Eco-socialist TD for @pbp.ie in Dublin South West. Environment/Education spokesperson. Member of RISE / @rupturemedia.bsky.social contributor linktr.ee/paulmurphytdhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.iehttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mrcol2vvbj2zWitnesses of Ulm 5 trial in Germany speak out. Irish citizen Daniel Tatlow-Devally is subject to a show trial for taking action for Palestine. He is locked up 23 hours a day and only allowed to talk to family for an hour a month. Irish government must send observers.23 Jul 2026 10:58 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcol2vvbj2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mragcwfjuq2o"All the evidence suggests that an Irish citizen Daniel Tatlow-Devally along with 4 others is being denied a fair trial by another European state." This show trial of #TheUlm5 is ongoing currently. The Irish Government MUST send permanent observers to the trial to defend the rights of its citizens22 Jul 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mragcwfjuq2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mra2ytse6s25The fightback against AI must start now. These tech billionaires pushing AI on us are fundamentally anti-humanist, they think they can replace our art with AI-generated content. They just don't get it - they see art as another realm for them to add to their profit portfolio.22 Jul 2026 10:02 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mra2ytse6s25https://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mr6ip4dcuw2fIf you didn't know better, you'd assume this headline meant the government is adopting a Melenchon style proposal for a 100% inheritance tax for anything over €12 million. Unsurprisingly they're actually doing the opposite and cutting tax for a tiny wealthy minority...21 Jul 2026 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6ip4dcuw2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mr6fdyshto2w"It is an epidemic. The courts are full of women seeking barring and harassment orders. Thousands of children are growing up in violent homes." Laws like Jennie's Law are welcome, but we must fight the problem at it's root - sexism, misogyny, and the way that capitalism profits off of both of them.21 Jul 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6fdyshto2whttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mr66qlpyfh2sA cruel joke that school books are being made free, while schools are encouraged to use them less and less in favour of "Ed-Tech" at the expense of parents. We need a serious examination of what technology is useful and when in the classroom, especially with others going back to basics.21 Jul 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr66qlpyfh2shttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mr3oadoxfq2lTime is ticking for children with rare diseases in Ireland. We know for example that Skyclarys is the only drug that has been shown to slow Friedreich's ataxia, and it's available in other European countries.20 Jul 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3oadoxfq2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mqyr3hpicr2wNobody wants a future where the majority of the internet and 'creative content' is AI slop. That's the future unless we collectively pull the brake on generative AI. This isn't a runaway train. The narrative of inevitability is propagated by Big Tech to try and profit off pushing AI at us.19 Jul 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqyr3hpicr2whttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mqr5qlw4qh2lIt's disgraceful that so many parents and children are still being let down by this government. Cara shouldn't have to be protesting outside the Dáil like this, but she says she will be back in September if things remain the same.. #AON #FightForYourRights #EqualityInEducation16 Jul 2026 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqr5qlw4qh2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mqoyjgh2xe2tThe hypocrisy of all of Big Tech and our governments pushing generative AI is unreal. Big tech has pirated the entire creative output of humanity. One rule for them, one rule for us. Reject this pure corporate propoganda about AI. Support artists.15 Jul 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqoyjgh2xe2thttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mqon4r2c3f2rAttending press conference of the campaign to save Carlow College. It's crazy how this college is being closed down, with 87 jobs being lost and the removal of humanities education from the South East of the country.15 Jul 2026 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqon4r2c3f2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mqoi5nnvyk2rNo more data centres! Serious investigations need to happen by Uisce Éireann into water usage in data centres. Nobody knows or even seems to want to know how much water is being used by these energy-guzzling data centres. #BanDataCentres #HosepipeBan15 Jul 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqoi5nnvyk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mqmlhmizkv2xWe need answers from Uisce Éireann (Irish Water) about water usage in data centres. Nobody knows or even seems to want to know how much water is being used by these energy-guzzling data centres. We need a ban on any more data centres. #BanDataCentres #HosepipeBan14 Jul 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmlhmizkv2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mqm3eoj3rm2wWe know that out of control data centre development