It's all the cyclists' fault!

From day one, the corruption, greed, laziness, buck-passing, systemic failings, arrogance & immorality of the companies involved was on show. The extent was a shock. The failure of successive governments hell-bent on deregulation and disinterested in fixing known problems… 5/

Hello from Northampton Crown Court where a defendant has just vaped in the court room, verbally abused the prosecution barrister and told the judge to fuck off. They’re not even sure how he got in here as he was refused entry to the building for being drunk.

He also threw a bible and shouted 'where's the press'? Not sure if he wanted us there or not.. He's now been removed from the court house again.

Kitchen porter left jobless after fatal shooting at Blanchardstown steakhouse awarded €22,000 irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0…

Porter left jobless after fatal shooting awarded €22k rte.ie/news/2024/0905… via RTÉ

Disgracefully, the OPW has provided covered bicycle parking at numerous other state-run office buildings and heritage sites, and thereby failed up and down the land to scourge cyclists with damp bums.

A hugely significant point raised by Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and a Central Bank of Ireland authored piece is that Department of Finance Dept of Public Expenditure NDP Delivery & Reform overspending and income tax measures have fuelled inflation by 1.9 percentage points. That cost households an average of €1000 each. But there's more 🧵

‘Israel is at war... Make a statement, Invest in Israel Bonds’ The Irish Central Bank has renewed an agreement to facilitate the sale of Israeli sovereign bonds – which since October 2023 have been marketed as a means to support Israel’s campaign in Gaza ontheditch.com/central-bank-r…

So little progress on this. 90% of primary schools under religious patronage is inexcusable. In recent years I've been to three civil ceremonies for every one in a church. Those couples' kids will be starting school soon enough like. irishtimes.com/politics/2024/…

Am hoping that Part Two of my story on the €335,000 Leinster House bike shelter will be coming next week. Might help answer some questions on what was known about the costs involved the project:

This is going to have a much bigger impact on the very lucrative higher education sector than Irish Universities realise. Parents will talk with their feet if they think Ireland is not a safe place to send their children. And that word is already out. irishtimes.com/crime-law/2024…

‘The Contractor (CSI) acknowledges U.S. Government funds are being used by the Government of Israel to finance this purchase’ An invoice for tear gas, typically used by the IDF against Palestinians in the West Bank, which was shipped through Irish airspace on 1 February

NCAD denies discriminating against student with Down syndrome irishtimes.com/crime-law/cour…

A "quiet war" is a funny word to lean on. From what journalists surviving in Gaza have said (and those who haven't survived), their experience is defined by the constant buzz of Israeli drones, and then more acute and final noises. They go unmentioned. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

🚨The Department of Transport “has identified further flights” through Irish sovereign airspace taken by the air carrier at the centre of recent Ditch reports on Israel-bound weapons These flights are now part of the department’s ongoing “examination”