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Indonesia the latest country to partially ban messaging app Telegram over terror fears

Telegram CEO, Pavel Durov, said the firm will investigate the Indonesia charges.

INDONESIA HAS BLOCKED web access to a popular messaging service and threatened a full ban on the app due to its “terrorism” content, the government said.

The communications ministry said in a statement that “so many channels in the (Telegram) service contain radicalism and terrorism… encouragement and tips to assemble bombs or launch attacks” that it needed to block it.

The partial ban came as the country suffered from a string of attacks, including one carried out by a man police said was radicalised after reading radical material on Telegram.

The government has so far blocked only access to the app via computer, but is preparing to impose a full ban.

“We are now preparing a process to close down Telegram app in full throughout Indonesia if Telegram does not come up with a standard operating procedure to handle law-violating contents,” the communications ministry said in a statement issued late on Friday.

The app was blocked in Oman and a number of gulf states in the last two years.

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In June, a lone wolf attacker stabbed two police officers in a mosque. Police said the man had no links to militant groups but had been radicalised through material he read on Telegram.

Telegram is a free Russian-designed messaging app that lets people exchange messages, photos and videos in groups of up to 5,000. It has attracted about 100 million users since its launch in 2013.

The app has come under fire in Russia after the state communications watchdog threatened to ban it in June, saying the company behind the service had failed to submit company details for registration.

Russia’s FSB security agency also said Telegram was used by those behind April’s Saint Petersburg metro bombing.

Telegram CEO, Pavel Durov, said the firm will investigate the Indonesia charges.

“We have never received any requests/complaints from the Indonesian government,” Durov said on Twitter.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 6:32 AM

    Remember if you use a paper straw folks you can change the weather lol

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    Jun 29th 2024, 7:22 AM

    @John D Doe: its called banning single use plastics, its a EU Directive and no it won’t change the weather, please educate yourself.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 9:46 AM

    @jak:
    Exactly, the boys..and girls..who cried wolf so many times that in the end nobody cared anymore, just leave us alone to get on with our lives!

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    Jun 29th 2024, 2:01 PM

    @jak: I have no idea what your talking about, I never said any of those things, I wasn’t even alive for some. I’m not green washing, I stated a fact that single use plastics is a EU Directive and the directive wouldn’t change the weather, nor is it supposed to.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 7:18 AM

    That man has cost the Taxpayers of Ireland 10s of millions of euro and is mainly responsible for the influx of thousands of economic migrants who he invited over with the promise of their own front door key within 5 to 6 months of arriving here. He is a disgrace and should either resign or be sacked.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 7:22 AM

    Hahahahahaa. Suck it up buttercup. The eu migration pact was passed thanks to FFG and INDs who got the most seats in the local elections so there’s nothing you can do about it buttercup. Rest and have some aloe vera

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    Jun 29th 2024, 7:42 AM

    @Gerard Carey: Racist tears are so salty!

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    Jun 29th 2024, 8:20 AM

    @Jacintha Dumbrell: I’m simply stating facts and you come back with Salty racist tears.
    Are you 12?

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    Jun 29th 2024, 8:23 AM

    @Gerard Carey: omg can you stop crying? What twitter says is not facts Gerard Carey.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 9:32 AM

    @Gerard Carey: you’re not stating facts, it is your opinion that OGormans tweet resulted in an influx of refugees. Funny how the same refugees never got the memo about no accommodation could be guaranteed to single men

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    Jun 29th 2024, 9:41 AM

    @9QRixo8H: I never realised that FFG were employing 9 year old shills nowadays.
    “What twitter says is not facts”. Deary me

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    Jun 29th 2024, 9:48 AM

    @Gerard Carey:
    Her age or IQ,possibly both!

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    Jun 29th 2024, 6:25 PM

    @9QRixo8H: 700 likes versus your 36 , back under your stone

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    Jun 29th 2024, 10:51 PM

    @9QRixo8H: just look at his likes and yours. You suck it up

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    Jun 29th 2024, 7:54 AM

    His elevation to leader would absolutely kill what’s left of the Greens. I hope he gets the job.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 8:16 AM

    So you kept saying before the local elections but guess what happened? They got more seats than your lot buttercup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Jun 29th 2024, 8:36 AM

    @9QRixo8H: What kind of meds are you taking?

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    Jun 29th 2024, 8:51 AM

    @Gerard Carey: aw are you crying? Because you buttercups got no one elected? There, there

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    Jun 29th 2024, 10:07 AM

    @9QRixo8H: severe overuse of the word Buttercup. You sound sad abd pathetic

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    Jun 29th 2024, 5:53 PM

    @Gerard Carey: Whatever meds he’s taking, they’re clearly not working!

