Gavin Elliott

Exactly how much of taxpayers money is Jim O’Callaghan going to keep wasting trying to look tough in front of FF bankbenchers and Russian Bots on Twitter.. High Court overturns decision to deny Gazan student visa www.rte.ie/news/courts/...

The Justice Minister interfering with the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre consent campaign "because it does not represent the views of the Government" is unsettling. Interference like this risks creating a chilling effect and self-censorship within wider civil society. www.iccl.ie/news/justice...

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Indefensible.

Dublin was once a symbol of water abundance; now, there are over 1,000 households in the metro area without piped running water. Will these numbers continue to rise? Why – and what can be done about it? (1/4) @bfcdublin.bsky.social

I have signed and would encourage anyone of a protestant background to do the same.

The FAI repeatedly told us players would be protected. Yet when a 24 year old acted on his conscience, they left him to stand alone & used a vote among his teammates to validate their own cowardice. This isn’t protecting a young player, it’s protecting themselves at his expense. #StopTheGame

The brave and lonely stance taken by Gavin Bazunu makes the moral cowardice displayed by the administrators of Irish football even more stark.

The Oireachtas committee on Sport should urgently examine the behaviour of the FAI in relation to the Israel game more generally and their behaviour today in particular. Absolute hames made of the issue at every turn.

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The General Scheme of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2026. Turning citizenship from a recognition of integration and inclusion into a reward for economic success and self reliance. www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

The inclusion of a greyhound racing event as part of Culture Night this evening is outrageous. Animal cruelty is endemic in the greyhound industry. This discredited activity cannot be whitewashed and put in the same category as a play, concert or art exhibition. @sineadgibney.bsky.social

As of Cabinet yesterday, one now needs the ability to communicate in order to be considered a citizen. Yet in the first three months of 2026, not a single child in ten counties was given a plan on how the State would deliver them with speech and language therapy. This week’s column @thejournal.ie:

Jim O’Callaghan’s justice department granted residency to Israelis who served in the Israel Defense Forces during the Gaza genocide – while new statistics show Palestinian long-term visa refusals continuing to rise. www.ontheditch.com/government-g...

A platitude from the European Commission certainly, but one which contains a profound truth and serious implications. If only the Irish Government (or indeed the Commission) believed it.

The Greens are gone from government, but their legacy lives on with Fine Gael recycling and reusing dog whistle slogans. Out of ideas and exhausted, the government's farewell tour is now just a by-the-numbers run through of the greatest hits. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

One high profile FF TD being formally investigated by the ethics watchdog and another due before the courts to answer a drink driving charge.

Ireland's sectoral emissions mitigation achievement for 2021–2025 is much worse than the EPA report has stated. – My commentary and analysis, heeding CCAC advice, is now also posted on LinkedIn as an article here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/irelan...

The possibility of being prosecuted via a standalone offence, rather than a more general dangerous driving offence, will surely make them think twice and repent their ways. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Mention should also be made of the expense involved in the multi-agency operation to deal with the aftermath of his foolishness.

If I had been hooked In my mouth and dragged onto a boat I would 100% bite whoever did it

Jack Chambers relies upon citizens (or people in the economy as he calls them) not understanding what a judicial review is. If the state has broken the law you may ask the court to hold them to account. That's what a JR is, and what Jack Chambers is against. The government following it's own laws.

“We have multiple objectives across many departments, and it’s not for NGOs or advocates to dictate to government whether we should progress a particular project.” Yes Minister, but it is for the courts to dictate if you decide to progress a project unlawfully.

This looks very bad. www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

Minister raised alarm over risk of homelessness for hundreds of refugee families

A well reasoned and urgent argument from Orla Kelleher and others on why, to protect the constitutionally protected rights of children, the current spate of anti-climate bills should face Article 26 Supreme Court scrutiny. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

TheJournal.ie: New housing rules could leave people without shelter as beds lie empty, homeless charity warns

Most of the seagulls in Dublin 1 and 7 seem to have been having a conniption fit all day. Very noisy and excitable. Anyone any idea why? Is it just the weather?

Utter barbarism. Cruel and thuggish. Most civilised countries have banned it and it's long overdue that we do too. www.thejournal.ie/comparison-b...

While Darragh O'Brien keeps up his incredible record as the Minister for Missed Targets in Climate, his successor in Housing has gone one better and abandoned the idea of targets altogether.

The story here isn't the mess made while scavenging for cans. It's that our government have so thoroughly failed people, they've turned to scavenging bins in desperation. The "solutions" offered here are to the problem of *visible* deprivation, not the problem of the deprivation itself. #Spéirgorm

Absolutely horrific. It's to hell with the future and live on the past, May the Lord in His mercy be kind to Belfast.

The bricks they may bleed and the rain it may weep And the damp Lagan fog lulls the city to sleep. It's to Hell with the future, we'll live in the past May the Lord in his mercy be kind to Belfast

Mona Khalil, the leading figure in sea turtle protection in Lebanon, had refused to leave the village of Mansouri, near Sour. Her house was directly hit. She is in hospital. today.lorientlejour.com/article/1537...

🚨Social Democrats senator Patricia Stephenson today introduces a bill to stop ICE deportation flights landing in Ireland, challenge the claim that government can't inspect planes carrying munitions through or over Ireland – as well as penalise illegal weapon flight operators

"Regret is weaponised selectively, deployed only where it serves a patriarchal purpose." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🔵 DUBLIN CENTRAL 11am and I'm calling it. Daniel Ennis (SD) to win the Dublin Central by-election.

🧵 The Rainbow Project notes that trans people in Northern Ireland remain protected under Article 2 of the Windsor Framework, which commits the UK Govt to ensuring there is “no diminution of rights” following Brexit. Any breach of the Windsor Framework would impact Britain’s treaties with the EU [1]

The Minister is right his plan is, in fact, working. In loosing the rent controls the plan was to increase rents. That was the purpose of the new rules. The government insist that rents must increase to encourage supply, but one way or another the plan was always that you would pay more rent.

This is horrific. Due to the incompetence and inattention of prison staff a man died a horrible, lonely and very preventable death. But as ever, the traditional public service refrain after the tragedy, lessons have been learned. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Cllr. Sutcliffe has posted something racist. Again. And says it was an accident. Again. Absolute embarrassment to the City of Dublin that this man is an elected representative. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...

“On a strictly confidential basis” a senior civil servant sent a confidential draft document to a lobbyist at the billionaire Collison brothers-funded Progress Ireland – whose board includes the civil servant’s former boss at his department. www.ontheditch.com/on-a-strictl...