https://x.com/paulmurphy_TD/status/2115085430601158811

How do ye feel about AI? How much do you use it?

'Not at all' vs 'a good bit' vs 'full brain replacement'?

Are some uses okay and others not e.g. is writing code alright but making artwork not okay? What about all those AISlop posters? What about asking simple questions, text formatting, or getting a recipe?

Does the ownership by sociopathic silicon valley billionaires affect your opinion? Do you think Europe should push for its own AI like Mistral?

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/24/irelands-left-has-failed-to-penalise-government-for-decades-of-inaction-but-the-right-has/

Good if they talk about motivation, life for the Brigaders in Spain, battles they were involved in and how they were treated when they came back

https://x.com/merriman27/status/2114694755288248810

Aontacht Recap - October 8th Until October 27th 2026

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Aontacht Media - News (8 October – 27 October 2026)

27 Oct – Win For Waterford Community Against Planned Data Center https://aontachtmedia.ie/win-for-waterford-community-against-planned-data-center/ 

27 Oct – Spain Accused of Violating Extradition Treaty in Fergie Chambers Case https://aontachtmedia.ie/spain-accused-of-violating-extradition-treaty-in-fergie-chambers-case/ 

26 Oct – Fighting for Israel? McEntee Floats Irish Deployment In Mission To "Combat" Hezbollah https://aontachtmedia.ie/fighting-for-israel-ireland-to-deploy-on-eu-enforcement-mission-to-combat-hezbollah/ 

23 Oct – France Moves To Ban Protests As "European Spring" Sweeps Continent https://aontachtmedia.ie/france-moves-to-ban-protests-as-european-spring-sweeps-continent/ 

23 Oct – Red Network Condemns Coldcut Rezoning Council Decision https://aontachtmedia.ie/red-network-condemns-coldcut-rezoning-council-decision/ 

23 Oct – Petition Launched To Remove Far-Right Activist From Asylum Appeals Body https://aontachtmedia.ie/petition-launched-to-remove-far-right-activist-from-asylum-appeals-body/ 

23 Oct – Minister Lawless Meets With Epstein-Linked Bill Gates To Celebrate AI https://aontachtmedia.ie/minister-lawless-meets-with-epstein-linked-bill-gates-to-celebrate-ai/ 

23 Oct – AIA Calls For Community Response To Drug-Based Intimidation https://aontachtmedia.ie/aia-calls-for-community-response-to-drug-based-intimidation/ 

22 Oct – "We Have Nowhere To Go": 36 Women And Children Face Illegal Eviction In DePaul Accommodation https://aontachtmedia.ie/we-have-nowhere-to-go-36-women-and-children-face-illegal-eviction-in-depaul-accommodation/ 

22 Oct – FFG Policy To Deny Ukrainians Refugee Status Condemned In Dáil https://aontachtmedia.ie/ffg-policy-to-deny-ukrainians-refugee-status-condemned-in-dail/ 

20 Oct – "Industrial Scale Bullying": Allianz Issues Legal Threat To Activists https://aontachtmedia.ie/industrial-scale-bullying-allianz-issues-legal-threat-to-activists/ 

20 Oct – Ukrainian Embassy Sought Details Of Ukrainian Refugees, FFG Confirms https://aontachtmedia.ie/ukrainian-embassy-sought-details-of-ukrainian-refugees-ffg-confirms/ 

19 Oct – 1916 Societies Calls On Strabane To Withdraw From UK "Town Of Culture" Competition https://aontachtmedia.ie/1916-societies-calls-on-strabane-to-withdraw-from-uk-town-of-culture-competition/ 

19 Oct – Belfast Anti-Amazon Activist Assaulted By Private Security https://aontachtmedia.ie/belfast-anti-amazon-activist-assaulted-by-private-security/ 

18 Oct – AIA Stand In Solidarity With Ormeau Road Residents https://aontachtmedia.ie/aia-stand-in-solidarity-with-ormeau-road-residents/ 

16 Oct - Interview With Eden Skehan, President Of The Postgraduate Workers’ Organization
https://aontachtmedia.ie/interview-with-eden-skehan-president-of-the-postgraduate-workers-organization/

16 Oct - Socialist Republicans Call Out Belfast Shipbuilder Supporting Royal Navy  https://aontachtmedia.ie/socialist-republicans-call-out-belfast-shipbuilder-supporting-royal-navy/ 

