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The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
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We're on track to have well over 20,000 people in emergency accommodation by next election.
Get organised NOW against this government on the housing crisis!
We need to reinstate the eviction ban, use the tens of thousands of vacant properties, and build social and affordable housing en-masse!
Get organised NOW against this government on the housing crisis!
We need to reinstate the eviction ban, use the tens of thousands of vacant properties, and build social and affordable housing en-masse!
January 23, 2026 at 7:36 PM
We're on track to have well over 20,000 people in emergency accommodation by next election.
Get organised NOW against this government on the housing crisis!
We need to reinstate the eviction ban, use the tens of thousands of vacant properties, and build social and affordable housing en-masse!
Get organised NOW against this government on the housing crisis!
We need to reinstate the eviction ban, use the tens of thousands of vacant properties, and build social and affordable housing en-masse!
Reposted by Rachel Mullen
Letter in the Irish Times today.
January 23, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Letter in the Irish Times today.
This is giving "we have our own facts" energy
JD Vance: "Nobody is talking about doing immigration enforcement without a warrant. We're talking about different types of warrants that exist in our system. Typically in the immigration system, those are handled by administrative law judges. So we're talking about getting warrants from them."
January 23, 2026 at 10:18 AM
This is giving "we have our own facts" energy
January 21, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Irish people are wrong about immigration, but are we ready for our own Trump?
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
Kathy Sheridan: Irish people are wrong about immigration - but does that mean we’re ripe for our own Trump?
Real question why Irish and Irish-American Trump supporters haven’t already died of embarrassment
www.irishtimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Irish people are wrong about immigration, but are we ready for our own Trump?
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
An Afghan woman judge who escaped from the Taliban: ‘Ireland saved our lives’
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
An Afghan woman judge who escaped from the Taliban: ‘Ireland saved our lives’
Judge Zahra Haidari was eight months pregnant when she and her husband arrived from Afghanistan after first going into hiding
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:52 AM
An Afghan woman judge who escaped from the Taliban: ‘Ireland saved our lives’
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Unfortunately, facts are filtered through our personal narrative of the issue, and are rejected if they undermine that narrative.
"People guessed around 43.8% of people born outside of Ireland were availing of social housing compared to the real figure of 6.1%."
www.thejournal.ie/immigration-...
www.thejournal.ie/immigration-...
Many people think immigration happening on larger scale than is really the case
The report by the ESRI found that many people overestimated the proportion of people in Ireland who were born in another country.
www.thejournal.ie
January 16, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Unfortunately, facts are filtered through our personal narrative of the issue, and are rejected if they undermine that narrative.
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Heba Muraisi is on day 69 of her hunger strike.
Kamran Ahmed is on day 62 of his hunger strike.
They are at risk of dying at any moment. This is a political choice by Keir Starmer’s Labour government.
Immediate bail for remand prisoners NOW.
Kamran Ahmed is on day 62 of his hunger strike.
They are at risk of dying at any moment. This is a political choice by Keir Starmer’s Labour government.
Immediate bail for remand prisoners NOW.
January 10, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Heba Muraisi is on day 69 of her hunger strike.
Kamran Ahmed is on day 62 of his hunger strike.
They are at risk of dying at any moment. This is a political choice by Keir Starmer’s Labour government.
Immediate bail for remand prisoners NOW.
Kamran Ahmed is on day 62 of his hunger strike.
They are at risk of dying at any moment. This is a political choice by Keir Starmer’s Labour government.
Immediate bail for remand prisoners NOW.