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    Jun 29th 2024, 7:03 AM

    Another waster who helped bring about the migration pact. No regard for homeless people here alreadybhere regardless of nationality and more yet to follow, just what looks good for the eu and his cohorts. Traitor

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    Jun 29th 2024, 7:12 AM

    Hahahaha. The meltdown from all you twiterati was hilarious when FFG and INDs passed the migration pact. SUCK IT UP BUTTERCUP.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 7:18 AM

    They’re crying their eyes out calling everyone traitors and its hilarious watching it, and saying we’re beginning the process of transferring ownership of Ireland lol it’s a joy to witness but GET USED TO IT SIMPLETON

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    Jun 29th 2024, 7:29 AM

    @9QRixo8H: You really need to seek help, you don’t seem to be well!

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    Jun 29th 2024, 7:38 AM

    @Brian Hunt: hahaha suck it up precious, immigration pact has been passed. Have some aloe vera

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    Jun 29th 2024, 7:48 AM

    @9QRixo8H:
    You’ve got a lot of anger there, maybe you should take up a hobby that would get you out of the house,sunshine and vitamin D great for the psyche,so i’m told?

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    Jun 29th 2024, 7:50 AM

    @Jonn: OH MY GOD WILL YOU STOP CRYING? The immigration pact passed, GET USED TO IT

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    Jun 29th 2024, 7:55 AM

    @9QRixo8H:
    What a strange individual! Did I even mention the immigration pact?

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    Jun 29th 2024, 7:59 AM

    @Jonn: eh, yes. All of your posts is about immigrants. But guess what, the immigration pact has been passed buttercup. SUCK IT UP.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 8:32 AM

    @9QRixo8H: omg, you’re like a spoilt little child, everyday the same rants, the same put down, know it all comments, does it make you feel more superior/clever, or does no one actually listen to you in real life.
    Sad really.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 8:35 AM

    @9QRixo8H: I take it that you’re a johny foreigner yourself or else part of the taxpayer funded NGO driven illegal immigration industry.
    No-one else could be so smug about Ireland becoming another Malmo/Bradford/London or any of the other newly created alien culture ghettos.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 8:52 AM

    @9QRixo8H: people will never get used to your kind

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    Jun 29th 2024, 9:21 AM

    @Thomas Sheridan: hahahahahaha you got, YOU GOT REJECTED!!! I’m actually Irish, born and bred. But mate you racists got no seats and the migration pact was passed by FFG and INDs. Are you butt hurt? Do you want some aloe vera? Ill be as smug as I want

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    Jun 29th 2024, 9:22 AM

    @K O: mate your kind got no seats while my kind rule you hahaha

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    Jun 29th 2024, 11:10 AM

    @9QRixo8H: suck it up when there isn’t a home left anywhere affordable due to supply not meeting demand which more or less is now anyway

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    Jun 29th 2024, 11:17 AM

    Hey simpleton as you say,get used to watching people struggle is it? I was just talking to a woman I know yesterday who’s rent is not being renewed so the landlord can get new tenant’s now and skyrocket the rent. This will now accelerate as a result of that half assed clown roderic and cohorts. The pressure that’s about to come on ordinary people moreso now is unforgivable. Roderic is as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 11:34 AM

    @9QRixo8H: So, it’s option B then. And your ignoʻrance and poor grasp of English suggests you’re probably a scobie sponger yourself, so a bunch of feŕřal N African ğangs won’t change your lifestyle too much or leave you worrying about buying a house.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 9:19 AM

    This man has singlehandedly destroyed the Tourism industry along the entire Western Seaboard, an industry that took decades to build & on which thousands of rural families depend on to make a living. He dumped thousands of people on rural communities where services were already stretched or non existent with no consultation & no back up in terms of services. His tweet welcoming people from all over the world to Ireland & promising them own door accommodation has led to a record influx of Immigrants to Ireland that we can’t provide for. It is costing us the Taxpayer Billions to cover this guy’s incompetence & sinister agenda, he has caused massive societal breakdown & division & he is a massive threat to this country. The sooner he & his ilk are booted out, the better.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 9:37 AM

    @SV3tN8M4: hahaha twitterati was hilarious with all of you screaming we got destroyed they are traitors lol well GET USED TO IT BUTTERCUP

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    Jun 29th 2024, 9:42 AM

    @SV3tN8M4: sinister agenda hahaha your klansmen got no seats while the Green Party got seats, what does that tell you klanman? Get used to it buttercup and cry some more tears for me

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    Jun 29th 2024, 11:10 AM

    @9QRixo8H: You were told what would happen if you were bold with your phone again, time for your gimp mask again, back into your room now good lad & don’t be annoying the adults. Proof of where all the Brain matter slid down the side of a cousin’s leg.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 6:28 PM

    @9QRixo8H: 6 likes

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    Jun 29th 2024, 7:31 AM

    A dreadful man, driven by ideology!

