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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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national / environment / news report Saturday September 05, 2009 20:00 by Ann Murphy   text 8 comments (last - saturday september 12, 2009 20:42)
ENFO; the environmental information centre and public library was yesterday closed by the Department of the Environment. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Saturday September 05, 2009 19:39 by Joe Mooney   text 1 comment (last - monday september 07, 2009 23:09)
Support for Dublin Port Workers moves to City Hall , as emergency motion tabled.
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national / crime and justice / other press Saturday September 05, 2009 18:39 by Mairtin Og Meehan
A DEADLY haul of drugs, including the powerful horse tranquilliser ket-amine, has been discovered by children after being abandoned in a north Belfast street.
The mix, which included Class A drugs, was found by children playing in a built-up residential area in the Oldpark area of North Belfast this week.

A local Parent then contacted CFAD who subsequently passed the haul to the Sacred Heart Parish Priest, Ciaran Dallat for safe disposal.........

Irish News - Allison Morris - 5/9/09
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national / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Saturday September 05, 2009 16:31 by Eugene Mc Cartan
Official launch of a new publication on the economic crisis by the Communist Party of Ireland.

An Economy for the Common Good: Strategy for a New Direction. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / news report Saturday September 05, 2009 08:49 by RSF   text 1 comment (last - saturday september 05, 2009 17:46)
He is coming to Ireland at the invitation of Republican Sinn Féin from September 21 to 23.

On September 21 he will address a press conference in Buswell’s Hotel, Molesworth St, Dublin at 12 Noon.

That evening he will be the keynote speaker at a public meeting in Wynn’s Hotel, Middle Abbey St at 7.30pm.

The next day he will travel to Galway where he will address a meeting in the Imperial Hotel, Eyre Square at 8.00pm. The meeting will be chaired by Republican Sinn Féin member of Galway County Council Tomás Ó Curraoin. read full story / add a comment
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national / summit mobilisations / feature Friday September 04, 2009 23:39 by Chekov Feeney   text 38 comments (last - thursday october 15, 2009 10:06)   image 9 images   video 2 video files
One of the great problems that people encounter in making up their minds about the Lisbon treaty is that, depending on who you talk to, the treaty can appear to be an altogether different thing. According to those who are campaigning for a Yes vote, it merely serves to tidy up the existing European treaties, with a few changes to allow the EU to function more efficiently. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Friday September 04, 2009 12:42 by Socialist Party   text 16 comments (last - tuesday september 08, 2009 13:53)
A Sinn Fein councillor has announced his defection to the Socialist Party.

In a statement, Domhnall O Cobhthaigh said Sinn Fein now shares a "right-wing economic agenda" with the other main Assembly parties. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / feature Friday September 04, 2009 11:55 by Harry Browne   text 17 comments (last - wednesday september 30, 2009 12:34)   image 1 image
There are plenty of good reasons to vote No, again, on Lisbon – far more than there are reasons to vote Yes. We shouldn’t be ashamed of saying that the best of them are only partly to do with the specificities of the treaty itself.

On the other hand, we should be careful about some of the debating points we adopt.

Anti-imperialists, peace campaigners and workers’ rights advocates on the No side have the best set of arguments, to be sure. The writings of Kieran Allen and Andy Storey, among others, are the gold standard and I wouldn’t presume to add to them. But a few folks on ‘our side’ – and with that phrase I don’t include the right-wingers who happen to support the same vote but are otherwise alien politically – are wandering down some political dark alleys. read full story / add a comment
kildare / eu / news report Friday September 04, 2009 11:05 by Bazra B   text 5 comments (last - monday september 07, 2009 18:26)   image 5 images
The People's Movement No2Lisbon Meeting in Newbridge, Co. Kildare on Wednesday, September 2nd. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday September 04, 2009 00:14 by éirígí PRO   text 5 comments (last - tuesday september 08, 2009 00:08)
éirígí has organised an anti-plastic bullets protest outside of City Hall in Dublin at 6pm on Monday September 7th. All are welcome. Bígí linn read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday September 03, 2009 20:45 by éirígí PRO   text 4 comments (last - monday september 07, 2009 23:25)   image 3 images
éirígí chairperson Brian Leeson has announced the details of an emergency motion
that was today [Tuesday] submitted to Dublin City Council by éirígí activist,
councillor Louise Minihan. read full story / add a comment
Planes like this US Hercules are regular visitors at Shannon Airport
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday September 03, 2009 19:06 by Shannonwatch   text 10 comments (last - saturday september 05, 2009 23:27)   image 1 image
Information provided by the Minister for Foreign Affairs sheds disturbing new light on US military use of Shannon Airport. According to the Minister the troop and air force crews that pass through the airport are not the only US military there. There are also two US officers of military rank permanently based in the airport. Their official role is to assist with the transit of US Government and Government contracted flights. The arrangement has been in operation since 2003 and was done without Oireachtas approval. read full story / add a comment
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galway / arts and media / event notice Thursday September 03, 2009 16:38 by Fred Johnston   image 2 images
The Western Writers' Centre - Ionad Scríbhneoiri Chaitlín Maude - Galway, and the Australian Poetry Centre are proud to present a reading by two of Australia's finest poets. Robert Gray and Alison Croggon, at Gort Public Library on Friday, October 23rd at 8pm. Admission is free. There will also be music.

