Until a few days ago this man was on the Justice Committee. Why do people keep voting for these people?

Saw the number €35,800 and thought wow the EU must be keeping salaries reasonable in line with what the citizens make. For one brief second there I was proud to be European.

Nope, that's her monthly salary.

The same company also made a game about St. Patrick converting the country to Christianity. The set up is basically that Ireland must be converted to become the last Bastian of Christianity in the world and if you fail to convert everyone to Christianity, civilization will die in Europe.

Stop using Spotify.

They are not on the side of musicians

And considering how much AI shite is on there now, I propose calling them Sloppify from now on.

AI firms need to pay ‘fair share’ for using Wikipedia, founder says The founder of the platform says large language models have been ‘hammering’ Wikipedia’s servers and AI companies should “chip in and pay fair share”.

The founder of the platform says large language models have been ‘hammering’ Wikipedia’s servers and AI companies should “chip in and pay fair share”.

Yeah, you are lucky. Enjoy your innocence.

Watch them charge women the same amount as men too. Yet another pink tax.

In the year of AI slop it's lovely to see RTE Guide supporting talented local artists! I'll be picking up a copy this year. I don't watch much live TV anymore but it gives me ideas for films and shows to check out.

I wore a beret to work and my boss started singing Édith Piaf.

I’ve seen a few folks go for the “if you simply must watch that new Harry Potter show just pirate it” and sorry. No. Just no. Just don’t watch it. At all. Ever. Break free of it. It’s time. You’ll be ok. I promise. I know it mattered to you as a kid. Find new things, it’s healthier. Just move on.

Extremist group threatened to attack mosque, court hears A "violent" right-wing extremist group threatened on video to attack a Galway mosque, IPAS centres and hotels housing migrants around Ireland, a court has heard.

A "violent" right-wing extremist group threatened on video to attack a Galway mosque, IPAS centres and hotels housing migrants around Ireland, a court has heard

Airbnb Gaeltacht expansionism: 88 percent listings increase To truly understand Airbnb expansionism in Ireland look to the Gaeltacht.

An 88 percent increase in the number of whole homes to rent in Gaeltacht areas on Airbnb – in just six years

'The history of the Gaeltachts as places of radical and forward thinking gets forgotten now when they've become a holiday destination,' say @CnaG

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Are you making the Gay Byrne version? "One glass of whiskey for the cake, two glasses of whiskey for me...."

Restrictions on Israeli visas when?

Just had a lovely woman in our shop in Donegal, searching for her lost twin sister. Appreciate it if my Irish followers would retweet this. Thank you.

There’s a huge gulf between levels of fear of Dublin city centre, and levels of crime, new survey shows The City Centre Crime Victim Survey was commissioned by Dublin Inquirer and carried out by Amarách Research.

There’s a huge gulf between levels of fear of Dublin city centre, and levels of crime, a new survey shows. The City Centre Crime Victim Survey was commissioned by Dublin Inquirer and carried out by Amarách Research.

Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!

I walked around a corner in my office and there was an electrician bent over looking at the sockets.

His coworkers were trying to put a pen in his butt crack. 🖊️🍑

Catherine Connolly walking in to the official announcement of the final results of the Presidential Election at Dublin Castle. She is flanked by her husband and 2 adult sons.

The new President of Ireland. Worth standing 3 hours in the cold for this moment. #speirgorm

Connolly has gotten the highest vote ever in the history of the state. There was never going to be a rerun.

Yeah seems to be how they get people. Start with the reasonable stuff and then ease you into the bigotry.

Saved, thanks a mil. I'll pass it on!

Piles of sandwiches on a table. Some of them are piled into the batch loaf bags because Tupperware is notions.

When your tally team is mostly grannies and mammies, no one goes hungry!

Picture of my ticket to get into the tally with RDS in the background.

Tally sheet, with 229 out of 382 for Connolly

Dublin South West final tally estimates

National Tally estimates as of 11:38 am. 64% Connolly

Some pictures from the Connolly tally in RDS this morning. Was such a good buzz.

Would really appreciate if you could send that to me if you find it please. Been discussing this with local organisers. Need to see what they are saying to be able to counter it.

Spoiled ballot paper

This is the rage of the far right-in a spoiled ballot paper. Complaining about rape while nominating a man found liable for rape.So it’s not about rape at all, it’s about racism and misogyny-& homo/trans phobia in support of she of the holy handbag who is conveniently anti LGBTI - #aras25 #speirgorm

If Gavin got over 12.5% of the vote he would have gotten €250,000 in election expenses from tax payer money. Not a good idea to vote for him as a protest vote. It's just handing Fianna Fáil your money.

Remember voting for Jim Gavin doesn't spoil your vote, but if he gets 12.5% or more then Fianna Fáil gets €250,000 of your taxes given to them as election expenses.

Don't protest vote by giving the government party your money. #speirgorm

Me with a tired smile. Wearing a black jumper and a generic office wall behind me.

I forgot to take a polling station selfie so here is a very tired but voted and now in the office selfie.

The Gamer was pretty much the *only* outlet willing to stick their neck out for us adult game makers. Their coverage was invaluable in getting the word out about payment processor censorship 😥