
The Gist: An Invitation
There's going to be a meetup 1st Dec and you're invited! 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!
Solving RTE's three biggest problems with one weird trick. This is the Gist.
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.
Fine Gael fold on illegal live facial recognition while the President tackles neutrality. This is the Gist.
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
This week saw a media novelty, as an AI generated article ran in the Irish Times. This is The Gist.
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.
As the year ends we have a quick look back at some of the main stories of 2022. This is the Gist of the year.
Ireland's new and controvertial proposed regulator for the Internet is due to be launched next year. But the newest Ship of State may already have a hole below the waterline. This is the Gist.
The Irish Government has been telling people its surveillance law didn't need to be submitted to the EU. Then, just before Christmas, they tried anyway. This is the Gist.
Ireland
Ireland has been ploughing a lonely furrow, passing laws that probably don't comply with EU law. This is the Gist
US
Why have so many political results ended up as nearly 50:50 splits in recent years?
Data
Elon Musk has proved that just one person on Twitter really can make a difference, if he also buys the site.
Data
People are being told to switch to smart meters to save money. Except, something is up with the whole project. This is the Gist.