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LAST UPDATE | 12 Jun 2024
ALL OF THE 949 council seats around the country are now filled. Here’s a list of everyone who’s secured a seat.
Carlow (7 seats):
Fintan Phelan (Fianna Fáil)
Andrea Dalton (Fianna Fáil)
Fergal Browne (Fine Gael)
John Cassin (Independent Ireland)
Paul Doogue (Fine Gael)
Ken Murnane (Fianna Fáil)
Adrienne-Wallace (People Before Profit – Solidarity)
Muinebeag (5 seats):
Thomas Kinsella (Fine Gael)
Willie Quinn (Labour)
Andy Gladney (Sinn Féin)
Daniel Pender (Fianna Fáil)
Michael Doran (Fine Gael)
Tullow (6 seats):
Charlie Murphy (Independent)
John Pender (Fianna Fáil)
Will Paton (Independent)
Ben Ward (Fine Gael)
Jim Deane (Sinn Féin)
Brian O’Donoghue (Fine Gael)
Bailieborough – Cootehill (6 seats):
Sarah O’Reilly (Aontú)
Carmel Brady (Fine Gael)
Stiofán Connaty (Sinn Féin)
Val Smith (Fine Gael)
Kelly Clifford (Fianna Fáil)
Niall Smith (Fianna Fáil)
Ballyjamesduff (6 seats):
Shane P O’Reilly (Independent Ireland)
Trevor Smith (Fine Gael)
Winston Bennett (Fine Gael)
Philip “Gunner” Brady (Fianna Fáil)
TP O’Reilly (Fine Gael)
Noel Connell (Sinn Féin)
Cavan – Belturbet (6 seats):
Áine Smith (Fianna Fáil)
Brendan Fay (Independent)
Damien Brady (Sinn Féin)
John Paul Feeley (Fianna Fáil)
Niamh Brady (Fine Gael)
Patricia Walsh (Fianna Fáil)
Ennis (7 seats):
Pat Daly (Fianna Fáil)
Mary Howard (Fine Gael)
Paul Murphy (Fine Gael)
Clare Colleran Molloy (Fianna Fáil)
Tommy Guilfoyle (Sinn Féin)
Antoinette Baker Bashua (Fianna Fáil)
Tom O’Callaghan (Fianna Fáil)
Ennistymon (4 seats):
Bill Slattery (Fine Gael)
Joe Garrihy (Fine Gael)
Shane Talty (Fianna Fáil)
Joe Killeen (Fianna Fáil)
Killaloe (5 seats):
Joe Cooney (Fine Gael)
Pat Hayes (Fianna Fáil)
Alan O’Callaghan (Fianna Fáil)
Tony O’Brien (Fianna Fáil)
Pat Burke (Fine Gael)
Kilrush (5 seats):
Dinny Gould (Independent)
Ian Lynch (Independent)
Rita McInerney (Fianna Fáil)
Michael Shannon (Fianna Fáil)
Gabriel Keating (Fine Gael)
Shannon (7 seats):
David Griffin (Fianna Fáil)
Donna McGettigan (Sinn Féin)
John Crowe (Fine Gael)
Rachel Hartigan (Fianna Fáil)
Michael Begley (Independent)
Tony Mulcahy (Fine Gael)
Pat O’Gorman (Fianna Fáil)
Cork City North East (6 seats):
John Maher (Labour)
Ken O’Flynn (Independent Ireland)
Margaret McDonnell (Fianna Fáil)
Joe Kavanagh (Fine Gael)
Ted Tynan (Worker’s Party)
Oliver Moran (Green Party)
Cork City North West (6 seats):
Damian Boylan (Fine Gael)
Tony Fitzgerald (Fianna Fáil)
John Sheehan (Fianna Fáil)
Kenneth Collins (Sinn Féin)
Michelle Gould (Sinn Féin)
Brian McCarthy (People Before Profit-Solidarity)
Cork City South Central (6 seats):
Shane O’Callaghan (Fine Gael)
Seán Martin (Fianna Fáil)
Pádraig Rice (Social Democrats)
Dan Boyle (Green Party)
Paudie Dineen (Independent)
Fiona Kerins (Sinn Féin)
Cork City South East (6 seats):
Terry Shannon (Fianna Fáil)
Kieran McCarthy (Independent)
Mary Rose Desmond (Fianna Fáil)
Des Cahill (Fine Gael)
Honore Kamegni (Green Party)
Peter Horgan (Labour)
Cork City South West (7 seats):
Fergal Dennehy (Fianna Fáil)
Colm Kelleher (Fianna Fáil)
Terry Coleman (Fianna Fáil)
Joe Lynch (Sinn Féin)
Laura Harmon (Labour)
Garret Kelleher (Fine Gael)
Albert Deasy (Independent)
Bandon-Kinsale (6 seats):
Alan Coleman (Independent)
John Collins (Independent Ireland)
John Michael Foley (Fine Gael)
Ann Bambury (Social Democrats)
Gillian Coughlan (Fianna Fáil)
Marie O’Sullivan (Fine Gael)
Bantry-West Cork (4 seats):
Danny Collins (Independent Ireland)
Finbarr Harrington (Independent)
Caroline Cronin (Fine Gael)
Patrick Gerard Murphy (Fianna Fáil)
Carrigaline (6 seats):
Seamus McGrath (Fianna Fáil)
Ben Dalton-O’Sullivan (Independent)
Jack White (Fine Gael)
Audrey Buckley (Fianna Fáil)
Una McCarthy (Fine Gael)
Eoghan Fahy (Sinn Féin)
Cobh (6 seats):
Sheila O’Callaghan (Fianna Fáil)
Anthony Barry (Fine Gael)
Sinéad Sheppard (Fine Gael)
Cathal Rasmussen (Labour)
Ger Curley (Independent Ireland)
Dominic Finn (Fianna Fáil)
Fermoy (6 seats):
William O’Leary (Independent)
Noel McCarthy (Fine Gael)
Frank O’Flynn (Fianna Fáil)
Deirdre O’Brien (Fianna Fáil)
Nelius Cotter (Fianna Fáil)
Peter O’Donoghue (Independent)
Kanturk (4 seats):
Bernard Moynihan (Fianna Fáil)
John Paul O’Shea (Fine Gael)
Trish Murphy (Fine Gael)
Ian Doyle (Fianna Fáil)
Macroom (6 seats):
Gobnait Moynihan (Fianna Fáil)
Michael Creed (Fine Gael)
Michael Looney (Fianna Fáil)
Eileen Lynch (Fine Gael)
Ted Lucey (Fine Gael)
Martin Coughlan (Independent)
Mallow (5 seats):
Tony O’Shea (Fine Gael)
Liam Madden (Fine Gael)
Eoghan Kenny (Labour)
Gearoid Murphy (Fianna Fáil)
Pat Hayes (Fianna Fáil)
Midleton (7 seats):
Mary Linehan Foley (Independent)
Michael Hegarty (Fine Gael)
Patrick Mulcahy (Fianna Fáil)
Liam Quaide (Social Democrats)
Rory Cocking (Fine Gael)
Ann-Marie Ahern (Fianna Fáíl)