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    Jun 29th 2024, 7:43 AM

    Hahaha it’s like this on twitterati. They’re all going mad that the immigration pact passed. BUT THEY GOT NO SEATS!!!!!

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    Jun 29th 2024, 8:35 AM

    @9QRixo8H: Haven’t you a dog to walk or something .

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    Jun 29th 2024, 8:49 AM

    @Gerry Campbell: don’t be upset Gerry, none of your buttercups got elected but no need to cry Gerry

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    Jun 29th 2024, 7:55 AM

    Be the great leader if you want rod….but you are going to loose your seat this election

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    Jun 29th 2024, 8:18 AM

    What happened the green “wipeout” at the locals? They didn’t *lose* their seats. :)

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    Jun 29th 2024, 8:58 AM

    @9QRixo8H: wiped out in Europe but don’t let that fact pass you by

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    Jun 29th 2024, 9:08 AM

    @tommy little: they’re the 4th largest group in the EU, buttercup, so no wipeout. The top group were the EPP capitalists, and the second largest group were the socialist S+D group.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 9:16 AM

    @9QRixo8H: What are you talking about? They lost nearly half their seats in the locals and all their EU seats. And at a time when they are the party in charge of the supposed greatest existential threat humans have ever faced. It’s not like they weren’t given a platform for the past 5 years to proclaim their message. They are goosed. Nobody is buying their snake oil anymore. And good riddance.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 9:25 AM

    @Tom H: Seems like no one reads facts around here and just listens to what their circle say. Guess what, they got reelected at the local and eu elections buttercup.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 9:31 AM

    @Tom H: you’ve got a lot of crying to be doing at the next election buttercup

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    Jun 29th 2024, 10:31 AM

    @9QRixo8H: You might want to read up on the local results. In my county of Westmeath the Greens are gone.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 12:43 PM

    @9QRixo8H: they lost half their councillors plus their 2 EU seats, Independent Ireland and Independents gained a huge proportion of seats in comparison to the Greens, but don’t let the truth spoil your ignorance.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 2:24 PM

    @9QRixo8H: Being a green obviously causes cognitive dissonance in members of the cult.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 7:54 AM

    Hopefully the Greens will elect this arrogant far-left fanatic as leader, ,as it will only hasten their demise come election time,good riddance to the lot of them!

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    Jun 29th 2024, 8:01 AM

    @Jonn: will you stop CRYING? They got WAAAAAY more seats than your lot. GET USED TO IT BUTTERCUP

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    Jun 29th 2024, 8:46 AM

    Of course he wants to continue planting

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    Jun 29th 2024, 9:14 AM

    Aww were you crying when you got no seats?

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    Jun 29th 2024, 2:51 PM

    @9QRixo8H: see who crying next February

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    Jun 29th 2024, 10:01 AM

    Where are the missing children?

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    Jun 29th 2024, 11:13 AM

    @Mr “JonnieBoy” Johnson: Considering some of the people this guy has been photographed with previously, you would have to wonder & worry where these missing children are, deeply concerning.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 9:28 AM

    Minister of disabilities my eye hasn’t done anything for people with disabilities, the worst minister to date. Where is the uncrpd, integration? Another title is not deserved. Children’s with disabilities are still not getting proper support in school. For many, it’s the worst time of their lives,that effects them throughout their whole life.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 9:43 AM

    @Colette Byrne: they are never even mentioned by him, this is not what we need for our country,
    Egotistical arrogant man.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 12:33 PM

    Roderic o’Gormon’s PhD thesis is on-line.

    https://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/78147

    “The thesis begins describing the Marshallian concept of citizenship, which is the basis for the definition of citizenship employed, and then outlines the role that social rights play within this model.”

    Irish citizenship does’nt get a mention.
    It’s all about citizenship of the European Union.

