This government totally dropped the ball on getting rid of #USC in this year's budget. The pay raise for public sector workers is going to hit them with an extra €4.5B on top of their current budget. If they had just cut the USC, it would’ve cost them €6B. They’re clearly out of touch, and we wouldn’t be dealing with these strikes if they just knew how to #MakeWorkPay.
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Senator Sharon Keogan retweeted
Micheál Martin has finally met his toughest opponent on the triple lock: Micheál Martin.
Well, he did invite us to go back over his record
Well, he did invite us to go back over his record
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It's the Russians; it's the Russians; it's the Russians. Be calm.
Don't worry this government have it all under control. Give me a break.
#LateLate
Don't worry this government have it all under control. Give me a break.
#LateLate
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💔 May Elliott be reunited with his parents, Philip and Kim, and his brothers, Callum and Jayden. May God's blessings be upon them all. Rest in peace.
Heartbreaking news from Waterford.
Elliott English (6) has died in hospital, three weeks after the devastating arson attack on his family home in Birchwood Estate.
His parents, Philip and Kim, and brothers, Callum and Jayden, also died in the attack.
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What do you think about our Justice Minister's plan to charge a flat fee of €520 for legal aid for each person accused?
Do you agree with Ms. Justice Mary Rose Gearty that the Minister went overboard with this move?
Who are the taxpayers behind?
#LegalAidFees
Do you agree with Ms. Justice Mary Rose Gearty that the Minister went overboard with this move?
Who are the taxpayers behind?
#LegalAidFees
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I'm seriously concerned that this government is determined to send Irish troops for "peace enforcement." We really need to uphold our Triple Lock and allow the Irish people to make their voices heard through a referendum. #TripleLock #ContactYourTDs
Irish troops should be deployed to Lebanon as part of a new EU mission and be involved in both peacekeeping and peace enforcement duties, minister says rte.ie/b/1596797
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46 signatures, 20 hours later, this lot is fairly ambitious, aiming for 50. You go, guys. #Twats
A petition has been launched to remove Brenda Power, a known far-right activist and barrister, from serving as a decision-maker on the State’s asylum appeals body.
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This is leadership: taxpayers funding utter nonsense driven by leftist ideology.
The video produced by the DRCC involving grandparents does not represent the views of the Government. It was both inappropriate and demeaning to grandparents and has been removed by DRCC following my officials engagement with them.
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Our church leaders are reclaiming their voice.
🚨 IRELAND 🇮🇪
Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan has CONDEMNED the country's growing problems with drugs and violent crime
Bishop Cullinan was speaking at the funeral of two parents and their children who were murdered in a drug related incident
Under Fianna Fail/Fine Gael, Ireland est user of cocaine per capita in the world
The bishop said:
'As a country we have not really faced up to this problem and it is a fact that in every city, town, village and townland harmful drugs are available.
Up and down this dear land, people are turning to drugs.
Young lives and the lives of the not-so-young are being destroyed by drugs, and those who work behind the scenes need to see the consequences of their dark trade and atone for their sin.
Pope Francis often said that ‘everything is connected’ and anyone who deals in drugs is contributing to a deadly darkness.
Anyone in Ireland who thinks that there is no harm in taking a line of cocaine on the weekend is utterly mistaken and is also feeding this evil machine
The use of drugs is a choice and a physical and spiritual problem. The human spirit seeks to be filled by love and meaning. Many people look in the wrong places.
I do not come to judge. I ask you all to join with me in saying this must stop. We must see what is happening to our country and our communities.
If the demand for drugs dries up then the supply disappears. Please join with me in proclaiming that there is another way to live, a better way to live'
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Private companies freezing energy prices are a temporary, partial fix. The State owns the #ESB, which raked in a staggering €377M in profit in just six months.
The Govt must stop hiding behind "market rules" and mandate the ESB to slash wholesale prices at source this winter.
The Govt must stop hiding behind "market rules" and mandate the ESB to slash wholesale prices at source this winter.
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It is absurd that the open mockery of our laws on Escort Ireland is tolerated. In Meath alone, 12 trafficked women are advertised daily—equating to 100+ offences a day and tens of thousands for pimps. Yet Gardaí recorded just 1 offence in 90 days. The Justice Minister must answer for this.