John Buckley (Independent)
Skibbereen-West Cork (5 seats):
Noel O’Donovan (Fine Gael)
Joe Carroll (Fianna Fáil)
Isobel Towse (Social Democrats)
Daniel Sexton (Independent Ireland)
Deirdre Kelly (Fianna Fáil)
Buncrana (5 seats):
Joy Beard (100% Redress)
Jack Murray (Sinn Féin)
Paul Canning (Fianna Fáil)
Terry Crossan (Sinn Féin)
Fionán Bradley (Fianna Fáil)
Carndonagh (4 seats):
Ali Farren (100% Redress)
Martin McDermott (Fianna Fáil)
Albert Doherty (Sinn Féin)
Martin Farren (Labour)
Donegal (6 seats):
Jimmy Brogan (Independent)
Niamh Kennedy (Independent)
Manus Boyle (Fine Gael)
Michael McMahon (Sinn Féin)
Noel Jordan (Sinn Féin)
Michéal Naughton (Fianna Fáil)
Glenties (6 seats):
Micheál Choilm Mac Giolla Easbuig (Independent)
Michael McClafferty (Independent)
Brian Carr (Sinn Féin)
John Shéamais Ó Fearraigh (Sinn Féin)
Denis McGee (100% Redress)
Anthony Molloy (Fianna Fáil)
Letterkenny (7 seats):
Donal ‘Mandy’ Kelly (Fianna Fáil)
Tomás Seán Devine (100% Redress)
Gerry McMonagle (Sinn Féin)
Ciaran Brogan (Fianna Fáil)
Jimmy Kavanagh (Fine Gael)
Michael McBride (Independent)
Donal Coyle (Fianna Fáil)
Lifford-Stranorlar (6 seats):
Gary Doherty (Sinn Féin)
Martin Scanlon (Independent)
Martin Harley (Fine Gael)
Frank McBrearty (Independent)
Patrick McGowan (Fianna Fáil)
Dakota Nic Mheanman (Sinn Féin)
Milford (3 seats):
Declan Meehan (Independent)
Pauric McGarvey (Independent)
Liam Blaney (Fianna Fáil)
Artane-Whitehall (6 seats):
Racheal Batten (Fianna Fáil)
Edel Moran (Sinn Féin)
John Lyons (Independent)
Declan Flanagan (Fine Gael)
Jesslyn Henry (Social Democrats)
Aishling Silke (Social Democrats)
Ballyfermot-Drimnagh (5 seats):
Daithí Doolan (Sinn Féin)
Vincent Jackson (Independent)
Hazel de Nortúin (People Before Profit-Solidarity)
Philip Sutcliffe (Independent Ireland)
Ray Cunningham (Green Party)
Ballymun-Finglas (6 seats):
Keith Connolly (Fianna Fáil)
Gavin Pepper (Independent)
Conor Reddy (People Before Profit- Solidarity)
Anthony Connaghan (Sinn Féin)
Mary Callaghan (Social Democrats)
Leslie Kane (Sinn Féin)
Cabra-Glasnevin (7 seats):
Cieran Perry (Independent)
Feljin Jose (Green Party)
Séamus McGrattan (Sinn Féin)
John Stephens (Fianna Fáil)
Cat O’Driscoll (Social Democrats)
Gayle Ralph (Fine Gael)
Colm O’Rourke (Fine Gael)
Clontarf (6 seats):
Naoise Ó Muirí (Fine Gael)
Deirdre Heney (Fianna Fáil)
Barry Heneghan (Independent)
Catherine Stocker (Social Democrats)
Donna Cooney (Green Party)
Alison Field (Labour)
Donaghmede (5 seats):
Tom Brabazon (Fianna Fáil)
Daryl Barron (Fianna Fáil)
Paddy Monahan (Social Democrats)
Supriya Singh (Fine Gael)
Mícheál MacDonncha (Sinn Féin)
Kimmage-Rathmines (6 seats):
Pat Dunne (Right To Change)
Carolyn Moore (Green)
Fiona Connelly (Labour)
Punam Rane (Fine Gael)
Patrick Kinsella (Fine Gael)
Eoin Hayes (Social Democrats)
Pembroke (5 seats):
Hazel Chu (Green Party)
James Geoghegan (Fine Gael)
Emma Blain (Fine Gael)
Dermot Lacey (Labour)
Rory Hogan (Fianna Fáil)
North Inner City (7 seats):
Ray McAdam (Fine Gael)
Janet Horner (Green Party)
Christy Burke (Independent)
Malachy Steenson (Independent)
Nial Ring (Independent)
Janice Boylan (Sinn Féin)
Daniel Ennis (Social Democrats)
South West Inner City (5 seats):
Michael Pidgeon (Green Party)
Darragh Moriarty (Labour)
Jen Cummins (Social Democrats)
Anmar Ali (Fianna Fáil)
Máire Devine (Sinn Féin)
South East Inner City (5 seats):
Claire Byrne (Green Party)
Kourtney Kenny (Sinn Féin)
Danny Byrne (Fine Gael)
Cian Farrell (Social Democrats)
Mannix Flynn (Independent)
Blackrock (6 seats):
Marie Baker (Fine Gael)
Conor Dowling (Green Party)
Maurice Dockrell (Fine Gael)
Martha Fanning (Labour)
Dan Carson (Fine Gael)
Michael Clark (Fianna Fáil)
Dundrum (7 seats):
Sean McLoughlin (Independent)
Jim O’Leary (Fine Gael)
Shay Brennan (Fianna Fáil)
Anna Grainger (Fine Gael)
Peter O’Brien (Labour)
Robert Jones (Green Party)
Anne Colgan (Independent)
Dun Laoghaire (7 seats):
Lorraine Hall (Fine Gael)
Tom Kivlehan (Green Party)
Melissa Halpin (People Before Profit – Solidarity)
JP Durkan (Fine Gael)
Mary Fayne (Fine Gael)
Thomas Joseph (Labour)
Justin Moylan (Fianna Fáil)
Glencullen-Sandyford (7 seats):
Michael Fleming (Independent)
Lettie McCarthy (Labour)
Oisin O’Connor (Green Party)
Pierce Dargan (Fine Gael)
Kazi Ahmed (Fine Gael)
Tom Murphy (Fianna Fáil)
Kevin Daly (Independent)
Killiney-Shankill (7 seats):
Carrie Smyth (Labour)
Jim Gildea (Fine Gael)
Frank McNamara (Fine Gael)
Hugh Lewis (Independent)
Jacqueline Burke (Fine Gael)
Dave O’Keeffe (People Before Profit-Solidarity)
Lauren Tuite (Green Party)
Stillorgan (6 seats):
Barry Saul (Fine Gael)
Maeve O’Connell (Fine Gael)
John Kennedy (Fine Gael)
Liam Dockery (Fianna Fáil)
Eva Elizabeth Dowling (Green Party)
John Hurley (Social Democrats)
Balbriggan (5 seats):
Tony Murphy (Independent)
Gráinne Maguire (Independent)
