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@thejournal_ie But it is highly inflationary

Ireland has increased its minimum wage year after year for the last decade. During that time, plenty of business groups have warned that the move could lead to job losses. However, study after study shows that has not actually happened. jrnl.ie/7001863

@POLITICOEurope 🤣🤣

Countries no longer want to join the EU because it will make them richer. Now it’s because it’ll make them safer. 🔗 politico.eu/article/defens…

Interesting article by an Irish journalist who recently visited Cuba. I like Kneecap, admire their advocacy for Irish unity and the Irish language. I publicly supported them when they faced ridiculous terrorism charges. Loved the movie. But their decision not to speak up for human rights or democracy while in Cuba, even for artists censored and imprisoned there, was a lost opportunity to speak truth to power and do some good

@Ben_Scallan @GerardOKeeffe62 Green agenda also

Personal values should be kept out of the classroom - except of course secular tenets of faith like transgender ideology, which should be crammed down children's throats by the school system at every opportunity.

@IrishTimesOpEd This is misinformation if ever that was any

Opinion: Why some of Ireland's coastal communities may need to prepare for relocation irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/0…

Noel Thomas will walk the Galway West by-election if he keeps getting endorsements like this.

@Independent_ie Nope

‘Religion should be done at home’ – TD says divestment of Catholic schools moving at ‘nought miles an hour’ buff.ly/kgvgSzi

@thejournal_ie Boring

Sinn Féin MEP Kathleen Funchion has said that there is not enough being done by the government to make amends for the trauma caused by institutional abuse in Ireland. jrnl.ie/7001949

Maria Steen: The ‘gender pay gap’ is made-up, pointless and ignores the reality of women like me irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/0…

This week the National Education Union has vowed to stop a Reform government- by urging its 500,000 teacher members to campaign against Reform in the classroom. This is not education. It’s indoctrination. And it’s against the law.

🇿🇦 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says that the country will not abandon its DEI policies, known as “Black Economic Empowerment (BEE).” “Those who say BEE and affirmative action must stop are just dreaming,” he said. South Africa has strict laws that mandate race-based hiring practices. A new law called the Employment Equity Amendment Act sets hiring targets for 2025–2030 across 18 economic sectors. Some workforce targets aim for 90–96% of employees to come from designated groups, which include Black people, women, and people with disabilities (minimum 3%). That means that if a company has more than 5% white men, it could face penalties of up to 10% of its income.

So we have mandatory disqualification for dangerous driving, even for Garda Shields, who had an unblemished record, but judges have to consider suspended sentences for people who enjoy looking at images of small kids being raped and tortured in the absence of aggravating factors.

‘Like a new window was opened’: New Catholics on why they are converting to the church this Easter irishtimes.com/ireland/social…

‼️🇭🇺 REALITY CHECK OUTSIDE THE LIBERAL BUBBLE: What Hungary’s latest seat projection shows While Brussels-backed narratives push inflated expectations, a reality-based mandate projection points to a clear direction: Fidesz–KDNP is set to secure 109 out of 199 seats — maintaining an absolute majority. ➡️ 66 constituencies for Fidesz ➡️ 39 for Tisza (+1 allied) ➡️ Stable nationwide mobilisation behind 🇭🇺 @PM_ViktorOrban And this is not guesswork. The Nézőpont Institute has a strong track record: in the 2024 European Parliament elections, it projected Fidesz close to 45% — almost identical to the 44.8% result. In 2022, it forecast around 49% while the final result reached 54.1%, correctly anticipating a comfortable governing majority while others predicted a tight race or even an opposition lead. Hungarians continue to stand firmly behind 🇭🇺 @PM_ViktorOrban and the patriotic forces — and in 9 days, the whole world will see it.

FATIMA GUNNING: “A paedophile would be treated less harshly by the courts than a Garda who broke a red light chasing criminals.” Gov has legislated for mandatory driving bans, but not so for child sex abuse images. gript.ie/government-cho…

"The Greens were dunces. After five years in power, we are the second most congested city in the world": Ryanair boss O’Leary says taxing air travel will “do nothing” to reduce emissions as he insists the climate has been changing for “billions of years”: gript.ie/ryanair-boss-o…

@JamesOConnorTD James, honest question, how can you support a Fiana Fail party in the Renew Europe group?

The ongoing international fuel crisis will make a major dent on the income of farming families and agricultural contractors. There needs to be an urgent revisiting of financial measures to reduce green diesel costs.

Fianna Fáil’s group in the European Parliament - Renew Europe - has called for an apparent ban on all rhetoric supporting migrant deportations in the elected body. gript.ie/fianna-fail-gr…

@irishexaminer Says?

Conspiracy theories leading to worrying rise in autism misinformation  irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4182…

I discuss here the very big problem of media bias. Mainstream media are mostly guilty of underinformation, not disinformation or misinformation.