness, children being traumatised
'Cos of ideology
Introducing compulsory rental & sales & custodian squatting would be transformative
#derelictireland #speirgorm
December 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Recent CSO data found 72,000 vacant homes empty, connected to services & ready to go
So why are they still empty?
Record homelessness, children being traumatised
'Cos of ideology
Introducing compulsory rental & sales & custodian squatting would be transformative
#derelictireland #speirgorm
So why are they still empty?
Record homelessness, children being traumatised
'Cos of ideology
Introducing compulsory rental & sales & custodian squatting would be transformative
#derelictireland #speirgorm
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First year selling my art at Christmas without the Other site, where most of my sales came from, as well as losing US orders to new tariffs, so it'll be a tough one - I put huge work into every order, so even if you can't buy, shares help get them in front of eyes. GRMA! www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
December 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM
First year selling my art at Christmas without the Other site, where most of my sales came from, as well as losing US orders to new tariffs, so it'll be a tough one - I put huge work into every order, so even if you can't buy, shares help get them in front of eyes. GRMA! www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
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Our government & Gardai chose the official "softly softly approach" during Covid lockdown against the fascists.
They have stuck to it ever since. So far it's resulted in burning down buildings and homeless encampments. Daily violent attacks on people who "look/sound foreign" and even murder 😫🤬
They have stuck to it ever since. So far it's resulted in burning down buildings and homeless encampments. Daily violent attacks on people who "look/sound foreign" and even murder 😫🤬
November 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Our government & Gardai chose the official "softly softly approach" during Covid lockdown against the fascists.
They have stuck to it ever since. So far it's resulted in burning down buildings and homeless encampments. Daily violent attacks on people who "look/sound foreign" and even murder 😫🤬
They have stuck to it ever since. So far it's resulted in burning down buildings and homeless encampments. Daily violent attacks on people who "look/sound foreign" and even murder 😫🤬
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There is no "ceasefire".
There never was a "ceasefire".
There never was a "ceasefire".
Breaking | Israeli occupation forces set fire to lands near the separation wall in the village of ‘Arbouna, east of Jenin.
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
There is no "ceasefire".
There never was a "ceasefire".
There never was a "ceasefire".
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OK, we're going to need to know how the "fireworks" line made it out into the media, when it very much appears that this is a clear-cut case of arson.
So it wasn't fireworks. It was a calculated and deliberate attempt at the mass murder of men, women and children.
www.thetimes.com/article/0887...
www.thetimes.com/article/0887...
CCTV catches moment intruder torched asylum centre housing children
Gardai have rebranded attack in Drogheda as a potential attempted murder after camera footage was released
www.thetimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
OK, we're going to need to know how the "fireworks" line made it out into the media, when it very much appears that this is a clear-cut case of arson.
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So it wasn't fireworks. It was a calculated and deliberate attempt at the mass murder of men, women and children.
www.thetimes.com/article/0887...
www.thetimes.com/article/0887...
CCTV catches moment intruder torched asylum centre housing children
Gardai have rebranded attack in Drogheda as a potential attempted murder after camera footage was released
www.thetimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
So it wasn't fireworks. It was a calculated and deliberate attempt at the mass murder of men, women and children.
www.thetimes.com/article/0887...
www.thetimes.com/article/0887...
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I had to emigrate in 93, along with a generation. Very few people were from abroad then. It was FF/FG/LB's permagov driving us out, home-grown bastardry & corruption. "This island is too small for all of us" (B.Lenihan Sr.)
Anyone thick enough to blame migrants isn't qualified to vote.
Anyone thick enough to blame migrants isn't qualified to vote.
October 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I had to emigrate in 93, along with a generation. Very few people were from abroad then. It was FF/FG/LB's permagov driving us out, home-grown bastardry & corruption. "This island is too small for all of us" (B.Lenihan Sr.)
Anyone thick enough to blame migrants isn't qualified to vote.
Anyone thick enough to blame migrants isn't qualified to vote.
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Catherine Connolly secured the first preference votes of 914,143 people — the most of any Irish politician ever.
She is the 10th Uachtarán na hÉireann and, when inaugurated on November 11, will take her place in the annals of history.
- Paul Hosford
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... #Áras25
She is the 10th Uachtarán na hÉireann and, when inaugurated on November 11, will take her place in the annals of history.
- Paul Hosford
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... #Áras25
Paul Hosford: Final tally puts Catherine Connolly in the annals of history
In a job where the functions are largely dictated by the Constitution, Irish people have, in modern times, seen the role as an aspiration of what we believe we are
www.irishexaminer.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Catherine Connolly secured the first preference votes of 914,143 people — the most of any Irish politician ever.
She is the 10th Uachtarán na hÉireann and, when inaugurated on November 11, will take her place in the annals of history.
- Paul Hosford
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... #Áras25
She is the 10th Uachtarán na hÉireann and, when inaugurated on November 11, will take her place in the annals of history.
- Paul Hosford
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... #Áras25
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In the 2018 election, five of the six candidates ran as independents, and Sinn Fèin was the only party to run a candidate. In 2011 it was four of seven.
The idea that it is too hard to get on the ballot is complete and utter nonsense - Steen and the rest didn't do the work. End of story.
The idea that it is too hard to get on the ballot is complete and utter nonsense - Steen and the rest didn't do the work. End of story.
