#ukpol #irlpol #think32 #ui
Thanks Harriet. Credit at the bottom if you don't already follow this sharp eyed analyst.
FYI
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/sam-mcbride/dismayed-by-gerry-adams-libel-victory-in-a-dublin-court-bbc-now-considering-geoblocking-republic/a244290363.html
From ⬇️
https://beige.party/@HarriettMB/114607856939633831

A great read in the (Irish) Journal, mostly about how rubbish uk politics is...
But has time to point out how poor Sinn Féin has become, especially towards trans people.

Surrealing in the Years: Why on earth would we want to follow in Britain's footsteps right now? https://jrnl.ie/6705474

#ukpol #irlpol

Perfectly normal #irlpol #mastodaoine #ivotedforhisfatherandyoullvoteforhim

Estate agents be like "€50,000 refurbishment grant though" #mastodaoine #irlpol #househunting

Watching Harris bemoan the unseemliness of yesterday's Dail proceedings from a foreign junket as if it was some random thing that happened instead of being a direct result of his personal decisions as leader of his party and member of the coalition; and then to say we have to draw a line and move on to deal with real issues when he's leading the party that spent the last twenty years in power without tackling those real issues...

...that's peak Irish Politics shitebaggery right there.

#irlpol

Isn't it so Irish to chance your arm, get away with it, and the instant you get called on it, lead off with "Well this is an unseemly argument and we must draw a line under it now and move on".

But the moment something arises where a quick action would resolve the problem - like, say arguing about the mass grave in Tuam instead of getting on the train to Tuam with a shovel and a camera, which would have avoided months of Terry Prone-ing everyone - we waffle till we fall asleep.

#irlpol

#CorkEast completed with Mark Stanton (FG) eliminated, Noel McCarthy (FG), Pat Buckley (SF) and Liam Quaid (SD) elected. #GE24 #irlpol

James O'Connor (FF) elected on the 10th count in #CorkEast #GE24 #irlpol

https://www.thejournal.ie/section/ge24/constituency/89/

Enda McClafferty was just live on BBC NI, asking Mary Lou ALL THE QUESTIONS about a certain other candidate. And Mary Lou, to the surprise of absolutely nobody, refused to be drawn.

#GE24 #IrlPol

3 of the political parties appear to have received ~1/5 of the votes each. The marginally loudest of the 3 will no doubt be out-sung by the other 2 jointly, assuming a bulk of the remaining 2/5 of the choir can sing a coherent backing chorus. It will take weeks for the choir to rehearse, and who knows who'll be the chosen soloist. Though probably yet another duet.

Maybe someday we'll scrap the choir and hire a DJ...

#irlpol #election #politics

Regardless political leanings, I'd be interested to hear people's thoughts on #SimonHarris and the Kanturk incident...

#GE24 #MastoDaoine #IrlPol

I don’t know who did this, but fair play to you!
#dublin #irlpol #GE24

I had missed that Renua had rebranded as the Centre Party. I mean, the name was red flaggy as all hell and the website reinforced that (imagery is so deeply USian right wing badness), but yeah, that simple rebrand info would have been enough. #irlpol

Does anyone understand how Verona Murphy gets so much TV airtime? RTÉ had her on The Week in Politics yesterday and she's on Katie Hannon's show again tonight.

#irlpol #irlpolitics #mastodaoine

Voting has opened this morning for the mostly hotly contested political election of our generation!

The Green Party members in Ireland are voting for their new leader.

#VoteGreen #IRLPol #GreenPartyIreland

Betteridge's Law of Headlines strikes again:

"Are over 80% of new asylum seekers in Ireland arriving there from over the land border with NI?"

No.

https://factcheckni.org/articles/are-over-80-of-new-asylum-seekers-in-ireland-arriving-there-from-over-the-land-border-with-ni/

#IrelandForAll #IEPol #IrlPol

Everyone: "lack of housing and the cost of living are my main concerns."
Politicians and news orgs: "immigrants!"
One follows the other because ✨that's the entire point✨

🗳️

#LE24 #EP24 #IEPol #IrlPol #IrelandVotes

@harriettmb@mastodon.ie

#UKpol #IRLpol #PM #Sunak #Ireland #UK #asylum

Via @theguardianrss

"Sunak: rise in asylum seekers in Ireland proves Rwanda plan ‘having impact’"

s/: Hm, IDK, #Rishi. As a descendent of a people that were colonized by the #Brits, did it never occur to you that the Torys destroyed #Britains's attractiveness with #Brexit so much, that not even #AsylumSeekers want to go there anymore for lack of a better life? /s

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/27/sunak-rise-in-asylum-seekers-in-ireland-proves-rwanda-plan-is-working

"A new guide has been published by An Coimisiún Toghcháin (the Electoral Commission) aimed at tackling disinformation in the run up to the European Parliament, local authority and Limerick mayoral elections on 7 June."

Guide aimed at tackling election disinformation published

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2024/0424/1445473-election-disinformation-guide/

🗳️

#IrelandVotes #LE24 #EP24 #Disinformation #Misinformation #DeepFakes #AI #IEPol #IrlPol #MastoDaoine #Elections #AnCoimisiúnToghcháin #ElectoralCommission

Sinn Féin critical of Fine Gael for being soft on Law & Order wasn't on the bingo card.

Less trivially, I expect at least one of D'Independents will be unable to resist the opportunity to sound a few dog whistles and blather about legitimate economic anxieties.

#irlpol