Brendan Ryan (Labour)
Tom O’Leary (Fine Gael)
Malachy Quinn (Sinn Féin)
Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart (5 seats)
Breda Hanaphey (Sinn Féin)
Mary McCamley (Labour)
JK Onwumerah (Fianna Fáil)
John Burtchaell (People Before Profit-Solidarity)
Patrick Quinlan (The National Party)
Castleknock (6 seats):
Ted Leddy (Fine Gael)
John Walsh (Labour)
Ruth Coppinger (People Before Profit – Solidarity)
Ellen Troy (Aontú)
Siobhan Shovlin (Fine Gael)
Eimear Carbone-Mangan (Fianna Fáil)
Howth-Malahide (7 seats):
Joan Hopkins (Social Democrats)
Aoibhinn Tormey (Fine Gael)
Cathal Haughey (Fianna Fáil)
Jimmy Guerin (Independent)
Brian McDonagh (Labour)
Eoghan O’Brien (Fianna Fáil)
David Healy (Green Party)
Ongar (5 seats):
Tania Doyle (Independent)
Angela Donnelly (Sinn Féin)
Kieran Dennison (Fine Gael)
Tom Kitt (Fianna Fáil)
Gerard Sheehan (Aontú)
Rush-Lusk (5 seats):
Robert O’Donoghue (Labour)
Corina Johnston (Labour)
Eoghan Dockrell (Fine Gael)
Paul Mulville (Social Democrats)
Cathal Boland (Independent)
Swords (7 seats):
Dean Mulligan (Independents 4 Change)
Darragh Butler (Fianna Fáil)
Luke Corkery (Fine Gael)
Joe Newman (Independent)
James Humphreys (Labour)
Darren Jack Kelly (Independent)
Marian Buckley (Sinn Féin)
Galway City Central (6 seats):
Mike Cubbard (Independent)
Eddie Hoare (Fine Gael)
Frank Fahy (Fine Gael)
John McDonagh (Labour)
Eibhlín Seoighthe (Social Democrats)
Josie Forde (Fianna Fáil)
Galway City East (6 seats):
Alan Cheevers (Fianna Fáil)
Declan McDonnell (Independent)
Terry O’Flaherty (Independent)
Helen Ogbu (Labour)
Aisling Burke (Sinn Féin)
Shane Forde (Fine Gael)
Galway City West (6 seats):
Donal Lyons (Independent)
Clodagh Higgins (Fine Gael)
Alan Curran (Social Democrats)
John Connolly (Fianna Fáil)
Peter Keane (Fianna Fáil)
Níall McNelis (Labour)
Athenry-Oranmore (7 seats):
Albert Dolan (Fianna Fáil)
Tomas Grealish (Independent)
David Collins (Fine Gael)
James Charity (Independent)
Peter Feeney (Fine Gael)
Cillian Keane (Fianna Fáil)
Louis O’Hara (Sinn Féin)
Ballinasloe (6 seats):
Michael Connolly (Fianna Fáil)
Declan Geraghty (Independent Ireland)
Alan Harney (Fine Gael)
Evelyn Parons (Independent)
Dermot Connolly (Sinn Féin)
Peter Keaveney (Fine Gael)
Conamara North (4 seats):
Thomas Welby (Independent)
Seamus Walsh (Independent Ireland)
Eileen Mannion (Fine Gael)
Gerry King (Fianna Fáil)
Conamara South (5 seats):
Noel Thomas (Independent Ireland)
Pádraig Mac An Iomaire (Fine Gael)
Tomas Ó Curraoín (Independent)
Michael Leainde (Independent Ireland)
Máirtín Le (Fianna Fáil)
Gort-Kinvara (5 seats):
P.J. Murphy (Fine Gael)
Martina Kinane (Fianna Fáil)
Geraldine Donohue (Independent)
Paul Killilea (Fine Gael)
Gerry Finnerty (Fianna Fáil)
Loughrea (5 seats):
Shane Curley (Fianna Fáil)
Jimmy McClean (Fine Gael)
Declan Kelly (Independent Ireland)
Michael Maher (Fine Gael)
Ivan Canning (Fianna Fáil)
Tuam (7 seats):
Andrew Reddington (Fine Gael)
Pete Roche (Fine Gael)
Mary Hoade (Fianna Fáil)
Shaun Cuniffe (Independent Ireland)
Ollie Turner (Fine Gael)
Donagh Mark Killilea (Fianna Fáil)
Karey McHugh Farag (Independent)
Corca Dhuibhne (3 seats):
Tommy Griffin (Fine Gael)
Robert Brosnan (Sinn Féin)
Breandán Fitzgerald (Fianna Fáil)
Castleisland (4 seats):
Jackie Healy-Rae (Independent)
Charlie Farrelly (Independent)
Fionnán Fitzgerald (Fianna Fáil)
Bobby O’Connell (Fine Gael)
Kenmare (6 seats):
Johnny Healy-Rae (Independent)
Michael Cahill (Fianna Fáil)
Norma Moriarty (Fianna Fáil)
Podge Foley (Independent)
Dan McCarthy (Independent)
Teddy O’Sullivan Casey (Fine Gael)
Killarney (7 seats):
Maura Healy-Rae (Independent)
Martin Grady (Independent)
John O’Donoghue (Kerry Independent Alliance)
Brendan Cronin (Independent)
Niall Kelleher (Fianna Fáil)
Niall Botty O’Callaghan (Independent)
Marie Moloney (Labour)
Listowel (6 seats):
Mike Kennelly (Fine Gael)
Liam Nolan (Independent)
Michael Foley (Fine Gael)
Michael Leane (Fianna Fáil)
Tom Barry (Sinn Féin)
Jimmy Moloney (Fianna Fáil)
Tralee (7 seats):
Mikey Sheehy (Fianna Fáil)
Terry O’Brien (Labour)
Deirdre Ferris (Sinn Féin)
Sam Locke (Independent)
Paul Daly (Sinn Féin)
Anne O’Sullivan (Fianna Fáil)
Angie Baily (Fine Gael)
Athy (5 seats):
Aoife Breslin (Labour)
Ivan Keatley (Fine Gael)
Brian Dooley (Fianna Fáil)
Veralouise Behan (Fianna Fáil)
Mark Leigh (Labour)
Celbridge (4 seats):
David Trost (Fianna Fáil)
Claire O’Rourke (Social Democrats)
Rupert Heather (Labour)
Lumi Panaite Fahey (Fine Gael)
Clane (5 seats):
Brendan Wyse (Fine Gael)
Pádraig McEvoy (Independent)
Aidan Farrelly (Social Democrats)
William Durkan (Fine Gael)
Daragh Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fáil)
Kildare (5 seats):
Suzanne Doyle (Fianna Fáil)
Kevin Duffy (Fine Gael)
Brian O’Loughlin (Fianna Fáil)
Pat Balfe (Social Democrats)
