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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 / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday April 08, 2009 10:15 by Malachy Steenson   text 1 comment (last - monday april 13, 2009 00:00)
The Workers’ Party has condemned today’s emergency budget as a miserable failure which only exacerbates the damage to the Irish economy caused by a golden circle who continue to gravitate around Government Buildings and hobnob with senior figures in Fianna Fáil.

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international / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday April 08, 2009 10:07 by Malachy Steenson
The Workers' Party will be marking the 93rd anniversary of the 1916 Rising with commemorations in the following locations on Easter Sunday, 12th April:-

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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday April 08, 2009 03:19 by Seomra Spraoi   image 1 image
Awesome vegan food, this & every Sunday at Seomra Spraoi. Food Served 3 to 4pm Suggested donation for food €4 /more/less as you can afford. Along with weekly Bike Workshops from 2 to 4pm, and Seomra Spraoi Cinema from 5 to 7.30pm

Venue: Seomra Spraoi
10 Belvedere Court, off Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin 1
See http://www.seomraspraoi.org/ for map directions. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / environment / event notice Wednesday April 08, 2009 02:38 by Dublin Climate Camp Group   image 1 image
Venue: Seomra Spraoi
10 Belvedere Court, off Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin 1
See http://www.seomraspraoi.org/ for map directions.
Date: Saturday April 11th
Time: Doors open 6pm, event starts 6.30pm sharp!
Format: Introduction of event and slideshows, Food served @6.30, Film: The Power of Community, starts 7.30pm, after film there will be open discussion about Climate Camp Aims and Principles and a chance to have all questions answered. Also, some short clips of previous Climate Camps and Ecotopia.
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Our Problems Stem from our Acceptance of this Filthy Rotten System
international / anti-capitalism / feature Tuesday April 07, 2009 21:52 by Ciaron O'Reilly   text 22 comments (last - saturday april 03, 2010 11:40)   image 2 images   video 5 video files
Sometime during the second decade of the sorrowful mysteries, I had a sense we were not alone. Martin, Katrina and I were sat alone in a small East London park facing the Excel Centre where the G20 of the most powerful government leaders were gathered to rearrange deckchairs on their sinking ship. Thousands of police had been deployed around the Excel Centre keeping the few hundreds of protesters who gathered a quarter of a mile from the site. A case of overcatering evidently. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Tuesday April 07, 2009 21:51 by Eugene Mc Cartan   text 2 comments (last - wednesday april 08, 2009 05:30)
Dracula budget sucks blood from workers

The Communist Party of Ireland in a statement on the budget presented by the Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan, described it as a Dracula budget, designed to suck the blood from workers so as to give a transfusion to bankers, stockbrokers, tax-avoiders, and property speculators. These parasites will all sleep well and will be celebrating the fact that their interests have been well looked after by “their government.” read full story / add a comment
tyrone / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday April 07, 2009 21:16 by no provo   text 5 comments (last - wednesday april 08, 2009 20:28)
East Tyrone Republicans are finished with Adams and McGuinness read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday April 07, 2009 19:59 by Joe Moore   text 3 comments (last - wednesday april 22, 2009 09:50)
The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign will hold its monthly protest in support of the Israeli boycott on Saturday 25th April, at 1.00pm in Daunt's Square, Cork. read full story / add a comment
meath / politics / elections / press release Tuesday April 07, 2009 18:49 by Peter Fitzsimons Local Election Candidate Kells Town Council   text 1 comment (last - tuesday april 07, 2009 22:52)
The Budget announced today the 07/04/2009 by finance minister Brian Lenihan is an absolute disgrace and it is nothing more than the administration in Leinster house looking after its own interests". read full story / add a comment
dublin / history and heritage / press release Tuesday April 07, 2009 18:23 by Dublin Basque
Dublin saw a mini-Korrika run through the city centre last Saturday. Thousands of Basques participate in the Korrika which totals thousands of kilometres every two years on different routes through their homeland. This year's finished on Saturday with, according the organisers, the highest ever participation since 1981. The Basque and Irish participants in Dublin were running in solidarity and to raise funds for the promotion of the Basque language. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday April 07, 2009 17:34 by Clare Quinlan
Oxfam Ireland deplores today’s cut in Ireland's aid budget

“Oxfam Ireland deplores today’s €100 million cut in Ireland's aid budget and calls for an immediate reversal of this decision. With this cut, our government's promise to the world’s poorest people rings hollow. This is the fourth cut in 10 months – demonstrating that the Irish Government sees the aid budget as a soft target. This cut will have a devastating impact on vulnerable people who are already struggling to cope with the crushing impacts of the global financial crisis, the food crisis and climate change. These are difficult times for us all but it is not the time to abandon our commitment to tackling poverty and injustice. Ireland's international standing will be damaged even further by this decision to turn its back on the world’s poorest when they need our assistance most” said Jim Clarken, Chief Executive of Oxfam Ireland.

