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PBpiraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 3, 2024 5:38pm

I would love to know what planet FF got Norma Foley from. #IEpol

PBpiraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 2, 2024 11:44am

Moral panics* are all well and fine until they lead to dimwitted ministers wasting €9m on pouches for phones. *The fuss about the dangers of smartphone is no different to violent videogames, video nasties, Satanism or whatever you're having yourself. #Ireland #IEPol #Education #NormaFoley […]

PBpiraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 1, 2024 3:15pm

This from Siobhán Malone McBarron is right on the money. https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2024/10/01/assisted-dying-gps-fear-they-will-be-left-to-plot-a-course-through-a-divisive-and-complex-issue/#AssistedDying #Ireland #IEpol #Oireachtas

“I do not want the people I love watching my body waste away and deteriorate in front of them while I lose my independence, my dignity and most of all the ability to care for myself … My illness is more than just enduring pain. It’s a constant assault on my body, emotionally, mentally and physically. So why can’t I get to choose to say goodbye and go on my terms if the time is right for me if I want to?

“I personally think the final stage of accepting any incurable illness or terminal diagnosis is surrendering to it, as none of us are going to live forever. What are the benefits of dragging out someone’s pain, misery and suffering when the end result is death anyway? Death comes for us all eventually.

“I cannot control the progress of my disease but I should be able to control when and how I die,” she added. “All I want is to have the option to be able to choose my final last step when my suffering becomes intolerable.”

A prolonged standing ovation, before Malone McBarron was assisted off the platform, suggested she may have “moved the dial” another notch among the undecided in the room.

PBpiraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gySep 25, 2024 2:56pm

Bargain! https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0925/1471842-opw-spending/#Ireland #IEPol #OPW #DepartmentofFinance

PBpiraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gySep 25, 2024 2:09pm

https://www.ontheditch.com/donohoe-had-secret-call/#Ireland #IEPol #Israel #Palestine #BDS#BoycottDivestSanction

PBpiraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gySep 19, 2024 11:29am

Undercover as a hotel cleaner in Ireland: ‘Lifting the heavy mattress, I cry tears of rage and exhaustion’ | Saša Uhlová | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/19/ireland-hotel-cleaner-work-payslips-schedule #Ireland #IEPol #TradeUnionism

PBpiraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gySep 18, 2024 11:24am

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41477956.html #AssistedDying #IEPol #Ireland

PBpiraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gySep 16, 2024 5:17pm

O Broin on the news there casually starting his definition of those who needed help on the housing "ladder" at €50k wages, obviously forgetting the AIW is only about €38k and the median a few thousand lower than that. It'll tell you who SF think their target demographic is. #IEpol #Ireland

PBpiraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gySep 15, 2024 7:53pm

https://www.rebelnews.ie/2024/09/02/end-church-control-of-schools/#Ireland #Education #SecularEducation #Divestment #IEPol

SDseanddotmedotuk.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gySep 13, 2024 10:03pm

[#iePol #usPol] We're getting so much coverage of the US presidential race that I saw a headline talking about Harris and Ukraine, I automatically assumed it was about the US vice president and not the Irish Taoseach!