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Occasional political apparatchik, #andacyclist, Contrarian, nerd, believes that cake is not a lie & those with most should pay most but all should pay some bit.

Dublin
Joined May 2007
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Anyone interested in hearing about the Just Society should read the actual document, it's here. danielsullivan.ie/blog/?p=22…
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‘They are tearing communities apart’: First national protest against data centres in Dublin. “It found the average household may have paid an estimated €360 in additional electricity costs between 2015 to 2023" May..have paid €40 a year..may.. irishtimes.com/environment/c…
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Yet strangely this TD's leader has repeatedly referred to a century of FF and FG rule since the foundation of the state. Perhaps he needs to tackle her about it.
Fine Gael are really struggling for an identity, they’re again resorting to trying to claim Michael Collins as their own. Let’s remind them of a little history. Michael Collins was killed in 1922. Fine Gael wasn’t founded until 1933 – 11 years later. You can’t rewrite history to compensate for a lack of political identity. This is nothing more than clutching at straws.
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Let me guess another one those sessions where the top table did most of the talking and ordinary members got 5/10 of an hour to speak? #fgaf26
“We need more women in Fine Gael,” Charlie Flanagan tells debate on party “renewable.” He also says people must speak plainly and avoid terms like bandwidth, paradigm shift, and deep dive.
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Dear God, they're expecting people to go about like some sorts of Generalissimos with our chests festooned with badges. It's all about the performance with these lads.
A genuine question, our Taoiseach has regularly worn a Ukrainian badge to righty show solidarity. Yet he's never worn a Palestinian badge? These are purposeful actions. Why would someone who correctly says the "true horrors" revealed in Gaza would "shame the world" not do so?
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Ireland’s towns offer part of the solution to the housing crisis. We should seize it now. We grew up in a house that had once been a shop. My mother took in alterations and worked in the area we still called the 'shop'. Growing up in town is great. irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…
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Fascinating that despite cosplay & attempted application of Fascism in US that Trump & his ilk engage in, the closest thing to a functioning large Far Right country is Russia. And Irish Left can't stop defending it. It's a muscle memory from the Soviet era they can't shake.
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Indeed, not treating some people differently is now considered discrimination.
Apparently it was discrimination because Travellers weren't allowed ignore the bylaws regarding Headstone heights... Well done to Sligo County Council for swift action.
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Another city that didn't think of second order consequences
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I may have accidentally met Russell Brand once or seventeen times where I inadvertently referred to Brand as a political colossus & mankind's preeminent thinker as he guest edited my magazine, but this sycophantic praise was my way of expressing how much I utterly detested him .
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I'd be curious as to what this TD believes we should do to protect us from bomb threats. Sing a song?
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Daniel likely reckons it was Sligo Rovers were behind it all...
Without ANY actual evidence it's the "opinion" of security experts (that make money from wars) that there's an 80% chance Russia is behind these pranks. 😑 What stage of war propaganda is this?
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Except both of the first two lost from far higher totals in their own election years. Trump lost from a near tie in terms of House seats in his election in 2024.
Clinton lost 54 seats in the 1994 midterm election. Obama lost 63 seats in the 2010 midterm election. Trump just lost 41 seats in the 2026 midterm election. It’s not exactly the historic event you believe it to be.
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My understanding is that Congressman Rorschach has been comfortably re-elected.
How is it legal to call this a congressional district?
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So apparently getting more votes is now so sort of undemocratic 'veto', what next extra votes for people with more acreage?
Rural conservatives in deep-blue states are effectively governed without consent. In New York, Republicans win most counties yet still lose statewide by 20 points because dense urban and suburban voters in New York City and its suburbs cast the decisive ballots and vote overwhelmingly Democratic. The result is that rural and upstate communities pay the taxes, live under the regulations, and absorb the costs set by politicians they consistently reject. Same story in California and Illinois. Population density has become a veto over the rest of the state.
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Connolly Station is a scary place. "It’s a pity the capital’s main railway station is in such bad shape." Reader, Heuston is Dublin’s main railway station, not Connolly. irishtimes.com/opinion/lette…
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This is someone with Oireachtas privilege, who is complaining about Ad Hominem attacks, who went search for a picture of me. Cos I disagreed with him. These are the Trumpian tactics of the Far Right & Far Left. But remember sometimes they'll say BeKind.
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Was the UN mission in the Congo solely peace keeping? Did that end our neutrality?
Please Share-#Referendum Needed to Defend Triple Lock -Proposed EU ‘Support Mission’ to Lebanon-Confirmed by Minister McEntee-Is Peace Enforcement Mission Designed to Assist Leb Army Forcibly Disarm Hezbollah at USA/Israels Behest-A Non UN Mission Effectively Ending #Neutrality🕊️
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