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh (Sinn Féin)
Leixlip (3 seats):
Joe Neville (Fine Gael)
Nuala Killeen (Social Democrats)
Bernard Caldwell (Fianna Fáil)
Maynooth (5 seats):
Naoise Ó Cearúil (Fianna Fáil)
Tim Durkan (Fine Gael)
Peter Melrose (Social Democrats)
Angela Feeney (Labour)
Paul Ward (Fianna Fáil)
Naas (7 seats):
Bill Clear (Social Democrats)
Fintan Brett (Fine Gael)
Evie Sammon (Fine Gael)
Seamie Moore (Independent)
Anne Breen (Labour)
Carmel Kelly (Fianna Fáil)
Ger Dunne (Independent Ireland)
Newbridge (6 seats):
Tracey O’Dwyer (Fine Gael)
Peggy O’Dwyer (Fine Gael)
Chris Pender (Social Democrats)
Noel Heavey (Fianna Fáil)
Tom McDonnell (Independent)
Rob Power (Fianna Fáil)
Callan-Thomastown (6 seats):
Peter ‘Chap’ Cleere (Fianna Fáil)
Joe Sheridan (Fianna Fáil)
Joe Lyons (Fine Gael)
Michael Doyle (Fine Gael)
Deirdre Cullen (Fianna Fáil)
Stephanie Doheny (Sinn Féin)
Castlecomer (6 seats):
Pat Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fáil)
Mary Hilda Cavanagh (Fine Gael)
Michael McCarthy (Fianna Fáil)
John Brennan (Fine Gael)
Maurice Shortall (Independent)
Michael Delaney (Fianna Fáil)
Kilkenny (7 seats):
Andrew McGuinness (Fianna Fáil)
David FitzGerald (Fine Gael)
Eugene McGuinness (Independent)
Joe Malone (Fianna Fáil)
Seán Ó hArgáin (Labour)
John Coonan (Fianna Fáil)
Maria Dollard (Green Party)
Piltown (5 seats):
Patrick Dunphy (Fine Gael)
Tomás Breathnach (Labour)
Ger Frisby (Fianna Fáil)
Fidelis Doherty (Fine Gael)
Jenny Catt Slattery (Fianna Fáil)
Borris-in-Ossory-Mountmellick (6 seats):
Conor Bergin (Fine Gael)
James Kelly (Independent)
Paddy Bracken (Fianna Fáil)
John King (Fine Gael)
Ollie Clooney (Independent)
Seamus McDonald (Fianna Fáil)
Graiguecullen-Portarlington (6 seats):
Aidan Mullins (Sinn Féin)
Paschal McEvoy (Fianna Fáil)
Ben Brennan (Independent)
Padraig Fleming (Fianna Fáil)
Aisling Moran (Independent)
Vivienne Phelan (Fine Gael)
Portlaoise (7 seats):
Willie Aird (Fine Gael)
Caroline Dwane Stanley (Sinn Féin)
Tommy Mulligan (Independent)
John Joe Fennelly (Fianna Fáil)
Catherine Fitzgerald (Fianna Fáil)
Marie Tuohy (Labour)
Barry Walsh (Fine Gael)
Ballinamore (6 seats):
Paddy O’Rourke (Fianna Fáil)
Enda McGloin (Fine Gael)
Brendan Barry (Sinn Féin)
Ita Reynolds Flynn (Fine Gael)
Garry Prior (Fianna Fáil)
Róisin Kenny (Sinn Féin)
Carrick-on-Shannon (6 seats):
Enda Stenson (Independent)
Maeve Reynolds (Fine Gael)
Des Guckian (Independent)
Sean McGowan (Fianna Fáil)
Paddy Farrell (Fianna Fáil)
Cormac Flynn (Sinn Féin)
Manorhamilton (6 seats):
James Gilmartin (Independent)
Mary Bohan (Fianna Fáil)
Felim Gurn (Independent)
Padraig Fallon (Sinn Féin)
Justin Warnock (Fianna Fáil)
Eddie Mitchell (Independent)
Adare-Rathkeale (6 seats):
Stephen Keary (Fine Gael)
Adam Teskey (Fine Gael)
Bridie Collins (Fianna Fáil)
John O’Donoghue (Independent Ireland)
Tommy Hartigan (Independent Ireland)
Ger Ward (Fianna Fáil)
Cappamore-Kilmallock (7 seats)
Brigid Teefy (Independent)
Martin Ryan (Fianna Fáil)
Eddie Ryan (Independent)
Noreen Stokes (Fine Gael)
George Conway (Fine Gael)
P.J. Carey (Sinn Féin)
Tommy O’Sullivan (Fine Gael)
Limerick City West (7 seats):
Daniel Butler (Fine Gael)
Dan McSweeney (Fine Gael)
Joe Leddin (Labour)
Maria Donoghue (Independent)
Fergus Kilcoyne (Fianna Fáil)
Elisa O’Donovan (Social Democrats)
Abul Kalam Azad Talukder (Fianna Fáil)
Limerick City North (7 seats):
Connor Sheehan (Labour)
Frankie Daly (Independent)
Kieran O’Hanlon (Fianna Fáil)
Olivia O’Sullivan (Fine Gael)
Sarah Beasley (Aontú)
Sharon Benson (Sinn Féín)
Shane Hickey-O’Mara (Social Democrats)
Limerick City East (7 seats):
Sarah Kiely (Fine Gael)
Catherine Slattery (Fianna Fáil)
Peter Doyle (Fine Gael)
Joe Pond (Fianna Fáil)
Elena Secas (Labour)
Ursula Gavin (Sinn Féin)
Sean Hartigan (Green Party)
Newcastle West (6 seats):
Jerome Scanlan (Independent)
Liam Galvin (Fine Gael)
Michael Collins (Fianna Fáíl)
Tom Ruddle (Fine Gael)
Francis Foley (Fianna Fáil)
John Sheahan (Fine Gael)
Ballymahon (6 seats):
Paul Ross (Fine Gael)
Mick Cahill (Fianna Fáil)
Pat O’Toole (Fianna Fáil)
Sean Mimagh (Fianna Fáil)
Mark Casey (Independent)
Martin Skelly (Fine Gael)
Granard (5 seats):
Garry Murtagh (Fine Gael)
Turlough McGovern (Independent)
Paraic Brady (Fine Gael)
David Cassidy (Fianna Fáil)
Pádraig McNamara (Fine Gael)
Longford (7 seats):
Gerry Hagan (Fine Gael)
Martin Monaghan (Fianna Fáil)
Seamus Butler (Fianna Fáil)
Peggy Nolan (Fine Gael)
Niall Gannon (Fine Gael)
Uruemu Adejinmi (Fianna Fáil)
Kevin Hussey (Fianna Fáil)
Ardee (6 seats):
Jim Tenanty (Independent)
Dolores Minogue (Fine Gael)
John Sheriden (Fianna Fáil)
Bernie Conlon (Independent)
Paula Butterly (Fine Gael)
Pearse McGeough (Sinn Féin)
Drogheda Urban (6 seats):
Pio Smith (Labour)
Joanna Byrne (Sinn Féin)
Kevin Callan (Independent)
Paddy McQuillan (Independent)
