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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 Sadiq Khan?s Ulez Expansion Had No Impact on Air Pollution, Study Finds Wed Oct 22, 2025 19:00 | Will Jones
Sadiq Khan's hated Ulez expansion across Greater London had no impact on air pollution, a new study by scientists at the University of?Birmingham has found.
The post Sadiq Khan’s Ulez Expansion Had No Impact on Air Pollution, Study Finds appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link A Letter From America Wed Oct 22, 2025 17:00 | Guy de la B?doy?re
Guy de la B?doy?re has recently returned from a road trip across the American West. Along the way he spoke to various Americans, among them Trump supporters but more noticeably demoralised and disaffected Democrats.
The post A Letter From America appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link ?One In, One Out? Migrant Returns on Small Boat Wed Oct 22, 2025 15:38 | Will Jones
A migrant deported to France under?Keir Starmer?s 'one in, one out' scheme has returned to the UK on a small boat, leading Kemi Badenoch to ask, "Does that mean we now have to take two people from France to return him?"
The post ‘One In, One Out’ Migrant Returns on Small Boat appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link How the Free Speech Union Turned the Tide on Non-Crime Hate Incidents Wed Oct 22, 2025 13:10 | Will Jones
As the Metropolitan Police announce the demise of non-crime hate incidents, the Telegraph has run a feature on the Free Speech Union, crediting its years of campaigning against NCHIs and support for cancel culture victims.
The post How the Free Speech Union Turned the Tide on Non-Crime Hate Incidents appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Protesters Attack Irish Police Outside Migrant Hotel Wed Oct 22, 2025 11:08 | Will Jones
Irish police were attacked with bricks, glass bottles and fireworks during a violent protest outside a migrant hotel in?Dublin following reports that a 10 year-old girl had been sexually assaulted by an asylum seeker.
The post Protesters Attack Irish Police Outside Migrant Hotel appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday December 07, 2006 07:11 by Jay Dooling   image 1 image
Americans & the US Congress Needs to be made aware of British Collusion with Paramilitaries. read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights / press release Friday December 01, 2006 05:51 by Jupiter   text 22 comments (last - friday march 09, 2007 21:18)   image 1 image
Responsibility for domestic pet animals does not lie within the sphere of responsibility of any Government department. Senator Jim Higgins raised the issue with the Minister for Agricultue and Food, Deputy Mary Coughlan at the request of Anvil Ireland. In her letter to Senator Higgins Minister Coughlan states " The position as regards my Department is that its statutory responsibility relates only to the welfare and protection of farmed animals and does not extend to animals kept as pets. I understand that the matter of ratification of the European Convention for the Protection of Pets and the responsibility of Departments is under consideration".

I have tabled a question to the European Commission pointing out that as of now no Irish Government Department has responsibility for pets and urging the Commission to insist that responsibility he assigned to a particular Department without further delay. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday November 25, 2006 17:47 by Jay Dooling   text 13 comments (last - thursday november 30, 2006 20:09)   image 2 images
Loyalist Michael Stone’s attempt to disrupt Stormont’s
proceedings demonstrates the critical need for a renewed
commitment towards peace by all parties and governments
involved in the recent assembly talks. The convicted killer
brazenly stormed into the Stormont building where
politicians were debating the restoration of the assembly.
Stone was armed with a gun, a knife and several makeshift bombs.
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Youth United in Struggle!
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday November 16, 2006 17:52 by Jo ta ke   image 1 image
The following statement is an appeal from our Basque comrades Segi who are demanding that we take action in highlighting the ongoing censorship and outlawing of the youth movement, we must mobilise and show solidarity with our oppressed comrades now!
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday November 15, 2006 00:03 by Jay Dooling   image 1 image
Washington, DC - Nov 14, 2006 - With less than two weeks before the British and Irish governments’ imposed November 24th deadline, Irish America demands that the United States uses its influence to encourage Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to form a government in Northern Ireland (N. Ireland) under the provisions of the Good Friday Agreement (GFA).
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday November 08, 2006 17:33 by Jay Dooling
The US Special Northern Ireland Envoy, Mitchell Reiss, must demand a complete and independent inquiry into accusations of collusion between loyalist paramilitaries and law enforcement agencies. This week an international panel of human rights experts confirmed that there is evidence of collusion between British security forces and pro-British loyalist terrorists in 74 sectarian murder in Northern Ireland. read full story / add a comment
sligo / crime and justice / press release Wednesday October 25, 2006 22:42 by JFH   text 4 comments (last - saturday october 28, 2006 14:12)
What is the sub text behind Ireland's OIL/gas giveaway? read full story / add a comment
international / environment / press release Saturday October 21, 2006 18:54 by Joe Public
Joe Public Films has released its fourth documentary, “Out of Balance: ExxonMobil’s Impact on Climate Change”. The hour-long expose´ of the oil giant focuses primarily on ExxonMobil’s support of climate change “skeptics”, and its influence on the Bush administration. read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / press release Saturday October 21, 2006 05:19 by Jay Dooling
Irish Americans Request Clarification of Positions on Irish Issues from Candidates for
Election to Public Office.
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday October 03, 2006 00:58 by Jo ta ke   text 8 comments (last - friday june 15, 2007 16:32)   image 4 images
On Saturday Ógra Shinn Féin, in conjunction with the Irish Basque Committee, ran a stall at the GPO in Dublin in support of Inaki de Juana Chaos, the Basque political prisoner who has been on hunger strike in a Spanish jail due to the Spanish governments attempts to block his release having served his time. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / press release Wednesday September 27, 2006 18:03 by Fred Johnston - Manager   text 20 comments (last - thursday september 28, 2006 20:38)
The Western Writers' Centre website at www.twwc.ie welcomes stories and poems for publication in English, French as well as Irish. Already the site carries a number of works from around the globe; but manager Fred Johnston, who himself translates stories and poems from French into English and received a Prix de l'Ambassade to work on the poetry of Michel Martin, would like to see the actual languages change. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday September 15, 2006 17:59 by John Kelly   text 3 comments (last - monday september 18, 2006 22:26)
Dublin City Council's (DCC) position on posters for public meetings and public assembly is to grant permission to requests for such events. read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / press release Monday August 14, 2006 11:53 by John Tierney
Members of the Association of Hunt Saboteurs placed a peaceful picket on the Louth Foxhounds hunt ball held at the Four Season’s Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin on Saturday night last.

