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

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

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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.

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offsite link Study of 1.7 Million Children: Heart Damage Only Found in Covid-Vaxxed Kids Sat Nov 01, 2025 00:44 | imc

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offsite link Revealed: Whitty Silenced Covid Ethics Advisers Sat Dec 06, 2025 19:00 | Toby Young
Sir Chris Whitty silenced an ethical advisory group set up to advise him about the harmful effects of lockdown when they started telling him what he didn't want to hear.
The post Revealed: Whitty Silenced Covid Ethics Advisers appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Activists Attack Crown Jewels With Apple Crumble and Custard Sat Dec 06, 2025 17:00 | Toby Young
A new Marxist protest group calling itself Take Back Power ? consisting of public school-educated toffs called Tarquin and Arabella, no doubt ? have thrown custard at the Crown Jewels to, er, fight poverty.
The post Activists Attack Crown Jewels With Apple Crumble and Custard appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Police Arrest Anti-Abortionist at Peaceful Protest Sat Dec 06, 2025 15:00 | Toby Young
A 27 year-old Christian has been arrested for protesting peacefully against abortion in Cambridge. The incident comes after the US warned the UK's arrest of abortion protestors put the countries' "shared values" at risk.
The post Police Arrest Anti-Abortionist at Peaceful Protest appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Is the Imminent Closure of 50 Universities Really Such a Bad Thing? Sat Dec 06, 2025 13:00 | Duke Maskell
The Guardian reports that 50 universities are at risk of imminent closure. But Duke Maskell wonders if this really is the catastrophe the Guardian thinks it is.
The post Is the Imminent Closure of 50 Universities Really Such a Bad Thing? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Tories Demand Deportation of Antisemitic Foreign Students Sat Dec 06, 2025 11:00 | Toby Young
Two senior Tory shadow cabinet ministers have written to the Education Secretary urging her to deport anti-Semitic foreign students who harass and intimidate their Jewish peers.
The post Tories Demand Deportation of Antisemitic Foreign Students appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday April 03, 2010 19:04 by Kasia Timofiejczuk   text 5 comments (last - sunday april 04, 2010 19:09)   video 2 video files
An Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) public meeting, in Polish, with journalist and human rights activist Ewa Jasiewicz took place on Saturday 20th March 2010 in Seomra Spraoi. Ewa was speaking about her experiences in Gaza as an emergency paramedic during the Israeli massacre in Winter 2008/09. read full story / add a comment
tipperary / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday March 31, 2010 18:57 by Paula Geraghty   text 1 comment (last - thursday april 01, 2010 07:55)   video 1 video file
Anger was palpable on the streets of Clonmel, particularly directed at Martin Mansergh, local Fianna Faíl politician and Mary Harney, who was described as 'an excuse for a human being'. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday March 31, 2010 13:05 by Freda H & Kev   text 2 comments (last - saturday april 03, 2010 16:33)   video 3 video files
On the evening of Tuesday 30th March 2010 the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) in Dublin commemorated Palestinian Land Day by holding a solidarity picket outside the GPO on O'Connell Street from 5 - 7pm, during which hundreds of leaflets were distributed. The picket was attended by over thirty members and supporters of the IPSC, in a colourful and lively display of solidarity which brought a certain vivaciousness to O'Connell Street on such a dismal evening. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday March 30, 2010 16:42 by Paula Geraghty   text 9 comments (last - sunday may 16, 2010 09:40)   video 1 video file
Video from a protest called by the Labour party to close down the Clontarf Head Shop from March 20th 2010. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday March 30, 2010 13:14 by Paula Geraghty   text 1 comment (last - tuesday march 30, 2010 14:00)   video 1 video file
The Restaurant Workers Action Group, established by the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, staged a protest on Monday, 15 March at 1:00pm at Supermacs on OConnell St. in Dublin. Supermacs is part of the Quick Service Food Alliance, an industry group mounting a legal challenge to the JLC (Joint Labour Committee) system which sets wages for the restaurant industry. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Tuesday March 30, 2010 13:13 by Niall Harnett   text 9 comments (last - friday april 09, 2010 22:29)   video 1 video file
On Thursday 25th March 2010 at Belmullet District Court, charges against 9 Shell to Sea protesters were withdrawn or dismissed by Judge Gerard Haughton, because the '9' had been unlawfully detained following their arrest and they were not brought to court 'as soon as practicable', amounting to a 'conscious and deliberate violation of their constitutional rights'.

