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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 Ministry of Don?t Ask, Won?t Tell Sun Dec 21, 2025 19:26 | Clive Pinder
?Proper measurement creates accountability,? says Clive Pinder, as he calls for the Government to publish clear datasets on immigration and sexual offences. Then we can debate with facts rather than vibes.
The post The Ministry of Don’t Ask, Won’t Tell appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link From The Junction to The Sea Sun Dec 21, 2025 17:15 | Tom Forrester-Paton
Sydney resident Tom Forrester-Paton reflects on the Bondi beach massacre and puts forward an eight-point action plan to combat Islamic terror and reclaim the Australia he knew in his youth.
The post From The Junction to The Sea appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Online Safety Act is Bad for Free Speech, says Substack CEO Sun Dec 21, 2025 15:10 | Jonathan Barr
?It pushes toward something much darker: a system of mass political censorship unlike anywhere else in the western world.??Substack CEO Chris Best explains why the Online Safety Act is bad news for free speech.
The post The Online Safety Act is Bad for Free Speech, says Substack CEO appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Appeasement 0, Jew Hatred 15 Sun Dec 21, 2025 13:10 | Ramesh Thakur
?Spare me the sermons on Islamophobia,? says Ramesh Thakur. ?We do need to have the difficult conversation on the numbers of immigration that is safe to protect and preserve Australia as a cohesive society.?
The post Appeasement 0, Jew Hatred 15 appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link ?Offensive? Christmas Songs Could Fall Victim to Labour?s Banter Ban Sun Dec 21, 2025 11:14 | Jonathan Barr
Festive revellers may have to be careful which tunes they pick for a Christmas sing-along down at the pub, as songs like ?Baby It?s Cold Outside?, ?Do They Know It?s Christmas??, and ?Jingle Bells? might offend the staff.
The post ‘Offensive’ Christmas Songs Could Fall Victim to Labour’s Banter Ban appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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dublin / sci-tech / press release Tuesday January 12, 2010 18:16 by People Before Profit Alliance
Residents from St Fintan’s Villas and Park and surrounding estates in the Stradbrook area will hold a demonstration tomorrow, Wednesday January 13th at 4.45pm outside the January meeting of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Co. Council to protest against a mobile phone mast recently erected on the grounds of TEK FC. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday January 12, 2010 01:58 by Saoirse   text 6 comments (last - saturday january 16, 2010 07:50)
Speaking at Republican Sinn Féin’s annual Fearghal Ó h-Anluain commemoration on Sunday January 10 at Lathlurcan cemetery Monaghan, the President of Republican Sinn Féin Des Dalton said: read full story / add a comment
Justice for Justin Foley
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Tuesday January 12, 2010 00:47 by Lauren Foley   image 2 images
Justice for Justin Foley Civil Case High Court 12/1/10 read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax / press release Monday January 11, 2010 00:44 by Makhno   text 6 comments (last - tuesday january 12, 2010 14:32)
Sinn Féin has confirmed that Killian Forde is to defect to the Labour Party on Monday and calls it a betrayal of Sinn Féin voters and Sinn Féin workers. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday January 08, 2010 13:49 by Amnesty International - Ireland   image 1 image
Amnesty International has called on the Israeli authorities to immediately release, or charge, three Palestinian human rights activists detained following their protests against the construction of the West Bank fence/wall. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / press release Tuesday January 05, 2010 19:20 by Shannonwatch
Comments by the Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern that the annual security bill at Shannon for US military traffic is justified (Irish Examiner, 4 Jan) shows scant regard for the lives or human rights of the people of Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill of more than 3 million euro a year is spent facilitating occupying forces that cause ongoing fear, suffering and violent civilian death in both countries. And while the movement of troops is estimated to have been worth around 7 million euro to the airport in 2009, for this we have abandoned all traces of neutrality, international humanitarian law and respect for human rights. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Tuesday January 05, 2010 16:00 by Malachy Steenson
DUBLIN EXPLOSIVES FIND –
FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER MUST COME CLEAN read full story / add a comment
Children’s Rally: Remember the Children of Gaza 6 Jan 2.30pm
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday January 05, 2010 11:17 by Freda H   image 2 images
Please join us on 6th January at 2.30pm at the Embassy of Israel to remember the children of Gaza who were killed and injured. We will read the names of the 318 children and our thoughts and prayers will be with them and their families. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / press release Monday January 04, 2010 21:16 by Jim Monaghan
The Irish Government pays for the security of American army personnel in Shannon
PEACE & ECONOMIC STABILITY