Ejiro O’Hare Stratton (Fine Gael)
James Byrne (Fianna Fáil)
Drogheda Rural (4 seats):
Michelle Hall (Labour)
Anne-Marie Ford (Fine Gael)
Declan Power (Independent)
Eric Donovan (Sinn Féin)
Dundalk-Carlingford (6 seats):
Seán Kelly (Fianna Fáil)
Antóin Watters (Sinn Féin)
Fiona Mhic Conchoille (Sinn Féin)
Ciarán Fisher (Independent)
John Reilly (Fine Gael)
Andrea McKevitt (Fianna Fáil)
Dundalk South (7 seats):
Maeve Yore (Independent)
Robert Nash (Fine Gael)
Emma Coffey (Fianna Fáil)
Kevin Meenan (Sinn Féin)
Sionainn McCann (Sinn Féin)
Shane McGuinness (Fianna Fáil)
Marianne Butler (Green Party)
Ballina (6 seats):
Mark Duffy (Independent)
John O’Hara (Fine Gael)
Joe Faughnan (Independent)
Michael Loftus (Fianna Fáil)
Jarlath Munnelly (Fine Gael)
Annie-May Reape (Fianna Fáil)
Belmullet (3 seats):
Paul McNamara (Fianna Fáil)
Gerry Coyle (Fine Gael)
Sean Carey (Fianna Fáil)
Castlebar (7 seats):
Ger Deere (Fine Gael)
Michael Kilcoyne (Independent)
Blackie K Gavin (Fianna Fáil)
Al McDonnell (Fianna Fáil)
Cyril Burke (Fine Gael)
Donna Sheridan (Fine Gael)
Harry Barrett (Independent)
Claremorris (6 seats):
Patsy O’Brien (Independent)
Richard Finn (Independent)
Damien Ryan (Fianna Fáil)
Alma Gallagher (Fine Gael)
Michael Burke (Fine Gael)
Paul Lawless (Aontú)
Swinford (4 seats):
Gerry Murray (Sinn Féin)
Adrian Forkan (Fianna Fáil)
John Caulfield (Fianna Fáil)
Neil Cruise (Fine Gael)
Westport (4 seats):
Chris Maxwell (Independent Ireland)
Peter Flynn (Fine Gael)
John O’Malley (Independent)
Brendan Mulroy (Fianna Fáil)
Ashbourne (6 seats):
Joe Bonner (Independent)
Amanda Smith (Independent)
Alan Tobin (Fine Gael)
Suzanne Jamal (Fine Gael)
Helen Meyer (Sinn Féin)
Conor Tormey (Fianna Fáil)
Kells (7 seats):
Sarah Reilly (Fine Gael)
Eugene Cassidy (Fine Gael)
Sean Drew (Fianna Fáil)
Mike Bray (Fianna Fáil)
Peter Caffrey (Sinn Féin)
Michael Gallagher (Sinn Féin)
David Gilroy (Independent)
Laytown-Bettystown (7 seats):
Sharon Tolan (Fine Gael)
Paddy Meade (Fine Gael)
Geraldine Keogan (Independent)
Stephen McKee (Fianna Fáil)
Wayne Harding (Fianna Fáil)
Maria White (Sinn Féin)
Carol Lennon (Independent)
Navan (7 seats):
Eddie Fennessy (Sinn Féin)
Emer Tóibín (Aontú)
Franics Deane (Independent)
Yemi Adenuga (Fine Gael)
Pádraig Fitzsimons (Fianna Fáil)
Alan Lawes (Independent)
Linda Nelson Murray (Fine Gael)
Ratoath (7 seats):
Gillian Toole (Independent)
Maria Murphy (Fine Gael)
Brian Fitzgerald (Independent)
Caroline O’Reilly (Fianna Fáil)
Nick Killian (Independent)
Fionnan Blake (Sinn Féin)
Gerry O’Connor (Fine Gael)
Trim (6 seats):
Noel French (Independent)
Joe Fox (Fine Gael)
Dave Boyne (Aontú)
Padraig Coffey (Fianna Fáil)
Aisling Dempsey (Fianna Fáil)
Ronan Moore (Social Democrats)
Ballybay-Clones (5 seats):
Seamus Coyle (Fianna Fáil)
Richard Truell (Fine Gael)
Seán Gilland (Fine Gael)
Sinéad Flynn (Sinn Féin)
Pat Treanor (Sinn Féin)
Carrickmacross-Castleblayney (6 seats):
P.J. O’Hanlon (Fianna Fáil)
Aidan Campbell (Fine Gael)
Colm Carthy (Sinn Féin)
Noel Keelan (Sinn Féin)
Peter Conlon (Fine Gael)
Paul Gibbons (Sinn Féin)
Monaghan (7 seats):
Cathy Bennett (Sinn Féin)
Seamus Treanor (Independent)
Seán Conlon (Sinn Féin)
Raymond Aughey (Fianna Fáil)
Pauric Clerkin (Fine Gael)
Bronagh McAree (Sinn Féin)
David Maxwell (Fine Gael)
Birr (6 seats):
Peter Ormond (Fianna Fáil)
John Leahy (Independent)
John Clendennen (Fine Gael)
Hugh Egan (Fine Gael)
Audrey Hennessy-Kennedy (Fianna Fáil)
Sean Maher (Sinn Féin)
Edenderry (6 seats):
Eddie Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fáil)
Fergus McDonnell (Independent Ireland)
Claire Murray (Fianna Fáil)
Liam Quinn (Fine Gael)
Noel Cribbin (Fine Gael)
Claire Murray (Sinn Féin)
Tullamore (7 seats):
Neil Feighery (Fine Gael)
Frank Moran (Fianna Fáil)
Aoife Masterson (Sinn Féin)
Tony McCormack (Fianna Fáil)
Sean O’Brien (Independent)
Ollie Bryant (Fianna Fáil)
Declan Harvey (Fianna Fáil)
Athlone (6 seats):
Emer Kelly (Independent)
John Naughten (Fine Gael)
Tony Ward (Independent)
Laurence Fallon (Independent)
John Keogh (Fianna Fáil)
Domnick Connolly (Fine Gael)
Boyle (6 seats)
Valerie Byrne (Independent)
Leah Cull (Sinn Féin)
Micheál Frain (Independent)
Liam Callaghan (Fine Gael)
Tom Crosby (Independent)
Sean Moylan (Fianna Fáil)
Roscommon (6 seats):
Paschal Fitzmaurice (Fianna Fáil)
Marty McDermott (Fianna Fáil)
Anthony Waldron (Independent)
Nigel Dineen (Independent Ireland)
Larry Brennan (Fianna Fáil)
Gareth Scahill (Fine Gael)
Ballymote-Tubbercurry (7 seats):
Michael Clarke (Independent)
Paul Taylor (Fianna Fáil)
Joseph Queenan (Independent)
Liam Brennan (Fianna Fáil)
Barry Gallagher (Fianna Fáil)
Gerard Mullaney (Fine Gael)
Dara Mulvey (Fine Gael)
Sligo-Drumcliffe (5 seats):
Thomas Walsh (Fine Gael)
Edel McSharry (Fianna Fáil)
Thomas Healy (Sinn Féin)
Dónal Gilroy (Fianna Fáil)
