Pat Leahy This IS my hobby, Pat. But if the Irish Times performed its public service role I would not be required to do this every year. And you'd have more happy readers too.

As long ago as 4 December 2019 - three years ago - I made a complaint to Sipo about an employee of a County Council. On 8 July 2021 Sipo indicated the matter had passed necessary thresholds and was moving to an investigation hearing.  Since then no advance. Is this a record?

7 years ago today, I pitched my case to UN Aarhus committee in Geneva, re Ireland's prohibitive and unfair legal costs system. A decision is still awaited. C113

‘respect as a fighter’ ?

Why are we still allowing even encouraging this? It does not sustain rural communities. It is leading to the slow death of rural towns and villages. m.independent.ie/news/environme…

Happy at least that this forced performance drew Luke and his ritzy lawyers into legal action yesterday, meaning his fighting, and harassment of his scared housemates in a shared house, and abuse of others - and our collective patience - will be duly aired in court, and judged.

Thoughts and prayers with Wilson’s Hospital saddled with this unusually difficult man who just won’t leave. independent.ie/news/news-head…

Statement on Luke Barnett High Court action

Luke Barnett this afternoon. He’d rampaged apparently drug-fuelled around the house between 3 and 6 a.m. trying to kick in a housemate’s door, damaging it, leading all 6 of his terrified housemates to go to the Garda who say they can do nothing. Will make complaint myself later.

Dreadful news as, in teeth of #ClimateEmergency, Ireland’s only ecology show, Earth Horizon Productions has its final broadcast this evening Guess RTÉ is too committed to funding light entertainment, chat & reality TV to bother paying for quality environmental broadcasting

The Chief State Solicitor, not solicitor Kevin O'Higgins, will now represent Leo Varadkar in his personal capacity in the defamation action being taken by Village's editor, Michael Smith, against him.

Egregious failure of professionalism, this carry-on from you, again, Eoin Morris eoinmorris

‘Brexit has failed’ GB News presenter Nigel Farage admits after he is read a list of negative facts about the UK economy bbc.in/2Ps915G

Starting long journey back to Ireland with 19 Ukrainian women and children fleeing the war. All have harrowing stories they have bravely shared. All looking forward to being safe, far from the rockets, gunfire and Russian occupation they have had to endure.

Kerala is providing free broadband for its poorest citizens. Progressive or what? theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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