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This #IrishTimes poll sets a record for the most blatantly partisan and mendacious framing I have ever seen in any #OpinionPoll anywhere about anything. 😡 Despite the bias, 68 per cent favour the current model of neutrality over the loaded alternative option. #iepol #neutrality #IrishNeutrality h/t @joenoonan.bsky.social

Hey #mastodaoine the Orange Fascist Manbaby is descending on us next weekend. Are there any protests planned for #Dublin? I don't use any of the billionaire platforms so not in the know unfortunately. #iepol #uspol #trump

"Christian Brother" is an Irish oxymoron. Young men coerced into a life of chastity & poverty in the name of Christ & education. Their own trauma & resentment was infamously vented on their pupils by decades of sadism & #rape. Now they try to evade liability for their crimes. As an unincorporated body, the Christian Brothers cannot be sued unless they provide a 'nominee’. The brothers didn't. So all of the relevant members are being sued individually. https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0804/1586407-christian-brothers-names/#iepol #ielegal

Currys, Harvey Norman and Decathlon become latest retailers to pull e‑scooters from Irish market https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/currys-harvey-norman-and-decathlon-become-latest-retailers-to-pull-e%E2%80%90scooters-from-irish-market/a/159281667.html #mastodaoine #speirghorm #iepol a much better solution than advocating for gardai to able to use the cars as weapons.

Ah, I see FFG are trying to do the "High Vis and Helmets are going to be mandatory for pedal cyclists" authoritarian bullshit again. 🙃 A high vis vest wont make me more visible to drivers, but a trans pride flag cape would make me more visible and rapidly increase the likelihood that "fellow" motorists would murder me. #sarcasm #iepol #fuckffg #cycling #ireland #bullshit #transrightsarehumanrights

‘Disgraceful’: Dublin 7 residents on removal of ‘Selections’ shop from derelict register https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/07/20/disgraceful-dublin-7-residents-on-removal-of-selections-shop-from-derelict-register/ #mastodaoine #speirghorm #iepol Did the IT misquote the banner? #dublin

Laois election candidate helped Irish wing of group set up by Trump appointee Robert F Kennedy https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/politics/general-election/laois-election-candidate-helped-irish-wing-of-group-set-up-by-trump-appointee-robert-f-kennedy-6983998 #mastodaoine #speirghorm #iepol

Daire Hickey: Politicians are more interested in looking tough on RTÉ than making a decision to fund it https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/15/daire-hickey-politicians-tough-rte-funding-licence-fee-abolition-exchequer/ "an 18-year price freeze" #mastodaoine #speirghorm #iepol

Ban Blood Sports "The pleasure of a hare when he sees a dog" Fine Gael TD William Ard (Laois) ridiculously suggesting that hares enjoy being chased by dogs.He went on to claim that cruel coursers "are looking after the hare" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QE6Wt_i644&t=1408s #mastodaoine #speirghorm #iepol

Over 90% of women TDs, senators experience abuse online - study https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2026/0702/1581451-politics-online-abuse/ https://www.womenforelection.ie/3rproject/ #mastodaoine #speirghorm #iepol

Taoiseach says review into Aughinish Alumina expected to be complete within 'number of weeks' https://jrnl.ie/7089093 #mastodaoine #speirghorm #iepol

#PatLeahy is political ed of The #IrishTimes. His 1st paid job was at #ThePhoenix. So can Pat explain its demise? https://archive.is/CILA6 Pat says The Phoenix was redundant. It had exposed corruption, but tribunals & laws ended corruption. Bollix! The Galway Tent ended. In came mega-scandals of neoliberalism. In 2013, the FG-Lab govt handed Irish housing to vulture funds, & tried privatising water. More muck than ever. But now its neoliberal muck, and the Irish Times is neoliberal. 🤮 #iepol

114 years ago today, #suffragette Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington smashed some windows at #DublinCastle, while campaigning for votes for women. 8 years ago today, President #MichaelDHiggins unveiled this plaque to the window-smashing. https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-unveils-a-plaque-acknowledging-irish-suffragettes I am proud to be a citizen of a country that commemorates window-smashing. ❤️ #iepol

Tánaiste says it's 'misleading' to buyers for property listing photos to be spruced up by AI (via @thejournal_ie) https://jrnl.ie/6961592 #mastodaoine #speirghorm #iepol myhome ad https://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/258-pearse-road-ballyphehane-cork/4981684