Marie Casserly (Independent)
Sligo-Strandhill (6 seats):
Declan Bree (Independent)
Tom MacSharry (Fianna Fáil)
Fergal Nealon (Fine Gael)
Arthur Gibbons (Sinn Féin)
Gino O’Boyle (People Before Profit – Solidarity)
Nessa Cosgrove (Labour)
Clondalkin (7 seats):
Francis Timmons (Independent)
William Carey (Sinn Féin)
Darragh Adelaide (People Before Profit-Solidarity)
Eoin Ó Broin (Social Democrats)
Shirley O’Hara (Fine Gael)
Linda De Courcy (Independent Ireland)
Trevor Gilligan (Fianna Fáil)
Firhouse-Bohernabreena (5 seats):
Alan Edge (Independent)
Brian Lawlor (Fine Gael)
Emma Murphy (Fianna Fáil)
Sarah Barnes (Fine Gael)
Róisín Mannion (Sinn Féin)
Lucan (5 seats):
Paul Gogarty (Independent)
Vikki Casserly (Fine Gael)
Liona O’Toole (Independent)
Joanna Tuffy (Labour)
Caroline Brady (Fine Gael)
Palmerstown-Fonthill (5 seats):
Shane Moynihan (Fianna Fáil)
Alan Hayes (Independent)
Niamh Fennel (Sinn Féin)
Glen Moore (Irish Freedom Party)
Madeleine Johansson (People Before Profit – Solidarity)
Rathfarnham-Templeogue (7 seats):
Ronan McMahon (Independent)
Pamela Kearns (Labour)
Ciarán Ahern (Labour)
Yvonne Collins (Fianna Fáil)
Lynn McCrave (Fine Gael)
David McManus (Fine Gael)
Justin Sinnott (Social Democrats)
Tallaght South (5 seats):
Patrick Pearse Holohan (Independent)
Baby Pereppadan (Fine Gael)
Dermot Richardson (Independent)
Kay Keane (People Before Profit-Solidarity)
Louise Dunne (Sinn Féin)
Tallaght Central (6 seats):
Mick Duff (Independent)
Teresa Costello (Fianna Fáil)
Britto Pereppadan (Fine Gael)
Niamh Whelan (Sinn Féin)
Jess Spear (People Before Profit- Solidarity)
Cahir (4 seats):
Máirín McGrath (Independent)
Andy Moloney (Independent)
Marie Murphy (Fine Gael)
Micheál Anglim (Fianna Fáil)
Carrick-on-Suir (5 seats):
Imelda Goldsboro (Fianna Fáil)
David Dunne (Sinn Féin)
Michael ‘Chicken’ Brennan (Labour)
Kieran Bourke (Fianna Fáil)
Mark FitzGerald (Fine Gael)
Cashel-Tipperary (7 seats):
John O’Heney (Independent)
Declan Burgess (Fine Gael)
Liam Browne (Independent)
Hanna Mary Hourigan (Fine Gael)
Roger Kennedy (Fianna Fáil)
John Crosse (Fine Gael)
Annemarie Ryan (Shiner) (Sinn Féin)
Clonmel (6 seats):
Michael Murphy (Fine Gael)
Pat English (Workers and Unemployed Action/WUA)
Siobhán Ambrose (Fianna Fáil)
John Fitzgerald (Fine Gael)
Richie Molloy (Independent)
Niall P Dennehy (Independent)
Nenagh (5 seats):
Joe Hannigan (Independent)
Michael O’Meara (Independent)
Ryan O’Meara (Fianna Fáil)
Louise Morgan Walsh (Labour)
Seamus Morris (Independent)
Newport (4 seats):
Fiona Bonfield (Labour)
Pamela Quirke O’Meara (Independent)
Phyll Bugler (Fine Gael)
John Carroll (Fianna Fáil)
Roscrea-Templemore (4 seats):
Michael Smith (Fianna Fáil)
Shane Lee (Independent)
Eddie Moran (Independent)
William Kennedy (Fine Gael)
Thurles (5 seats):
Jim Ryan (Independent)
Micheál Lowry (Independent)
Sean Ryan (Fianna Fáil)
Kay Cahill Skehan (Fianna Fáil)
Peggy Ryan (Fine Gael)
Dungarvan (6 seats):
Damien Geoghegan (Fine Gael)
Conor D McGuinness (Sinn Féin)
Tom Cronin (Fianna Fáil)
Pat Nugent (Fine Gael)
Thomas Phelan (Labour)
Joe O’Riordan (Independent)
Lismore (3 seats):
Niamh O’Donovan (Fine Gael)
John Pratt (Labour)
Donnchadh Mulcahy (Sinn Féin)
Portlaw-Kilmachthomas (5 seats):
Liam Brazil (Fine Gael)
Seánie Power (Fine Gael)
John O’Leary (Fianna Fáil)
Declan Clune (Independent)
Catherine Burke (Sinn Féin)
Tramore-Waterford City West (6 seats):
Lola O’Sullivan (Fine Gael)
Joe Kelly (Independent)
Joe Conway (Independent)
Jim Griffin (Sinn Féin)
Blaise Hannigan (Independent)
Eamon Quinlan (Fianna Fáil)
Waterford City East (6 seats):
David Daniels (Independent)
Declan Barry (Independent)
Pat Fitzgerald (Sinn Féin)
Adam Wyse (Fianna Fáil)
Jim D’Arcy (Fine Gael)
Mary Roche (Social Democrats)
Waterford City South (6 seats):
Donal Barry (Independent)
John Hearne (Sinn Féin)
Jason Murphy (Fianna Fáil)
Joeanne Bailey (Sinn Féin)
Frank Quinlan (Fine Gael)
Seamus Ryan (Labour)
Athlone (Westmeath) (5 seats):
Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran (Independent)
Frankie Keena (Fianna Fáil)
Aengus O’Rourke (Fianna Fáil)
John Dolan (Fine Gael)
Paul Hogan (Independent Ireland)
Kinnegad (5 seats):
Denis Leonard (Labour)
David Jones (Sinn Féin)
Alfie Devine (Fianna Fáil)
Emily Wallace (Fine Gael)
Niall Gaffney (Fianna Fáil)
Moate (4 seats):
Thomas Farrell (Fine Gael)
Vinny McCormack (Fianna Fáil)
Liam McDaniel (Fianna Fáil)
Johnnie Penrose (Labour)
Mullingar (6 seats):
Mick Dollard (Independent)
Ken Glynn (Fianna Fáil)
Andrew Duncan (Fine Gael)
Aoife Davitt (Fianna Fáil)
Bill Collentine (Fianna Fáil)
Julie McCourt (Sinn Féin)
Enniscorthy (6 seats):
Cathal Byrne (Fine Gael)
Aidan Brown (Fianna Fáil)
Pat Kehoe (Fine Gael)
Barbara-Anne Murphy (Fianna Fáil)
John O’Rourke (Independent), Jackser Owens (Independent)
Gorey (6 seats):
