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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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international / miscellaneous / press release Thursday March 05, 2009 19:02 by Richard Walsh
The claims made by English prime minister Gordon Brown in Washington that “Ireland is now at peace” are bizarre given the revelation that the Republican threat to English rule was, on the same day, reclassified as “severe”.
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international / arts and media / news report Thursday March 05, 2009 18:15 by Laois Man   text 17 comments (last - wednesday january 06, 2016 22:34)   image 1 image
What is happening?

IRMA, the Irish Recorded Music Association, wants to block Irish Internet users' access to certain websites. They have written letters to Irish Internet providers telling them, under threat of legal action, to allow IRMA to tell them what websites to block. Eircom has already agreed to this. They will settle every application for website blocking out of court. No sites have been blocked yet. We have limited time to act before the bans are set.

A copy of the letter sent out to Irish ISPs has been kindly made available by Michele Neylon of Blacknight Solutions. Read it here. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Thursday March 05, 2009 16:35 by Red Banner   text 1 comment (last - monday march 09, 2009 05:32)
Red Banner: a magazine of socialist ideas
Issue 35 out now
€2 / £1.50 read full story / add a comment
monaghan / arts and media / event notice Thursday March 05, 2009 14:27 by Maureen Gallagher
Calling The Tune, Maureen Gallagher's first collection of poems will be launched in the Market House, Monaghan on 12th March at 6pm. The speaker is Peter Trant. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Thursday March 05, 2009 12:51 by Drodzhe   text 2 comments (last - monday march 09, 2009 22:49)
Here is the full text of Noel Dempsey's speech to the Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis, in which he explains that -

-Fianna Fáil had no idea that bankers, builders and developers were running wild with the possibilities of the unregulated economy.

-If they had known about the corruption and endemic and dishonesty, they would have done something about it, but just because these people were funding their election campaigns, playing golf with them, loaning them their holiday homes etc, does not mean that they were aware of where the money was coming from.

-It could be much worse.

-It will get worse.

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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Thursday March 05, 2009 10:48 by d.farrell
Ive been an operator in the industry for 8yrs now on a full time basis.I obtained my taxi as a consequence of deregulation.Prior to that my interest in entering the industry was dampened by two facts 1.It was not possible to apply for a spsv test application if already in employment and 2.The extortionate price put on a privately sold spsv licence(IR65,000)at the time.

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dublin / animal rights / other press Thursday March 05, 2009 03:35 by Francesca   text 2 comments (last - friday march 06, 2009 18:17)   image 3 images   video 2 video files
20 year-old, Dublin born adventure instructor Francesca Loughran talks about her plans to trek to the highest point in Asia, Mount Kinabalu, to raise funds for the ISPCA. The focus of this Trek is to aide the Orangutans of Borneo who are now an endangered species due to Biofuel's adverse effects on the environment. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / news report Thursday March 05, 2009 01:36 by Conor.M   text 21 comments (last - friday april 24, 2009 07:50)
The new group formed in Swords called SEED is a social group set up to facilitate different opinions and to introduce alternative and radical ideas for 'newcomers' to activism.

In a town like Swords, which has been disgustingly overdeveloped with no social facilities, it is important for young people interested in taking control of their lives to come together to share their experiences and ideas to re-establish a sense of community and to work together to make a better and more sustainable society for all. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Thursday March 05, 2009 00:36 by CNTista   text 1 comment (last - thursday march 05, 2009 19:34)


A brief statement from the CNT, Spanish anarcho-syndicalist union, about a conflict with Ryanair.