Over thirty members and supporters of the AOHS staged a two- hour protest at the entrance to the hotel.

Security was tight at the hotel but Gardai reported a trouble free event. Those attending the hunt ball had to pass protestors holding banners and posters calling for a ban on foxhunting and all forms of hunting with dogs.
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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Wednesday July 12, 2006 19:37 by Jim   text 25 comments (last - monday october 02, 2006 16:29)   image 5 images
The Living Wage Campaign was lauched today in City Hall. It is calling for a Living Wage of 10 euro an hour as the minimum rate that any employees of companies awarded public contracts should be paid. Crumlin based Cllr. Eric Byrne has submitted a motion to Dublin City Council calling for contracts only to be given to companies that pay a Living Wage. The campaign launch was supported by Mick O Reilly of the ATGWU, Jack O Connor of SIPTU, Labour Youth, Joanne Delaney and Pat Rabbitte T.D. leader of the Labour Party. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / press release Saturday July 08, 2006 02:36 by Fred Johnston   text 3 comments (last - wednesday september 27, 2006 03:57)   image 1 image
The Western Writers' Centre, (Ionad Scríbhneoiri Chaitlin Maude) perserved through numerous Arts Council rejections of grant-aid applications. read full story / add a comment
limerick / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Thursday June 15, 2006 19:52 by Joe Higgins T.D.   text 2 comments (last - saturday june 17, 2006 00:40)
Contractor hired by Limerick County Council in breach of legal pension fund requirement;

Limerick County Council awarded public tender contract in flagrant breach of public procurement procedures read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday May 30, 2006 15:14 by John Black   text 4 comments (last - sunday february 11, 2007 20:46)
I have sent the following letter to the various leaders involved with the Peace Process in Northern Ireland. I am asking for an explaination, why the people of Ulster are being forced into allowing known terrorists, to help govern the country that they have tried to destroy for thirty years. As yet I have not received a reply from any of them. Is the question to difficult to answer or maybe there isn't one. read full story / add a comment
Let 'em spin til 6am!
national / arts and media / press release Wednesday May 24, 2006 18:58 by DJ Welfare   text 2 comments (last - sunday may 28, 2006 23:59)   image 2 images
A system of sequenced closing times for licensed premises in Ireland is long overdue and is respected worldwide as a concept, which facilitates the steady and orderly flow of people leaving licensed establishments throughout the night.

Put simply, sequenced closing times means that pubs, restaurants, late bars and nightclubs all close progressively later than each other.
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday May 13, 2006 12:49 by Joe Lynch
Hundredss of families in the Mid West were disappointed at being turned away from visiting a French naval ship in the port of Limerick because of an insurance cock up read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday May 10, 2006 10:46 by Jane Doran
Front Line: The International Foundation for Human Rights Defenders is pleased to announce its shortlist for the 2006 Front Line Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk. Mr Peter Sutherland, United Nations Special Representative for Migration and former EU Commissioner will present the award on Friday 16 June at a breakfast ceremony in Dublin City Hall.
The four nominees on the shortlist are: read full story / add a comment
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