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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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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 Somalian Migrant Living in Epping Hotel Thanks Keir Starmer ?From the Bottom of my Heart? After Winn... Sat Sep 20, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
A Somalian migrant living at the Bell Hotel in Epping has thanked Keir Starmer?"from the bottom" of his heart after winning the right to stay in Britain on human rights grounds as he prepares to settle in Yorkshire.
The post Somalian Migrant Living in Epping Hotel Thanks Keir Starmer “From the Bottom of my Heart” After Winning Right to Stay in UK appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Oxford Students ?Mocked the Assassination of Charlie Kirk on WhatsApp and Tried to Silence Anyone Wh... Sat Sep 20, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
Students with links to Oxford University?have mocked the assassination of?Charlie Kirk on WhatsApp?and tried to silence others who did not agree, it's been reported, with many explicitly endorsing political violence.
The post Oxford Students “Mocked the Assassination of Charlie Kirk on WhatsApp and Tried to Silence Anyone Who Didn’t Agree” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link ?Britain Can?t Deport Me?: Calais Migrants Vow to Keep Crossing Channel Sat Sep 20, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
Migrants in Calais have vowed to cross the Channel "again and again", saying "Britain can't deport me", as Keir Starmer's 'one in, one out' deal?with France faces a wave of legal challenges.
The post “Britain Can’t Deport Me”: Calais Migrants Vow to Keep Crossing Channel appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Sun and Cosmic Rays Drive Climate, Not CO2, Says Astrophysicist Sat Sep 20, 2025 09:00 | Hannes Sarv
It's not CO2 that drives the climate, says astrophysicist Dr Henrik Svensmark. Its the Sun and cosmic rays. But you won't hear about this because only one viewpoint is now allowed in the pseudo-science of climate.
The post Sun and Cosmic Rays Drive Climate, Not CO2, Says Astrophysicist appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The ?Far Left? Finally Gets Its Comeuppance Sat Sep 20, 2025 07:00 | James Alexander
For years the Left has smeared its opponents as 'far Right'. Now, the spike in Leftist political violence has led to a turning of the tables. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the Guardian, says Prof James Alexander.
The post The ‘Far Left’ Finally Gets Its Comeuppance appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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westmeath / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday June 09, 2010 16:11 by June Kelly
PUBLIC FORUM

TACKLING THE HEALTH SERVICE CRISIS – read full story / add a comment
Bodenstown Sunday , 13th June 2010.
national / history and heritage / event notice Wednesday June 09, 2010 15:41 by Sharon.   text 8 comments (last - friday june 18, 2010 12:15)   image 1 image
Republicans to honour Theobald Wolfe Tone , the 'Father of Irish Republicanism' . read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday June 09, 2010 15:12 by LASC   image 1 image
Dublin Screening – Pearse Centre, Thurs 17th June - 7.30pm
(Followed by Q&A with the executive producer Roberto Navarrete)
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cork / gender and sexuality / event notice Wednesday June 09, 2010 14:18 by Alan
Cork Women?s Right To Choose are showing two 30 minute documentaries this coming
Thursday, June 10th
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national / consumer issues / press release Wednesday June 09, 2010 13:38 by AIMS Ireland


Since October 2008, AIMS Ireland has been corresponding with Prof Brendan Drumm, HSE CEO to highlight the issue of consent-related practices within Irish maternity hospitals. AIMSI has repeatedly called on Prof Drumm and the HSE to review service user consent policy in Irish maternity services and for the creation and implementation of National Guidelines for Clinical Practice in Maternity Care . Further, these must include the publication of annual clinical reports and hospital statistics per unit and per individual consultant practicing within each unit. read full story / add a comment
A view across the camp towards Rossport
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday June 09, 2010 13:27 by Bobajob   text 4 comments (last - thursday june 10, 2010 19:39)   image 17 images
Supporters from around the world joined in the annual gathering over the past weekend at the Rossport Solidarity Camp at Broadhaven Bay, County Mayo in support of the Shell to Sea campaign. A large contingent of cyclists travelled from Britain via Merthyr Tydfil in Wales where another campaign is focussed to stop an ugly open-cast coal mine which is destroying the environment, polluting air and water and endangering the community. read full story / add a comment
dublin / gender and sexuality / event notice Wednesday June 09, 2010 12:58 by Film Qlub
The Film Qlub is a not-for profit film club based in Dublin. It offers specially selected films, lesser know but of great quality and/or remarkable documentary value. All the films shown at the Film Qlub are of interest to the LGBTQ community and their friends. The first season of the Film Qlub focuses on silent films. The next screening is the comedy 'A Florida Enchantment' (USA, Dir Sidney Drew, 1914), the first gay/trans feature film in history. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Wednesday June 09, 2010 12:52 by Kerry Worker   text 13 comments (last - monday september 27, 2010 18:16)
Jack O'Connor, general president of SIPTU and president of ICTU, nominated Business Person of the Month by the latest issue of the Irish monthly Business and Finance Magazine for his management of union members' anger and railroading of the Croke Park proposals. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Wednesday June 09, 2010 11:37 by Non-voter   text 6 comments (last - friday june 11, 2010 23:30)   image 2 images
As public fury mounts over what has been described as America’s worst ever environmental disaster , BP buys top search results for terms like “oil spill” from both Google and Yahoo. read full story / add a comment
national / indymedia ireland / news report Tuesday June 08, 2010 22:43 by 1 of imc   text 15 comments (last - friday june 11, 2010 12:25)
Two stories posted this evening on Indymedia Ireland reporting the death of Brian Lenihan have been hidden by site moderators. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Tuesday June 08, 2010 20:34 by Paddy Hackett
Capital implies the political state. As capital develops the state is correspondingly developed. There obtains an internal unity between capital and state. Buried within capital is the state –state capital. As capital develops the state issues out of it. It is a mistaken abstraction to focus on capitalist development to the exclusion of the state.
