Fine Gael TD Ciarán Cannon has condemned Elon Musk, accusing him of personally serving to stoke up hatred and conflict in Ireland, and said that he should be deeply ashamed of his actions.

In a Joint Committee on online safety and disinformation today, Cannon also urged Musk to abstain from commenting on Irish affairs, calling it an area about which the businessman and entrepreneur "patently knows nothing about".

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Labour's Aodhán Ó Ríordáin called a "horrible little man who can't contain himself" by Michael Healy-Rae in the Dáil.

Ó Ríordáin had called concerns raised by the Rural Independents group about immigration lies, fearmongering and the "lowest common denominator politics".

Ó Ríordáin then went on to do the bit about Irish people who never emigrated having some sort of weird blood pact with other Irish people who once did historically. This, he suggested, meant there was a moral duty for the those who remained in Ireland to endure another plantation.

Ó Ríordáin revealed in 2014 that his classmates in school nicknamed him 'Gay-dan O'Queer-don'. He told RTÉ that he used to put ear phones in his ears to try and drown out the taunts but inevitably the batteries would run out.

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Locals in Ferns, Co. Wexford react to planned asylum centre.

"We have endless accounts of migrants doing things that are not in the interest of the locals."

"You hear stories that they're eyeing up little children and trying to take them, like. The government just turns a blind eye to it. They're blaming the thugs for doing the rioting, but what else are they supposed to do when kids are being stabbed in the daylight, like?"

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Nepali man convicted of raping a 22-year-old woman in her bedroom as she slept heavily after being out drinking with friends in Cork during Rag Week celebrations on March 1, 2022.

The jury were also unanimous in finding 24-year-old Kamal Kumar Nepali guilty of trespassing with intent to commit an offence at four other houses before he eventually got into the home of the injured party in the early hours of the morning.

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Presentation Convent in Killarney, which sold for over €3 Million after it went on sale in August, is set to accommodate around 100 Ukrainians.

The 19th century building, which is a protected structure, has 25 bedrooms and includes a chapel.

The building is currently undergoing refurbishment and is expected to be ready by the end of this month.

Must be a record year for Ireland's asylum industry.

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Danny Healy-Rae has called for Irish children to be given gamer chairs if the government is to continue providing them to Ukrainians.

The Independent TD made the request during the Rural Independent Group’s motion for a cap on the influx of asylum seekers yesterday in the Dáil.

He said he had personally witnessed a vanload of gamer chairs being to delivered to Ukrainian children while searching for a wheelchair for one of his constituents who is incapacitated.

"Our children are getting no game chairs, and if you're going to continue doing that, you'll have to give them to our children as well."

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Shane MacGowan's funeral procession arrives on Westland Row after departing from Ringsend accompanied by the Artane Band.

The cortege will continue to Tipperary for his funeral Mass at St Mary’s of the Rosary Church in Nenagh at 3.30pm.

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Gardaí asked to collect ethnicity data to ‘dispel far-right myths’.

“The calls for the recording of ethnicity data in the criminal justice system have traditionally come from those who fear that there may be an undue policing focus on ethnic minorities.

“The research underway will hopefully contribute to providing reassurance to minority communities in this regard, and may also help to dispel myths regarding the level of crime carried out by migrants in Irish society,” the spokesman added.

>may also help...

They don't sound so convinced themselves.

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The Irish Times suddenly relieved the Irish diaspora cannot vote in presidential elections.

No resistance to foreigners (some of whom we are assured are only here temporarily) voting in the local elections though.

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Cabinet warned changing the definition of family to any "durable relationship" in the constitution could affect the family reunification program.

Since 2015, all asylum seekers granted refugee status or subsidiary protection can apply for family reunification, where a family is defined as someone's spouse, parents, and any children under 18.

Prior to 2015, the definition of family for the purposes of family reunification also included grandparents, children over 18, siblings, nephews, and nieces.

Minister David Stanton told the Dáil that this definition of family resulted in refugees bringing an average number of 20 family members to Ireland. The highest case was over 70. Local authorities were struggling to house them all, so the govt decided to reduce the scope.

However, the NGO sector want to revert to the old definition of family again, so the referendum to expand the definition of family in the constitution could give them more options to do this.

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Fine Gael TD Neale Richmond admitting that the government's desired change for the definition of family in the constitution to 'any durable relationship' is in part aimed at expanding the eligibility scope for family reunification applications for immigrants.

"This has serious consequences, particularly when we think of immigration law and proving that someone is a family member...or family reunification. This will allow that to be accommodated as well."

The referendum to amend the constitution is planned to take place on the 8th of March, 2024 (International Women's Day).

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Cormac Lucey: Our duties to our own people come first.

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[LIVE] Peaceful protestors blockading new migrant centre in Fermoy, Co. Cork believe Gardaí are mobilising to move them by force tonight/tomorrow At the scene Derek Blighe
told our reporter of their need for support + supplies. If you can get there, now's the time

Protestors need support, food, and gas for heating on this cold evening - their blockade will persist 24 hours

If you can't make it down, please show support with the hashtag #FermoySaysNo

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