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IRISH NEWS OUTLETS NAVIGATE TURBULENT AI LANDSCAPE
The Irish Times was tricked by an AI article. Later, a deepfake video targeted a candidate. See how AI affects trust and elections in Ireland.
#AIscam, #deepfake, #IrishTimes, #electionsecurity, #disinformation
https://newsletter.tf/irish-times-ai-scam-deepfake-election-threat/
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An AI chatbot wrote an article that became the second most-read on The Irish Times. Later, a deepfake video tried to stop an election.
#AIscam, #deepfake, #IrishTimes, #electionsecurity, #disinformation
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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for May 7th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- #Hantavirus onboard the #MVHondius a rare and deadly strain that can spread person-to-person
- US #FDA blocks publication of several studies finding Covid-19, shingles vaccines to be safe
- Australia taking preparations for #PathogenX seriously
- From the #IrishTimes : “we need to refocus on #LongCovid [because] in many respects #Covid19 is a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one.”
- Groundbreaking new 12-month study meticulously tracked post-Covid symptoms in children
- Scientists find human embryos are vulnerable to Covid
- @whn May edition of the Kids' Zone Mag all about plants and gardening
...and much more.
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/covid-may-7-2026-157584502
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCovid #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #COVIDnews #PublicHealth #CovidIsNotOver
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Delusional religious extremist #EnochBurke is to stay in prison. #IrishTimes https://archive.is/QOtPO
Today, the fanatical #transphobe declined the opportunity to purge his #ContemptOfCourt, repeating his fantasy that he was not trespassing at #WilsonsHospital school, despite a court order to stay away. Burke appeared in the #HighCourt #IEHC by video link, so was unable to disrupt the court.
Burke has already spent a total of >650 days in prison. He will reappear in court in 4 weeks.
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#EnochBurke appears to be about to get what he wanted: disciplinary appeal concluded against him, without hearing his case.
Instead of presenting his case, the #transphobic extremist ex-teacher today chose his old game of shouting down the meeting until he was removed.
Since there was no appeal to assess, the appeal will be dismissed. Tthe #BurkeFamily will lie and lie and yell "unfair", but the legal battle will be over. Burke's salary will stop.
#IrishTimes report: https://archive.is/emzDE
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In #Castlebar, few people want to go on the record about the #BurkeFamily.
The town's fundamentalist fugitives #MartinaBurke and #AmmiBurke are nowhere to be seen. The duo are sentenced to a fortnight of imprisonment for #ContemptOfCourt, like Ammi's brother #EnochBurke who is held indefinitely held for repeated #trespass.
#JusticeCregan called it a "family circus". Who wants to be caught up in that?
Report by Áine Ryan in The #IrishTimes: https://archive.is/qDld5 /https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/03/05/in-burke-country-many-people-have-a-lot-of-time-for-the-family-but-want-to-keep-their-heads-down/
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3 of the #BurkeFamily now in prison. https://archive.is/SIeBx #IrishTimes
Jailed teacher #EnochBurke’s mother Martina and sister Ammi were in contempt of court by their behaviour during a hearing on 20th February. Both were imprisoned for 2 weeks.
Justice Brian Cregan called for an end to the Burke “family circus”. He intends to formally complain to the Law Society about solicitor Ammi Burke; and that Ammi, Martina & Isaac Burke may only attend future court hearings remotely.
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European #fascism drew heavily on the symbolism, techniques, and goals of the #USA's rightwing. #FintanOToole eloquently punctures the myth that fascism is a European concept misapplied to American politics.
#oToole is well past his peak, but this is is an important framing of #Trump and #MAGA.
Podcast available at:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan/id794389685
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1MF6fZ8iLrwvVsq59xFX1k?si=oVgXsg_mR2OXdABd2C21ag
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#SeamusCulleton 🇮🇪 (originally from #Glemore, County #Kilkenny) is in a #Texas concentration camp since Sept 2025
Lived in the U.S. with his American with for 20 years. Absolutely no criminal record.
Avoid going to the U.S. if you can
See post of the #IrishTimes article above
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One of the basic skills of a #diplomat is the ability to converse well in the official language of your host country. Now, after 86 years of British diplomatic missions to Ireland, the 25th British head of mission can actually speak Irish.
This should have been the case from the outset. But instead, The #IrishTimes fawns over British Ambassador Kara Owens as if she was some kind of wonderwoman 🤮🤮 ... rather than the first in that job to have manners.
screenshot from https://archive.is/zKvHo
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In the #HighCourt #IEHC, Mr Justice Brian Cregan has been getting tough with #EnochBurke and his #BurkeFamily of disruptors.
Cregan's firmness was much needed, but I was worried that it might be the start of a wider harshness from the judiciary. Sadly, that seems to be happening. 😞
The president of the High Court, Mr Justice David Barniville, tells Fiachra Gallagher of the #IrishTimes what's planned.
