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Who is paying for the Facebook ads pushing the #IrishFuelProtests?
A tow truck company
Oh and Tommy Robinson is now nuzzling in
All totally normal stuff...
New newsletter from me (after a long hiatus!)
https://www.thebriefing.ie/who-is-funding-the-fuel-protests-online-campaign/
The Catholic Church has committed & covered up abuse in every area of Irish life it has been given power over
Yet we are leaving the secularisation of our public education system to individual parental choice
Where is the ambition?
Me in the @irishtimes@mastodon.ie today
The Irish Freedom Party are currently the biggest spender on political ads on YouTube - dropping over €4k in the past 3 weeks
Latest from The Briefing, my newsletter https://www.thebriefing.ie/campaign-round-up-google-youtube-ad-spend/
@elizatech@mastodon.ie thanks Elizabeth - I must make the time to write this up properly
Happy election poster night to all who celebrate!
Posting can be pricey - here’s a breakdown of costs I found in the filings of Irish candidates from the 2019 EP elections
Remember Happy Slaps?
I've been obsessing over them for the past little while - and wondering if there is a direct lineage to today's filmed political violence.
I write a newsletter about it - you can read it (and subscribe) here: https://www.thebriefing.ie/from-happy-slaps-to-todays-political-violence/