The Gist: The Presidential Selection The time is ticking down to pick the candidates to replace Michael D. This is the Gist.

New Gist: The Presidential Selection
The time is ticking down to pick the candidates to replace Michael D. We take a tour around through the people looking to define the next seven/ fourteen years of Ireland. This is the Gist.

www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...

Teaching children kindness is left-wing now

The latest spate of attacks on Indian people is simply the outworking of a renormalisation of racism within our public discourse.

False claim of UK colonels captured in Ukraine spreads A Russian claim about two UK colonels captured in Ukraine is spreading online. Many including former MP George Galloway have shared the story, though no evidence supports it.

Plus the images associated with were AI generated. One debunking here from, er, 2 days ago. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/false-claim-...

Lads. Did anyone in The Phoenix do any checking on this story? Because the Norwegian publication that it likely originated from has deleted it.

🧵 Recently, a poll was carried out in the UK to see what respondents thought of the Supreme Court case about trans ppl. The findings of that court have been challenged by a number of experts & are likely to be in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights [1]

It took us eight more years, but we got there.
Grateful today and every day for the decision made by the people of Ireland in May 2015 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Illustration from the Irish News by Ian Knoc, depicting Kneecap pulling back the curtain on the death and destruction Israel is meting out on Gaza. Netanyahu is pictured, up to his knees in blood, gesturing "Nothing to see here!".

Ian Knox. Irish News 🗞️ 👇

When art becomes a crime, power goes unchecked.

Political artists are not the threat—those who try to silence them are.

#KneeCap #ArtIsResistance

Today my artwork has been featured in an art exhibition. If you're from Ireland and live in Kerry, I recommend dropping by to have a look! My artwork is being featured at Siamsa Tire Tralee county Kerry.

As a future cartoon artist, I am honored.
#art #gallery #exhibition #feature #artwork #work

I think it’s important to draw attention to small acts of courage and dissent (like this NYT ad and the message from the VT ski resort social media manager) that remind people of the range of possibilities for standing up, speaking out, and fighting back.

Council says it will facilitate community-safety forum meetings, following calls from councillors - Dublin Inquirer “It's important that we have a structure where people are held to account, can voice concerns and have questions answered.”

The council says it will facilitate community-safety forum meetings, following calls from city councillors. “It’s important that we have a structure where people are held to account, can voice concerns and have questions answered." dublininquirer.com/2...

A Kurdish woman asked to be buried “in a handful of soil” in Ireland – but her body was sent to Turkey anyway - Dublin Inquirer In a note she left behind, she’d written, “Do not give my corpse to the oppressors.”

A Kurdish woman asked to be buried “in a handful of soil” in Ireland – but her body was sent to Turkey anyway dublininquirer.com/2025/02/19/a...

The UK Government Admits Failure in the Handling of the Separation of Children from Families in Poverty Dr Koldo Casla 19 February 2025 In the second session of the constructive dialogue with the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) this morning in Geneva, the U…

In front of UN CESCR, last week the UK Gov Admitted Failure in the Handling of the Separation of Children from Families in Poverty. 🇬🇧 An issue raised by Essex HR Centre @universityofessex.bsky.social with @grippuk.bsky.social & @atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social hrcessex.wordpress.com/2025/02/19/t...

Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data at IRS

this is really fucking bad. what the fuck.

Photo of Cllr Kamegni, Femi Amao, and Philomena Mullen at UCC today.

Photo of Cllr Kamegni, Femi Amao, Philomena Mullen, Jatin Nagpal at UCC today.

I am thrilled to be in UCC this morning to input my own contribution to the panel discussion of "What does it mean to be black in Ireland today ?"

I want to see a more empowered, diversified, and inclusive with no hierarchy in the society. Ireland is changing positively.

Every time this comes up, it turns out the babies with Pulse records in the Garda intelligence system created for them are Travellers.

Just in case that wasn’t clear.

Pulse even has a setting for “family tree”.

Investigation: Political violence, harassment, intimidation & threats during Ireland's 2024 general election campaign A joint investigation by ISD and Hope and Courage Collective documenting violent and concerning incidents in the lead-up to Ireland's 2024 general election.

ICYMI: We released a joint investigation with the Hope and Courage Collective documenting 55 incidents of political violence, harassment, intimidation and threats during the GE campaign across a spectrum of activity. @ciaranoconnor.bsky.social @isdglobal.bsky.social www.isdglobal.org/digital_disp...

This is my favourite piece of #GE2024 literature 😬

Delighted to see my old lecturer elected. Loved attending his classes on Geographies of the Crisis in Maynooth. Right person in the right place! #GE24

I think one of the more troubling things I discovered while researching candidates was that Nick Delehanty is a solicitor working for Arthur Cox.
#ge24

We wanted to do a Gift Guide for Irish Design businesses.

As you can see, we struggled to find numbers.

If you can think of any Irish Makers on here please let me know.

#SLATED

slated.ie

#IRISHDESIGN

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Reposts would be wonderful.

If you don't know already from Twitsville, @seamusryan.bsky.social has mastered the art of making local politics engaging. His live updates of Limerick County Council meetings are both informative and entertaining. His use of memes is perfection 👌

I would highly recommend a follow

Dia is Mhuire dhuit !! gabh mo leithscéal, mar tá cupla focal agam🥺 ach an bhfuil tú jodies deartháir mór ?

1. Kill 'em
2. Remove 'em
3. Educate 'em
4. Steal their children

(the pattern of white euro settler colonization)