In response to my FOI request, the Department of Foreign Affairs refused to release the 17 November, 2025 briefing note for Harris’s meeting with US ambassador to Ireland Edward Walsh in aftermath of FAI motion to suspend Israel. 👀
Mick Lynch is just one of those men that has a way of speaking with integrity and with heart - when Laila Cunningham talks about immigrants taking advantage he replies
"We, the British people believe in helping one another through a fair tax system...you believe in making your friends richer"
As Ireland’s Historical Connection To #Lebanon Ends With Ending Of @UN#UNIFIL Peacekeeping Operations -South Lebanon Is Being Ethnically Cleansed By #Netanyahu -Meanwhile, Cluster Munitions Allowed Thru Irish Airspace For Use Against Lebanese & In Proximity To Irish Peacekeepers
The russian refinery says alumina shipped from Ireland does not end up in weapons.
The Irish Government seems uninterested in testing that claim.
So I took a sample myself.
It will now be compared with battlefield debris from Ukraine.
This should have been done by the state.
@thejournal_ie Everyone is looking at the data centre impact on electricity prices, but the impact on water is severe...
"a data center can use up to 5 million gallons of water every day, as much as 16,000-plus average households"
https://t.co/ipoO5FcJcP
Shocking Revelations: Patient Care Compromised by "Toxic Culture" at St. Vincent’s Hospital
A leaked, confidential 66-page report from the Royal College of Surgeons of England has exposed a severe breakdown of leadership, accountability, and professional standards at St. Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin.
At the centre of this systemic failure were the patients, who faced direct risks due to an institutional "culture of fear, paranoia, and bullying."
Key Factual Findings from the Report:
Sub-optimal Patient Care: Certain consultants stopped entering wards altogether, conducting "non-contact" rounds from doorways. Some patients were discharged after major surgeries without any clear treatment plans.
Cancelled Cancer Operations: Critical surgeries for vulnerable oncology patients were regularly cancelled sometimes on the morning of the procedure, due to internal disputes over theatre access. One patient had their operation cancelled three consecutive times.
Private vs. Public Conflicts: Consultants were found to be on call for both lucrative private practices and state-funded HSE duties on the same night, with management failing to track where consultants were practicing.
Sabotage of Innovation: The introduction of new, life-saving medical technology was suspended after consultants bypassed clinical leads to complain to management, which reviewers noted put patients at risk.
Weaponized Systems & Egos: Internal incident reporting tools were weaponized to file "spurious" complaints against colleagues. Interpersonal animosity became so severe that certain consultants and anesthetists could no longer be rostered to work together.
The Hospital’s Response:
St. Vincent’s University Hospital has accepted the report's findings. The hospital states it has since restructured consultant oversight to eliminate public/private scheduling conflicts, clarified channels for raising concerns, and provided culture training to improve relationships. No staff members have been disciplined.
#StVincentsHospital #Healthcare #PatientSafety #HSE #HealthcareAccountability #Dublin @roinnslainte
https://t.co/W8hvTMTr1q
Harvey’s removal from that spinal list was entirely cruel and unjustified. It feels like he was written off by the people who were supposed to be keeping him safe. 2 years now since he was removed and almost a year now since he died and we still have no answers from CHI. I find it incredibly concerning that the same person who removed Harvey from that list is still working away and making clinical decisions about other vulnerable children. How do we know he hasn’t continued to behave like this even after Anita left?
Have the other families of children wrongfully removed even been informed by CHI? Did they get relisted? Are they still under the care of the same person that instructed their removal?
This inquiry needs to uncover everything, if they try and limit the scope of ot then they are choosing to allow children continue to be neglected.
#JusticeForHarvey #NoChildWaiting #TribunalofInquiry
You can't keep #DerelictIreland out of news
Continuous since June 2021
In past week movement was covered by RTÉ Investigates, CorkBeo, TipperaryLive, The Journal
With dereliction featured in every outlet, incl. Prime Time
Tweet that got the nation talking, Irish Examiner 2022
I played last night at The Robert Tressell Festival in the RDS in Dublin. I was joined by the brilliant Leen Maarouf and the brilliant The Accidental Rapper for a rendition of DON'T PLAY
Michael D and Sabina Higgins say Don't Play!
#StopTheGame#Dontplay#roberttressellfestival
Irish reporter and social media influencer Caolan Robertson has been awarded an Order of Merit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
https://t.co/s7fm2zygKg
BREAKING: France has launched an investigation into alleged war crimes and torture over Israel's treatment of French activists detained after taking part in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
🔴 More on https://t.co/hGzrK2N8WC
BBC Great British Railway Journeys visits Cork Ireland. Kent Station. The English Market. Blarney Castle. Fishmonger Pat O'Connell friend of Queen Elizabeth II. "In the 1800s it was a Loyal(ist) city that had strong links with the Empire forged through trade." Michael Portillo
The Shot just exposed Australia is manufacturing nitroglycerin, nitrocellulose & RDX for Israel's bombs.
These explosives are made in govt-owned plants, leased to Thales, trucked at night to ports, sent via US/Singapore - straight to Gaza & Lebanon.