#irish politics

[q-soc-official]

No but seriously imagine it:

You're at the Irish General Election. Everyone is having a terrible time. Fine Gael seems a little too excited. "We have a surprise for you guys." Simon Harris says. All of a sudden Fianna Fáil comes out and starts singing "Coalition Government 4ever" When Micheál Martin gets to the chorus, someone else starts singing...

"Make Crime Illegal.''

Lights flash everywhere, and you see Fine Gael start singing their theme song "Cost of Living Crisis" along with Fianna Fáil, while Nick Delehanty and the Independents are singing his campaign slogan ''Make Crime Illegal.''

Everyone in the crowd is going wild and crying out in pain. Then, when we all hit rock bottom, Richard Boyd Barrett and the rest of People Before Profit storm onto the stage, holding the socialist flag and a gun.

[just-ray]

@sentient-sunset guess who's watching the leaders debate.

[destielmemenews]

"The Committee said on Tuesday that its newly-published report is the first output from a series of meetings exploring what a united Ireland would mean and examines the current economic relationship between the jurisdictions on the island and the potential of the all-island economy.

The report, the Committee said, goes on to examine the cost of a united Ireland and makes the case for planning and preparation for a united Ireland to begin."

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[ayeforscotland]

Let’s fucking gooooooo

[northern-punk-lad]

I’m obsessed with the fact the British right wing put Sinn Féin as a ethnicity

[angsttronaut]

Anyhow, if you're in Ireland use checktheregister.ie to make sure you're registered to vote!

[destiel-news-channel]

[Image ID: There are three images. The first one is similar to a title card and shows a screenshot froom the show supernatural. Dean and Castiel stand facing each other. The screenshot is faded and superimposed with a blue background from a news show. In the front is a logo which says 'Destiel News Channel'. The second is a screenshot of Castiel from the same confession scene. At the bottom is a headline which reads 'Irish Unification?' and a subline which says 'Let's hope this Star Trek prediction comes true'. The top right corner shows a screenshot from Star Trek. It shows Data (an android in a yellow uniform with pale skin) talking to Picard, who is wearing a red uniform and is shown from behind. Subtitles read 'the Irish Unification of 2024,'. The third image is a screenshot of Dean from the same scene edited so that a text looking like subtitles spells out 'I love you'. /End ID]

Happy New Year y'all!

[femrodeeeeo]

#noexcuseforviolentmen

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Natasha O'brien

[luimnigh]

Unfun Fact: In Ireland, there is a far-right party called the National Party. They're homophobic, islamophobic, antisemitic, racist assholes. They were founded in 2016, and have never won a seat at any level of government in any election.

Fun Fact: Guess who just got robbed?

According to party leader/founder Justin Barrett (who's attended neo-Nazi rallies in Germany and Italy), a significant amount of the party's funds were stolen by party co-founder/vice president James Reynolds (known Mussolini admirer) and national organizer Paul Conroy (once pictured literally goose-stepping at a party meeting).

It gets even funnier though: the funds that were allegedly stolen?

They were in gold bars.

Yeah, Barrett claims they kept their funds in gold bars, believing it would be protected in the case of the collapse of fiat currency. They kept it in a safe.

They kept their party's funds in gold bars in a safe.

And it gets better: Gardaí (Irish Police) have responded to the claims, and are currently investigating... whether a crime has been committed.

See, they've found the gold... but have not yet established that the gold was stolen. They're investigating the ownership of the gold, and who had the authority to move it.

Might have helped them if they'd supplied records of their accounts to the Standards in Public Office Commission, as legally required of all political parties, which they failed to do last year.

Of course, this does raise the question: how does a political party, with no elected members, and received 0.2% of the vote last election... have €400,000 in gold bars?

[banrionceallach]

VOTE AGAINST THE BASTARDS

Voting is open in Ireland for the local and european elections.

There are a record number of far right candidates on the ballot.

Decisions are made by people who show up.

VOTE AGAINST THE BASTARDS!

[drumlincountry]

Source: https://dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/articles/2023/12/19/aodhan-o-riordain-eurovision-24/

[lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers]

25th Anniversary of the good friday agreement.

106th Anniversary of the easter rising.

[just-ray]

I can't believe it's almost time for erection 2024

[mirille]

Seeing what happened in America and knowing there's a general election coming up at home staring at my fellow voters like

[ayeforscotland]

Irish election announced for in *three weeks* time. Absurd turnaround.

[ly0nstea]

"Oh Irish is a dead language whyre you still trying to speak it" okay? Youll be a dead person in 80 years does that mean we should let you die too? Do your creations not merit preservation because youll be dead so who fucking cares? Do you not deserve to be remembered? If you're dying in a hospital bed should we just pull the plug because well youll die eventually anyway?