has led to 23% of electricity being consumed by data centres. A recent report found that data centres consume 80% of electricity in Dublin, yet Uisce Éireann can’t or won’t tell us the effect of data centres on water consumption.14 Jul 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqm3eoj3rm2whttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mqkh7ezexn2wDiscussing with people tonight in Tallaght about An Post's plans to move our sorting office to Lucan. This will be a disaster for workers and our community. It will mean having to travel to Lucan to collect missed parcels. Pressure to get An Post to drop this plan is growing.13 Jul 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkh7ezexn2whttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mqhz5bpead2uFor anyone who needs to collect a parcel or missed delivery, this move to Lucan mean a long trip across the city. For the workers, it means upending their life. In Rathfarnham, a public meeting and local protest helped get An Post to defer the closure of the Edmondstown sorting office til next year12 Jul 2026 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhz5bpead2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mqhht4nxin2wAn Post are planning to shut the Tallaght delivery office and shift operations to a hub near Lucan. For anyone misses a delivery, that could means hours of travel just to pick up a parcel. Many people don't drive and the public transport links to Grangecastle are not good enough.12 Jul 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhht4nxin2whttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mqcvwdyyr22aAn Post pensioners have been scandalously betrayed by this government. All promises and guarantees they were given have been broken. This situation must be rectified. #FightForYourRights #JoinAUnion10 Jul 2026 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcvwdyyr22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mq7mpnqsis2iIntroducing a Bill to stop the scandalous use of Shannon airport by the US military. Stop using our country for your illegal unprovoked and murderous wars.09 Jul 2026 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7mpnqsis2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mq5zhwjnaq2pUnfortunately our Bill to ban hare coursing has been voted down by FF, FG and SF. The annual cruel practice of capturing and terrorising thousands of hares will continue. The politicians are wildly out of touch with the public on this one. We'll be back and we will win a ban!08 Jul 2026 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5zhwjnaq2phttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mq4lxscjtm2nTo defend the indefensible of hare coursing, a fake study with 'figures' are made up about how 'beneficial' it is to the economy... even if the figures were real, it wouldn't justify this cruel practice. Will the government correct the Dáil record? Or allow this made up nonsense to sit as 'fact'?08 Jul 2026 07:30 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq4lxscjtm2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mq2ytkdigv2kBillionaires shouldn't exist, let alone trillionaires. We need a left government that will take on the interests of the billionaire class, instead of one that represents them, like FF, FG, and their right-wing independents.07 Jul 2026 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2ytkdigv2khttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mq2xmkjocc2vThe government shamefully votes against including services in a ban on trade with the Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. They have gutted the Occupied Territories Bill to please Trump and US corporations. We need complete sanctions on Israel.07 Jul 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2xmkjocc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mq2lyambau27We need to put on as much pressure as possible before the Dáil votes tomorrow Wednesday night. This is a long-awaited opportunity to finally end one of the cruelest blood sports, which is already banned across nearly all of Europe. #BanHareCoursing07 Jul 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2lyambau27https://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mpokvuao3n2gThere's less than a week before we will be voting on our bill to ban hare coursing. Far from a urban-rural divide, a higher percentage of rural Ireland voted in favour of a ban. The majority of people want this cruel "pursuit" banned. We have to keep the pressure on before the vote on July 8th.02 Jul 2026 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpokvuao3n2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mpod5chide2gWhy won't they give a free vote? Is it because they know if given the chance, enough TDs would vote to ban the cruel 'sport' of hare coursing? Our bill will be debated in the Dáil this evening, with the vote taking place next Wednesday 8th July. Keep the pressure up to #BanHareCoursing02 Jul 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpod5chide2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/paulmurphy.pbp.ie/post/3mpo7sag2p52gStrong NARA protest outside the Dáil with a simple demand - BAN HARE COURSING! Our bill to ban hare coursing will be debated in the Dáil this evening, with the vote on it next Wednesday 8th July. Will your TDs be supporting this bill? Or allowing this cruel blood 'sport' to continue?02 Jul 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:ui7decoar7dhtjwxpenpezv3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpo7sag2p52g