Danny Kelly

The Irish state holds shares in Palantir.

Kids in the Hind Rajab Centre playing football

Children playing in the Hind Rajab Centre

Kids in classes

Kids playing

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Dozens of our readers say they were evicted shortly before the new rental rules came in “I received an eviction notice on Friday – just one week before the change. I’ve barely slept since,” one reader said.

This law to increase rents has had the completely foreseen side effect of also increasing evictions (so the landlords can put up rents).

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US war planes stopped at Shannon on way to Iran war hub The state allows these aircraft use of Irish territory. It prosecutes Irish people who oppose this.

Two US Air Force aircraft stopped at Shannon Airport before flying straight to the main European hub used to transport weapons for use against Iran

They arrived in Ireland the same day a US-backed Israeli airstrike killed more than 150 schoolgirls in Iran

www.ontheditch.com/us-military-...

Sporstwashing is when a bad actor uses sports to distract from its negative, or outright appalling actions.

Israel being allowed to compete in the UEFA Nations League is a textbook example.

The FAI, RTÉ and the govt must make a stand and boycott Ireland's fixtures against Israel later this year.

Senator Alice Mary Higgins asked the CnaM Chairman why his organisation didn’t take action under the Irish Online Safety Code against Grok generating CSAM.

Apparently, it didn’t appear to them to be a breach of the code.

What , then, is it good for?

There seems to be a blindness to what has been done to the hills. The places in these photos are part of a 'Special Area of Conservation' and are acknowledged to be in terrible condition and yet nothing is done, even when downstream flooding affects people's lives

Tusla has referred five emergency child care providers to Gardaí over vetting concerns A quarter of staff working in Special Emergency Arrangements last year did not have the required documentation to work with vulnerable children.

An internal audit of staff files found that a quarter were missing major documents required to work with vulnerable children.

These missing documents may include a CV, Garda vetting, qualifications, work permits, references, or overseas police clearance.

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The role of Musk's X in the 2020s is remarkably similar to that of Rothermere's Daily Mail in the 1920s and 1930s. It pushed a narrative which claimed we were being "swamped" by "aliens" (mostly meaning Jews), undermining British interests and values, threatening "our" women and children ...

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling.
If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

FAI Boycott Israel Games! Ireland should not play UEFA games against Israel. We should demand Israel are banned from the competition. Sign and share the petition if you agree

Ireland should not play UEFA games against Israel. We should demand Israel are banned from the competition. Sign and share the petition if you agree my.uplift.ie/petitions/fa... @uplift.ie

Stephen Bradley: ‘Some things are bigger than football. Genocide is most definitely one of them’ Shamrock Rovers manager says Ireland should not play Israel and calls treatment of Drogheda United co-chair as ‘censorship’

“But there comes a point where some things are bigger than football. Genocide is most definitely one of them. What’s wrong is wrong and what is going on is wrong.”

Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley calls for Ireland not to okay Israel.

Lorcan Sirr: If 36,000 new houses were built last year, why were only 58 sold to buyers in Dublin? In reality, we don’t actually know for certain how many houses we’re building

Good read “If 36,000 new houses were built last year, why were only 58 sold to buyers in Dublin?”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

Bus drivers' union want to see hi-vis jackets become 'mandatory' for cyclists The union said that the issue has grown due to a ‘proliferation’ of electric vehicles.

We firmly oppose this measure, as existing evidence indicates that such laws do not, in fact, protect people who cycle.

The union should be calling for better active transport infrastructure instead of deflecting responsibility to the most vulnerable people on the roads.

Victim-blaming never helps. We’re rightly appalled when it happens in crime such as sexual assault — and we should be equally horrified when it happens in road danger. Stop blaming those harmed. Focus on dangerous drivers & build a culture that respects cycling & the wider benefits of active travel.

It's the hope that kills ya

Arteta is the most consistent manager. Ever! Exact same pattern every season. Plays the game not to lose. Refuses to change. #Arsenal #WOLARS

You Are Now Entering Free Minneapolis painted on a gable wall in the style of Free Derry Corner, with four very cool people who seem like legends in front of it.

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Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah among Britain's biggest taxpayers on Sunday Times list Erling Haaland was Britain's highest taxed footballer last year, paying nearly £17 million to the Treasury.

Two immigrants top relevant Sunday Times list for most UK tax paid, as "patriot" multi-billionaire Ratcliffe lives as an immigrant in Monaco, to protect wealth so vast it is unspendable, while whining about immigrant UK care workers and NHS cleaners not pulling their weight.

FUCK RIGHT OFF, "SIR".

FAI Boycott Israel Games! Ireland should not play UEFA games against Israel. We should demand Israel are banned from the competition. Sign and share the petition if you agree

Ireland should not play UEFA games against Israel. We should demand Israel are banned from the competition. Sign and share the petition if you agree my.uplift.ie/petitions/fa... @uplift.ie

Comment: The Shannon Three – awaiting judgment For the last two and a half years the state has done all it can to reserve judgment on Israeli genocide.

A private jet touched down in Shannon Airport. Onboard were Palestinian deportees from the US, their wrists and ankles shackled.

It’s not that the Irish state doesn’t want to involve itself with this depravity – it doesn’t want to acknowledge it.

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Cyclist crushed twice by SUV in Dublin city centre recalls ‘the worst day of my life’ in court Andrew Brett told the court that he was ‘convinced he was going to die’ during the incident.

It's noted that he was wearing high-vis even though the driver was making an illegal turn and even with high-vis and all it's only counted as careless driving and not dangerous driving: www.thejournal.ie/courts-cycli...

Micheál Martin shouldn't be going to the White House on St. Patrick's day, but we know he will.

There's no chance that he will go there and raise the cases of Seamus Culleton & all the others who have been held in ICE 'concentration camps' for months on end.

We saw the groveling last year!

This confirmed by the Taoiseach in the Dáil just now – a significant backtrack by the Government in the midst of an acute housing shortage, now allowing more properties to stay in use for short-term lettings without needing to register/amend their property designation as 'commercial'

What are the odds he'll be working for FG before the year is out?

Stop a Canadian corporation harvesting huge forests of seaweed from the west coast There should be a public consultation on this plan opening soon but lets gather signatures to demonstrate the fact that up and down the west coast, thousands of people don't want our seaweed rights gi...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/st... @uplift.ie

I always think of Kincora when people say it's like this 'now' although this is clearly bigger.

The UK govt spent decades actively using child sex abusers & covering up to protect politicians, while shaming victims. They framed a man and sent him to jail for manslaughter for trying to expose it.

And here is @judesherry.bsky.social at @oireachtasnews.bsky.social outlining how compulsory sales & compulsory rental function as effective policy measures to tackle vacancy/dereliction in other countries
We believe they would be transformative in tackling #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland

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Who gets paid €270m to home children in Tusla’s care – and how do they perform? Three quarters of the children placed in residential care in Ireland live in commercial accommodation. Investors have entered this growing industry, where inspections of the largest owners’ children’s homes show a mixed record.

Who gets paid €270m to home children in Tusla’s care – and how do they perform? Three quarters of the children placed in residential care in Ireland live in commercial accommodation. Inspections of the largest owners’ children’s homes show a mixed record. (w/ The Currency)