16 Oct - 18-Year-Old Charged For Patsy O’Hara Shirt Re-Released On Bail
https://aontachtmedia.ie/18-year-old-charged-for-patsy-ohara-shirt-re-released-on-bail/ 

15 Oct - General Strike Potential? Public Sector Shuts Down Ireland in Historic Strike
https://aontachtmedia.ie/general-strike-potential-public-sector-shuts-down-ireland-in-historic-strike/

14 Oct – Queen’s Students Disrupt Career Fair With RAF and US War Companies https://aontachtmedia.ie/queens-students-disrupt-career-fair-with-raf-and-us-war-companies/ 

9 Oct – Tullow Workers On Strike As Credit Union Management Stonewall Negotiations In Long-Standing Dispute https://aontachtmedia.ie/tullow-workers-on-strike-as-credit-union-management-stonewall-negotiations-in-long-standing-dispute/ 

9 Oct – Trial Of Anti-Imperialist Activists Over Belgian Embassy Anti-NATO Protest Pushed Back Due To Solicitor’s Strike https://aontachtmedia.ie/trial-of-anti-imperialist-activists-over-belgian-embassy-anti-nato-protest-pushed-back-due-to-solicitors-strike/ 

9 Oct – Irish Government Puts Out €295K Tender For Creation Of A "National Conversation" Around GPO Redevelopment https://aontachtmedia.ie/irish-government-puts-out-295k-tender-for-creation-of-a-national-conversation-around-gpo-redevelopment/ 

Aontacht Media – Critical Analysis (8 October – 27 October 2026)

27 Oct – The Lost Opportunity: Economic Democracy in the 1969 Irish Labour and 1971 Sinn Féin Programmes https://aontachtmedia.ie/the-lost-opportunity-economic-democracy-in-the-1969-irish-labour-and-1971-sinn-fein-programmes/ 

27 Oct – A Scenic Place to Visit, A Hard Place to Live In https://aontachtmedia.ie/a-scenic-place-to-visit-a-hard-place-to-live-in/ 

27 Oct – Europe's Human Rights Failure Starts at Home https://aontachtmedia.ie/europes-human-rights-failure-starts-at-home/ 

26 Oct – Real Ukrainians In Kiev Protesting Zelensky, “Professional Ukrainians” In Dublin Want Sanctions https://aontachtmedia.ie/real-ukrainians-in-kiev-protesting-zelensky-professional-ukrainians-in-dublin-want-sanctions/ 

26 Oct – Wake Up, NATO Rugby Dad, Before They Take Your Gobdaw “European” Son https://aontachtmedia.ie/wake-up-nato-rugby-dad-before-they-take-your-gobdaw-european-son/ 

26 Oct – President Catherine Connolly Should Tactically Resign Over Neutrality https://aontachtmedia.ie/president-catherine-connolly-should-tactically-resign-over-neutrality/ 

26 Oct – Israel Is Preparing To Annex The Whole Of The West Bank Right Now https://aontachtmedia.ie/israel-is-preparing-to-annex-the-whole-of-the-west-bank-right-now/ 

25 Oct – Budget 2027: The Irish Economy And The Strange Myopia Of The Left https://aontachtmedia.ie/budget-2027-the-irish-economy-and-the-strange-myopia-of-the-left/ 

23 Oct – How Revolutionary Groups Reproduce Authoritarianism https://aontachtmedia.ie/how-revolutionary-groups-reproduce-authoritarianism/ 

23 Oct – Ruling Without Remedy: Palestine, Grassroots Movements, and the Limits of the ICJ https://aontachtmedia.ie/ruling-without-remedy-palestine-grassroots-movements-and-the-limits-of-the-icj/ 

23 Oct – Who Owns the Soil? Reading ‘Ground Rent is Robbery’ Today https://aontachtmedia.ie/who-owns-the-soil-reading-ground-rent-is-robbery-today/ 

23 Oct – On The Worldwide Crisis of Data Centers https://aontachtmedia.ie/on-the-worldwide-crisis-of-data-centers/ 

22 Oct – The Mood Is There For It https://aontachtmedia.ie/the-mood-is-there-for-it/ 

22 Oct – Gaeltacht Housing Constraints: Insights From TCD’s Research On Corca Dhuibhne https://aontachtmedia.ie/gaeltacht-housing-constraints/ 

