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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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offsite link The Left-Wing Bias of World Mental Health Day is Enough to Drive You Insane Sat Oct 11, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
Alan Partridge is back to promote World Mental Health Day. At least, that's how it appeared to Steven Tucker when he saw the 'Printable Affirmation Cards' produced by the Mental Health Foundation.
The post The Left-Wing Bias of World Mental Health Day is Enough to Drive You Insane appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Sat Oct 11, 2025 00:29 | Toby Young
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link National Trust Puts Vegan Tampons in Men?s Toilets Fri Oct 10, 2025 17:28 | Will Jones
The National Trust is under fire for putting vegan tampons in men's lavatories, dispensing them from a large box fixed to the wall near the urinals with the message: "Got a period situation going on? We got you."
The post National Trust Puts Vegan Tampons in Men’s Toilets appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link BREAKING: Hamit Coskun?s Conviction for Burning Quran Overturned by Crown Court Fri Oct 10, 2025 14:13 | Will Jones
Hamit Coskun's criminal conviction for burning a copy of the Quran while shouting "f*** Islam" in a protest outside the Turkish consulate in London has been overturned by the Crown Court in a victory for free speech.
The post BREAKING: Hamit Coskun’s Conviction for Burning Quran Overturned by Crown Court appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link It?s Time to Make Judges Accountable Again Fri Oct 10, 2025 13:26 | Dr David McGrogan
Nearly 80% of Britain's 'Establishment' is Left-wing. No wonder our 'independent' judges keep making lunatic decisions. It's time they were made accountable to voters once again, says Dr David McGrogan.
The post It’s Time to Make Judges Accountable Again appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Repatriate Irish prisoners back home to Ireland

category national | crime and justice | press release author Thursday November 10, 2005 22:22author by Concerned Person Report this post to the editors

Bring the prisoners Home

We need your help to Repatriate Irish prisoners back home to Ireland. Please take afew moments to write to this minister and tell him to bring our lads home.

a cairde

We need your help to Repatriate Irish prisoners back home to Ireland. Please take afew moments to write to this minister and tell him to bring our lads home.

Here is the information on the men, the addresses to which to write and a sample letter. I have found over the years that anonymous letters get very short shrift. It makes a much greater impact if you include your name and address. I usually send the same letter by email and by post.

I also usually get a letter out about once a week. I can update you as I get new information.

Declan Rafferty
Michael McDonald
Fintan Paul O'Farrell
Noel Maguire
Aidan Hulme
Robert Hulme
James Patrick McCormack

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Michael McDowell, TD
Address:
5 Triangle,
Ranelagh
Dublin 6.
Ireland

Phone Work:
Phone Constituency: (01) 498 8084
Phone Home:

Email:
info@michaelmcdowell.ie

Website:
http://michaelmcdowell.ie/

Fax Work:
Fax Constituency: (01) 498 8087
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SAMPLE LETTER
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Dear Mr McDowell:
I am writing to you on behalf of seven Irish citizens currently being held in prisons in England.

Mr. Dermot Ahern and Mr. Seamus Kirk, as well as many others have addressed the issue of their repatriation with you on several occasions.

All the paperwork is in your department, sir. All hoops have been jumped through, all deferences made, all "i's" dotted and "t's" crossed- to political beurocrat perfection, and yet these men still sit in prison in a foreign country and their families are continuing to be forced to travel great distances at great expense to visit them.

As you are well aware, one of these men has had his mother die during this process and he was denied permission to attend her funeral. How many more family members must die?

I am well aware that your political stance is far different from that of these men, but that is the beauty of a democracy. Different ideals but EQUALITY of treatment.

The men are not being treated equally. Their repatriation process has been far slower than that of others, and the legal path made deliberately more circuitous than is required.

They are Irish citizens, sir and you are an agent of the Irish government and Irish law.

Please do your job!

I am honoured to write on behalf of the families of Declan Rafferty, Michael McDonald, Fintan O'Farrell, James McCormack, Noel Maguire, Aidan Hulme and Robert Hulme.

Is mise le meas:

author by paying...publication date Fri Nov 11, 2005 11:08author address author phone Report this post to the editors

If people commit crimes and are convicted in a different juristiction then they should serve their time there.

It is a punishment after all.

Secondly, it costs a rather significant amount of money to house prisoners. I have yet to see a non-political reason why the State (and therefore those of us who pay tax) should take on such a burden.

Maybe if you don't want to do time in a foreign prison you shouldn't do the crime.

author by pat cpublication date Fri Nov 11, 2005 11:40author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I campaigned for Political status for IRA and INLA prisoners. While I think the campaigns carried out by the CIRA and RIRA are futile and divisive I would be a hypocrite if I didnt support Political Status for those who are carrying out the same actions that the IRA did not so long ago.

These men are POWS and should be returned to Ireland.

author by Seamuspublication date Fri Nov 11, 2005 13:05author address author phone Report this post to the editors

In reply to the small minded "paying" its one thing to say that prisoners should not be transferred and should serve their punishment, but should their familes be punished too??? They are the ones who have to travel a long way to visit their loved one. The British are very found of doing as much as possible to punish the families by constantly moving the prisoners around from different prisons that are very far apart. Do you think collective punishment is acceptable?

author by Lackiepublication date Fri Nov 11, 2005 13:44author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Sorry mate,

The criminals punished their own families.

Try not point the finger of blame at the blameless.

author by Lackie supporterpublication date Fri Nov 11, 2005 14:12author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Maybe the criminals should have thought of that before they commited their crimes.

This isn't about political prisoners or a debate about their crimes, or if the decisions were just and fair etc.

Its about a simple fact that if you are convicted in a country you should do your time in that juristiction. If an Italian murdered someone on the streets of Dublin then s/he similarly should stay in an irish prison.

author by pat cpublication date Fri Nov 11, 2005 14:17author address author phone Report this post to the editors

its a well established procedure for prisoners to be returned to their home country to serve their sentences. such a treaty exists between britain and ireland.

in any case they are not criminals: they are Political Prisoners.

author by Barrypublication date Fri Nov 11, 2005 15:37author address author phone Report this post to the editors

An international treaty exists between many countries that any prisoner convicted of an offence has the right to serve it in their own countries . Such an arrangement has existed for years between Ireland and Britain . Those men are fully entitled to serve out their sentences in Ireland , its the governemnts who are deliberately messing them and their families about .

And a couple of those guys had fuck all to do with anything and shouldnt be in jail in the first place . They were jailed because of who they associated with , not what they did . Irish in the wrong place at the wrong time . The ones who were involved took full responsibility but the Brits jailed them anyway .

author by Joe Publicpublication date Fri Nov 11, 2005 20:05author address author phone Report this post to the editors

A prisoner does not have the right to serve their sentence in an Irish prison anymore than they have the right to decide Cloverhill over Mountjoy.

If you commit a crime in a country then you must accept the punishment under that nations laws.

The family travelling is the prisoners fault not the nation. Im sure Britain would rather they hadn't commited the crime in the first place.

Should we take all Irish prisoners out of every jail across the globe?

author by rosiepublication date Fri Nov 11, 2005 21:08author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Tá, cinnte. Seachain "tiocfaidh ár lá" sin ar do fhón soghlaiste. Is marfóir é!

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