#irish politics

[luimnigh]

Fun Fact about voting in Ireland:

Because we've synced our Local Elections to the European Elections, we have votes every five years for those positions.

And because we have a Parliamentary Democracy, that means the Government can call an Election for the National Government whenever the hell it wants. It has a maximum term of five years, but they can call it earlier than that.

So we have one set of elections that runs on a regular schedule, and one set that just happens whenever, and out of those two the more important one is the one that happens whenever.

Hence why there's been no election called, but we've already had two sets of canvassers at the door, because while it technically doesn't have to happen until March 2025, everyone kinda expects it to happen before the end of the year.

[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

[femrodeeeeo]

#noexcuseforviolentmen

from another article

Natasha O'brien

[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!

[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!

[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 feel I should stay out of the US election since I'm irish, and never intend to live anywhere but ireland and yet.......I simply like kamala......

[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?

[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?

[fromrusholmewithlove]

Fascist filth in Dublin are using the stabbings of 3 kids outside a school to go on a racist riot. These fucking pigs using the blood of children to spread their evil

[ayeforscotland]

Based Ireland.

[shibblypuff]

If anyone wants to know how Irish politics are going, Micheal is Tiktok dancing in the Dáil

[alorsondanse42]

An actual interaction in the Dáil

Ahead of the upcoming referendum about the definition of family, TDs discuss polygamy and throuples.

https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2024/01/17/miriam-lord-polygamy-and-throuples-in-the-dail-chamber-doesnt-sound-like-a-durable-relationship/