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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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Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

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offsite link Reeves Under Pressure to Spend Even More on Welfare as Cabinet Ministers ?Demand Removal of Two-Chil... Thu Sep 25, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
Cabinet Ministers are ramping up the pressure on Rachel Reeves to spend even more on welfare by lifting the two-child benefit cap, sparking warnings that Britain is entering an "economic doom loop".
The post Reeves Under Pressure to Spend Even More on Welfare as Cabinet Ministers “Demand Removal of Two-Child Benefit Cap” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Every Adult in Britain to Be Forced to Have a Digital ID Card Under New Keir Starmer Plan Thu Sep 25, 2025 15:38 | Will Jones
Every adult in Britain will be forced to have a Government-issued digital ID card under "dystopian" proposals designed to tackle illegal immigration set to be announced by Sir Keir Starmer. Papers, please!
The post Every Adult in Britain to Be Forced to Have a Digital ID Card Under New Keir Starmer Plan appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Watch: Boris Defends the Boriswave Thu Sep 25, 2025 14:10 | Will Jones
To add to Kemi Badenoch's woes, Boris Johnson has popped up to defend his massive 'Boriswave' of immigration, asking "Who do you want to kick out?" It's not helping, Boris.
The post Watch: Boris Defends the Boriswave appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Richard Dawkins: ?Trans Women Are Women? Slogan is Scientifically False Thu Sep 25, 2025 11:17 | Will Jones
The slogan 'trans women are women' is scientifically false and harms the rights of women,?Richard Dawkins?has said in a new book warning that scientific truth must prevail over "personal feelings".
The post Richard Dawkins: ‘Trans Women Are Women’ Slogan is Scientifically False appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link A New Definition of Freedom of Speech: An Unsackable Late Night Host Thu Sep 25, 2025 09:00 | James Alexander
From liberal America, the people who brought you Covid and climate censorship and the assassination of Charlie Kirk, we have a new definition of free speech: the unsackable late night host, says Prof James Alexander.
The post A New Definition of Freedom of Speech: An Unsackable Late Night Host appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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dublin / education / event notice Monday March 23, 2009 22:21 by Aileen   image 1 image
Stanley Aronowitz to speak on "Popular Education in a time of struggle" on March the 29th at 3 pm in
Seomra Spraoi (10 Belvedere Court) read full story / add a comment
Time for a general strike?
national / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Monday March 23, 2009 22:04 by 1 of imc   text 57 comments (last - friday march 27, 2009 14:02)   image 3 images
Potentially, thousands of workers will take to the streets of the country next Monday. Indymedia and DCTV are pooling resources to cover the day and are calling for you, the readership to contribute your reports, photographs and videos to compile an accurate grassroots account of what could be a significant date in this latest round of the struggle for workers’ rights and social justice. read full story / add a comment
limerick / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday March 23, 2009 21:23 by Zoe Lawlor
Two Palestinian academics from Nablus University are speaking tomorrow evening Tuesday 24th March at 7.30 in the John Holland Theatre (D1050) in UL. They will be speaking about the call for an academic boycott of Israeli institutions and about life as a Palestinian. All very welcome, free entry, it should be very interesting.

Ala Abu Dheer & Saed J. Abu-Hijleh (An-Najah University Nablus, Palestine) read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday March 23, 2009 21:04 by Basque-Irish   text 2 comments (last - tuesday march 24, 2009 16:13)
Espéireas na Bascaise: Ceachtanna don Ghaeilge

Dé Máirt 24ú Márta sa Chultúrlann, Béal Feirste 7.00in

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday March 23, 2009 19:41 by Richard Walsh   text 2 comments (last - thursday march 26, 2009 20:57)
Republican Sinn Féin welcomes the release of two men from Antrim Barracks today. The 31-year-old and 27-year-old men had been held since Monday, 16th March. Upon their arrest the two embarked on a hunger strike.
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dublin / history and heritage / event notice Monday March 23, 2009 17:13 by TaraWatch
If the plan of the Minister for the Environment, John Gormley, proceeds without intervention, Ireland will find itself with a completed motorway through the Tara complex, only to be told by UNESCO to move it, at huge cost to the taxpayer, and untold damage to Tara. read full story / add a comment
galway / environment / event notice Monday March 23, 2009 16:57 by Cormac
A table quiz in support of Maura Harrington and Shell to Sea will take place this Wednesday 25 March at 9pm in Monroe's Tavern, Galway read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday March 23, 2009 15:19 by 1 of imc   text 4 comments (last - tuesday march 24, 2009 16:54)
Indymedia Ireland and DCTV are collaborating on facilitating popular coverage from around the country on the events of M30 (should there indeed be any). read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday March 23, 2009 15:11 by 1 of imc
Indymedia Ireland and DCTV are collaborating on facilitating popular coverage from around the country on the events of M30 (should there indeed be any). read full story / add a comment
Holylands needs shared future (but not too many taig students, please) - Henry McDonald Newsletter 23 March 2009
national / arts and media / other press Monday March 23, 2009 13:22 by Skibbereeen Eagle   text 17 comments (last - sunday april 19, 2009 13:28)   image 3 images
The man the Newsletter calls “the respected journalist Henry McDonald,” the Newsletter's Ireland correspondent - sorry, mistake, the Guardian's Ireland correspondent - calls students who drank a lot on St Patrick's Day 'Catholic/nationalist'. What's more, they are 'rural', shock horror. Ticks all the prejudicial boxes - cannot be allowed.

