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In the village I live in trucks are driving past blowing their horns at 20:30. Presumably stopping people, including children, from sleeping is an important part of the #fuelprotest

I haven't seen much 'Enforce' happening

In line with our tradition of policing by consent, An Garda Síochána has been operating on the basis of the 4Es – Engage, Explain, Encourage and Enforce. Following positive engagement some critical deliveries have departed Foynes Port in Co. Limerick this afternoon.

🧵 A North Cork company decided to shut down the roundabout at Patrickswell this afternoon, after they had finished a days work, they wouldn't let women with children through, they wouldn't let buses through, I spoke to people on the bus, some were just out of UHL having tests,

@s1_tracey It's an extortion racket, plain and simple. Their only demand is 'give us money'. If the state can't protect the right of citizens to travel freely and safely then it loses legitimacy with every passing day.

Quite a few 'mask off' comments from #fuelprotest supporters

@rtenews The replies seem to show some supporters of the protests are also anti-vaccine, anti-EU, anti-immigration. I've seen other supporters opposing support for Ukraine. Is this the start of something larger?

The Taoiseach has said the ongoing protests over rising fuel costs have gone "far beyond the pale" and that the blocking of roads and infrastructure is "not a fair form of protest" rte.ie/news/ireland/2…

@kbx756 If an environmental group was blocking roads and preventing you getting to work would you support them?

Emergency services still getting through no problem today at the #fuelprotest

Not protesting for political rights, not protesting to support Ukraine or the Iranian people, protesting for their own narrow economic interests and doing so at the expense of ordinary PAYE tax payers who already subsidise them #fuelprotest

We subsidise the farming industry hugely already, but they always want more. I hope the tax affairs of all the companies sponsoring this selfish bully boy behaviour are in order. If I drove at 5 kph on I'd be prosecuted but nothing will be done for those involved in #fuelprotest

@danobrien20 @FineGael & @fiannafailparty promised annual tax band & credit increases in last election! Media should be hammering @SimonHarrisTD & @MichealMartinTD over lying.

@BrilliantMaps Is Ireland the only country not to change colour?

Political position of governing parties in Europe from 1946 - 2017 (From Far Left to Far Right) Credit: u/o69k (reddit) Also see Monarchies Vs Republics In Europe: brilliantmaps.com/monarchies-vs-…

Abubaker Abed is a Palestinian refugee living in Ireland. Abed has used his newfound safety to urge Irish Muslims to support #Hamas, call for Israel and its citizens to be wiped out, and threaten Irish Jews with violence. Why is the Irish state protecting this genocidal jihadist?

My monologue from today’s Times at One with Andrew Neil @TimesRadio President Trump will make a televised nationwide address to the American people tonight at 9pm east coast time.  That’s 2am UK time — the middle of the night — but it might be worth staying up to watch. For what he has to say will matter as much to the rest of the world as it does to Americans.  Mr Trump has already indicated that his War against Iran will be ending in two weeks, maybe three. Now keep in mind that for Mr Trump everything is always two weeks away. And his idea of two weeks is always malleable.  It’s also true he’s lurched between threatening Iran with Armageddon to talking out loud about simply walking away — and you never really know which alternative he’ll land on.   Even so, it does seem as if he’s preparing to declare victory and go home. Perhaps not before he does something quite spectacular — like take out Kharg Island. A White House source told me yesterday he was keen to storm Iran’s premier oil export hub — though to what end was not clear.  Trump is claiming it will take Iran 15 to 20 years for it to rebuild what the US and Israel have destroyed. Maybe — though Iran has a habit of bouncing back quicker than predicted. Even so, it cannot be denied that the tyrants of Tehran have suffered the most almighty bloody nose.  But here’s the thing: they’re still standing, still with an iron grip on the country, still with missiles and drones, still with the ability to intimidate the rest of the Gulf region — and now in control of the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most significant energy chokepoint.  President Trump, of course, will embellish any retreat with loud claims of victory. Americans might be inclined to accept them, in the hope that petrol at the pump will fall back well below $4 a gallon again.  But the rest of us will have to live with the consequences of his Iranian venture. And we’re looking at a litany of woes  here: *The Strait of Hormuz in Iranian hands, with Tehran setting tolls for those who want to use it, giving it huge political leverage over the whole Gulf. Mr Trump doesn’t seem to care — regarding it as punishment on Europe and Asia for refusing to join his Iranian War.  *Several hundred kilograms of enriched uranium still in Iranian hands, still capable of being enriched to weapons grade at some stage in the future. So much for denying Iran the ability to have the Bomb.  *An Iran still powerful enough to intimidate its Gulf neighbours and even to call the shots as it rebuilds its missile and drone arsenals. A nightmare for our allies in the region.  *Yes, regime change — but not as Mr Trump had billed it. Tehran is now in the grip of the ultra hardliners of the Revolutionary Guard. Dissent will be more brutally repressed than ever.  *A global economy on its knees even with a premature end to the war, as soaring energy prices, shortages and disruption rips round the world.  *Wry smiles in Moscow and Beijing as they watch their ally in the axis of evil, Iran, survive all America had to throw at it while their great adversary, America, retreats with its tail between its legs.  *Even wryer smiles from Moscow and Beijing now that Mr Trump started musing out loud this morning about leaving NATO. Christmas really has come very early for our adversaries this year.  But America is not as insulated as Mr Trump thinks. It still imports 8m bpd of refined and heavy crude. Its prices for jet fuel, diesel, fertilisers, sulphur, aluminium are all determined by the global market — a global market hugely influenced by the Gulf, over which Iran will now have the whip hand.  President Trump will argue that his war on Iran has left the world a better place. The truth will be the opposite for all to see, as will become obvious as the year progresses. It will be scant consolation for those of us having to live with the fallout from his folly that the American people will have their revenge come November’s mid-term elections.

