James Gallagher
@jamesgallagher.social
48, mostly cats, coffee and cycling. Living in rural Co. Roscommon, Ireland.
(New here so just finding my feet and will update - also @[email protected] on Mastodon or @jamesgallagher)
(New here so just finding my feet and will update - also @[email protected] on Mastodon or @jamesgallagher)
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But what is never a part of the conversation around the #LateLateToyShow Appeal is how the process strongly contributes at a societal level to people who need services too frequently having to rely on charity, not rights, to get their needs met.
This is fundamentally wrong.
This is fundamentally wrong.
November 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
But what is never a part of the conversation around the #LateLateToyShow Appeal is how the process strongly contributes at a societal level to people who need services too frequently having to rely on charity, not rights, to get their needs met.
This is fundamentally wrong.
This is fundamentally wrong.
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Bugonia was a great movie about commuting by bike! 🌎🚲
November 20, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Bugonia was a great movie about commuting by bike! 🌎🚲
You love to see it
A High Court jury has ruled that billionaire businessman Denis O’Brien defamed solicitors Darragh Mackin and Gavin Booth in a 2016 press release. Both men have been awarded €411,000 in damages.
The jury also found O’Brien’s spokesperson, James Morrissey, liable for defamation.
#VMNews
The jury also found O’Brien’s spokesperson, James Morrissey, liable for defamation.
#VMNews
November 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
You love to see it
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RIP James Watson, co-discoverer of Rosalind Franklin's notes
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
RIP James Watson, co-discoverer of Rosalind Franklin's notes
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Bad enough the Gardaí gave free run to the far right for years.
Bad enough arson against immigrant centres became standard practice for racists.
Bad enough we've already had race riots.
The Taoiseach & Táinaiste poured petrol on all the above during the week, & we shouldn't be shy in saying it.
Bad enough arson against immigrant centres became standard practice for racists.
Bad enough we've already had race riots.
The Taoiseach & Táinaiste poured petrol on all the above during the week, & we shouldn't be shy in saying it.
November 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Bad enough the Gardaí gave free run to the far right for years.
Bad enough arson against immigrant centres became standard practice for racists.
Bad enough we've already had race riots.
The Taoiseach & Táinaiste poured petrol on all the above during the week, & we shouldn't be shy in saying it.
Bad enough arson against immigrant centres became standard practice for racists.
Bad enough we've already had race riots.
The Taoiseach & Táinaiste poured petrol on all the above during the week, & we shouldn't be shy in saying it.
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An IPAS centre burnt out with fireworks thrown into it - women and children lucky to get out alive - when are we going to start taking the far right violence in Ireland seriously?
It's been like watching the world's slowest train crash. For 5 years.
It's been like watching the world's slowest train crash. For 5 years.
November 1, 2025 at 10:55 AM
An IPAS centre burnt out with fireworks thrown into it - women and children lucky to get out alive - when are we going to start taking the far right violence in Ireland seriously?
It's been like watching the world's slowest train crash. For 5 years.
It's been like watching the world's slowest train crash. For 5 years.
Fine Gaeler being shitty human being as Fine Gaelers are wont to be
Tánaiste and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris has said Ireland's asylum seeker system is not working and that the Government should reconsider existing policies "in a very serious way"
Govt should reconsider immigration policies, says Harris
Tánaiste and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris has said Ireland's asylum seeker system is not working and that the Government should reconsider existing policies "in a very serious way".
www.rte.ie
October 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Fine Gaeler being shitty human being as Fine Gaelers are wont to be
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If people turnout on Friday, we are looking at:
* A trouncing of the political establishment.
* A victory for a united left.
A big opportunity here to end the rule of FF/FG by posing a clear choice at the next election - FF/FG and those who would prop them up vs. a left govt.
* A trouncing of the political establishment.
* A victory for a united left.
A big opportunity here to end the rule of FF/FG by posing a clear choice at the next election - FF/FG and those who would prop them up vs. a left govt.
October 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
If people turnout on Friday, we are looking at:
* A trouncing of the political establishment.
* A victory for a united left.
A big opportunity here to end the rule of FF/FG by posing a clear choice at the next election - FF/FG and those who would prop them up vs. a left govt.
* A trouncing of the political establishment.
* A victory for a united left.
A big opportunity here to end the rule of FF/FG by posing a clear choice at the next election - FF/FG and those who would prop them up vs. a left govt.
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I grew up with horses. And the hunt was not a thing we did. It was for blow ins with notions. Cosplaying as colonisers. West Brit behaviour at its finest.
October 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I grew up with horses. And the hunt was not a thing we did. It was for blow ins with notions. Cosplaying as colonisers. West Brit behaviour at its finest.
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Researchers at the University of Galway have uncovered a key mechanism in the body’s response to bowel cancer which could lead to better treatment outcomes for patients.
