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Eoghan @eoghanryan.bsky.social · 14h

Israel could stop this instantly. If they weren’t intent on genocide.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 14h

Attacks on Palestinian farmers during West Bank’s olive harvest captured on video

Masked Israeli settler is filmed clubbing a 55-year-old Palestinian woman while she was picking olives

www.irishtimes.com

Eoghan @eoghanryan.bsky.social · 15h

Transphobes seem to just ignore that trans men exist because the bigotry can’t incorporate such complications. These are not sophisticated thinkers after all.

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Eoghan @eoghanryan.bsky.social · 17h

Why do libertarians always end up telling on themselves?

DEREK ELLIOTT for NIAGARA @elliott4mp.bsky.social · 18h

Abolish statutory age of consent. Focus exclusively on capacity to consent (a test of rational understanding and voluntariness for each person) and strict enforcement of the Non-Aggression Principle (NAP) against all coercion/exploitation, regardless of age.

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Eoghan @eoghanryan.bsky.social · 23h

Americans are wild into all this reminding and declaring and whatnot, as if it makes a blind bit of difference. The gaff is smashed, too late now to be whingeing about it being illegal or didn’t have planning or whatever.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 1d

As the diggers tear into the White House, Trump is reminded: ‘It’s not yours’

At a meeting with the Nato chief, Trump had a model of his new, disco-and-waltzing-friendly White House ballroom sitting on a table

www.irishtimes.com

Eoghan @eoghanryan.bsky.social · 23h

Eh, why weren’t “specialist detectives” looking at social media already? This is not exactly covert plotting. Also it would have been easy to identify those involved if they’d been contained and detained. Or, like, if anyone in AGS had been allowed to do something complicated like opening twitter

Irish Independent @independent.ie · 1d

A major criminal investigation is under way to identify those involved in Tuesday night’s rioting, during which a garda van was burnt out and gardaí were attacked with bricks and glass bottles

www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...

Gardaí believe Citywest riots were organised as specialist detectives trawl social media and messaging apps

Gardaí believe the violence in Citywest was “far more organised and planned” than the rioting in Dublin city centre two years ago.

www.independent.ie

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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 1d

Whatever about Heather, writing off a campaign that has united the left for the first time ever, mobilised a huge group of canvassers (many of them young) and speaks consistently of inclusion, equality, peace and dignity as "uninspiring" is actually fucking ridiculous.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 1d

The Irish Times view on the presidential election: an uninspiring choice

Democracy often demands we choose between imperfect options

www.irishtimes.com

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Eoghan @eoghanryan.bsky.social · 1d

Easiest way to use AI to be more energy efficient is to plug the stupid thing out.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Artificial intelligence has caused concern for its tremendous consumption of water and power. But scientists are also experimenting with ways that AI can help people and businesses use energy more efficiently and pollute less.

AI can help the environment, even though it uses tremendous energy. Here are 5 ways how

Artificial intelligence has caused concern for its tremendous consumption of water and power. But scientists are also experimenting with ways that AI can help people and businesses use energy more efficiently and pollute less.

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Eoghan @eoghanryan.bsky.social · 1d

Clean sweep on the way? Both leaders out on their arses after the 2 disastrous campaigns?

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Eoghan @eoghanryan.bsky.social · 1d

Is aoibhinn leis tatúnna uafásach. Yikes

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Eoghan @eoghanryan.bsky.social · 1d

It’s just like nach bhfuil CANDIDATE AMHÁIN ar fáil gan dodgy background?

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Eoghan @eoghanryan.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a collective failure by the media in the same vein as reporting that Palestinians ‘died’. It disconnects the event from the intent.

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Eoghan @eoghanryan.bsky.social · 1d

Framing the riot as against the gardaí and not a thwarted attempt at mass murder gives cover for all the mealy mouthed government ststements. But what do I know, I’m just stuck in a country where the media have catastrophically failed to call out the danger from far right extremists for years

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Eoghan @eoghanryan.bsky.social · 1d

They weren’t thrown at the gardaí, the rioters were attacking the residents. Thankfully for the surely terrified vulnerable people inside, the gardaí prevented that. Can we maybe stop pretending these dangerous racist thugs aren’t a massively dangerous threat to the public?

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Eoghan @eoghanryan.bsky.social · 1d

Are the yanks ok? There’s a fascist literally tearing the seat of their democracy apart, and with an opportunity to oust one of his facilitators they’re enthusiastically trying to elect a guy with Nazi ink? Have I got that right?

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Eoghan @eoghanryan.bsky.social · 1d

It wasn’t “demonstrations”, it was a racist riot by people who wanted to kill refugees.

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Eoghan @eoghanryan.bsky.social · 1d

That was Humphreys sticking to the script? She was *supposed* to come across like that? Yikes.

Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 1d

Four key takeaways from the final presidential debate

Catherine Connolly projected victory, Heather Humphreys stayed on script, and both candidates revealed regrets and priorities for office

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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly we're not going to get anywhere until FF/FG realise that those people outside Citywest will NEVER vote for them, and, in fact, hate them much more violently than just about any person on the left does. Also just to be clear they're never going to realise that.

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Eoghan @eoghanryan.bsky.social · 1d

Prime time debate. Necessary? God no. Useful? not really, except for vibes. Picture it, 3am, several scoops have been had, crowd dwindling. One group are outside trying to calm down someone who is annoyed at things she can’t articulate, the other are inside calmly discussing the nature of existence

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Eoghan @eoghanryan.bsky.social · 2d

“legitimate concerns” is what rioted at Citywest. You don’t have “legitimate concerns”, you’re a racist.

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Eoghan @eoghanryan.bsky.social · 2d

Most of the outrage is coming from the Irish men who commit crimes.

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Eoghan @eoghanryan.bsky.social · 2d

“Taoiseach Micheál Martin said there could be "no justification for the vile abuse" directed towards the gardaí.”

It wasn’t directed at the gardaí you big eejit, the gardaí were just in the way.

Gardaí clear protesters outside Citywest IPAS centre

Gardaí have begun clearing protesters from in front of the entrance of the IPAS centre at Citywest in Dublin.

www.rte.ie

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Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 2d

Some of the most important people in society are carers, I want to show my appreciation for them.

“The first group to come to the Áras will be
the carers.”

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Eoghan @eoghanryan.bsky.social · 2d

The rioters didn’t go there to attack gardaí, they went to attack the residents. Condemn the ideology, the hate.

Virgin Media News @virginmedianews.bsky.social · 2d

The Tánaiste has condemned violent attacks on Gardaí outside Citywest tonight, following a protest where a Garda van was set alight.

More on #VMNews

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Eoghan @eoghanryan.bsky.social · 2d

So there’s currently a riot underway fed by the government represented by one candidate, while the other candidate says we should probably do things differently. Who to choose on Friday?

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 2d

The final debate between Áras hopefuls Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys is taking place on RTÉ’s Prime Time.

Follow along with us…
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LIVE: Connolly and Humphreys are going head to head in the final Áras debate

One more Áras debate for the road – follow along with us here.

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Eoghan @eoghanryan.bsky.social · 2d

Sadly garda casualties might be what it takes to end the softly softly approach

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