#irishtimes — Public Fediverse posts
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Today's column on the #IrishTimes by #JustineMcCarthy is an exceptionally good overview of the context of the #Drumcree dispute between the #OrangeOrder and the residents of the #GarvaghyRoad.
McCarthy argues that only an all-Ireland republic can end this hate-fest.
Unpaywalled at https://archive.is/IgOEZ
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This #IrishTimes poll sets a record for the most blatantly partisan and mendacious framing I have ever seen in any #OpinionPoll anywhere about anything. 😡
Despite the bias, 68 per cent favour the current model of neutrality over the loaded alternative option.
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When #Labour were in the top four the #IrishTimes would display graphics with four parties. Now it's only three.
Bias much?
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/702997/ U2 have, somehow, made another album · TheJournal.ie #album #Anniversary #band #Bono #CarnavalDeLuz #Éire #Entertainment #IE #Ireland #IrishTimes #U2
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CW: Mild book spoiler in the screenshot
Emily St John Mandel's upcoming book Exit Party is getting positive coverage in both the #IrishTimes and #FinancialTimes this weekend.
I guess I know what I'll be reading next!
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/680418/ Irish Media Compares Trump with ‘Jihadists Who Inspired 9/11’ #9/11 #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #DonaldTrump #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #IE #Ireland #IrishTimes #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #News #Terrorism #TopStories #TopStories
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/674767/ Journalist and environmental campaigner Frank McDonald dies aged 76 #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #Campaigner #death #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #FrankMcDonald #Headlines #IE #Ireland #IrishTimes #Journalist #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #News #RIP #TopStories #TopStories
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Martyn Turner cartoon today
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Ein #Handelskrieg würde beiden #Volkswirtschaften schaden“, schreibt die #IRISHTIMES. „Premierminister #Carney sagte, er werde als Reaktion auf #Trumps Schritt #Zölle verhängen, allerdings erst am 8. September. Damit bleibt ein #Zeitfenster, um die Gespräche wieder aufzunehmen. 👇 -
Vorerst -keine Anzeichen dafür. Allerdings ist die Kehrtwenden-Fähigkeit des #US-Präsidenten inzwischen bekannt. Und #Trump wird wegen seines Vorgehens gg #Kanada nicht nur von den #Demokraten, sondern auch #ausdenReihen seiner eigenen #Partei kritisiert“, erinnert die #IRISHTIMES aus #Dublin.
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https://www.europesays.com/people/197463/ Inside the gruesome history of Mark Zuckerberg’s Irish castle —where people were tortured and ‘hung down the murder-hole’ #BlackrockCastle #castle #CountyWaterford #FacebookFounder #Ireland #IrishHistory #IrishTimes #MarkZuckerberg #MurderHole #PriscillaChan #StrancallyCastle #WilliamHowitt
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https://www.europesays.com/people/196989/ Zuckerberg Trades the Metaverse for 440 Acres of Irish History #BlackwaterValley #CountyWaterford #GiancarlaAlenBuckley #GothicRevival #Ireland #IrishTimes #MarkZuckerberg #PriscillaChan #RiverBlackwater #spokesperson
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Today's research brought be to a good article that says: "We have been sold a lie that climate action is about individual responsibility. This is as ridiculous as suggesting everyone can equip themselves to fight in war." #IrishTimes
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On the #IrishTimes's #InsidePolitics podcast, Tory-aligned broadcaster #IainDale was musing about #AndyBurnham's "professional northerner" shtick.
Dale noted that it was going down badly wuth his relatives in the xouth-west, wondered how long #Burnham could keep it up before it really began to grate.
I am puzzled by why no comedian sems to have landed a ball in this open goal. Surely somebody will get over their dream of a Labour revival, and do their job as a satirsist?
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Brenda Fricker obituary
By Anthony HaywardActor who was the first Irish woman to win an Oscar for her role in the 1989 film classic My Left Foot
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/19/brenda-fricker-obituary
#Film #Ireland #Television #DanielDayLewis #BBC #Radio #IrishTimes #Soapopera #Stage #CoronationStreet #TheGuardian #AnthonyHayward
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I’m starting to suspect that Corinna Hardgrave, the #IrishTimes restaurant critic, might be using her platform more as a way to revisit her personal favorites than to provide objective reviews. It’s been months since she awarded a score below 8/10—either #Ireland truly has the best restaurants on the planet, or there’s something off. I could name at least ten places I’d never set foot in.
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#PatLeahy is political ed of The #IrishTimes. His 1st paid job was at #ThePhoenix. So can Pat explain its demise? https://archive.is/CILA6
Pat says The Phoenix was redundant. It had exposed corruption, but tribunals & laws ended corruption.
