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Indymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.

offsite link Fraud and mismanagement at University College Cork Thu Aug 28, 2025 18:30 | Calli Morganite
UCC has paid huge sums to a criminal professor
This story is not for republication. I bear responsibility for the things I write. I have read the guidelines and understand that I must not write anything untrue, and I won't.
This is a public interest story about a complete failure of governance and management at UCC.

offsite link Deliberate Design Flaw In ChatGPT-5 Sun Aug 17, 2025 08:04 | Mind Agent
Socratic Dialog Between ChatGPT-5 and Mind Agent Reveals Fatal and Deliberate 'Design by Construction' Flaw
This design flaw in ChatGPT-5's default epistemic mode subverts what the much touted ChatGPT-5 can do... so long as the flaw is not tickled, any usage should be fine---The epistemological question is: how would anyone in the public, includes you reading this (since no one is all knowing), in an unfamiliar domain know whether or not the flaw has been tickled when seeking information or understanding of a domain without prior knowledge of that domain???!

This analysis is a pretty unique and significant contribution to the space of empirical evaluation of LLMs that exist in AI public world... at least thus far, as far as I am aware! For what it's worth--as if anyone in the ChatGPT universe cares as they pile up on using the "PhD level scholar in your pocket".

According to GPT-5, and according to my tests, this flaw exists in all LLMs... What is revealing is the deduction GPT-5 made: Why ?design choice? starts looking like ?deliberate flaw?.

People are paying $200 a month to not just ChatGPT, but all major LLMs have similar Pro pricing! I bet they, like the normal user of free ChatGPT, stay in LLM's default mode where the flaw manifests itself. As it did in this evaluation.

offsite link AI Reach: Gemini Reasoning Question of God Sat Aug 02, 2025 20:00 | Mind Agent
Evaluating Semantic Reasoning Capability of AI Chatbot on Ontologically Deep Abstract (bias neutral) Thought
I have been evaluating AI Chatbot agents for their epistemic limits over the past two months, and have tested all major AI Agents, ChatGPT, Grok, Claude, Perplexity, and DeepSeek, for their epistemic limits and their negative impact as information gate-keepers.... Today I decided to test for how AI could be the boon for humanity in other positive areas, such as in completely abstract realms, such as metaphysical thought. Meaning, I wanted to test the LLMs for Positives beyond what most researchers benchmark these for, or have expressed in the approx. 2500 Turing tests in Humanity?s Last Exam.. And I chose as my first candidate, Google DeepMind's Gemini as I had not evaluated it before on anything.

offsite link Israeli Human Rights Group B'Tselem finally Admits It is Genocide releasing Our Genocide report Fri Aug 01, 2025 23:54 | 1 of indy
We have all known it for over 2 years that it is a genocide in Gaza
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has finally admitted what everyone else outside Israel has known for two years is that the Israeli state is carrying out a genocide in Gaza

Western governments like the USA are complicit in it as they have been supplying the huge bombs and missiles used by Israel and dropped on innocent civilians in Gaza. One phone call from the USA regime could have ended it at any point. However many other countries are complicity with their tacit approval and neighboring Arab countries have been pretty spinless too in their support

With the release of this report titled: Our Genocide -there is a good chance this will make it okay for more people within Israel itself to speak out and do something about it despite the fact that many there are actually in support of the Gaza

offsite link China?s CITY WIDE CASH SEIZURES Begin ? ATMs Frozen, Digital Yuan FORCED Overnight Wed Jul 30, 2025 21:40 | 1 of indy
This story is unverified but it is very instructive of what will happen when cash is removed
THIS STORY IS UNVERIFIED BUT PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO OR READ THE TRANSCRIPT AS IT GIVES AN VERY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT A CASHLESS SOCIETY WILL LOOK LIKE. And it ain't pretty

A single video report has come out of China claiming China's biggest cities are now cashless, not by choice, but by force. The report goes on to claim ATMs have gone dark, vaults are being emptied. And overnight (July 20 into 21), the digital yuan is the only currency allowed.

