We've seen this every time, regardless of the merits of the crisis or the protest. Everything from bringing in birthright citizenship because the minister for justice didn't like black people, to repealing the eighth amendment, to boycotting Dunnes for selling apartheid products, to bringing condoms from Belfast on the train, to calling for a mass grave of children in Tuam to be excavated, to neutrality protest, divorce protests, everything.

#irishpol

I see the press has reached the ad hominem stage of its crisis response protocol. It's so tiresome seeing this every time. Forget the crisis, look at the bad history of those actors, but never these actors. Pick one protester, find out they're a real shit; but do not, whatever you do, report on the failings and shittiness of any government TD or Minister (but report on the shittiness of any opposition TD you want to, they're fair game).

This is why we can't have nice things.

#irishpol

Six-one's journalists sure are thirsty for some heads to be cracked, and the Ministers are just being tired calm centerists who're just so terribly sorry but cracking heads is sadly necessary.

Give it a week, they'll drop the carbon tax entirely and be so terribly sorry that climate change is sadly necessary.

#irishpol

There’s no need to go on social media to get enraged

Just listen to Darragh O’Brien on Drivetime

#IrishPol #IEPol

And especially on a day when I heard about more #disability austerity that will affect my daughter

And all of this could be improved by us entering the modern world with the introduction of a democratic form of local government instead of the undemocratic/unaccountable Council CEO system we have now:

#LocalDemocracy #Ireland #LocalGovernmentReform #Democracy #Irish #Community #Waterford #Democratic #LocalGovernment #IrishPolitics #IrishPol #DemocraticReform #Democratisation #Decentralisation #UrbanDesign #ActiveTravel #Urbanism #Planning #UrbanPlanning #WaterfordCity #Déise #Cycling #Bikes

It's not about the damn oval office visit, & the poxy bowl of shamrock. It's all the other non public meetings with trade, agriculture and immigration officials & policy makers. That's how the J1 student visas scheme came aboit. It's 5 days of such meetings. #Irishpol #paddysday #spéirgorm

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:imdb5lnqdvuployv2wxfgdms/post/3md7jvjamvc2b

Well this was fun and the comments BTL are even more amusing. I expect the Guardian to switch them off. They do every time any =thing that provoke comment from Scotland comes up.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/22/westminster-devolved-parliament-uk-independence-

#Elections #UkPol #ScotPol #WelshPol #IrishPol #Independence

Wake up, Westminster: after May, the Scottish and Welsh parliaments will likely be for independence

With Plaid Cymru and the SNP leading polls in their respective nations, can the United Kingdom continue in this – or any – form, asks Guardian columnist Will Hayward

The Guardian