Bollix! The Galway Tent ended. In came mega-scandals of neoliberalism. In 2013, the FG-Lab govt handed Irish housing to vulture funds, & tried privatising water. More muck than ever. But now its neoliberal muck, and the Irish Times is neoliberal. 🤮
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Sent a Letter to the Editor to The Irish Times. Doesn't look like they're going to use it:
Sir,
As Ireland saunters towards a multi-billion-euro carbon compliance fine in 2030, how odd that we think it normal for each individual to be carried around by one-and-a-half tons of metal – every one all on their owney-o.
Yours…
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Feckin judge to consider letting feckin Enoch feckin Burke out of feckin prison. #IrishTimes report https://archive.is/daV3V
Enough! Just feckin stop. #EnochBurke has been asked dozens of times to purge his contempt by promising to stop trespassing at the school. Ask him again, but let the ruling stand: no release until contempt purged.
The courts have already wasted far far too much time on #BurkeFamily's decade-long campaign of strategic abuse of Ireland's legal system. Wrap it up.
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If you live in #Ireland and follow the political scene, you might wonder like me how different parties vote on particular issues - and the coverage can be light on this detail, even in an excellent outlet like the #IrishTimes!
michel-slm.name/posts/2026-0...
#Parliament #Politics #Rust #Voting
Introducing Oireachtas Votes: ... -
If you live in #Ireland and follow the political scene, you might wonder like me how different parties vote on particular issues - and the coverage can be light on this detail, even in an excellent outlet like the #IrishTimes!
michel-slm.name/posts/2026-0...
#Parliament #Politics #Rust #Voting
Introducing Oireachtas Votes: ... -
If you live in #Ireland and follow the political scene, you might wonder like me how different parties vote on particular issues - and the coverage can be light on this detail, even in an excellent outlet like the #IrishTimes !
Well, wonder no more. With `oireachtas-votes` you can now answer that yourself!
https://michel-slm.name/posts/2026-06-24-oireachtas-votes-per-party-tally/
e.g. on last week's vote to waive the three-day waiting period for abortion, this tool tells you most of the two governing parties voted against (FF 12:30, FG 11:23), while the Irish Times only highlighted how some government ministers voted for.
Check it out and let me know if this is useful!
This post is day 38 of my #100DaysToOffload challenge. Visit 100daystooffload.com to get more info, or to get involved.
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/548764/ The Irish Times view on transport emissions: learn the lessons from the energy shock – The Irish Times ##transport #Commute #Commuters #Commuting #congestion #dublin #education #Éire #Environment #IE #Ireland #Irish #IrishTimes #M50 #motorway #PauloNunesDosSantos #Road #RoadUsers #RushHour #Science #traffic #Transportation #Vehicles
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In the #IrishTimes, Mark Paul opines that Andy #Burnham will have to offer a big job to Wes #Streeting. https://archive.is/wDwWU
Probably true. Who wants Streeting outside the tent, pissing in?
Paul suggests Chancellor or #ForeignSecretary.
Streeting's love of private equity would make him a scary Chancellor.
But Foreign Sec could be interesting. The v talented young Palestinian Leanne Mohamad is ready to take Wes's #IlfordNorth seat, so Wes would have to be very tough on Israel.
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That's it, I'm cancelling my subscription - the Irish Times report on the Stoneybatter Festival fails to mention the cat crawl.
#StoneybatterFestival #StoneybatterCatCrawl #MSMLies #IrishTimes
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/540751/ Advertiser.ie – Night sky photography contest #Aurora #CountyGalway #DavidMackie #Dolmen #DoorasInlet #DublinInstitute #Éire #EkaterinaMoskovskova #Enda #FelixSproll #Gal #IE #Ireland #IrishTimes #JoeSilke #NaturePhotography #NewspaperPublishing #NorthernLight #ReachForTheStars #SchoolOfCosmicPhysics #Science #Smartphones #TheIrishTimes #TunTezel #VladimirKanaev #WwwReachforthestarsIe/exhibition
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Another day, another bout of ex-teacher #EnochBurke in court.
The serial liar, determined bully and religious extremist #transphobe is trying to claim that the #TeachingCouncil inquiry into his fitness to teach is "biased". This is the same complaint that Enoch has made about every court, board, panel, tribunal etc.
Proceedings in #IEHC resume on Friday 19th.
