1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed. Put simply: right-wing has narrative dominance. My org (Media Matters) did this study and been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...

They're teaching economics wrong – full interview with Ha-Joon Chang

Tá Brú Chrónáin oscailte arís 🙂 Great to meet Eric Quinn owner of Wherelse that have reopened the café at the Round Tower Heritage Centre in #clondalkin. The space includes a museum, monastic gardens and now a hot desk! Fáilte romhat 🙂

The EU was born as a peace project - not a military bloc. Neutral voices must lead with diplomacy, not follow with arms. Now is the time to recommit to peace, human rights, and dialogue.

Plans have been submitted to SDCC for a 1,200 unit, Large Scale Residential Development (LRD), in #CLONDALKIN. SDCC Planners will determine if the proposals fit with the 2022 - 2028 County Development Plan. If so, the developer has 6 months to submit detailed plans.

Never forgotten. Always remembered. Our co-founder and Acting General Secretary of our union James Connolly united class, gender and anti-imperialist battles into one struggle. His vision for Ireland led to his execution by British forces on a bright May morning 109 years ago

The board of Clondalkin Drugs and Alcohol Taskforce received a tour of the Supervised Injection Space in Merchants Quay Ireland (MQI) last week. The initiative works. Ambulance call outs in the area for overdoses have dropped dramatically and people not injecting in nearby lanes either.

More passion, more energy 🕺 NASA Webb Telescope captured new details of auroras on Jupiter. These dancing lights are huge in size and are hundreds of times more energetic than auroras on Earth. Check it out: go.nasa.gov/434tDap

Thanks very much to Tom Dunne who played 'Everyone Should Have A Home' last night on his show on Newstalk and talked about Thursday's 3 year protest outside the Dáil. He followed it by playing 'Landlords In The Government' by the brilliant Damien Dempsey. Check it out!

Prepare ground for planting a Pocket (Miyawaki) Forest both tomorrow and Saturday morning in #CLONDALKIN at 10am.

Stay safe, my friends. I am painfully aware of the risks you are taking on behalf of all of us—of Humanity. Diplomats & politicians around the world: The Flotilla Giants are taking the heavy lift. PLEASE make sure they are protected, will you? This is the least you can do.

Inspector Nuala Bruce addressing Go Purple 🟣 Day event organised by Garda Info for #CLONDALKIN and #BALLYFERMOT yesterday. The stats presented were staggering and put into perspective the nonsense peddled by the far right about the streets not being safe...

Every single peacekeeping mission Ireland has participated in has been UN mandated If that mandate is taken away, an opportunity opens up for alignment with regional blocs or groups Alignments of this nature would erode our neutrality This is why we must keep the Triple Lock

Trinity College has cut all links with Israel! No Israeli investments or suppliers. No future research links, no bilateral ties with Israeli universities. This is a major victory for Palestine solidarity and hopefully other universities will follow

Heard the sad news about Brian today and thought about all the years I’ve been listening to him and admiring his genius. Rest in peace dear Brian.

#bloomsday2025 #Bloomsday is today! See the full programme of events : bloomsdayfestival.ie/programme/

Leafleting today at Finglas & Connolly Station for tomorrow's Raise the Roof protest. We spoke to those in homelessness, people in their 30s stuck in childhood bedrooms, parents worried about their adult children ever getting a home, parents whos kids have had to emigrate.

I'm delighted that Catherine Connolly will be running for president. The Social Democrats will be nominating Catherine and backing her campaign. connachttribune.ie/galway-west-in…

At the July meeting of SDCC, Cllrs voted unanimously to call on the Central Bank of Ireland to cease facilitating the sale of Israeli Government Bonds in the EU 🇪🇺 before the annual renewal on 2nd September in a campaign led by IPSC #ENDTHEGENOCIDE

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