The CNT declares a Conflict at Ryanair-Zaragoza read full story / add a comment
national / gender and sexuality / event notice Wednesday March 04, 2009 22:27 by PRO   text 1 comment (last - wednesday march 04, 2009 22:30)
Remembering Kathleen Lynn - Medical Doctor, Marxist, Feminist, Republican and Internationalist
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Transparency International (Ireland)
national / miscellaneous / feature Wednesday March 04, 2009 14:48 by Eanna Dowling   text 21 comments (last - tuesday september 10, 2013 16:36)   image 1 image
A new report based on 2 and a half years of academic study has found that Ireland suffers high levels of “legal corruption”. The Transparency International (TI) report found that: “While no laws may be broken, personal relationships, patronage and political donations are believed to influence political decisions and policy to a considerable degree in Ireland.” read full story / add a comment
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meath / environment / news report Wednesday March 04, 2009 14:04 by TD   text 28 comments (last - tuesday march 10, 2009 23:49)   image 16 images   video 2 video files
limerick / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday March 04, 2009 13:15 by CRPHS, Limerick   text 2 comments (last - wednesday march 04, 2009 13:23)   video 3 video files
The Limerick branch of the Campaign for a Real Public Health Service (CRPHS) have launched a new website, www.limerickhealth.blogspot.com, to highlight health cuts and scandals in Limerick and help build a campaign against them. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday March 04, 2009 11:35 by seomra spraoi cinema   text 1 comment (last - wednesday march 04, 2009 13:37)   image 5 images   video 1 video file
One reason graffiti is such a volatile issue is because it touches on many fundamental questions of urban life. What constitutes public space? Who gets to decide how it will be used? Is advertising in public spaces a form of pollution?

Jon Reiss’s 2008 documentary Bomb present a wide sampling of graffiti art from around the world, and a variety of viewpoints relating to graffiti. He includes interviews with everyone from first-generation graffiti artists to academic theorists: segments shot in South Africa, Brazil, Europe and Japan are particularly useful in broadening the discussion.
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dublin / housing / event notice Wednesday March 04, 2009 11:14 by seomra spraoi cinema   image 3 images   video 1 video file
La Zona is a contemporary satirical thriller by director Rodrigo Plá, contrasting the poverty of modern Mexico with heavily fortified, gated communities for the wealthy overclass and their families.

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meath / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday March 04, 2009 10:31 by Peter Fitzsimons Publicity Officer   image 1 image
Peter Fitzsimons Local Election Fund Raiser read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Wednesday March 04, 2009 02:57 by zola   image 1 image
Sarkozy; his former minister of Justice (& ex girlfriend) Rachida Dati, whose recent baby had been rumoured to have been fathered by the former Spanish prime minister Aznar, Michèle Alliot-Marie, Christine Albanel and former leader of the Spanish "labour" opposition Alain Juppé got death threats today in the forms of nasty letters accompanied with 9mm bullets. & then to top it off two lesser well known french parliamentarians of the right wing UMP Frédéric Lefebvre and Christian Vanneste also got some lead high velocity alloy.

That leave's 2 in the cartridge. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday March 04, 2009 00:28 by Kev   text 3 comments (last - friday march 06, 2009 11:44)   image 5 images
On Tuesday 3rd March members and supporters of the Irish Anti War Movement and Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign staged a symbolic hour long protest at the Eircom HQ on Military Road in Dublin. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday March 03, 2009 22:49 by Edward Horgan   text 4 comments (last - tuesday march 10, 2009 19:44)   image 2 images
Over ONE MILLION people have died in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Ireland has participated in and been complicit in these wars.
These Iraqi and Afghan people are our brothers, sisters and our children, not, "some others" in a "them and us" war of resources.
Show your solidarity with the victims of a war that used Ireland as one of its principle launching pads.
Over ONE MILLION armed US troops and thousands of tons of munitions, passed through Shannon airport.
Over 1,000 CIA related flights were refuelled at Shannon airport, many of them associated with the US Torture rendition programme. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / press release Tuesday March 03, 2009 21:23 by Progressive Film Club   text 1 comment (last - tuesday march 03, 2009 21:24)
International Women's Day Film Festival

Sunday 8th of March 2009

To mark International Women's Day the Progressive Film Club will be screening a number of films made by and about women, beginning at 11a.m. and continuing all day.

** Admission for all screenings today is free read full story / add a comment
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