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After yesterday, I'm increasingly concerned that Europe is settling into a mediocre role in the AI race. Startups might be compelled to look for more accessible markets elsewhere. With one Union and 27 states, the excessive regulation makes it incredibly difficult for tech leaders to consider Europe as a viable option. This was echoed by multiple speakers yesterday including @eileenomara
#AISummit
#AISummit
Hello from Dublin airport as I'm leaving the International AI Summit with something close to existential dread from being exposed yet again to the parallel reality in which much of Europe’s political establishment appears to be living.
The summit was literally organized around ompetitiveness. Yet from the plenary stage, I heard from mostly American companies (fair play to them, Ireland is home to their international HQs) coupled with European politicians advancing claims that the AI Act, DFA, CADA and other digital rules somehow make European startups more competitive and that regulation is what will stop AI agents from “escaping their sandboxes."
Meanwhile, you could walk around the innovation hall and struggle to find any of the major European AI companies that are actually trying to compete at the frontier.
Panel after panel returned to the same comfortable and boring platitudes about trust, values, guardrails and responsible innovation.
There is an huge disconnect from the real world. In a desperate pursuit of sovereignty for sovereignty's sake and an ever-growing digital maze of bureaucracy, Europe will fall behind in AI. We will have fewer frontier companies, less capital, less compute and dramatically less appetite for risk than the US or China. We will also be incapable of grasping (or, at a minimum, understanding) the opportunities ahead of us.
Instead, we keep congratulating ourselves on having built a telegraph cable in the 1800s (!?) and now the world's most elaborate regulatory framework and call that a competitive advantage.
One of the few genuinely refreshing interventions came from Siemens CTO and Chief Strategy Officer Dr. Peter Koerte, who spoke frankly about some of the real obstacles European innovators face.
I will keep saying this until I'm blue in the face: Europe does not have an AI values problem, it has an AI competitiveness problem. But I’m increasingly worried that many of the people supposed to solve either don't have the intellectual capacity or curiosity to do so.
To end on a positive note: the event was super slick, and the logistics were very straightforward. Congrats to the Irish government for their ability to put together a great experience for their guests, for being so welcoming, and attracting a very high caliber of speakers.
#AISummitIE #Ireland2026EU
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Which NGO was handling this case? It's fascinating to see a state-funded agency seemingly challenging the very entity that supports it! #HowIrelandWorks
The Supreme Court upheld legislation that restricts access to certain welfare payments for beneficiaries of temporary protection who are housed by the State, in a ruling affirming the Oireachtas's discretion in the matter.
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Prayers and healing for @Pontifex 🙏
Dear friends, during some recent medical examinations, the doctors found a small, localized nodule in my lung. It was detected at a very early stage and is well-localized. The doctors believe that it is best to intervene, so, following their advice, I have decided to undergo surgery to remove it. The operation is already scheduled to take place in the coming days. I thank you for your spiritual closeness and entrust myself to your prayers.
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It is just awful how one-sided the health committee has been in censoring evidence, testimonies and lived experience that do not fit preconceived narratives. The public deserves better and democracy deserves better. #ThreeDayWait #Prolife
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I raised this issue of adolescent poverty in November 2020.
Many young people lack access to sports, gyms, music, and the arts. Last year, I prepared a comprehensive costing analysis on the matter for the Minister of Children and Finance. No young person should feel different or excluded because of their circumstances. 🤞#RecreationalCard #Budget2027
Harris says culture card 'not dead in the water' as government meets to finalise Budget 2027 share.google/1B7ANOw2bBx4vB…
Many young people lack access to sports, gyms, music, and the arts. Last year, I prepared a comprehensive costing analysis on the matter for the Minister of Children and Finance. No young person should feel different or excluded because of their circumstances. 🤞#RecreationalCard #Budget2027
Harris says culture card 'not dead in the water' as government meets to finalise Budget 2027 share.google/1B7ANOw2bBx4vB…
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With Budget Day only days away, this government urgently needs a reality check. The public has clearly reached its limit of patience. #Budget2027
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