The report in todays Irish Examiner (3/1/10) by Mary Regan that the Irish Government had spent almost €10 million in just three years protecting US troops passing through Shannon Airport to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is just the latest example of an Irish political elite wasting Irish taxpayers money and leading this country deeper and deeper into an even greater economic disaster, one that will make the current situation in a few years look like the good old days.
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national / miscellaneous / press release Friday January 01, 2010 20:36 by Saoirse   text 8 comments (last - monday january 04, 2010 20:21)   image 1 image
Speaking at the annual Dáithí Ó Conaill commemoration in Glasnevin cemetery, Dublin on January 1 the President of Republican Sinn Féin Des Dalton set out the challenges and opportunities which face Republican Sinn Féin in the New Year. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday December 31, 2009 21:16 by Ardoyne Republican   text 3 comments (last - saturday january 02, 2010 05:24)
The republican network for unity (R.N.U.) would like to thank all the people and organisations who supported our aims, objectives and campaigns throughout the year of 2009. We move into this new decade as a young, vibrant, determined and highly organised republican socialist alternative with support growing for our position of putting the working class first throughout the 32 counties and beyond. As an organisation the network supports the concept and practice of real community empowerment free from all selfish political interests. The struggle for a 32 county socialist republic lies at the heart of the networks ethos and work. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday December 30, 2009 11:51 by Republican Sinn Féin Europe
The website of Republican Sinn Féin Germany & Austria is currently unavailable under the domain-name www.irish-solidarity.net read full story / add a comment
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cork / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday December 29, 2009 20:26 by anarkitty   image 1 image
will take place on Tuesday 5th January in the South Presentation on Evergreen Street, Cork. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday December 29, 2009 10:26 by Michael O'Brien   text 2 comments (last - tuesday december 29, 2009 19:43)
Responding to the news of 23 Palestine solidarity activists, among them two Irish women - Zoe Lawlor and Hilary Minch, being taken off a bus yesterday at al Areish by the Egyptian authorities Joe Higgins MEP of the Socialist Party commented: read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism / press release Saturday December 26, 2009 17:49 by Galway Alliance Against War   text 4 comments (last - friday january 01, 2010 05:29)
The Galway Alliance Against War is throwing a New Year’s Day Peace Party in the Rowing Club in Woodquay Galway on January 1st starting at 7pm and admission is FREE. The Guest of Honour will be Malalai Joya, a female member of the Afghan parliament, who has survived 4 assassination attempts – she is hated by both the Karzai regime that banned her from parliament and the Taliban. Human Rights Watch described her as “the bravest woman in Afghanistan”. GAAW has arranged for a telephone link-up with Ms Joya from her base in the mountains of Afghanistan – Galway’s local peace group believes it will be a truly unique experience for people in Galway to hear first hand why the war in Afghanistan is not the solution to the problems of that troubled country. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday December 25, 2009 17:46 by Fintan Lane   text 1 comment (last - friday december 25, 2009 20:19)
For immediate release

December 25, 2009

The Gaza Freedom March appeals directly to President Mubarak

In an open letter, the organizers of the Gaza Freedom March, representing 1362 individuals from 43 countries, are appealing directly to President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt to grant them passage into Gaza. read full story / add a comment
Cork participants in convoy with George Galloway MP at Jordan reception yesterday
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday December 24, 2009 11:19 by Freda Hughes and Fintan Lane   text 1 comment (last - thursday december 24, 2009 12:49)   image 3 images
IRELAND-PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN

Press Release, 24/12/04

Minister Willie O'Dea insists on 'safe passage' for Irish trying to enter Gaza in Xmas bid to break siege

Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea wrote to the Egyptian Embassy in Dublin on Wednesday requesting safe passage for Limerick woman Zoe Lawlor who is travelling to Gaza this Christmas to join the Gaza Freedom March.

Minister O'Dea wrote, "As Minister of Defence in Ireland, I would ask that the Egyptian authorities assist her passage through the Rafah crossing and treat her fairly. The Irish Government is committed to a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and also to humanitarian relief for the people of Gaza." read full story / add a comment
John Hurson and Prof. Noam Chomsky
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday December 22, 2009 11:27 by Freda H   image 2 images
Proinsias De Rossa MEP and Prof. Noam Chomsky have pledged their support to four teams from across Ireland who are traveling 4,000 miles across land to Gaza in Palestine to deliver ambulances and humanitarian aid to the besieged people of what yesterday Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheal Martin described as, "an open prison". read full story / add a comment
national / environment / press release Tuesday December 22, 2009 01:00 by Anti-foxhunting   text 1 comment (last - thursday may 10, 2012 11:22)
With Minister John Gormley poised to ban stag hunting, the group known as Farmers Against Foxhunting and Trespass (FAFT) has just issued the following statement calling for the abolition of all hunting with hounds in Ireland on the grounds that it threatens their livelihoods (crops, property destroyed etc) and criticises the IFA for failing to come down on the side of farmers menaced by hunting. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday December 21, 2009 11:45 by Shannonwatch
Shannonwatch are concerned at the ongoing use of Shannon airport by companies and planes associated with the illegal US rendition program. Since March 2009, five aircraft that have been identified by Amnesty International, the EU Parliament or other sources have been recorded there. One of these planes, a Gulfstream IV with registration N478GS made news in early October when it was met by British military helicopters on a runway at Birmingham International Airport. Six days later it was at Shannon, thus reawakening the possibility that the airport is still facilitating illegal kidnapping and torture. read full story / add a comment
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