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If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot
The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:07 AM
If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Great boost for my writing from @spillwordspress.bsky.social in getting named for December Publication of the Month for spillwords.com/cast-off/
Cast Off, a short story by Niall Crowley at Spillwords.com
Spillwords.com presents: Cast Off, a short story by Niall Crowley, an independent consultant and believer in equality and human rights.
spillwords.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Great boost for my writing from @spillwordspress.bsky.social in getting named for December Publication of the Month for spillwords.com/cast-off/
Fair play to Mary Hayes, CEO of the DRHE, for challenging this dangerous rubbish from Harris: “Simon Harris claims ‘significant number’ in emergency accommodation ‘don’t have housing right’”
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
Simon Harris claims ‘significant number’ in emergency accommodation ‘don’t have housing right’
Homeless executive chief rejects Tánaiste’s view, saying people who ‘can’t establish a right to housing ... are sent on their way’
www.irishtimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Fair play to Mary Hayes, CEO of the DRHE, for challenging this dangerous rubbish from Harris: “Simon Harris claims ‘significant number’ in emergency accommodation ‘don’t have housing right’”
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
Ireland has one of the lowest rates of employment among disabled people in Europe
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Ireland has one of the lowest rates of employment among disabled people in Europe
Personal testimonies reveal how inaccessible transport, housing and workplaces are among the day-to-day realities for disabled people
www.irishtimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Ireland has one of the lowest rates of employment among disabled people in Europe
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
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Wrote about the nitrates derogation in this week's Mayo News. Seeing FGers claiming it as a victory turned my stomach.
Derogation not in the long-term interest of Mayo farming: Delaying the inevitable
'There will be financial penalties to be paid' - Our column by Anne-Marie Flynn takes a closer look at the recently announced Nitrates Derogation and why it might come back to haunt Mayo farmers
www.mayonews.ie
December 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Wrote about the nitrates derogation in this week's Mayo News. Seeing FGers claiming it as a victory turned my stomach.
Why has Ireland abruptly decided the European Convention on Human Rights goes too far?
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Liam Herrick: Why has Ireland abruptly decided the European Convention on Human Rights goes too far?
Precedent could have far-reaching consequences. Who is to say the rights of gay citizens won’t be the next target by a coalition of hostile states?
www.irishtimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Why has Ireland abruptly decided the European Convention on Human Rights goes too far?
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
It is unconscionable that the HSE has allowed this to happen: Transgender care waiting list to close due to resource pressures
www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...
www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...
Transgender care waiting list to close due to resource pressures
National Gender Service psychiatrist Dr Paul Moran says decision is ‘very regrettable’
www.irishtimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
It is unconscionable that the HSE has allowed this to happen: Transgender care waiting list to close due to resource pressures
www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...
www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...
Social workers fear increasing numbers of young people are being drawn to anti-immigrant violence
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
Social workers fear increasing numbers of young people are being drawn to anti-immigrant violence
Racist attitudes have solidified, driven by social media and prominent far-right campaigners in the local community
www.irishtimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Social workers fear increasing numbers of young people are being drawn to anti-immigrant violence
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
Great to see such a high award. There are whole scale breaches of the ES Act on the housing assistance ground but seemingly very little by way of legal cases.
Landlord ordered to pay €20,000 over threat to evict family and refusal to accept HAP
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
Landlord ordered to pay €20,000 over threat to evict family and refusal to accept HAP
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
Landlord ordered to pay €20,000 over threat to evict family and refusal to accept HAP
Tenant told Muhammad Naeem Aslam that he needed State support to cover rent as he was due to have surgery
www.irishtimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Great to see such a high award. There are whole scale breaches of the ES Act on the housing assistance ground but seemingly very little by way of legal cases.
Landlord ordered to pay €20,000 over threat to evict family and refusal to accept HAP
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
Landlord ordered to pay €20,000 over threat to evict family and refusal to accept HAP
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
Crickets from mainstream media re the Dept Housing failures in the McVerry trust debacle: more interested in expenditure on peacocks.
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Crickets from mainstream media re the Dept Housing failures in the McVerry trust debacle: more interested in expenditure on peacocks.
Left’s unity from Catherine Connolly campaign faces its first big tests
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Paul Murphy: Building on the Connolly coalition does not mean abandoning people power politics
Many quote Brendan Behan and suggest the first item on the agenda for a left alliance will be the split. They said the same about the Catherine Connolly campaign
www.irishtimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Left’s unity from Catherine Connolly campaign faces its first big tests
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...