Here we have an Irish politician saying that Israel is killing *millions* of people. Not only is she not fact-checked on air, TonightVMTV has written her wildly false assertion here as if it is true. This is the level of bias and disinformation we’re talking about in Irish media. It is impossible to overstate it.

Bucha endured 33 days of Russian occupation. Terror, torture, 33 days of total evil. More than 600 Ukrainian men and women were killed. Very often, the images from Bucha are compared to the horrific scenes of World War II. But there is a major difference – and today it does not reflect well on current world leaders. Because Nazism was punished for its crimes, not granted partial sanctions relief. No crisis or destabilization in the world can justify this. We must not forget or dismiss everything Ukraine has endured during this time. The catastrophe of every city and village into which Russia has brought its war and death. Bucha, Irpin, Borodyanka. Mariupol, Yahidne, Avdiivka. Olenivka, Vuhledar, Chasiv Yar – and many others. From the first Bucha Summit until today, this list has only grown. This means one thing: we need far more determination, far more pressure on Putin and Russia, and far more real actions and steps that bring the victory of peace and justice closer. I said this while addressing the participants of the 2026 Bucha Summit.

Hello, everyone. I’m directing this post to Irish Twitter. I have purposefully never interacted with or commented on this Hamas-affiliated Palestinian journalist based in Dublin, as it is quite clear he is dangerous. I have now been subjected to a very explicit post by him inciting violence against me. It is very strange that I have received this due to a post I made unequivocally condemning Israel’s death penalty bill. Naturally I will be going to the Gardaí, but I am calling on Irish people to understand how toxic and dangerous the anti-Israel climate has become in this country. Regardless of differences in political opinions - and in fact I clearly align with the majority of Irish people on the issue of the death penalty - this intimidation of dissenting voices is unacceptable in any democracy. This is why I don’t feel safe here and this is why I am moving by the end of the year. Irish society will protect Palestinians like Abubaker, who has met the president, and will viciously hound a born and raised Irish woman for speaking her mind in a collected, reasoned manner. Ireland 2026.

The U.S. did NOT overthrow a democratically-elected government in Iran in 1953. Stop allowing this false narrative to go unchallenged. 🧵1/11

If your first response to a clearly anti-semitic incident is to come up with some false flag conspiracy theory to blame the Jews and deny anti-semitism exists, you are very definition of a anti-semite, a bigot and a racist and you shouldn't be platformed by a national newspaper.

On this week’s episode of 'Ireland doesn’t have an antisemitism problem' - Antisemitic graffiti was sprayed across signs in a public park in Cork, including the Nazi slogan 'Juden Raus' ('Jews Out') and messages expressing support for Hitler, in a space meant for families and children! Local volunteers had to spend their time cleaning that hatred away. Should we brace ourselves for some of the good ol' predictable responses? 'Where’s the proof this happened?' 'It’s probably staged' 'It's a false flag' 'The Jews did it themselves' 'It’s just one isolated incident' 'Show me more examples of antisemitism in Ireland I’ll wait' …followed by the usual gaslighting, minimising, deflecting, denying. Whatever other examples provided won't be good enough, either. Same script, every time. For those of us who once wondered why some of our ancestors felt the need to hide their identities - the past few years, especially since the October 7th massacre - have answered that question 💔