Listen, I’m as disappointed as the next person that we didn’t have a Silly Goose Candidate this time around. There should always be a whimsical candidate in the presidential election. But it’s been a fair system for the past ten presidents, apparently.
October 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
In the 2018 election, five of the six candidates ran as independents, and Sinn Fèin was the only party to run a candidate. In 2011 it was four of seven.
The idea that it is too hard to get on the ballot is complete and utter nonsense - Steen and the rest didn't do the work. End of story.
The idea that it is too hard to get on the ballot is complete and utter nonsense - Steen and the rest didn't do the work. End of story.
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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On the Irish Times site this morning, there is one article about #Aras25 in general, one about FF's failure, one each about a non-runner and spolied votes, and only one about the winner, while Sheehan uses his Indo piece for snide score-settling.
How can this coverage be taken seriously? #speirgorm
How can this coverage be taken seriously? #speirgorm
October 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
On the Irish Times site this morning, there is one article about #Aras25 in general, one about FF's failure, one each about a non-runner and spolied votes, and only one about the winner, while Sheehan uses his Indo piece for snide score-settling.
How can this coverage be taken seriously? #speirgorm
How can this coverage be taken seriously? #speirgorm
This or any thing else from their phone eg streaming services or their speaker turned on for a call
Police Say Mob That Murdered Person Playing TikToks Out Loud On Bus Were 'Justified', Will Face No Charges https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2023/08/10/police-say-mob-that-murdered-person-playing-tiktoks-out-loud-on-bus-were-justified-will-face-no-charges/
Police Say Mob That Murdered Person Playing TikToks Out Loud On Bus Were ‘Justified’, Will Face No Charges
GARDAÍ have confirmed an angry mob who ripped a young man limb from limb on the top deck of the 15A bus committed no crimes, citing the loud obnoxious playing of endless TikTok videos.
The individuals …
waterfordwhispersnews.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This or any thing else from their phone eg streaming services or their speaker turned on for a call
In order to facilitate Israel committing genocide the Irish government risks the safety of Irish people and infrastructure. I hope that pat on the head from the US is worth it
The Irish govt has done nothing to stop a genocide as required under international law. Instead, it has facilitated the slaughter of innocent men, women, and children. It has refused to enact the Occupied Territories Bill or sanction Israel in any way.
#SpéirGorm
#IsraelIsCommittingGenocide
#SpéirGorm
#IsraelIsCommittingGenocide
For the first time since 2006 the state has admitted it allowed munitions – onboard a US war plane authorised by Simon Harris to land at Shannon Airport – to travel through Irish territory on their way to Israel
Darragh O’Brien granted the exemption.
www.ontheditch.com/state-admits/
Darragh O’Brien granted the exemption.
www.ontheditch.com/state-admits/
October 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
In order to facilitate Israel committing genocide the Irish government risks the safety of Irish people and infrastructure. I hope that pat on the head from the US is worth it
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It's worth remembering that if it wasn't for People Before Profit, Sinn Féin and like-minded independents, you would all now have exorbitant water bills to go with your exorbitant energy bills, rent, fuel, childcare and food bills.
#SpéirGorm
#Áras2025
#NeverHeather
www.rte.ie/news/courts/...
#SpéirGorm
#Áras2025
#NeverHeather
www.rte.ie/news/courts/...
Paul Murphy suing Heather Humphreys for defamation
People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy has begun defamation proceedings against Fine Gael presidential candidate Heather Humphreys
www.rte.ie
October 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It's worth remembering that if it wasn't for People Before Profit, Sinn Féin and like-minded independents, you would all now have exorbitant water bills to go with your exorbitant energy bills, rent, fuel, childcare and food bills.
#SpéirGorm
#Áras2025
#NeverHeather
www.rte.ie/news/courts/...
#SpéirGorm
#Áras2025
#NeverHeather
www.rte.ie/news/courts/...
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Reminder that 100,000 people marched for Trans Pride in London earlier this year, but because they weren't violent fascists, there was minimal press coverage, unlike the Nazis today.
https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia
https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia
London’s Trans Pride March Just Shattered Its Turnout Record
Organizers say it was the largest transgender rights march in the world.
www.them.us
September 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Reminder that 100,000 people marched for Trans Pride in London earlier this year, but because they weren't violent fascists, there was minimal press coverage, unlike the Nazis today.
https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia
https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia
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A United Airlines flight illegally transported ammunition handling systems – among military cargo overwhelmingly funded by the US government – to Israel through Irish territory this morning.
They’re being delivered to the IDF’s largest weapons supplier.
www.ontheditch.com/united-airli...
They’re being delivered to the IDF’s largest weapons supplier.
www.ontheditch.com/united-airli...
United illegally brought munitions through Irish airspace
They were among military cargo overwhelmingly funded by the US government.
www.ontheditch.com
August 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A United Airlines flight illegally transported ammunition handling systems – among military cargo overwhelmingly funded by the US government – to Israel through Irish territory this morning.
They’re being delivered to the IDF’s largest weapons supplier.
www.ontheditch.com/united-airli...
They’re being delivered to the IDF’s largest weapons supplier.
www.ontheditch.com/united-airli...
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The Scots have got it right.
July 26, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The Scots have got it right.