    The government can grant citizenship to anybody and everybody and being born Irish means nothing. People are only now coming to grips with the fact that we have anti-national activists at the highest level.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 11:16 AM

    And the Insult to our And our Children’s Intelligence IS an Affordable house cost €475,000! These People Are NOT Living in the Real World…Remember That next election.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 8:19 AM

    Fairly uninspiring, standard politician.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 11:11 AM

    We need to move on from the pro/anti immigration shouting matches. It’s happening so there needs to be a plan to deal with the numbers arriving. Some of the items I would like to see details on are:
    Where is accomodation going to be built?
    Will this accomodation be solely for IPA’s or will it be in existing/new social housing?
    How many units will be needed immediately/going forward?
    What criteria will social housing be allocated, will there be a ratio between “leave to stay” applicants and citizens?
    If IPA applicants that have been granted leave to stay can stay in Direct Provision centres and avail of free accomodation, food, no utilities can Irish people avail of the same (good way to save for a deposit)?
    How is it going to be paid for, what taxes will increase/services reduce?

    Thats just a start but if we got answers to these there may be less hostility to the new arrivals.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 3:59 PM

    Electoral meltdown for the Greens is likely regardless of who they pick as leader. But the widespread unpopularity of Rod absolutely guarantees it.

    The Greens did a deal with the two headed devil in 2020 and they deserve everything they get.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 12:40 PM

    The other agenda:-

    Wikipedia
    “O’Gorman was considered one of the most ardent supporters of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010, which introduced Civil Partnerships for Gay and Lesbian couples in Ireland.”

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    Jun 29th 2024, 6:25 AM

    He will make a good leader for the Greens, surprised that Neasa Hourigan hasn’t put her name forward as she is more clued in to the myriad of issues connected to the environmental issue.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 7:56 AM

    @9QRixo8H: All this green stuff is a load of nonsense. I go with the Michael O’Leary view – they can’t predict the weather for tomorrow; how can they predict it for 50 years from now?

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    Jun 29th 2024, 7:58 AM

    @9QRixo8H:
    Says the man who thinks cow farts change the weather hehe..

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    Jun 29th 2024, 8:03 AM

    @Max: I have a task for you. Try have a family meal for your child without a planet to stand on. Try it.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 9:25 AM

    @9QRixo8H: The planet was here and will still be here long after you are buttercup!!!!. How old is the planet?, or do you think not cutting turf which is natural fuel for heating homes is going to solve climate change while China builds more and more coal powered energy stations and then supplies the rest of the world with electric cars.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 9:56 AM

    @Terry Molloy: try cut turf without a planet. Try it.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 10:28 AM

    @Max: O’Leary just pretends not to know the difference between weather and climate: he can’t really be that thick.

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    Jun 29th 2024, 10:31 AM

    @9QRixo8H: nonsense answer, give more of your percentages statistics, while your lettuce box party flies to Brazil and tries to disway Brazil from cutting down the Amazon rain Forrest.

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    Mute Tom H
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    Jun 29th 2024, 2:26 PM

    @9QRixo8H: is the planet going to disappear???? Must be the next Green hoax.

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    Mute Social Guy
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    Jun 29th 2024, 5:56 PM

    @9QRixo8H: The planet got along fine without us and will get along fine for a long time after we’re all gone.

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    Mute Brian Hunt
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    Jun 29th 2024, 7:22 PM

    @Brendan O’Brien: If he was as intelligent as you, would he be running two airlines?

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    Mute Gerald Kelleher
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    Jun 29th 2024, 11:25 AM

    The environmental party should always be present in Ireland without the hysterical ideologues and lucrative industry in academia, business and politics that have grown up around the conviction of controlling the weather by controlling human behaviour.

    We will always need representatives for cleaner air, rivers and countryside, but they must also deal with the pollution and vandalism visited on the solar system and Earth science research by scientific method modellers and the icons they worship.

    The reactions are as crude and cruel as can be expected when living in a society out of balance with appreciation of nature. The Irish will end up like many brexiteer supporters who were vicious against political structures for the sake of being cruel.

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    Mute Gerry Lamont
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    Jun 29th 2024, 5:38 PM

    Great news!!! Thats at least one title you will lose next election you clown.

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    Mute Joe Bergin
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    Jun 29th 2024, 7:03 PM

    Isn’t that the Taoiseach’s call?

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    Mute Blue Moon
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    Jun 30th 2024, 3:01 AM

    Hopefully we won’t see or hear of these woeful GOBEENs after the next election

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    Mute Father Ted
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    Jul 1st 2024, 7:40 PM

    I hope Wodwick gets the job. Hell be forced to answer questions then.

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