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Eoghan @eoghanryan.bsky.social · 13h

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 · 13h

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

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Lúcás Ó hArgadáin @lukeh95.bsky.social · 13h

IS THE US ENABLING THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA ANSWER THE FUCKING QUESTION HEATHER

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 14h

A racist pogrom is underway in Dublin.
The Irish government must act quickly and decisively to protect people and property - no ifs, no buts, no maybes.

Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 14h

Garda van set alight and fireworks launched at gardaí during Citywest protest

A large number of gardaí in public order gear are currently stationed near the Citywest Hotel in west Dublin

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Uilliam Mac ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ @uilliammac.bsky.social · 15h

April 2024

“Unless something changes, the direction of travel is only becoming more clear, those who are willing to engage in violence and intimidation will become more emboldened and continue to act with impunity.”

www.isdglobal.org/isd-in-the-n...

Ireland's gardaí's "soft touch-approach" emboldening far-right and conspiracy groups in Ireland

ISD’s Aoife Gallagher on the increasing intimidation and violence faced by politicians from far-right agitators and conspiracy groups in Ireland.

www.isdglobal.org

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Amz @therealamz.bsky.social · 15h

This is not a protest, it is a hate filled racist mob who I’m pretty sure would turn to lynching at the first opportunity.

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 15h

Several thousand people are protesting outside a centre for international protection applicants at the Citywest Hotel in south county Dublin.

Several thousand protest outside Citywest Hotel

Several thousand people are protesting outside a centre for international protection applicants at the Citywest Hotel in south county Dublin.

www.rte.ie

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Uilliam Mac ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ @uilliammac.bsky.social · 15h

The media are just as much to blame as anyone else, even now it's "protesting"

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 15h

Several thousand people are protesting outside a centre for international protection applicants at the Citywest Hotel in south county Dublin.

Several thousand protest outside Citywest Hotel

Several thousand people are protesting outside a centre for international protection applicants at the Citywest Hotel in south county Dublin.

www.rte.ie

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 15h

Not having a public order unit present for this with a full day's notice this was going to be happening and full knowledge of what they were intending to do makes any disorder tonight a deliberate choice facilitated by the Gardaí

Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 15h

Gardaí appear to be losing control of the baying mob at Citywest. No sign of the public order unit yet.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 15h

Via Press Gazette: "The Daily Star’s livestream of the Liz Truss lettuce has been acquired by the British Film Institute’s National Archive for a collection of significant pieces of online video. The BFI’s curator said it was “a seminal moment in British political history”"

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Viriconia @viriconia.bsky.social · 15h

They're there they're just off duty

Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 15h

Gardaí appear to be losing control of the baying mob at Citywest. No sign of the public order unit yet.

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End Deportations Belfast @enddbelfast.bsky.social · 15h

The ‘hands off’ approach led to this..

Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 15h

Gardaí appear to be losing control of the baying mob at Citywest. No sign of the public order unit yet.

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Lucid Lucifer🏳️‍⚧️ @lucidlucifer.bsky.social · 21h

“uhmm have trans people tried not being targeted by billionaires? it works for me?” - cis white man

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BernieQuinn 🇮🇪 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @scarpetta.bsky.social · 1d

And for clarity, it WASN'T the credit union branch that John McGuirk took a loan from and then didn't pay it back.
That would have been gas though.
#Spéirghorm #Áras25

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 1d

Heather Humphreys was questioned by reporters today over the credit union that she formerly managed taking legal proceedings over loan defaulting during the time that she was manager.

jrnl.ie/6849520

Humphreys questioned about credit union that she managed taking debtors to court

Humphrey has been critical of her rival Connolly for representing banks in home repossession cases during the recession.

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Hazel Katherine Larkin @hazelklarkin.bsky.social · 1d

www.rte.ie/news/courts/...
Mary Ellen Ring sentenced Josh O'Brien (22) to 19 years, but shaved a few off for various reasons, meaning he'll be out in about 7. He stabbed his ex 50 times leaving her with permanent physical and psychological damage. #WomenDontMatter
#SpeirGorm

Man who stabbed ex-girlfriend sentenced to 15 years

A 22-year-old man has been given a sentence of 15 and half years for attempting to murder his ex-girlfriend by stabbing her over 50 times in what was described as a savage, unwarranted and unprovoked ...

www.rte.ie

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Eternal Samnation @portmanteauface.bsky.social · Aug 1

[jurassic park]

ALAN GRANT: the t-rex can’t see you if you don’t move

ME: *In The Air Tonight on my headphones gets to the drum solo part* fuck fuck fuck

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Amz @therealamz.bsky.social · 1d

Agreed, given how she seemed so protective of her work and didn’t feel compelled to publish as often as I’m sure she was pressured to, it seems disrespectful to her.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 2d

This needs to be corrected by @news.rte.ie repeatedly throughout the day. There is no equivocation here.

Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 2d

Just spit out my breakfast in the middle of Morning Ireland as RTE says something vague about the "cab file" rule and then says that the truth lies somewhere between Catherine Connolly and Fine Gael's position. Reader, barristers are not their clients. Full stop:

www.lawlibrary.ie/statement-fr...

Statement from the Council of The Bar of Ireland: The fundamental importance of an independent referral Bar - Law Library

It is the duty of barristers to be independent and free from any influence, especially such as may arise from their personal interests or external pressure, in the discharge of their professional duti...

www.lawlibrary.ie

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Cath M @catherloki.bsky.social · 2d

Reading this and the context and screaming until my lungs bleed for people to PLEASE recognise that women can say things and not need their lighthearted post taken completely seriously. Or have their very obvious joke explained back to them.

How do you keep failing at this Bluesky?

Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 2d

I hope a bunch MORE people tell me that it's inflatable.

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Sufian Hilal @binhilal.bsky.social · 2d

Francesca Albanese speaks for humanity when she speaks for Palestinians 🇵🇸:

‘It’s not 75 years since the Nakba. It’s 75 years OF the Nakba.’

It’s ethnic cleansing.
It’s genocide.
#Gaza #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine #IsraeliOccupation

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 2d

This looks like I made it with AI but no, when the sumo wrestler won the big tournament today at the Royal Albert Hall he was gifted a gigantic bottle of soy sauce.

sumo wrestler is handed a giant bottle of soy sauce

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 2d

"You college students are hypocrites because you won't provide the billions of dollars needed to rebuild Gaza after the genocide we did" is a hell of a thing to put in writing but okay

Which means it’s time for the pro-Palestinian activists who have protested in cities and on college campuses all over the world since October, 2023, to change their tune. If you were marching for a ceasefire in Gaza; if you were pushing institutions to divest from Israeli-linked firms; if you’ve held a sign that says “Free Palestine” — it’s time to reconsider your tactics.

It’s easy to say, “We won’t fund oppression.” It’s harder — and far more meaningful — to say, “We will fund rebuilding.”

That pledge is desperately needed. There are encouraging headlines about funding for Gaza, but, as of yet, little cold, hard cash.

If activists demand accountability from Gaza’s reconstruction, while proactively investing in it, they’ll be making a future for the strip not just possible, but better.

And here’s the uncomfortable truth: While divestment campaigns are great at signaling values, they rarely create concrete results that bring positive change to the lives of everyday Palestinians. They have yet to rebuild a single school. They don’t help provide health care.

Gaza needs more than slogans. It needs billions of dollars. Now.

So, to those in the pro-Palestinian movement: you’ve spent months organizing, marching and lobbying. You’ve asked the world to listen. Now’s your chance to lead. If you truly believe in justice for Palestinians, this is the time to show it. Put your money where your mouth is. Don’t divest from Israel. Invest in Gaza.

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 2d

Reminder: Chris de Burgh owns the chest burster from Alien (1979)

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Izzy Kamikaze @izzykamikaze.bsky.social · 2d

In Oct 2020, socially distanced & in the Oireachtas’s temporary pandemic home, TDs voted to seal the records of survivors of state and church abuse for 30 years. Heather Humphries voted with the Government. Catherine Connolly voted against.

www.independent.ie/opinion/jenn...

Jenny Maguire: Catherine Connolly offers rare hope to disillusioned voters like me

The important moments in our history tend to happen far from Áras an Uachtaráin. You would be better looking towards Dáil Éireann, at meetings behind closed doors, or even at crowds gathered in stre...

www.independent.ie

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 2d

Keir Starmer must condemn this antisemitism

Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 2d

Israeli Police announce they have canceled a derby match between Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Tel Aviv that was set to take place tonight in the city’s Bloomfield Stadium, when fans began to riot.

www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Police cancel Tel Aviv derby after fans riot at stadium

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www.timesofisrael.com

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Amz @therealamz.bsky.social · 2d

Yaaasss queeen!

Viriconia @viriconia.bsky.social · 2d

Louvre? Nah here all weekend mate, dunno what you mean

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 2d

They don't let me in the White House press pool because my question every day for the next week would be, "Does the president still want to take a shit on Americans?"

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