In the 'test' case of Mr Eoin Lawless, potentially effecting all of the 9, the court ruled that the accused was/were held for an unreasonable amount of time before being charged, they were denied 'station bail' and were unreasonably delayed before being brought to court to allow them to apply for release on bail. Barrister Leo Mulrooney, acting for the 9, had put it to Garda Superintendent Michael Larkin that he had failed in his duty to vindicate the rights of the prisoners, and when asked to account to the court for his inaction, Judge Gerard Haughton expressed dissatisfaction with Supt. Larkin's explanation. read full story / add a comment
roscommon / environment / news report Tuesday March 30, 2010 08:33 by Dave Donnellan   text 2 comments (last - wednesday march 31, 2010 12:44)   video 1 video file
As Pat O'Donnell continues his prison sentence in Castlerea prison for his opposition to the Shell Corrib gas project a group of supporters held a solidarity protest outside the prison on Saturday. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / news report Sunday March 28, 2010 09:17 by Kruk   video 1 video file
On Saturday, March 20th, the second demonstration in defence of Rozbrat took place. About 1,500 - 2,000 people from Poznan, Poland and from abroad took part in it. The demonstration started at 6.00 p.m. in the centre of Poznan. Many squatters from Berlin and different Polish and foreign cities arrived there. They were representing various social and political organizations. There were loads of banners with slogans in Polish, English and in German, saying eg. “City is not a company”, “Reclaim the city”, “Rozbrat not for sale”, “Stop the privatisation of public space”, “Rozbrat stays, no compromise”, “No to the culture of money” etc. The goal of the demo was to show our disobey to the neo-liberal politics of the city authorities, who represent the interests of business and also to show the potential investors that an attempt to evict us from there will be met with strong resistance and it will be really expensive. We're ready for direct and legal fight. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / event notice Saturday March 27, 2010 19:46 by dunk   text 1 comment (last - saturday march 27, 2010 19:47)   video 2 video files
The big talk to make the deal to sort the shit...
No deal...
Governments cant or wont sort the problem...
Therefor its up to us, normal people to sort it, thankfully we're getting there

seomra spraoi, 6 - 8pm. 10 Belvidere Court, Dublin 1 (off mountjoy square) http://www.seomraspraoi.org:8080/Plone/copy_of_contact-us
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday March 26, 2010 18:50 by pat c   text 6 comments (last - sunday march 28, 2010 14:54)   video 1 video file
Hamas troops resisted an incursion by Israeli soldiers in Gaza today. Two Israeli soldiers including an officer were killed in the defensive actiuon by Hamas. Two other Israeli soldiers were wounded.

