I love how he's treating it like it's another job and making sure he gives the cat a thorough and detailed brushing.

Having had to walk by these protests to get to work, we shouldn't touch them with a ten-foot bargepole. I'll just say I was unsurprised when I heard there was an incident with people related to the protest abusing the MSoE and leave it at that.

If the economy is doing so well why are hiis colleagues pleading poverty in pay negotiations with teachers' unions ?

No other group in the country could block O'Connell Street all day like the IFA has. The fact they can get away with it shows they have the political clout to have their demands met without ruining everyone else's day.

Documents say asylum law centre was in “unprecedented crisis”. The Legal Aid Board tried to hide this with redactions. A spokesperson for the board said it redacted accounts that weren’t “evidence-based” and had not tried to “hide or trivialise the scale of any crisis”.

Documents say asylum law centre was in “unprecedented crisis”. The Legal Aid Board tried to hide it with redactions. A technical fail made it easy to reveal what sat behind the black rectangles. The board said it redacted accounts that weren’t “evidence-based”. www.dublininquirer.com/documents-sa...

They're really scraping the barrel to for that petty cruelty high. I can't imagine how empty a person's life has to be to do something like this.

I cannot tell you how much the requirement to advertise jobs before applying for work permits is a pointless exercise aimed at placating racists, which does nothing but delay and prevent jobs from being filled with people qualified for them who happen to be non-EEA citizens

Incredible game.

Katamari Damacy, Abzu, and Donut County should fit with what you're looking for. On the switch, uncomplicated gameplay, and will point you through to the finish line. Also Spiritfarer and If Found if you want to cry.

What ICE Detention Does to a Child Stunted growth. Nightmares. Bed-wetting. These are just a few of the symptoms of children held in immigration custody.

As ICE apprehends more children every day, it raises a simple question that’s also one of grave moral concern: What does detention do to a child’s health?

"I see a regression of developmental milestones. They don’t want to eat. They have problems sleeping. They wake up screaming,” one doctor said.

Pat Leahy making the same mistake a lot of well-to-do Irish men of a certain age make, by thinking his own opinions are shared by the rest of the population. It is not. Polling shows Pat, and the rest of the moral cowards posing as realists, are very much in the minority.

Pat Leahy: "The Irish people do not want the Taoiseach to criticise Trump to his face and never will vote for anyone who will"

Meanwhile, in the real world:

In my capacity as a communications professional I would advise against making an argument on the character of others after you've hired Peter Mandelson.

Being besties with the global billionaire pedophile conspiracy guy is tolerable for Keir Starmer, so he's probably not the best judge of what should be tolerated.

That a vast swathe of our commentariat feel emboldened to complain about our President having called out war crimes as war crimes is a sign of social and moral decay. Too many have bought into the idea that pragmatism is the same as being callow and callous.

Great, more competition for home buyers. Bet they don't get a single investor looking to build.

Jaysus, you're scraping the barrel for pro-war guests aren't you?

The fact that they're sending out this lad is enough of an admission they know they're not just wrong but completely out of step with the public.

Merz joining Trump's attacks on Spain typifies Germany's attitude to the EU. They prioritise their own short term interests over the integrity of the EU. We need to deepen our ties with Spain and form a bloc to be a counterweight to german power within the EU before their stupidity tears it apart.

I honestly think taxing the super-rich out of existence is for their own good. That amount of money seems to do something deeply unpleasant to human brains.

It is shocking how competent they've made the Bush administration look.

Anyone who thinks positive regime change is possible in Iran should remember the US-Israel axis replaced Bashar al-Assad with an Islamic State remnant in Syria.

Interesting to see what the current EU regime will do. Do they prioritise their neo-colonial ambitions or protect the integrity of the union by backing up an uncooperative member state. One of their greatest foreign policy goals is now completely at odds with the continued existence of the union.

Quite probably the most despicable person in Irish politics that never identified as a citizen journalist.

I'm not surprised, but I'm still disgusted by the eagerness of western powers to repeat the Iraq War with Iran knowing exactly what happened last time, and knowing it will be far worse this time if the US and Israel are allowed to continue to escalate.

Those who fail turn learn from history (Israelis attacking French fans in the Stade de France a little over a year ago) are doomed to repeat it.

Reading reports that last week's dreadful shooting in Canada had been carried out by a transgender teenager, my heart sank, as I knew there were some in the media who would weaponise this tragedy against trans people in general. As I read Brenda Power's first column for your paper today, I scanned for even the smallest expression of sympathy for the families bereaved by such a senseless act, but none was forthcoming. Instead, it seems, Ms Power used the shooting as a pretext to shoehorn in as much anti-trans sentiment as her word-count would allow. Is this a taste of things to come? Bernie Linnane Dromahair, Co. Leitrim.

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Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

The next time you hear some politician blaming pearl mussels or the Habitats Directive for flooding disasters, might be a good time to point this out to to them.