Wix fires Irish employee for Gaza support, tells staff to “join a company initiative to create videos and creative campaigns”, to “support Israel’s narrative” … “show Westernity” in posts, as “unlike the Gazans, we look and live like Europeans and Americans”. It’s “very important to emphasise this in texts and images so that they feel close to us”
Looking for an old Irish friend called Kieron O'Connor who lived around the Elephant and Castle from the eighties until nearly two decades ago (specifically Rockingham and Borough). He moved back to Ireland (Cork?) and I'd love to get back in touch. Probably about 65 now.
"In a galaxy far, far away."
300 million year old Goniatite fossils make up a picture of an imagined universe in this seaworn stone.
County Clare, Ireland.
We’re looking to buy a place in #Ireland (because renting here is nigh on impossible these days) so I approached a mortgage broker and they just got back to me with this gem:
“Bank of Ireland will not consider your mortgage application because you run a not-for-profit.”
How bloody lovely.
Congratulations on creating a system that rewards the worst of the worst and fucks over those striving to work for the common good. I, for one, won’t be shedding a tear should it burn to the ground.
👀👀 Elon #Musk's #X has fueled far-right disinfo in #Ireland & played key role in riots last month in the country's capital Dublin. The violent clashes erupted on Nov. 23 betw about 200 civilians & riot police in central Dublin as demonstrators vented rage after stabbing incident that left multiple people wounded earlier in the day, incl a 5-year-old girl who was hospitalized with serious injuries.
“[W]hat I’m seeing unfolding at the moment isn’t just self-defence. It looks, it resembles something more approaching revenge. I don’t think that’s how Israel will guarantee its future freedom and its future security.”
"Ireland’s largest city is beginning a process of replanning central streets so that private cars and commercial trucks will be allowed access only if their final destination is downtown."
A Belfast-born man speaks of his grief after his wife, mother and brother are killed in Gaza. "The exact day she [arrived] in my family's place they bombed the place," Mr El-Estal said. The bomb killed his mother and brother "immediately", he added. He continued that his uncle, and his uncle's two daughters - both doctors - were...
Good to see the conservative government being shamed by the ICJ into at least considering to do the right thing. (Hey, at least the conservatives in Ireland still seem to know what shame is, which is more than can be said for those in other places. I’ll take my little wins where I can get them.)
"Between 1845 and 1852, the potato crop in Ireland failed and caused what became known as the Great Famine...
"In 1847, during the height of the famine, the Native American Choctaw Nation raised $170, which is the equivalent of around $5,000 today. The money helped to supply food to the starving Irish...
"In the small town of Midleton in County Cork, Ireland, there’s a sculpture that commemorates the Choctaw Nation’s contribution titled Kindred Spirits...
"It looks extra beautiful at night and is lit by rainbow-colored lights."
"So, take notes, Butcher Biden: The ancestors of the #Ireland that you claim to be from disown you. Keep our country out of your mouth. And as for von der Leyen (President of the #European Commission), and #genocidal#Germany with your words and deeds supporting #Israel in the #ICJ: Not in our name! The people of #Europe stand with #Palestine and with #SouthAfrica."
Clare Daly - #Irish Politician and Member of the European Parliament - 16/02/2024
Sinéad O’Connor, acclaimed Dublin singer, dies aged 56 (www.irishtimes.com)
The Dublin performer found worldwide fame with hit single Nothing Compares 2 U in 1990.
Gaza: 'My wife died in five minutes, she was my life' (www.bbc.com)
A Belfast-born man speaks of his grief after his wife, mother and brother are killed in Gaza. "The exact day she [arrived] in my family's place they bombed the place," Mr El-Estal said. The bomb killed his mother and brother "immediately", he added. He continued that his uncle, and his uncle's two daughters - both doctors - were...
Irish citizens not included in list of foreign nationals allowed to leave Gaza, says DFA (www.irishtimes.com)
Mayo man in Gaza, who recently completed Leaving Cert, says he is waiting to travel to Rafah crossing