The Gist: Office Politics and Pink Slime
A new Taoiseach promises to keep making promises and pink slime lurks in our phones. This is The Gist.
A new Taoiseach promises to keep making promises and pink slime lurks in our phones. This is The Gist.
Ireland holds its head in its hands trying to pick a vote in today's referendums. This is the Gist.
The Facial Recognition Bill just can't get no respect. This is the Gist.
Oh boy, Ireland's new Internet Regulator is super mad that their idea to get people to upload their passports and live selfies to porn sites is being criticised. This is the Gist.
The Irish State announced its new plan to build a porn preference register for most of the EU, amongst other mad things. This is the Gist.
Once again, the Government really wants to bring in laws for the police to use Facial Recognition Technology. Once agin, it won't happen. This is the Gist.
A riot in Dublin was triggered by longstanding far right networks, taking advantage of a shocking crime. This is the Gist.
There's going to be a meetup 1st Dec and you're invited! This is the Gist.
The Rishi Sunak regenerations continued this week, with a piece of stunt casting and a crossover Two PMs special. This is the Gist.
The UK Covid Inquiry has revealed a nation governed by a group of people you wouldn’t leave in charge of a pet rock. This is the Gist.
The US Republican Party has moved so far down the list of groups to hate it has finally reached “Republicans.” This is the Gist.
We can only speak from the perspective of who we are and what our experience has taught us. This is the Gist.
When you're underwater in the polls and you just need to change the topic to something your voters used to like, you do the Twist!
Enoch Burke learned Back to School wasn't an invitation that applied to him and we enjoyed some malignly unseasonable heat. This is the Gist.
Ireland’s police meet Bank of Ireland’s IT failures with some heavy presence budgeting advice. This is the Gist.
The Courts have closed. The Oireachtas has scattered. The rains will seemingly never end. So, of course, this is the Gist!
Ireland
Solving RTE's three biggest problems with one weird trick. This is the Gist.
Ireland
RTE's empties out its forty coats and its fifty pockets and Russian tanks invade Russia led by their nation’s most ambitious hot-dog salesman. This is the Gist.
Ireland
Fine Gael fold on illegal live facial recognition while the President tackles neutrality. This is the Gist.
Ireland
The Minister for Justice regenerated back into Helen McEntee, but not before Simon Harris identified the source of his failures in the office. This is the Gist
Ireland
This week saw a media novelty, as an AI generated article ran in the Irish Times. This is The Gist.
RTE
The biggest job in Irish media has come free and nobody wants to touch it with a bargepole. This is the Gist.
Twitter devolves into a battle between the man who owns it and the users who owned him. This is the Gist.
Ireland
Joe Biden's visit to Ireland provoked an unexpectedly seething envy from our neighbours to the East.
Housing
Housing has dominated the headlines for a month and the political consequences are only beginning. This is the Gist.
I had a fever, and the only cure was More Chart! This is a Bonus Gist.
Ireland
For most of the history of the state, Local Authorities have been building houses to put people in. Then FG became the largest party and that mostly stopped. This is the Gist.
UK
It takes a special kind of courage to decide to make people homeless, when you could just choose not to do that. This is the Gist.
US
"In a sort of DUP equivalent of the marshmallow test for toddlers, they proved unable to postpone saying No." This is the Gist.
Ireland
This week, the Attorney General told everyone how the State really feels about being answerable to its citizens. This is the Gist.
Ireland
From posters to tanks, Tories and tax to the price of a name. This is the Gist.
Ireland
Chatbots and AI text generators spent the week being put to shame by artisanal, human-made, unoriginal creations.