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@wicklowwomen4w1 I suspect that the only reason he attended the conference was to avail of the opportunity to defend trans ideology. I heard his interview with Peadar Toibín - he was quite unsympathetic to GC views. I was disappointed for ye when I heard he was the only journalists there.

Well, this is a perfect example of what we're up against. Middle-aged male journalist comes to our conference, listens to the first two sessions and then, I understand, leaves at lunchtime. He seems to accept the points made in those sessions, but then veers off into 'be kind' territory. In short, he has completely missed the point. The basic starting point for those of us who oppose the Gender Recognition Act is that sex is real and that sex matters. The GRA destroys biological reality to prioritise feelings. It's as simple as that. Mick Clifford seems to expect that women, through "compassion", ought to make concessions in our sex-based rights to accommodate men, who already have their own sex-based rights. Ours as well as their own? While they make us a subset of our own sex? In what world is that fair? He goes on to downplay all the growing evidence that men's profession of being "really a woman" is rarely genuine. In fact, approximately 90% of such men are not driven to obtain a GRC because of so-called 'gender distress' but to get sexual kicks. What used to be known as fetishes. Perhaps that doesn't matter to Mr Clifford. It matters to us. We had hoped for unbiased coverage of the conference. Instead we got more of the same old, same old. We're only women. Our job is to show compassion, to be compliant, to give up our few safe spaces to men. Really? @irishexaminer @Mickcliff irishexaminer.com/opinion/column…

@ColetteColfer @coccinellanovem @Mickcliff @irishexaminer I’m not surprised- I listened to his interview with Peadar Tobín and was genuinely taken aback at some of his blind spots.

@wicklowwomen4w1 @OdohertyI64991 @rtenews Are you expecting a positive review from him? I wouldn’t have thought him sympathetic to gender critical views.

@OdohertyI64991 @rtenews Total post conference brain. Of course I meant Mick Clifford! Many apologies Mr Clifford. We were so pleased that you came and paid such close attention throughout.

This is a point that bears repeating @rtenews is perfectly entitled to frame any news story in the manner of their choosing. But they should not be allowed to force the rest of us to pay them for the privilege.

@TheDagda___ @thejournal_ie Never say die. 💪

@jo_OCork @thejournal_ie That ship has sailed, I think. It is hard to take away baggage when it is mounted.

Minister Neale Richmond meets gender-based violence survivors in Ethiopia, and learns about the horrors of war for women, girls and children... jrnl.ie/6976231

@TheDagda___ @thejournal_ie Or perhaps, keep to the original meaning of gender and reject the one imposed on us by gender ideology. Repealing the Gender Recognition Act would be a good start.

@TheDagda___ @thejournal_ie The Istanbul Convention which aims to prevent violence against women and domestic violence defines gender-based violence as that against women. Gender was used correctly then- G ideology has muddied the waters. ‘Sex- based violence’ implies violent sexual acts.

@OdohertyI64991 It sounds more like an apology on behalf of Grok. There really is no sincerity in it.

He made a mistake, he apologised and is entitled to move on. If someone holds their hand up in good faith and apologises it should be accepted.

@AnMailleach My first thought when I heard RTE report ‘a woman shooter’ on its 7am bulletin was that it was a trans shooter. We cannot trust the state broadcaster to tell the truth- so captured by this insane ideology it is blind and reckless to the irreparable damage to its reputation.

I just hope they don’t misgender the ‘gunperson’.

@patricej36 He’s good! Quite informative.

Could rte not find an Irish person?

@DrDominicGreen @PatKennyNT I just listened to it (it was unedited) and nowhere does PK justify October 7th. That’s a pretty scurrilous accusation to level at him. You really should back it up.

Booked for live interview by @PatKennyNT. Producer switches it to pre-recorded. Pat tried to justify Oct 7, denied proof of Irish NGO money gone to Palestinian terrorists, accused Israel of genocide. I corrected him. Waiting to see if it's edited so he looks less foolish.

@MaxiMumMother @SquiDayV_ @ColetteColfer Sinn Fein are not in government.

@Jasongking @GBNEWS Middle class is not the same as middle income earners.

@GBNEWS Middle-class? You mean their employer made them apologize for their employer paying them too much? Wouldn’t it be simpler if the BBC capped salaries at £10.000 to make certain all of their employees are in poverty? Then they wouldn’t have to apologize.

BBC staffer admits workers pressured to ‘apologise for being white and middle-class’ as bias crisis deepens gbnews.com/news/bbc-staff…

@Davey2025 @griptmedia Ivan Yates never claimed to be impartial. His commentary was pure entertainment. To be fair, Matt Cooper’s biases are far more obvious than Yates and he does little to hide them.

@griptmedia To be fair if a host of a political programme is receiving payment from one of the parties how can his impartiality be trusted. He should have declared his conflict of interest.

JOHN MCGUIRK: The absurd hounding of Ivan Yeats has much more to do with media self-obsession and petty jealousies than it has to do with anything the man himself did wrong: gript.ie/jmg-give-ivan-…

@john_mcguirk @sarahcatryan I am!

Matt Cooper getting rid of Ivan Yates would be a bit like me ditching @sarahcatryan: A failure to recognise that nobody is listening to the podcast for YOU.

@Thamesville @IrishTimes The boxes aren’t opened yet!

@IrishTimes What an odd way to report about the record number of spoiled ballots.

Historic low turnout in presidential election likely with many polling stations below 40% irishtimes.com/politics/2025/…

@GaryGannonTD @catherinegalway It was a great show. Delighted to see it back. Ivan Yates is the most entertaining political commentator in the country, by a country mile. Fair play to you @GaryGannonTD , you’re doing your bit to promote it.

@EOBroin @RTBinfo Failure to register with RTB was not a criminal offence at the time Jim Gavin failed to register. It only became so in recent years- but you know that, right?

The Jim Gavin rent story is not just about failing to return €3300 to a tenant From 2004 tenancies had to be registered with @RTBinfo Non registration denies the tenant access to vital protections It is also a criminal offence (🧵1/2)

@paulcomp @DeBurgo07 What? Article 40.6.1 of the Irish Constitution recognises and protects free speech! You can’t get more enshrined than that!

@DeBurgo07 Free speech is not enshrined in law in this country.

Kneecap, Christy Moore, and other personas that were loudly banging the drum re *free-speech* on behalf of Kneecap, now sign petition for another concert to be cancelled because they don't agree with them. As always, if they didn't have double standards, they'd have none.

@DrClownPhD Why does the piece refer to him by using female pronouns? Isn’t the fact that he’s male and going into female spaces, the issue? By referring to him as female the whole point of the petition is negated. Ar the very least it significantly weakens the argument.

@TonightVMTV @john_mcguirk Well done, John. Thanks for cutting through the bullshit and being brave enough to say it out loud.

🗣️ "The entire concept of community engagement is laughable," says @john_mcguirk speaking on the Coolock protests a year on. #TonightVMTV