The brave Israeli soldiers succeeded in woulding a ten year old Palestinian boy. read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / event notice Friday March 26, 2010 15:40 by Dunk   text 1 comment (last - friday march 26, 2010 23:13)   video 1 video file
Film evening and open discussion in EXCHANGE dublin, Friday 26th 8-10pm. Free, all welcome. The event follows an urban cycle event, CRITICAL MASS, around the streets of Dublin, starting 6pm at Grafton St entrance to Stevens Green. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / news report Friday March 26, 2010 15:22 by The Fox   video 1 video file
Fascist soldiers from the Special Forces together with police officers are singing racist chants during the day of National Parade 25 of March. read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday March 24, 2010 18:48 by GAAW PRO   text 7 comments (last - thursday march 25, 2010 15:09)   video 1 video file
So you are urgently in need of an Irish passport? Well never fear. Forget the queues at the passport office in Molesworth St, Dublin. Thanks to the actions of the Galway Alliance Against War today, Wednesday 24th March, a new Israeli Consulate was set up on Galway’s Shop Street. And as everyone knows, if you need an Irish passport in a hurry then just go to the Israelis and especially to Mossad.
Brandishing the Star of David flag GAAW members were handing out fake Irish passports to anyone who wanted one. No questions asked. And if you had your own Irish passport handy the same people were offering 5000 Israeli shekels to be allowed to clone it. All in defence of the Israeli state, don’t you know.? read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday March 23, 2010 22:41 by TD   text 1 comment (last - tuesday april 06, 2010 14:30)   video 2 video files
Toxic Apartheid Israel : Specialising in the manufacture of pesticides, fertilisers and other chemicals, the Israeli company, Geshuri, forced to leave the Israeli coastal city of Netanyana on account of its plants toxic emissions simply relocated to land, stolen for the purpose, on the outskirts of the Palestinian city of Tulkarem in the north-east of the West Bank where the pollution, unabated and continues apace. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday March 23, 2010 16:43 by Niamh Heery   text 16 comments (last - thursday april 29, 2010 23:11)   video 1 video file
Part one of an ongoing documentary project on activism by Niamh Heery and Eric Dolan of SwanSong Films, Dublin. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday March 16, 2010 23:16 by Freda H and Kev   text 2 comments (last - friday march 19, 2010 10:07)   video 1 video file
Tonight, Tuesday March 16th, marked the beginning of the "Mobilising Youth: A Conversation with Israel and Palestine" tour which runs nationwide until March 25th.

The speakers on this tour are two strong, articulate young women Deema Darawshy and Sahar Vardi. Both speakers spoke strongly in favour of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday March 15, 2010 16:59 by Kev and Freda H   text 4 comments (last - saturday march 20, 2010 20:17)   video 5 video files
WEST BANK, PALESTINE: Bil'in village, the internationally renowned centre of Palestinian non-violent resistance to Israel's Apartheid Wall, was this morning - 15th March 2010 - declared a 'Closed Military Zone' by Israeli Authorities, meaning that access for International and Israeli anti-Wall activists is outlawed for six months. Furthermore, the head of the Popular Committee in Bil'in, Iyad Burnat, received a phone call from the Shin Bet - Israel's 'internal security service' - ordering him to report to Ofer Military Prison for questioning. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Sunday March 14, 2010 19:02 by Roowyrm and Niall   text 15 comments (last - thursday march 18, 2010 15:11)   video 1 video file
Musicians and singers, residents of Erris and Shell to Sea supporters from around the country gathered together at Castlerea prison on Saturday 13th March for a public demonstration of solidarity and support for prisoner Pat O'Donnell.

Special thanks to Frances Black for the pleasure of her company and her singing, and to all the musicians which included Gregory Daly on flute, Gerry Harrington on fiddle, Ciara Daly on flute, Seamus and Fiachna O'Mongain on concertina and accordion, Joe Carey on accordion, Rob O'Foghlu on bodhran, Seamus Mac Mathuna on flute, Ide Nic Mhathuna on concertina, Mystery Guest on guitar, singers Naoise O'Mongain, Astrid Ni Mhongain, Brid Smith and Finbar Cafferkey …

… And to Benny Canavan on the pipes who led a march from the prison gates along the prison walls to the prison doors.
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galway / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Friday March 12, 2010 11:45 by donkylemore   text 43 comments (last - monday may 17, 2010 00:10)   video 7 video files
The UN mandate 424 demands that Israel return to it's pre '67 borders.
She has refused to do so in 40 years.
Israel 's hegemony in the region is manifest in her military and social expansionist policies .
She ignores the rest of the world , perpetrates whatever atrocities she chooses with impunity. When criticized by the Goldstein report she attacked Goldstein , then attacken the UN for having the timerity to criticize her invasion of Lebanon and killing of over 1400 civilians.
There is one bizarre and paradoxical for a recalibrating the balance of power in the Middle East.... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Friday March 12, 2010 01:10 by Paula Geraghty   text 2 comments (last - monday april 26, 2010 22:42)   video 1 video file
Video of taxi drivers outside the Taxi regulator's office at the end of the occupation. A number of taxi drivers are interviewed including the 71 year old who describes how he was assaulted. Filmed tuesday 9th March. read full story / add a comment
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