Report in the #IrishTimes https://archive.is/jozMO
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From last year, but IMHO still-relevant podcast from the #IrishTimes about #TommyRobinson's ugly mashup of nationalism, religion and bigotry. Sound familiar, USA? #Politics #UKPol #Britain https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/a-day-with-tommy-robinson-leader-of-britains-right-wing-nationalist-upsurge/
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Thank you #IrishTimes for putting this on the front page today instead of Elon Musk becoming a trillionaire... we all could use more oddball news like this
> Swedish contract killer died in Limerick car crash en route to commit murder
I <3 this country
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Who writes the awful headlines on the Irish Times’s Irish language supplement Scéal? Can someone remind them that headlines should generally be written in one-syllable words and be snappy and exciting, not like a civil service circular?
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#EnochBurke is at the end of the legal road. The extremist #transphobe religious fanatic has no more routes to appeal.
His appeal against dismissal was rejected 'cos he made no case, preferring to disrupt the hearing. #IrishTimes: https://archive.is/xHWh5
The Appeals Ccourt rejected his attempt to appeal the injunction keeping him off schol grounds.
And the High Court warned Burke he stays in prison until he purges his contempt. No more release for school holidays.
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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
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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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Imagine how many stories there are like this man's.
Maybe you should mention it on your Paddy's Day 'trip' to the US#MichéalMartin #ireland #irishconsulate #irishtimes #ice
From: @randahl
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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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Crosaire Puzzles
Every now and then I get talking over lunch to a distinguished Emeritus Professor at Maynooth University, Tony O’Farrell, about various things. A topic that came up recently was crossword puzzles, which reminded me that I haven’t posted much on that subject for a while. Regular readers of this blog will know that in the past I used to do a lot of crosswords, including the Guardian puzzles almost every day and Azed and Everyman in the Observer on Sundays. Since I moving to Ireland I have weaned myself off the UK newspapers so my regular crossword-solving is nowadays limited to the Times Literary Supplement and Cyclops in Private Eye. Since my TLS subscription has now lapsed, the only one I do regularly is Cyclops.
When I first arrived here almost eight years ago I had a look at the crosswords in the Irish Times. I had a go at the cryptic puzzle – called Crosaire – but didn’t find it particularly challenging (and there’s no prize competition) so never got into the habit of doing it. It’s about the same level of difficulty as Everyman, in my opinion, which I used to do mainly to limber up for Azed. I buy the Weekend Edition on paper and have an online subscription, but rarely look at the crossword.
After chatting with Tony, however, I decided to look at Crosaire again. I had a class test to supervise today so thought I would look at the puzzle that appeared in Saturday’s Weekend Edition as I still had the paper copy. The solution has already been published so I won’t be spoiling anyone’s fun!
Anyway, here is Saturday’s puzzle (obtained from the Irish Times website)
I see that the screen grab misses the clue for 23 across, which is “Say goodbye, thus perish in Australia (5)”. That’s one of the easy clues; the solution is ADIEU. Other easy ones are 18 down (BLT) and 20 across (NUCLEAR)
Overall, it’s a fairly straightforward cryptic puzzle, with conventional wordplay, but there are one or two points of interest.
The first – and this seems to be a trademark – is that the four clues around the perimeter (1 across, 8 down, 9 down and 34 across) are thematically linked. The theme is also sometimes referenced elsewhere. Obviously getting these solutions is an enormous help in completing the grid. When I looked at 1 across I immediately suspected that “Tongue” might mean a language. I then saw an anagram for RIVIERA on 8 down and the starting word “Nice” gave the game away entirely. The four perimeter clues are thus: FRENCH BULLDOG, FRENCH RIVIERA, FRENCH CUISINE and FRENCH TEACHER; 33 down also refers to the French theme.
Other than that I see that there are more ‘hidden word’ type clues than one would normally see in a UK cryptic, such as the clue for NUCLEAR mentioned above. Another one is “Dog shampoo chihuaua drinks (5)” which is “pooch”, although I am not convinced by “drinks” as the indicator!
I also had to think about 14 across “Chart shows Portugal full of Irish (4)”; I thought it had to be PLAN but couldn’t parse the rest until I found out that lán is “full” in the Irish language, hence “full of Irish” with “P” for “Portugal”. I don’t think there are many references to Irish words in Crosaire, generally.
I’m no speed merchant when it comes to crosswords, but this one took me 10 minutes to solve. If you’re interested, the full solution with notes can be found here. Maybe I’ll try to get into the habit of solving this more frequently. That might provide a little compensation for the generally woeful Opinion pieces cluttering up the newspaper. Also, with retirement on my mind, I wonder if the Irish Times – or any other newspaper – is looking for any more setters?
P.S. Crosaire was the pseudonym taken by the original setter John Derek Crozier, as a play on his own name and on the Irish word for “crossroad”. The Irish word for “crossword” is crosfhocal.
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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