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Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link School Accused of ?Brainwashing? Children After 14 Year-Olds Told to Read Book ?Blaming Them for The... Mon Sep 22, 2025 15:11 | Will Jones
A parent has accused a secondary school of "brainwashing" after?he learned that 14 year-old pupils were told to read a book that "blames them for their white skin" ? and his daughter was forced to read it out loud.
The post School Accused of “Brainwashing” Children After 14 Year-Olds Told to Read Book “Blaming Them for Their White Skin” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link No Benefits for Foreigners Under Reform, Says Nigel Farage: Stricter Visa Tests and Deportation for ... Mon Sep 22, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
Nigel Farage?today vowed to block foreign nationals from getting benefits, slashing the welfare bill "by ?234bn", and to deport hundreds of thousands of migrants with 'settled status' by bringing in stricter visa tests.
The post No Benefits for Foreigners Under Reform, Says Nigel Farage: Stricter Visa Tests and Deportation for Those Who Fail Under Crackdown on ‘Settled Status’ Migrants appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link When it Comes to Reparations, the Church of England Doesn?t Care About Evidence or Ethics Mon Sep 22, 2025 11:00 | Nigel Biggar
The Church of England has shown that it doesn't care about evidence or ethics, says Prof Nigel Biggar. Why else, when presented with proof its ?100 million reparations giveaway is groundless, would it press on regardless?
The post When it Comes to Reparations, the Church of England Doesn?t Care About Evidence or Ethics appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Sensational New Measurements of Uncorrupted Air Temperatures Destroy UK Met Office Constant Claims o... Mon Sep 22, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
New data shows the Met Office's 'record' heat spikes are junk, weaponised by Net Zero activists to scare the public witless and push the no-hydrocarbons fantasy, says the Daily Sceptic's Environment Editor.
The post Sensational New Measurements of Uncorrupted Air Temperatures Destroy UK Met Office Constant Claims of ?Records? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Making Tax Digital ? a Disaster in the Making or a Brilliant Innovation? Mon Sep 22, 2025 07:00 | Guy de la B?doy?re
Making Tax Digital is set to hit sole traders and landlords from 2026, promising more admin, costs and chaos than clarity, and Guy de la B?doy?re is already throwing in the towel rather than get swamped.
The post Making Tax Digital ? a Disaster in the Making or a Brilliant Innovation? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Labour opposed to Sligo-Leitrim constituency division

category sligo | politics / elections | news report author Friday January 16, 2004 11:37author by pat - lp Report this post to the editors

The division of county Leitrim by the Constituency Commission and the creation of a new Sligo/North Leitrim 3 seat Dail constituency and a new Roscommon/South Leitrim 3 seat constituency has been described as disappointing and unfair by Labour Alderman Declan Bree.

Alderman Bree said "I accept that the Constituency Commission is independent and impartial and is obliged to make recommendations according to the changing demographics in the country. However the reality is that the increased number of three-seat constituencies and the reduction in five-seat constituencies will make it more difficult for the Labour Party and smaller parties to have representation in the Dail.

"The manner in which county Leitrim has been split with portion of it remaining with Sligo and the other portion being added to Roscommon, in my view is not appropriate. While it may not be intentional the reality is that Leitrim is being treated as second-class." said Alderman Bree.

The North Leitrim Labour spokesperson Mr Gabriel McSharry said that he was very angry with the outcome of the Commissions review. "The fact is that splitting the county will make in almost impossible to have a Leitrim candidate elected to the Dail.

"We are the smallest county in Ireland. We have suffered excessively, particularly over the past 30 years because of our geographical position so close to the border. Now at a time when the violence has ended and at a time when Leitrim's population is beginning to grow, we have this decision which I firmly believe will undermine morale in the county. If there is to be change my preference would be to see counties amalgamated, with four, five or six seat constituencies. This decision to split the county will not help Leitrim or the Labour Party." said Mr McSharry.