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Sacco & Vanzetti
cork / arts and media / event notice Tuesday June 08, 2010 20:29 by Eric   image 1 image
Sacco and Vanzetti is a documentary made in 2006 and directed by Peter Miller. The film presents interviews with researchers and historians of the lives of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, and their trial. read full story / add a comment
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limerick / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday June 08, 2010 19:06 by Zoe Lawlor   image 1 image
Friday, June 11, 2010
9:00pm - 11:00pm
Upstairs in Dolans Pub, Dock Road, Limerick
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dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday June 08, 2010 15:38 by Eddie   text 1 comment (last - tuesday june 08, 2010 18:03)   image 2 images
Joe Higgins, Socialist Party MEP, outlines a Marxist analysis of the conflict in the Middle East and puts forward the only real solution for the future of the Palestinian people. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Tuesday June 08, 2010 15:15 by Gavin Gleeson   text 1 comment (last - wednesday june 30, 2010 14:36)
The state is a central concept in the political philosophy of Anarchism. Anarchism is often defined as being an anti-state ideology. While this is sometimes a useful way to distinguish anarchists from other state socialists it also leads to a fair bit of confusion. We will look at the source of this confusion with the aim of showing that anarchism is in its essence opposed to rulers and is not a naive or idealistic form of anti-statism. read full story / add a comment
Letter in 'The Independent on Sunday'
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday June 08, 2010 15:12 by Fred Johnston   text 43 comments (last - monday june 21, 2010 13:15)   image 2 images
John Berger and 30 other eminent writers have called for a cultural boycott of Israel. Apart from a marvellous poem by Richard Tillinghast published in The Irish Times, neither individual writers nor literary organisations in Ireland have uttered a word in the face of recent Israeli atrocities. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Tuesday June 08, 2010 11:31 by Raymond Deane   text 41 comments (last - monday june 14, 2010 21:05)   image 1 image
Demonstrators outside the Israeli Embassy in Dublin were unceremoniously shown what Brian Cowen means by "serious consequences" should Israel harm Irish citizens - the Israeli Embassy will be protected, Irish citizens will be pushed around. read full story / add a comment
The deportees back on Irish soil
international / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Tuesday June 08, 2010 04:48 by Kev   text 13 comments (last - monday june 14, 2010 15:16)   image 6 images   video 2 video files   audio 1 audio file
Today family, friends and supporters welcomed home the five Irish MV Rachel Corrie passengers who were this morning deported from Israel. The five – Denis Halliday, Mairead Maguire, Fiona Thompson, Derek Graham and Jenny Graham – were greeted in Dublin airport by cheers and hugs from the assembled crowd who were there to salute their bravery, as well as a large media presence. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday June 07, 2010 19:45 by Citizen X
IDF Admits It Doctored Flotilla Audio Clip... Israeli MP tells of her terror on aid ship... Israeli Grocer calls for same MP's death... Jewish flotilla to break Gaza siege... Rabbi Lerner's Home Attacked by Right-Wing Zionists... Uri Avnery attacked by rightist thugs... Exodus: 2010... Failure of the American Jewish Establishment... Our Enemies, the Israelis?... Defending the indefensible: a how-to guide... Beyond the Flotilla, the Crackdown Continues... Israel and the psychology of "never again"... Drowning in the Law of the Sea... Fury over raid isolates Israel read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday June 07, 2010 18:16 by IPSC Waterford   image 4 images
Following the success of the march in Waterford on Monday 31st of May, Waterford IPSC decided to call a meeting / Demo on Saturday 5th of June
One purpose among others was to call for the total boycott of Israeli products being sold in Waterford City and County. read full story / add a comment
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