But how does Henry know?

It's easy: 'judging from the Gaelic football and Glasgow Celtic shirts, as well as the names of those the PSNI decided to arrest'.

Would the Guardian publish this type of drivel about the Notting Hill carnival? No because in that case it would be racist. In this case it is merely sectarian, while claiming not to be. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday March 23, 2009 12:35 by Tomas Ashe   text 2 comments (last - thursday march 26, 2009 16:59)
“There was absolutely no change in the government’s position.”

An unpublished interview with Sir John Blelloch, a member of MI5 who had been seconded to the NIO as a Deputy Secretary at the time of the 1980 and 1981 hunger strikes, has come into the possession of the Bobby Sands Trust. The interview was conducted at the British Ministry of Defence in late September 1986 [where Blelloch was Permanent Under Secretary] by the author of ‘Biting At The Grave’, Padraig O’Malley, professor at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

What is important about the interview is that it represents an insight into the psyche of the British at crucial periods in the hunger strikes, particularly at the time of mediation attempts by others, including the Irish Commission for Justice and Peace [ICJP]. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday March 23, 2009 12:09 by Joanne   text 2 comments (last - thursday march 26, 2009 19:48)   image 5 images
Dublin Shell to Sea demonstration in solidarity with Maura Harrington this Wed 25th March from 7.30PM at Mountjoy. All support welcome, bring banners, placards etc. Shell Out. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday March 23, 2009 12:05 by Joanne
A seisiún ceol (music session) in solidarity with Maura Harrington will take place outside Mountjoy Prison on Friday 27th March from 6PM to Midnight. Music, singing, poetry, dancing, talking. Come one, come all. All welcome to stand in solidarity. Shell Out. read full story / add a comment
will the authorities turn a blind eye?
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday March 23, 2009 11:22 by Conor. M   text 13 comments (last - tuesday march 31, 2009 00:38)   image 1 image
The Obama administration signaled it was ready to repudiate the prohibition and ''war on drugs'' approach of previous presidents, and steer policy towards prevention and ''harm reduction'' strategies favoured by Europe. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Monday March 23, 2009 10:52 by Scrap the Levy
A general meeting of the National Public Service Alliance will take place in the Teachers Club, Parnell Square at 8 P.M. on Wednesday next, March 25

It is expected that the recommendation of the Executive Council of ICTU on proceeding with the national stoppage on Monday, 30 March should be known by then.

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international / education / event notice Monday March 23, 2009 10:21 by European Anomalous Wave - Vague Européenne   text 1 comment (last - monday april 06, 2009 02:49)
«The worst enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge» read full story / add a comment
Dublin Bus Workers
national / worker & community struggles and protests / feature Monday March 23, 2009 07:51 by A.R   text 6 comments (last - thursday march 26, 2009 23:26)   image 1 image
Workers in Dublin bus rejected the Labour Relation Commission's proposals on Thursday 19th March. They are now planning an all out strike from March 30th. This article firstly deals with the background to the current standoff in Dublin Bus, then examines the initial proposed 'cost effectiveness plans' issued by Dublin bus management on the 16th January 2009, subsequently it will review the LRC proposal and conclude with some reflections on how the situation will unfold over the coming months. It is based upon detailed discussions with a driver with who has been working for Dublin Bus for 35 years. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Sunday March 22, 2009 22:48 by Joanne
Dublin Shell to Sea meeting on Tues 24th March at 7PM in Seomra Spraoi (10 Belverdere Court). All welcome read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Sunday March 22, 2009 21:00 by Eugene Mc Cartan   text 2 comments (last - tuesday march 24, 2009 19:46)
The call by Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore on RTE radio on Sunday morning (22nd) for the Taoiseach Brian Cowan to intervene with the trade union movement to get them to call of the one day strike on the 30th of March is yet another example of how out of touch the Labour Party is with the growing anger of the Irish people to the deepening economic crisis and the attempts by the government to make working people pay for a crisis that is not of their making. As this bankrupt government prepares its emergency budget it must be meet with the full force of that anger so that
they get the message loud and clear.
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national / miscellaneous / other press Sunday March 22, 2009 20:56 by Tom Shelley   text 9 comments (last - wednesday april 15, 2009 05:46)
There's a post on my blog that I wanted to bring to people's attention. It's at http://devlin-mcaliskey.blogspot.com/2009/03/sell-outs-sinn-fein-good-friday.html read full story / add a comment
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