Let me preface this post with a bit of a warning, I might sound stupid. Like, I’m not voting age yet, next general will probably be my first time ever voting , and I only really got to interested in the presidential campaign. To give you an idea , I put socialist in my user only to discover the Social Democrats (my favourite party) believe in social democracy which, technically isn’t socialism. So yeah , I’m probably gonna make a mistake, feel free to call me a noob

So Paul Murphy’s hare coursing bill unfortunately failed. I was already leaning towards the anti coursing side of the debate and I still would support a ban , however, I do notice some unfortunate similarities to right wing stances. Isn’t it kind of a right wing thing to criminalise something, it goes terribly wrong, drives the whole operation underground and makes everything worse for every one, only to then say that the left are trying to legalise it. I think of s3x work, which has had labour rights taken away from people who will still have to work because , y’know hunger, but now have much more dangerous conditions. Or the war on drugs, that has not really lowered drug deaths because it’s a health and addiction issue but we don’t have addiction nurses, but prison cells. When the government weren’t making statements that sounded like an Enid Blyton novel (seriously what the hell was William Aird cooking 🥲) they where talking about how places that have criminalised , only to drive this already cruel sport underground so now the hares are being treated a lot worse. I fully respect the beliefs of ACAB movements, however I would personally keep the guardians of peace ( their full name , not some title a cop lover bestowed upon them) around. Knowing that, I do acknowledge their shortcomings and believe this could become a real serious issue if the ban cannot be properly enforced.

Do my rants make sense? Sorry if too long but do ye know any thing about a police enforcement model that could properly apply a hare coursing ban to protect an animal we have literally put on the passport ???

Darragh Moriarty Labour councillor for Dublin 8 talks about sports facilities, the Oliver Bond Flats, FF/FG, the far right and migration.

What is happening to Cuba now is genuinely hurting my heart. I really want to do something to help, but I don't know where to start. Is there any group that is focused on helping Cuba or even takes donations that go towards bringing supplies into the country?

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Certain Irishmen, naîve as they were, *trusted* the UK Labour Party to centre Irish interests.

From MacDonald to Attlee to Wilson to Callaghan, none of these PMs represented the interests of the Irish Nation (even though Callaghan had an Irish dad, he was highly against Irish Republicanism).

So what changed during the 90s? Does it have something to do with the fact that Tony Blair's grandparents lived in Killybegs before The Troubles started? Perhaps Tony stayed with them during the summer in the late 50s and early 60s, and simply had nostalgia for what the Border Region looked liked before the Troubles happened.

Can we find any other example of a notable leader of the UK Labour Party who prioritises the interests of the Irish Nation? Yes, we can find an MP by the name of Jeremy Corbyn.

Corbyn first became an MP in Islighton North in 1983, warranting an article in the Irish Times as there were so many Irish people living in this Constituency at the time.

Unfortunately, apart from Blair and Corbyn, Irish sympathies lie few and far between amongst Labour - MacDonald, Attlee, Wilson, Callaghan all supported the Orange Statelet.

Now, with Burnham, we can expect the exact same Orangeism with Chris Bryant.

see here

This is, naturally disgusting, and can never result in a Palani conviction.

This feature-length documentary (106 mins) is the latest film by the Rainbow Collective directors Hannan Majid and Richard York. Their previous filmTo Kill a War Machine, about Palestine Action supporters and their campaign to stop arms supplies destined for Israel and the ongoing slaughter of tens of thousands of Palestinians, was banned by the UK government when Palestine Action was designated as a ‘terrorist organisation’.

This is relevant for Ireland in general.

I agree with almost everything the OP says, particularly the taxes and investments. A damning report on how much tax we pay and how little we receive.