Galway researchers make breakthrough in bowel cancer immunotherapy
University of Galway have made a breakthrough in understanding the body’s response to bowel cancer, opening up new treatment possibilities for people.
www.siliconrepublic.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Researchers at the University of Galway have uncovered a key mechanism in the body’s response to bowel cancer which could lead to better treatment outcomes for patients.
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I wonder how Heather Humphreys would feel if no barrister would defend her against Paul Murphy's defamation charge? 🤔
October 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I wonder how Heather Humphreys would feel if no barrister would defend her against Paul Murphy's defamation charge? 🤔
Fine Gull’s budget taking straight from your wallet
This sea gull swooped down and swiped Sinn Féin TD Ruairí Ó Murchú’s wallet on the Dáil plinth just now, but he dropped after an energetic chase from the Louth TD.
October 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Fine Gull’s budget taking straight from your wallet
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It's true! When I studied economics, I was stunned by the ROI of social programs. Every dollar spent on childcare returns about $2.80 to the economy, and healthcare delivers even greater returns with broader social impact.
A universal basic income is simply smart fiscal policy. Why the reluctance?
A universal basic income is simply smart fiscal policy. Why the reluctance?
For every €1 provided through a Basic Income For Artists pilot program in Ireland, the government got €1.46 back. So it’s being made permanent.
Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.
We can’t afford to NOT do it.
Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.
We can’t afford to NOT do it.
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
It's true! When I studied economics, I was stunned by the ROI of social programs. Every dollar spent on childcare returns about $2.80 to the economy, and healthcare delivers even greater returns with broader social impact.
A universal basic income is simply smart fiscal policy. Why the reluctance?
A universal basic income is simply smart fiscal policy. Why the reluctance?
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the people who run this website think link is a bigger threat to the safety of the community than jesse singal and are willing to break their own rules to maintain the state of affairs they have created from that worldview
October 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
the people who run this website think link is a bigger threat to the safety of the community than jesse singal and are willing to break their own rules to maintain the state of affairs they have created from that worldview
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Over 100,000 households are being warned of a serious electrocution risk from this circulation pump.
CCPC says it’s a particular warning to tradespeople, DIYers and anyone who has had work on their heating system in the last eight years.
More on #VMNews with @hannahmurphynews.bsky.social
CCPC says it’s a particular warning to tradespeople, DIYers and anyone who has had work on their heating system in the last eight years.
More on #VMNews with @hannahmurphynews.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Over 100,000 households are being warned of a serious electrocution risk from this circulation pump.
CCPC says it’s a particular warning to tradespeople, DIYers and anyone who has had work on their heating system in the last eight years.
More on #VMNews with @hannahmurphynews.bsky.social
CCPC says it’s a particular warning to tradespeople, DIYers and anyone who has had work on their heating system in the last eight years.
More on #VMNews with @hannahmurphynews.bsky.social
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Irish Times coverage will continue until she is elected or writing a column
Where next for the conservative right after Maria Steen’s failed presidential bid?
Where next for the conservative right after Maria Steen’s failed presidential bid?
There seems to be little hope of her heralding a revival of social conservatism given that her political cohort isn’t even comfortable calling itself ‘conservative’
www.irishtimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Irish Times coverage will continue until she is elected or writing a column
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September 15, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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CMAT for president
September 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
CMAT for president
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please familiarise yourself with current bds boycott targets and share
December 24, 2024 at 5:57 PM
please familiarise yourself with current bds boycott targets and share
Looking forward to some 2-for-1 offers on the lasagna and cottage pies 😆
Ballymaguire Foods is resuming production today after a major recall linked to a listeria outbreak last month.
The company, which supplies ready meals to supermarkets including Tesco, SuperValu and Centra, had hundreds of products pulled from shelves two weeks ago.
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The company, which supplies ready meals to supermarkets including Tesco, SuperValu and Centra, had hundreds of products pulled from shelves two weeks ago.
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August 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Looking forward to some 2-for-1 offers on the lasagna and cottage pies 😆
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Causeway Pride, who were the first in UK and Ireland to ban politicians from parties that harmed trans kids, are still £250 away from covering costs for their Pride next weekend. Can we help make sure they don't make a loss?
www.gofundme.com/f/causeway-p...
www.gofundme.com/f/causeway-p...
Donate to Causeway Pride 2025, organized by Riley McCahon
We are a small grassroots pride with a strong commitment to our ethics, but this means we are unable… Riley McCahon needs your support for Causeway Pride 2025
www.gofundme.com
July 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Causeway Pride, who were the first in UK and Ireland to ban politicians from parties that harmed trans kids, are still £250 away from covering costs for their Pride next weekend. Can we help make sure they don't make a loss?
www.gofundme.com/f/causeway-p...
www.gofundme.com/f/causeway-p...
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The importance of play cannot be overstated.
July 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The importance of play cannot be overstated.