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I asked Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to justify cutting Medicaid by $700 billion dollars just to give the very richest people in this country a $235 billion tax break. You won't be surprised to learn: he didn't have an answer.

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Leinster v Bulls preview: If Leinster are on it, they’re good enough to win

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The European Commission is mulling a tax increase of 258 percent on rolling tobacco and 139 percent on cigarettes, according to an impact assessment obtained by POLITICO.

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Trump, during his first term in office, cancelled a deal that prevented Iran from enriching uranium for nuclear weapons. Why, because it had been signed by Obama. This is a #Trump crisis.

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That's a tall order, particularly when you add in another 26 countries' needs.

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@pelosi.house.gov: "On January 6th...we begged the president of the United States to send in the National Guard. He would not do it...And yet, in a contra-constitutional way, he has sent the National Guard into California. Something is very wrong with this picture."

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My thoughts on what’s going on in Los Angeles:

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Until the planning laws are more robust that prevent crazy Pat or Mary delaying developments by lodging an objection on baseless ground just because they can. Planning application as they currently stand are more a lottery than a science.

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So the J6 rioters didn't spit. Instead, they used pepper spray, flag poles, security fencing, and police shields to assault the police. For that, they all got a presidential pardon?? Trump is a deranged moron and not a single Republican has the balls to call him out.

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I so wish this is true.

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Meanwhile, I'm in Spain for knee surgery because the HSE could not undertake my surgery for another 12 to 14 months.

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Such hypocrisy on a daily basis from the Trump team.

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This has been the plan from the start. Trump created a situation that gave him an opening to put soldiers on the ground in America. We are now an occupied nation, this is pure authoritarianism and it gets worse from here. At some point the soldiers will have to decide what side they're on.

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Ireland's latest GDP figures are a result of anti-Trump economics more than anything else.

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Nothing in that sweet message indicates that a deal is ever likely with China. Trump said tarrifs were easy and a deal to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hrs. Talk is cheap.

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Speaker Johnson says there's “a moral component” to Trump's "big, beautiful" bill. Really? Is it “moral” to cut nutrition assistance for hungry kids? Is it “moral” to eliminate health care for 13.7 million Americans so the 1% gets a $664 billion tax break? I don’t think so.

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Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza, hospital says

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The fallout from Trump's war on Harvard will outlast his term

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🇨🇿 Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský: "NATO expansion is in the interest of Russian security. There is no war where Russia borders NATO countries. There is war elsewhere."

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The trailer for F1 has finally arrived! It's exciting to see Kerry Condon take on a lead role in a big budget movie, though the flat Irish accent sounds a bit naff.

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While in Ireland, Jane and I enjoyed the opportunity of visiting with Irish President Michael D. Higgins, one of the outstanding progressive voices in Europe.

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That was two hour publicty stunt, the machine is already back in the storeroom. Highly unlikey you woud find a Garda on the beat in Limerick on any given day. While drug dealers zip around on the footpaths on E scooters and 40 kmph electric bikes making deliveries like they were Deliveroo.

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They are purging all the transcripts.

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Beckett Bridge eclipse

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Hungary received €70.47 billion from the EU between 2004 and 2020, while contributing only €14.83 billion in the same period. Yet Orbán’s regime has consistently denigrated European values and undermined the very Europe that kept on bankrolling his country. Enough is enough.

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I've just signed this petition calling on the council to trial a Strand Road cycle path for 12 months. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/tr... @uplift-ireland.bsky.social

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Bulgaria to switch to Euro in 2026.

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This would be a very positive move for the revival of Limerick city centre. However it would require a substantial capital investment and extended timescale. Can University Lmerick achieve this without another financial cocktail up?

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Trump admits in public that he has been protecting Putin from trouble all along.

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Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” would sideline the courts … eu.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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Well done @seamusryan.bsky.social, thanks for your dedication and for sharing joy. 👏

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This is well overdue.

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Sad News—Alan Yentob commissioned many fine series for the BBC, including the Ballykissangel TV series, which I enjoyed working on for over three years.

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