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national / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday April 07, 2009 17:28 by Dublin Shell To Sea   text 10 comments (last - friday april 17, 2009 15:06)   image 6 images
Shell to Sea campaigner, Maura Harrington was released from Mountjoy Women’s Prison this morning after serving 28 days. Maura had been imprisoned for allegedly slapping a member of Garda Siochana, a charge which she denies.

Maura proceeded from Mountjoy Women’s Prison to Dail Eireann, where she was accompanied into the Dail by Aengus O Snodaigh TD and Martin Ferris TD. Maura met with press outside Dail Eireann where an impromptu press conference had been called.
Maura called for an end to the gas give away: “Our pension fund was given to bail out the banks, and we now stand to gain nothing from our own natural gas and oil resources. The government is putting pressure on the people of Ireland today with this new Budget, but the oil and gas companies are feeling no pressure.” read full story / add a comment
Unemployment Out Of Control
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday April 07, 2009 13:29 by Paul Lynch   text 8 comments (last - friday april 17, 2009 17:19)   image 1 image
Dublin Sinn Féin M.E.P Mary Lou McDonald and Balbriggan Sinn Féin Local Election and Town Council Candidate Fergus Byrne would like to invite you to a public meeting in the Function Room in the Milestone Bar Balbriggan. The meeting will layout Sinn Féin's Public Finance Proposals including the key area's of Job Creation and Retraining. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday April 07, 2009 13:20 by Kathy & Brian   text 22 comments (last - saturday september 18, 2010 07:54)
Kathy Kelly, who attended and gave evidence at the three Pitstop Ploughshares trials in Dublin, along with other Catholic Workers have headed down to isolated Creech Air Force Base in the Nevada desert. Creech AFB is the home of the drones that are presently carrying out regular bombings and assasinations in northern Pakistan. Below are there refelections read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday April 07, 2009 12:51 by Joanne   text 2 comments (last - tuesday april 07, 2009 15:05)
Shell to Sea will hold a press conference outside Leinster House in Dublin at 2.30PM this afternoon. Maura Harrington will speak about her imprisonment and the ongoing campaign against Shell and corruption where billions worth of Irish Natural Resources is being robbed from the people of Ireland. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday April 07, 2009 12:46 by Eva Yasin
Acclaimed Pakistani ghazal singer in concert with musical accompaniment on harmoium, table, flute and sarangi. Joined by acclaimed Irish uilleann piper Ronan Browne, Irish-Egyptian seanós singer Roisin Elsafty and virtuoso guitarist Stefan Galt. Organised on behalf of the Yasin Foundation, a joint Ireland-Pakistan initiative which funds an education programme for Pakistani women. All proceeds will benefit the foundation's educational trust fund. read full story / add a comment
Ógra activists carry portratits of 1916 Leaders
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday April 07, 2009 12:38 by Irish Republican Youth   image 1 image
In this the 93rd anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising, Ógra Shinn Féin remembers proudly all those who died for the freedom of Ireland. We send fraternal greetings to our imprisoned comrades, their families and the families of Ireland’s patriot dead. We also extend solidarity greetings to our international comrades, in particular, pledging our ongoing support for the oppressed people of Palestine who have stood steadfast in the face of a brutal massacre. read full story / add a comment
Flags were all over Strasburg
international / summit mobilisations / news report Tuesday April 07, 2009 12:15 by Paula Geraghty   text 17 comments (last - thursday april 09, 2009 20:20)   image 15 images
World Leaders shut down Strasbourg and invalidated international treaties, locally negotiated agreements just for a photoshoot of global leaders on the 60 'BirthDeath' of Nato. More Police were deployed on the streets of Strasbourg than is being promised to Afghanistan. read full story / add a comment
On the picket
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday April 06, 2009 23:32 by Padraic   image 1 image
Subway targeted in Day of Action in defense of Natalia Szymanska, a 19 year old Polish worker who was sacked from her job Belfast one month after informing her boss that she was pregnant. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Monday April 06, 2009 22:49 by Contaminated Crow
Two telemasts, a quarry, an organic waste facility, a power plant, a landfill, a holiday resort and two powerlines read full story / add a comment
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