"All our thanks to Teresa in Australia and Eileen at Gort Library,"says Fred Johnston, writer and the Western Writers' Centre's Director, " who facilitated these important readings. Gort is increasing event by event its literary reputation, and we still have the 'Forge at Gort festival in Spring.' " read full story / add a comment
dublin / eu / news report Thursday September 03, 2009 15:32 by Sorcha Ní Bhéara   text 6 comments (last - tuesday september 08, 2009 20:55)   image 1 image
Sinn Féin activists and T.D's demonstrate at the Fianna Fáil 'Yes to Lisbon' launch. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Thursday September 03, 2009 15:27 by über pleb   text 1 comment (last - friday september 04, 2009 08:02)
"This one looks, walks and quacks like a duck. It's time to stop hedging and call this bird what it is."

So writes Howard L. Berman, chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee in this morning's LA Times in an opinion article which demands that the US State deparment under Hillary Clinton formally declare the Honduran crises as coup & thus cut all funding. His call is significant for several reasons. read full story / add a comment
meath / anti-capitalism / event notice Thursday September 03, 2009 15:26 by 1st May Branch WSM   text 1 comment (last - sunday september 13, 2009 22:42)
Public Meeting
Newgrange Hotel, Bridge Street, Navan, Co Meath
Saturday 3rd October 2009
4pm

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national / arts and media / event notice Thursday September 03, 2009 15:24 by Western Writers' Centre   text 3 comments (last - wednesday september 16, 2009 14:09)   image 2 images
Writer, founder of the annual Cúirt literature festival and Director of The Western Writers' Centre (Ionad Scríbhneoirí Chaitlín Maude) Fred Johnston will commence with his Creative Writing Classes at NUIGalway on Thursday, October 1st. This course is aimed at beginners with some experience of writing prose or poetry, for more mature participants who are interested in Creative Writing (prose and poetry) and for those who are interested in the processes involved in researching, writing and publishing their work in the future. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / eu / event notice Thursday September 03, 2009 14:24 by Peter   text 1 comment (last - thursday september 03, 2009 20:17)   image 1 image
Launch of the Socialist Party Dublin City Branch campaign against Lisbon II with Joe Higgins, Socialist Party MEP, speaking. read full story / add a comment
Fianna Fail - Mink Coat Government
national / animal rights / event notice Thursday September 03, 2009 12:52 by ALiberation   image 2 images
Protest at Fianna Fail HQ over their continued support of fur factory farms in Ireland.

When: Tuesday, 8th Sept 2009
Time: 1pm – 2pm
Where: Fianna Fail Headquarters, 65-66 Lower Mount St, Dublin 2
Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=65-66+Lower+Mount+St,+Dub...num=1
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Fianna Fail - Mink Coat Government
national / animal rights / press release Thursday September 03, 2009 12:36 by ALiberation   text 1 comment (last - thursday september 03, 2009 23:43)   image 2 images   video 1 video file
In 1966 the Fianna Fail Government were labeled the “Mink Coat Government” by Deputy Sweetman in a Dail debate. Today they can as easily be labeled the “Mink Farm Government”.
Every other political party except Fianna Fail has called for a ban on fur factory farms. Without Fianna Fail’s support there would be no fur factory farms in Ireland.
There would be no fur factories in Ireland if Fianna Fail carried out the law
Protest Fianna Fail due to their support of fur factory farms. Organised by AFAR and ALiberation.
Photo opportunity; Press welcome. 6 ft high Mink on a mobile Ad trailor. Protesters dressed as Ministers in Fur.
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