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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
The Saker >>
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005
RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony
Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony
Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony
RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony
Waiting for SIPO Anthony
Public Inquiry >>
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.
Top Scientists Confirm Covid Shots Cause Heart Attacks in Children Sun Oct 05, 2025 20:31 | imc
Fraud and mismanagement at University College Cork Thu Aug 28, 2025 18:30 | Calli Morganite
Deliberate Design Flaw In ChatGPT-5 Sun Aug 17, 2025 08:04 | Mind Agent
AI Reach: Gemini Reasoning Question of God Sat Aug 02, 2025 20:00 | Mind Agent
Israeli Human Rights Group B'Tselem finally Admits It is Genocide releasing Our Genocide report Fri Aug 01, 2025 23:54 | 1 of indy
Human Rights in Ireland >>
Mozart to be Played by British-Japanese Actor in Woke Reboot Wed Oct 15, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
Mozart will be played by British-Japanese actor Will Sharpe in Sky's woke reboot of Amadeus, sparking criticism that the period drama will be "historically inaccurate and misleading".
The post Mozart to be Played by British-Japanese Actor in Woke Reboot appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Oxford Student Arrested After Chanting ?Put the Zios in the Ground? Wed Oct 15, 2025 15:11 | Will Jones
A University of Oxford student has been arrested and suspended by the university after he led chants for Gaza to "make us proud" and "put the Zios in the ground".
The post Oxford Student Arrested After Chanting “Put the Zios in the Ground” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Sudanese Migrant Tries to Kidnap Schoolgirl Before Bystanders Intervene Wed Oct 15, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
An illegal immigrant from Sudan attempted to kidnap a schoolgirl off the street in Swindon in a terrifying attack before bystanders heroically intervened.
The post Sudanese Migrant Tries to Kidnap Schoolgirl Before Bystanders Intervene appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
UK Has Lost Control of its Borders, Says Home Secretary Wed Oct 15, 2025 11:22 | Will Jones
The UK has lost control of its borders, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said, as she calls for "international cooperation" in a tacit admission that Britain has surrendered its sovereignty to foreign courts.
The post UK Has Lost Control of its Borders, Says Home Secretary appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
The New Archbishop of Canterbury Needs to Stamp Out the CofE?s Reliance on Volunteers Wed Oct 15, 2025 09:00 | Joanna Gray
You wouldn't run schools without teachers. But the CofE tries to run churches without vicars. If new Archbishop Sarah Mullally has any sense she'll stamp out the church's reliance on volunteers, says Joanna Gray.
The post The New Archbishop of Canterbury Needs to Stamp Out the CofE’s Reliance on Volunteers appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Lockdown Skeptics >>
dublin |
bin tax / household tax / water tax |
news report
Sunday October 08, 2006 21:12
by Paula Geraghty
mspgeraghty at yahoo dot ie
printable version
Digg this
del.icio.us
Furl
Reddit
Technorati
Facebook
Gab
Twitter
View Comments Titles Only
save preference
Comments (6 of 6)
Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6(c)
From Saturday morning at Suir Road.
Passing around the window posters
Why are Dubliners so much against contributing to the maintainance and up-keep of their city?
The rest of the Irish Population accept the need to pay water charges and bin charges.
Arguably Dubliners have better services and greater access to them than the rest of us (eg Luas in the picture, beautiful parks etc) so Why are Dubliners so reluctant to pay?
As a limerick man I also opose bin charges. They should be fought throughout the country. A victory in Dublin would be a victory for the ntire country, a with water charges. ubnfortunately it is not realy on the cards now, the great oppurtunity was losty patly due to the false tactics of groups like the SWP.
Thanks,
Cian
They are not really against bin charges. What they are against is paying a utility rate each year and having to pay bin charges.. Utility rates cover bin charges, water and sewage. This is my take on the situation anyway.
And it's a pity that there are so many cynics that have no interest in their environment or participating in democracy and are quite happy to let private business interests dictate everything and destroy our environment.
I think it is great to see people out protesting, because it usually means they are awake and have a conscious and have thought about things and actually care about something rather than people on the side who feel so empty and worthless that they have to make what they think are smart and funny remarks to get attention and when in fact it just shows them up for what they are.
I have not had an opportunity to get on to the Indy site for a while. I was interested to read some of the comments on this link. Every tax payer in this Country contributes for our services every day of our working lives through our taxes. It is an effective way to collectively provide for basic services like waste collection, lighting etc.VAT is also suppoesed to be used for this purpose. Governments here to fore paid a rate support grant to Councils from our taxes to provide such services. Over the last decade in particular the present Government is attempting and has in many areas broke this basic collective provision of services, esentially to line their wealthy clic of friends pockets. The introduction of a myriad of tax loops ie tax relief for building private hospitals and nursing homes, tax relief for investing in horses, section 23, selling off our natural resources to multinationals and they pay practically no tax to the local Government, and loads more. In effect the wealthiest do not pay taxes. In the meantime they reduce our tax and introduce another myriad of stealth taxes. Bin tax, motor tax, road tax, etc Over the last number of years stealth taxes make up more and more of the tax take by Govermnet. People are not stupid, stealth taxes benefit the wealthy rather than the average worker on a minimum wage or the industrial wage. €1000 a year is nothing to someone who pays no tax and making millions but is too the likes of me and you. People are opposed to the bin tax because it is an unjust double stealth tax.
It is posed as an environmental tax!!!! If this Government were serious they would have implemented the Waste management legislation 1996. Enforce industry to use recycable packaging. Set up a national recycling centre(s), Introduced a regular green bin collection(because all our packaging would be recycable) and accesable recyling centres. Maintain our waste collection by Councils workers, but they are not serious. They stopped paying the rate support grant to Councils, which gave the green light to Councils to privatise or tax the Council service. There is no collective plan on recycling, industry are still producing non recycable packaging which means we the housholder have to pay for getting rid of this waste. Incineration is been foisted on Communities when in reality we dont need the amount of incineration if 90% of our waste was recycable. In other words this Governments policy is tax and incinerate. Rather than provide essential services through our taxes (the budget surples accumulated over the last 10 years is over €45 billion) and move as close to zero un recycable waste as possible through an effective waste policy. Sorry about going on so long. We will still be out protesting and we are not paying.