Paywalled original: https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2025/12/19/judges-deserve-more-credit-for-their-handling-of-planning-cases-says-high-court-president/
Archived full text: https://archive.is/SuB7E
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Irish politicians represent Ireland in the #EU. But #FineGael's eurobrains tell #Ireland to shut up. 😡
Dr #EoinDrea's #IrishTimes op-ed tells Ireland to #STFU about #genocide in #Gaza, #EUmilitarization, & #IrishNeutrality. Drea calis Irish policy a "hot mess of uncoordinated gibberish".
Drea says Ireland's 2026 #EUpresidency should "focus on process, not content". In other words: No policy goals for Paddy!
#FG wants Ireland to be a servant of France & Germany. #iepol
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75% of #Irishpeople support #Irishneutrality.
#CatherineConnolly's clear support for undiluted #neutrality was a big factor in her landslide victory in the #Aras25 presidential election.
Ireland's centrist media runs a propaganda barrage against neutrality. This is a rare case of 3 Irish academics being allowed in The #IrishTimes to make a pro-neutrality case: Patrick Bresnihan, Niamh Ní Bhriain, and Rory Rowan. #TheIrishTimes #iepol
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/11/16/opinion-neutrality-matters-to-irish-people-lets-stop-deriding-it/ / https://archive.is/ucgNK
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A frivolous but entertaining reminder of the murderous history of #BritishMonarchy. Beheading, drownings, suffocation, and worse. Ex-#PrinceAndrew whines, but he is getting off very lightly. #IrishTimes
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/11/08/worldview-andrew-windsor-should-be-thanking-his-lucky-stars-instead-of-feeling-sorry-for-himself/ or unpaywalled at https://archive.is/jE1oi
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Aw, bless 😀 The #TikTokTanaiste has taken up comedy. 😂🤣
Heather Humphreys’s campaign is growing “day by day”, Tánaiste #SimonHarris has said, as he rejected a suggestion she was doomed. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣#CatherineConnollyForPresident has almost double Heather Humphreys's share in the opinion polls. Even the #IrishTimes acknowledges that only an "earthquake" would defeat Connolly.
screenshot from https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/10/17/presidential-election-live-catherine-connolly-and-heather-humphreys-face-next-debate/#54232
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Is there a weekly quota for the #IrishTimes to use the word #woke in a headline?
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Yer man in the #IrishTimes podcast mispronouncing cajones 😖
It's not pronounced Ka-joan-ays
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THREAD: Pat Leahy in the #IrishTimes is right. Politics is hard, and bruising. People who haven't seen it up close rarely grasp just how tough.
But #JimGavin was chosen as #FiannaFail candidate for #Aras25 by #MicheálMartin, who is one of Ireland's most experienced politicians. Micheál has been a public representative for 40 years, a candidate in 11 elections, and as a #TD he has been involved in another dozen elections.
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Fintan O'Toole is a liberal rather a lefty, but he is a social democratic liberal rather than a classical liberal. So there was hope that the doyen of Irish columnists would show some sympathy with Connolly's views.
But instead, the mighty O'Toole has thrown his lot in unequivocally with #TheIrishTimes's strident loyalty to the EU's militarism. :(
Paywalled original: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/09/30/fintan-otoole-catherine-connolly-should-try-to-keep-her-inner-basil-fawlty-under-wraps/
Archived full text: https://archive.is/fD6RL
#IrishTimes #FintanOToole #CatherineConnolly #Aras25 -
Robert Redford quote:
“I was not interested in the red, white and blue part of America,” Redford told NPR’s Terry Gross. “I was interested in the grey part where complexity lies.”
In a 'correspondents section' article by Maureen Dowd, written Sept 21, 2025, published by the Irish Times online.
It's a very thought-provoking statement.
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A really nice article about ZorinOS and Linux in general was published today in the Irish Times, starts with a car metaphor. You have to buy a new one… well, or you install Linux.
#endof10 #irishtimes #zorinos #linux :omya_windows:
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/08/28/windows-10-support-shutdown-offers-window-of-opportunity-for-a-linux-os-developed-in-dublin/ -
From the #IrishTimes
It’s not often world leaders display personal frailties the way Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer did
Admissions of overwhelm show humanity, if people in charge are strategic with their weaknessesThe humanity of letting people go hungry or not afford to heat their homes.
Cry me a river.
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📚 Literarisch reisen 📚
Liebt ihr es auch, literarische Orte aufzusuchen? Ob Romanschauplätze, Wohnhäuser von Lieblings-Autorinnen und -Autoren, deren Grabstätten oder sonstwie mit ihrem Leben und Schreiben verbundene Lokalitäten. https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/travel/2025/06/16/bookish-breaks-get-inspired-with-these-literary-destinations-from-castletownshend-to-the-french-riveria/
#LesenMachtGlücklich #lesen #reisen #Ferien #LiteraturReisen #LiteraryTravel #IrishTimes
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Hugh Linehan does a good job of drawing insights out of Helen Lewis on her new book about what is and what isn't 'political genius'.
https://shows.acast.com/inside-politics-2/episodes/the-myth-of-genius-helen-lewis
#Podcasts #Ireland #IrishTimes #HughLinehan #HelenLewis #Genius