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Boundaries not the problem, sell out liar Bree is.     Magma    Fri Jan 16, 2004 13:44 
   Glasshouses     Magneto    Fri Jan 16, 2004 13:49 
   Why has the SF & Harkin vote increased     Magma    Fri Jan 16, 2004 14:22 
   Bree is on the right     Magma    Fri Jan 16, 2004 14:24 
   He Wanted To Stay In Labour     Magneto    Fri Jan 16, 2004 14:29 
   LP decline due to Harkin factor     rayo    Fri Jan 16, 2004 14:50 
   Sligo Labour Party vote is the issue     magma    Fri Jan 16, 2004 14:51 
   Bree loves Dick Spring not the working class     Magma    Fri Jan 16, 2004 14:54 
   The change in vote was in 2002 not 1997     rayo    Fri Jan 16, 2004 15:04 
 10   Why not condemn Bree?     Magma    Fri Jan 16, 2004 15:27 
 11   Why Not Condemn Nelist?     Magneto    Fri Jan 16, 2004 15:33 
 12   He is not seen as a sell-out!     pat    Fri Jan 16, 2004 15:43 
 13   He was in favour of coalition     Magma    Fri Jan 16, 2004 15:49 
 14   Rubbish     Magma    Fri Jan 16, 2004 15:55 
 15   Militant Were No Different     Magneto    Fri Jan 16, 2004 15:59 
 16   He wasn't happy with coalition     rayo    Fri Jan 16, 2004 16:11 
 17   The statement above from the LP is justified.     m. bree    Fri Jan 16, 2004 16:36 
 18   Not Manus     Magneto    Fri Jan 16, 2004 18:16 
 19   This is great!     lol    Fri Jan 16, 2004 20:01 
 20   Militant and Bree     Magma    Sat Jan 17, 2004 03:30 
 21   labour     pat c    Sat Jan 17, 2004 19:14 
 22   No difference?     KaM    Sun Jan 18, 2004 15:31 
 23   Look at the evidence Pat     Benny Benassi    Sun Jan 18, 2004 21:33 
 24   benny     pat c    Mon Jan 19, 2004 11:26 
 25   Pat C     Harry Hill    Mon Jan 19, 2004 11:56 
 26   A quick reply to Pat C     Benny Benassi    Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:03 
 27   benny     pat c    Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:15 
 28   Pat c     Benny Benassi    Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:21 
 29   harry     pat c    Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:22 
 30   benny     pat c    Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:26 
 31   It should be able to be backed with evidence     Benny Benassi    Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:35 
 32   benny     pat c    Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:41 
 33   LY publications     Benny Benassi    Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:53 
 34   benny     pat c    Mon Jan 19, 2004 13:29 
 35   Pat     Benny Benassi    Mon Jan 19, 2004 13:42 
 36   no benny     pat c    Mon Jan 19, 2004 13:48 
 37   Go and do some research     Postgraduate Student    Mon Jan 19, 2004 14:00 
 38   here they are... again     Benny Benassi    Mon Jan 19, 2004 14:01 
 39   "facts" about the "british" labour party     pat c    Mon Jan 19, 2004 14:09 
 40   To The PostGrad     Curious    Mon Jan 19, 2004 14:13 
 41   Here are the facts AGAIN     Benny Benassi    Mon Jan 19, 2004 14:19 
 42   Scientific Socialism, Scientific Proof     Labour Hack    Mon Jan 19, 2004 14:23 
 43   benny     pat c    Mon Jan 19, 2004 14:29 
 44   A couple of facts     Cian    Mon Jan 19, 2004 14:41 
 45   Benny And Facts     Labour Hack    Mon Jan 19, 2004 14:44 
 46   back to the same oul argument!     manus    Mon Jan 19, 2004 15:27 


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