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  Respect to Gavin Bazunu - none of the players should have been put in this position and none of them should be vilified for the decision they have been forced to make This is a failure first of all of UEFA for letting Israel compete in the competition. Having excluded Russia, it is hypocritical to have included Israel It is a failure of the FAI for failing to represent the views of its members And a failure of the Irish government for not stepping in to support the FAI in making that decision

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  Here's this one neat trick to stop getting speeding fines... slow the f**k down!

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  A guy at a party last night was telling me all about the niche rural sport of sheep throwing, which apparently is quite popular at agricultural shows up and down the country. At least that's what I thought he said...turns out they were throwing "sheafs" not sheep, which is probably just as well from an animal welfare perspective.

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  #SilentSunday

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  RE: https://flipboard.com/@associatedpress/entertainment-qju7ofhsz/-/a-f-otGUT2Sq2LNde5UqUx-Q%3Aa%3A3199720-%2F0 I just love how Robert Kraft's attempt to silence supporters of Palestine continues to completely backfire on him. He has probably done more than anyone to bring the plight of the Palestinian people into greater public awareness.

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  If Jim O'Callaghan really wanted to bring down the number of people granted citizenship each year he would change the grandparent rule which allows third generation USians who've never set foot in Ireland to get an Irish passport, instead of making it harder for people who are living and working here and contributing to the economy.

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  Once you realise that student housing developers can get short term letting income for the one quarter of the year when students aren't using it, it starts to make sense why so much of it is being built right now. They can earn as much in those three months as they do in the other nine months.

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  "To wrap AI into the art of learning when we have overwhelming proof of the harm it does to developing minds is feeding snake oil to the people we should cherish most. We already have counterfeit AI people infiltrating our media: we must not risk sending out young people into a hard world armed only with counterfeit knowledge. We should treat it with the same urgency with which we would treat a wildfire." - Katherine Rundell https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/aug/08...

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  Went to Belfast for the Fleadh today - it is absolutely hopping! They are putting on a great show. It must be surreal for people who remember it in the bad old days.

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  The response from the RSA and the Minister to this is, as usual, appalling No commitment to actually act on this, no mention of enforcement, just expressions of concern and appeals to drivers to be more considerate. Because that always works, right? RTE news : 'Deep concern' as Lollipop people spat at, abused at work http://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0807/1586860-lollipop-people-abuse/

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  "Those deaths, and any resulting irrational shifts in policy are the price we now have to pay for a decade of failing to assign real accountability for disinformation to social media platforms, and for not forcing them to do better. And as the EU’s digital rulebook enforcer, a big part of that blame sits right with us here in Ireland." Great analysis of the #Ceuta incident by @LizCarolan@mastodon.ie, emphasising Ireland's own culpability in what happened. https://www.irishexami...

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  Shortly after 10pm this evening, the last of the evening light on Blackrock Diving Tower #Galway

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  Extraordinary sculptures by Seán Henry at the Festival Gallery in #Galway

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  Is there a word for that blind belief that the climate emergency won't require any changes to our behaviour if we can only harness the power of some future, yet unproven, technology? "Ireland will remain dependent on gas unless we embrace nuclear" - Michael McDowell https://archive.fo/P743Z

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  TIL that Sam Davol, long time member of band The Magnetic Fields, runs a not-for-profit organisation with his wife Leslie which works on activating public space. "Davol’s interest in placemaking was partly inspired by several decades of touring with The Magnetic Fields.'The things I have seen in Europe in particular over the years have deeply influenced the ways I wish New York could be', he says" https://archive.fo/M51Fp Here's a link to their work: https://www.streetla...

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  Just so we’re clear. If you are 16 years old and you live in Ireland, you can drive the vehicle on the left, but it’s far too dangerous for you to drive the one on the right.

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  This just sums up our current government. Having failed to enforce existing legislation around the use of e-scooters they are going to bring in more legislation which they won't enforce. It will have zero impact on the safety of people using e-scooters and create further barriers to their use for those who want to use them legally. https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0720/1584131-escooters-ireland-meeting/

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  I missed this Irish Times letter on Thursday - glad to see someone calling this out. "Photos of people enjoying the sunshine do not tell the full story It is surely way past time for presenting heatwaves as benign and welcome opportunities for fun"

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  I had a weird experience this evening. I was cycling across town from O'Connell Street to my home in Rathmines. It was very busy in the city centre, lots of traffic but I made good progress on my bike. I pulled onto my street and then took a side street to get to the back lane where there's a gate into our back garden. As I got off the bike outside our gate a taxi pulled up on the side road and stopped at the end of the lane. The driver called out, "so that's where you live!&quo...

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  My 13yo came home from his friend's house earlier talking about "this guy in England with a bin on his head who's winning an election". Who said the youth aren't politically engaged, eh?

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  The good denizens of Wikipedia are doing a superb job in capturing the absurdity of the upcoming UK parliamentary by-election in Clacton... 2026 Clacton by-election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Clacton_by-election

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  Top Government adviser calls for action to roll back ‘gold-plated’ environmental legislation – The Irish Times https://archive.fo/8UxAi Seán O'Driscoll was a director of AIB when it had to be bailed out by the State. He then blamed unions for the banking crash. He was a major shareholder in Barryroe which was refused a permit by Eamon Ryan for an oil exploration project off the coast, faced insolvency, and, in 2023, was taken private by Larry Goodman, with many other investors losing out...

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  "Stopping vehicle growth could save lives, space, and billions in energy costs" Researchers Want To Tax Cars By The Inch To Stop Carspreading | Carscoops https://www.carscoops.com/2026/06/carspreading-car-size-study/

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  The human cost of the insistence on continuing to pursue the Galway City Ring Road project. https://www.connachttribune.ie/news/we-want-to-be-able-to-move-on-with-our-lives-galway-ring-road-families-whose-homes-face-demolition-7180813

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  Why do Sinn Féin hate people who cycle? I cycled to every one of my radiotherapy sessions when I was being treated for cancer and I've cycled, and will continue to cycle, to my regular post-treatment check ups. Sheltered, secure cycle parking is not a luxury or an extravagance. It's a necessity. RTE news : €127k bike shed at Kerry hospital a 'pure waste' - SF http://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2026/0507/1572156-dail-leaders-questions/

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  The @greenparty_ie leader Roderic O'Gorman is doing an AMA on Reddit if anyone has any questions for him. https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/1snii6d/roderic_o_gorman/

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  You just know that Sinn Féin will ditch the left alliance and jump into bed with Dumb and Dumber if the numbers stack up. RTE news : Rise in support for Independent Ireland and Aontú - poll http://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2026/0502/1571477-opinion-poll-ireland/ #iepol

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  We had our annual Street Party today and it was a glorious day with music, dancing, a barbecue, a dog show, and street games, and best of all, no cars. We've being doing it since 2013 and it is a highlight of the calendar for neighbours of all ages!

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  Today is the 110th anniversary of the birth of Jane Jacobs, the writer and activist who is celebrated for her writings and campaigns for a human scaled urbanism. What's less known about her is that in her later years she published a book, "Dark Age Ahead", which predicted a new Dark Age which she characterised as a mass amnesia where even the memory of what was lost is lost. Her arguments seem all too familiar today.

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  Sinéad O'Sullivan's latest piece argues that Ireland as a state has voluntarily institutionalised Vimes' Boots Theory and it is costing us a fortune.