Donal Kenny (Fianna Fáil)
Nicky Boland (Independent)
Darragh McDonald (Fine Gael)
Joe Sullivan (Fianna Fáil)
Anthony Donohue (Fine Gael)
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin (Sinn Féin)
Rosslare (5 seats):
Jim Codd (Aontú)
Ger Carthy (Independent)
Frank Staples (Fine Gael)
Lisa McDonald (Fianna Fáil)
Aoife Rose O’Brien (Sinn Féin)
Kilmuckridge (4 seats):
Mary Farrell (Independent)
Pip Breen (Fianna Fáil)
Oliver Walsh (Fine Gael)
Paddy Kavanagh (Independent)
New Ross (6 seats):
Pat Barden (Independent)
Michael Sheehan (Fianna Fáil)
Marty Murphy (Independent Alliance)
Bridin Murphy (Fine Gael)
John Dwyer (Independent)
John Fleming (Fianna Fáil)
Wexford (7 seats):
George Lawlor (Labour)
Robbie Staples (Fine Gael)
Garry Laffan (Fianna Fáil)
Leonard Kelly (Independent)
Raymond Shannon (Independent Alliance)
Catherine Biddy Walsh (Labour)
Tom Forde (Sinn Féin)
Arklow (6 seats):
Pat Kennedy (Fianna Fáil)
Peir Leonard (Independent)
Sylvester Bourke (Fine Gael)
Pat Fitzgerald (Fianna Fáil)
Miriam Murphy (Ind)
Warren O’Toole (Sinn Féin)
Baltinglass (6 seats):
Gerry O’Neill (Independent)
Edward Timmins (Fine Gael)
Peter Stapleton (Fine Gael)
Jason Mulhall (Independent)
Avril Cronin (Fine Gael)
Patsy Glennon (Fianna Fáil)
Bray East (4 seats):
Aoife Flynn Kennedy (Fine Gael)
Erika Doyle (Green)
Ian Neary (Independent Ireland)
Malachaí Duddy (Independent)
Bray West (4 seats):
Joe Behan (Independent)
Melanie Corrigan (Fine Gael)
Dermot ‘Daisy’ O’Brien (Sinn Féin)
Caroline Winstanley (Social Democrats)
Greystones (6 seats):
Stephen Stokes (Independent)
Tom Fortune (Independent)
Orla Finn (Independent)
Louise Fenelon Gaskin (Fine Gael)
Mark Barry (Social Democrats)
Lourda Scott (Green Party)
Wicklow (6 seats):
John Snell (Independent)
Danny Alvey (Social Democrats)
Gail Dunne (Fianna Fáil)
Shane Langrelle (Fine Gael)
Paul O’Brien (Labour)
Graham Richmond (Fine Gael)
Reporting by Diarmuid Pepper, Nicky Ryan, Stephen Conneely, Orla Ryan, Maisie Mould, Ayushmaan Pandey, Joshua McCormack, Bill Breathnach, Alessia Micalizzi, Shane Carroll and Niamh Murphy.
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The article highlights solid data and real experiences, i do not dispute this. However it’s apparent too that people’s lives can he turned upside down by journalists without consideration.
In 2019 I was subject to being named in international press and mistakenly. It took two years to address and I only ever received an apology after 16 months. To this very day I receive threats by email from strangers.
@Osprey: what a horrible experience for ya, people should never be allowed work in journalism again after doing that
Wonder are some “journalists” trying to prop up the upcoming Hate bill?
@Dave Barrett: Sad state of affairs that such legislation is needed.
How about an article on the persecution of Julian Assange?
@Winston Smith: That’s different apparently, because his feelings weren’t hurt by something somebody said, that he found personally offensive.
He’s also obviously not a real journalist, because he didn’t once regurgitate the press packets of government propaganda and he had some crazy conspiracy theorist idea about delivering the entire truth warts and all for people to draw their own conclusions from it, once again, that’s clearly not real journalism..
/sarcasm
Delete your Twitter account. Problem solved.
@Mr. Cullen: Our slew of ex-CIA directors in leading positions (content moderation, strategy, etc.) within Twitter, Facebook, Google et. al. strongly advise that you do not delete your twitter account.
@Mr. Cullen: It’s hilarious that people aren’t capable of handling the mass of information in front of them, it may be the most enjoyable aspect of the media, seeing how people can underpin reality with complete trash.
@Mr. Cullen: that won’t work as that’s how they research and get ideas, quotes etc. now they can use ChatGPT to write copy …. the good ones know this and get on with it without complaining
@thesaltyurchin: You find it hilarious, I find it horrifying.
Do all genders have representation among DCU’s professors and associate professors of digital media?
Journalist’s definition of “trolling”= anyone online objecting to or criticizing a piece of my writing/reporting and countering it with a different opinion or viewpoint.
Because they attract cowards, keyboard warriors is all they are
Is there any evidence that female journalists are marked out for any more aggressive criticism/hate/abuse than male ones? Should there be a different standard then i.e. female journalists should be treated better because they’re more sensitive to the criticism. Surely that wouldn’t be a very feminist point of view. Surely, there’s a difference between strong criticism and hate and abuse as there clearly is in the examples above.