22 Oct – Udder Dependence: Corporate Processors’ Power In The Dairy And Beef Sectors https://aontachtmedia.ie/udder-dependence/ 

22 Oct – Kaspar Stratta On The Legal Aid Strike: Holding Space With One of Our Political Prisoners https://aontachtmedia.ie/kaspar-stratta-1/ 

20 Oct – The French People Are Burning The Streets Because It Is The Only Language The State Understands https://aontachtmedia.ie/the-french-people-are-burning-the-streets-because-it-is-the-only-language-the-state-understands/ 

20 Oct – The Vacant Chair: Evaluating George Gilmore’s ‘Labour and the Republican Movement’ in 2026 https://aontachtmedia.ie/the-vacant-chair-evaluating-george-gilmores-labour-and-the-republican-movement-in-2026/ 

20 Oct – Why We Must Boycott Teva https://aontachtmedia.ie/why-we-must-boycott-teva/ 

19 Oct – Response To An Open Letter From Ukrainian Comrades https://aontachtmedia.ie/response-to-an-open-letter-from-ukrainian-comrades/ 

18 Oct - Unfinished Business: The 2026 Strikes and the Long Shadow of Troika Austerity
https://aontachtmedia.ie/unfinished-business-the-2026-strikes-and-the-long-shadow-of-troika-austerity/ 

16 Oct - The Nazis Never Went Away: Israel, Allianz and Holocaust Companies https://aontachtmedia.ie/the-nazis-never-went-away-israel-allianz-and-holocaust-companies/ 

16 Oct - Ghost of the Land War: Kerry’s New Eviction Crisis
https://aontachtmedia.ie/ghost-of-the-land-war-kerrys-new-eviction-crisis/ 

15 Oct - The John Bull Market: London’s Continued Grip On Ireland
https://aontachtmedia.ie/the-john-bull-market-londons-continued-grip-on-ireland/

15 Oct - Captain Moonlight: How The State Still Enables The British Aristocracy
https://aontachtmedia.ie/captain-moonlight-how-the-state-still-enables-the-british-aristocracy/

15 Oct - By The Numbers - Cork City’s Dereliction Crisis
https://aontachtmedia.ie/by-the-numbers-cork-citys-dereliction-crisis/

13 Oct - We Will Not Justify Imprisoning Socialists
https://aontachtmedia.ie/we-will-not-justify-imprisoning-socialists/ 

8 Oct – Public Housing, Personal Misery: Ireland’s Mouldy State https://aontachtmedia.ie/public-housing-personal-misery-irelands-mouldy-state/ 

8 Oct – Reclaiming the Commons: Workers’ Control as Ireland’s Living Gaelic Inheritance https://aontachtmedia.ie/reclaiming-the-commons-workers-control-as-irelands-living-gaelic-inheritance/ 

8 Oct – How Ireland Can Save Ukrainian Lives https://aontachtmedia.ie/how-ireland-can-save-ukrainian-lives/ 

Aontacht Media – Letters (8 October – 27 October 2026)

9 Oct – A Response To John McAnulty: Sketching For A Revolutionary Press https://aontachtmedia.ie/a-response-to-john-mcanulty-sketching-for-a-revolutionary-press/ 

https://x.com/Trickstersworld/status/2114760590375670047

I’ll try to explain this as best I can. I view left vs right primarily as an economic viewpoint (probably more in line with traditional left wing movements) with views such as strong trade unions, workers rights, social housing and on down the spectrum to communism but have noticed a lot of commenters here who view it through a social lense where being a leftist means supporting immigration, Trans rights etc.

What beliefs would you consider necessary for someone to be left wing, is it more important to have the economic ones or social ones, are both required?

Would a strong trade unionist who is anti immigration be considered right wing or more right than a professional landlord who is pro immigration / socially progressive in your view or would both be considered left wing (or indeed right wing)?

Sorry I’ve waffled on here and have probably explained it poorly but just interested to hear people’s views on what the views they consider to be left wing (or required to be considered left wing)?

Hey

Im visiting from nyc, visiting this week and was wondering what kind of social issues the Irish are dealing with today. I have very little knowledge of irish history (trying to learn more during this trip).

I looked into it a bit, and sounds like housing crisis is biggest, driven by, ofc the private corporations. But would appreciate an insight from the people from Ireland

https://x.com/HatsOffff/status/2113439062166212773