Irish Socialist Republican 'Never in history has violence been initiated by the oppressed' Paulo Freire
Clare, Ireland
Joined April 2015
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There a fundamental misunderstanding on the election of far right Cllrs. Maybe its a self-soothing? "These far right ones will be in for a land when they realise how little they can actually achieve of their agenda😂". Completely wide of the mark. They're not in it to help people
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IS HE FOR REAL? Simon Harris says the reason he allows banks making billions of euro in profits to pay just 1% tax is to protect the Irish people.
No one is fooled by this. I will keep being your voice and fighting your corner until we have a government that puts workers and families first.
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I have had a lot of questions over the past few days regarding media coverage of the Fine Gael proposals on preparing for a united Ireland, and in particular the detailed report on the economics of unity by Prof Stephen Kinsella. finegael.ie/unifiedisland/ A few thoughts:
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Government wants to send Irish troops on ‘Israel-friendly mission’, Mary Lou McDonald claims
irishtimes.com/politics/oire…
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Simon Harris – who recently criticised jobseekers and NGOs – and his parents won’t answer questions about whether the Harrises were eligible for a state-backed housing scheme that saw their €600,000 home sold and leased back to them after they’d accumulated mortgage arrears.
ontheditch.com/simon-harris-…
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Govt Jan-June affordable homes delivery is embarassing...🫢
🚨Just 565 affordable purchase homes - many unaffordable - 13 councils delivered zero!
🚨Just 1,365 cost rental homes -some rents now 40% of net income - 15 councils delivered zero!
LDA just 350 homes in 6 months! 👀
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While ordinary people are forced to pay thousands in rent every month, vulture funds pay not a single penny in tax on the rental income they collect.
It is clear whose side this government is on. I will continue to fight for action to bring down rents and put workers and families first.
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Great to be in Ennis, Co Clare with @Donnamcgettigan & the Sinn Féin team.
Meeting with Novas, Simon Community & @ClareCoCo on how housing & homeless crisis is impacting folks in the Banner County
Big focus on homeless prevention & need for more public & private homes.
One can only assume the person behind this account has something from their own past that they're worried about?
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"We're trying to help you and if you don't like it all we'll do is punish you and thise around you"...
Thanks goodness they haven't abandoned their left of centre ideology eh...
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If you’re new to data on the work-shy:
▪️Not everyone on the dole (live) register is jobless i.e. can work up to 3 days a week.
▪️Not everyone is getting a payment i.e. can sign-on for PRSI credits to qualify for a pension in future.
▪️Over 1 in 10 is aged over 60.
@rtetwip
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He’ll be under fire from the business lobby too.
20,000 signing-on are casual workers who get the dole for days left without hours. Business won’t want Fine Gael messing with their public purse subsidy for bad jobs, unless it’s to relax the rules which is an idea being floated.
If FG advisors are listening to Newstalk this morning, & the texts being read out, they will be delighted. "Fooled them again, these people never draw a link between the fact we're in govt 15 years & the issues in the state"
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"Simon, can you hear me through the earpiece, can you give it about 10% more enthusiasm on the handshakes? 2.5 more hugs as well, punch the air, then big hands, NOT jazz hands, the half ones we practiced. And now, just get through the script"
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The long-term unemployment rate (unemployed for 12 months or more) in Q2 was 1.3%, up from 1.1% a year earlier. That’s fewer than 40 thousand (38,900) people out of 2.99 million in the labour force. #FGAF26
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Sinn Féin’s popularity has exploded after the Garvaghy Road incident.
This is probably the biggest blow for unionism that has occurred in modern history.
You know, if we had spent more money on tanks and anti-aircraft missiles, we could have prevented this hoax bomb at RTÉ... #rte
Well the Late Late had a Republican on lately, Michelle O'Neill. I guess having Micheál on is about balance...
An Taoiseach Micheál Martin will now appear on tonight’s #LateLate Show.
He will discuss today's security alerts at various media organisations, as well as preparations ahead of the European Political Community (EPC) summit and EU meetings, which are to be held in Dublin next week.
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As a non-AI user, a disturbing pattern is emerging among AI-using friends. They argue with everything, including personal opinions & facts I know by heart. I cite official sources, & they present walls of disjointed AI text as “proof.” You can’t argue, because AI is the ultimate authority. It is always right. Attempting to discuss current events is a nightmare, as it seems to take time for the AI to update. You end up ceding the argument because it’s easier than arguing with an AI human proxy. If you are somehow able to convince them the AI is wrong, the entire cycle repeats with the next topic. I hate all of this so much.
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The son of Sligo Fianna Fáil TD Eamon Scanlon – and a party election candidate himself – has been charged with 197 counts of theft, forgery and money laundering.
ontheditch.com/fianna-fail-t…
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Ireland is broken
A 52-year-old grandfather, who is on dialysis, offered to end his treatment if his three-year-old non-verbal grandson could get speech therapy, the Dáil has heard.
The man said he made the offer in a bid to save the State money.
rte.ie/news/politics/2026/11…