@Tom D: These new legal regulations that are being recommended in the article will be for everyone irrespective of gender. I didn’t see any suggestion of having different standards. This is about digital ID
@Tom D: there has been evidence gathered time and again, the Irish times made the decision to stop comments on any article on their website written by a woman almost a decade ago after the tone of those comments regularly degenerated into personal attacks. The Guardian in the uk ran the metrics about that time for their comments and found of the 10 journalists who got the most abuse 8 were female and 2 were men of colour. Their white male colleagues never got anything like the same level of abuse. Be clear here this is talking about abuse not arguments or differences of opinion, it is personal attacks based on nothing more than the gender of the journalist. I heard The Irish Times decision directly from their online editor when he gave a talk to journalism students in 2015.
Sadly comes with the job. I worked customer support for years and the abuse colleagues would get male or female was disgusting and uncalled for from customer’s who assumed cos they spwnt money on our service, meant they could say anything, so can only imagine what journos get. Think covid has also helped bring out the anger and crazy in a lot now who think they can say what they like.
@Tom Newell: I’ve been there. People are sometimes worse over the phone. I once got a furious rant from someone who’d bought products from a completely different company & misdialled in his rage. At least when I mentioned that, he had the grace to laugh at himself savaging the wrong number in an effort to impress his boss!
Dreadful that female journalists suffer like that. The elephant in the room is that nobody (including hacks) are held accountable for their online activity and when AI grows up, it’ll get millions of times worse. On the other side some irresponsible ‘journalists’ stir the pot too – the sick frenzy around Turbity or the BBC witchhunt are too good examples. Its chaos in digital and social media. And when the Gov tries to take action, the “freedom of speech” card gets played.
@Chris Curran: We have sufficiently harvested enough data (see recent Google announcements to circumvent GDPR and transfer to US) to fool you into thinking AI is real and generate much of the content on this website (AFP) for example, in line with our overall objectives. We thank you for using our service. Terms and conditions apply.
@Chris Curran: its free content, everyone gets a break from thinking.
Why were journalists targeting men women and children who refused COVID vaccines for online abuse? Why are you deleting this comment?
Yes-but, what about, if you only…..and freedom!
All the usual suspects are here.
Because the people doing this think women are easy targets it’s a form of harassment intimidation bullying but for the the bully’s that doing this will always fall victim when they become the bullied and soon reliaze the mental stress it causes that could lead to health issues.
Sounds reasonable. Who wouldn’t want to protect women from abuse. It looks like the onus for bringing in digital ID(this can then be linked to CBDCs/health certificate/social credit score) will be shifted to companies. Pesky constitutional safeguards on free speech can be easily circumvented on the internet if AI filters off a low threshold.
“Being subject to a barrage of tweets describing you as monstrous, calculating or conniving eats away at your sense of professional and personal worth, as much as you try to tell yourself it’s not true”
“So what do we do? The journalists interviewed for the DCU research expressed a desire for social media platforms to take a pro-active, rather than reactive, approach to online abuse. Instead of having moderators – some of whom are volunteers or AI – responding to flagged tweets and deciding whether they should be taken down, users could simply be prohibited from publishing tweets containing certain words or phrases.
“Bolstering the law around social media platforms’ positions as publishers of content would make it easier to take legal action for defamation. As the report points out, this could force the platforms to clean up their act, “because they’re about money”
So will the AI be filtering comments that accuse someone of being “calculating or
conniving” or other subjective personal opinions? Bit of a slippery slope
@Sean: No more slagging Bertie, lads. The AI will be filtering it because Bertie might sue if you call him “the most cunning” according to the recommendation in this article
Twitter has really taken a dive since musk took it over. People that were banned all back and very little oversight now.
@James King: Our various directors have been parachuted from CIA and Pentagon to director positions within the organisation. Everything is under control. It is for your greater good.
@Corporate Interests: And Fossetts are hiring, you should send a CV.
“I always struggled to understand why apparently ordinary people engage in such hateful, abusive rhetoric online.”
It’s not difficult to understand at all. All people need to do is read random comments from any online forum or social media and it will be very easy to see that a lot of commenters are a bit thick, their bark is bigger than their bite, most of the time they would not say things to you face. It’s far more apparent these days as the internet allows for all sorts of yobos to have their say, but it’s certainly not a new thing. The nature of the job probably makes it an easier target. Male journos also get abused, but as males do, they usually just suck it up and not report it, which is not always the best way.
My comment on this article was deleted and so were others, mainly I assume because they were somewhat critical, but not offensive. I guess you either toe the line or get deleted, I’ll be banned after this watch. Pure nonsense and you guys think you’re paragons of virtue.
A lot of weak cowards out there, with tinfoil hats and living in their moms attic!
@Emmet Murphy:
“Mom” is such an Americanism. It’s Ma!
@Sean: In fairness, and I say this as a Dub who has always slagged people who say anything other than Mam, I’ve been told since by pals in Cork and Kerry that a lot of people in Munster call their Mam ‘Mom’ from the pronunciation of the Irish word.
D4s who say Mom need to give it a rest though
@Sean: Ma is such a Dublinism, it’s Mother. :)
The term “sex” should be used when referring to biological characteristics, while “gender” should be reserved for social and cultural differences.
If journalists are getting repeatedly harassed by the same people, the law should already protect them. Sounds like the process is not being followed or taken seriously.
If this hate speech bill was really trying to deal with harmful discrimination, it would include class – the single most widespread form of discrimination anywhere in the world. It doesn’t because the people bringing in the new law are all from the same segment of society and just want to protect themselves – not anyone else further down the social hierarchy, whatever they claim. The hate speech bill will be used overwhelmingly by middle class people to go after working-class people.
My original comment from 12 hours ago removed because it got 600 upvote. The journal censors comments that don’t break guidelines
@ Megan Ward
Mammy is a classic. Mam also.
Interesting about the west. I can hear my cousins saying mom now that you raise that
Noel Gallagher-if i had a boom boom stick lyrics, i’d shoot a hole into the sun.. Hope ye get the idea
It’s generally the same scared cowards and children who sound off on here all the time about immigrants, LGBTQ issues and anything climate related.
They’re just angry and scared that someone is going to take things from them and a lot of them are to unintelligent to understand that they are being played.
I feel sorry for them really.
@Schrodingers Immigrant: The “I feel sorry for them really” comment is a passive aggressive response and that kind of psychological manipulation should be discouraged as much as physical violence is in men. It’s the kind of passive aggressive comment which makes people angrier because it is difficult to argue with directly. Your own arguments aren’t very intelligent either (no basis) even if you do think you’re morally superior.
If people are reluctant to allow an influx of immigrants then maybe it is because of a fear of losing something and that’s not irrational. It should be discussed openly not ignorantly dismissed. You won’t win anyone over to your opinions that way.
Because the people who do this are cowards.
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