Two of my short stories have been put forward for consideration for the prestigious Pushcart Prize. This one, a dystopian take on one of the world’s great cycling races: https://t.co/E6DuXTL1zo And this story in 7th Circle Pyrite ‘The Falling People’ https://t.co/fJAW7ToKzT

Would it be possible too to get some more detail on this aspect of the piece? 303 new public bodies in the space of 25 years is the creation of one new public body every single month. What's being counted in that figure? Department name changes, amalgamations? Rebranding?

Is it possible to get a bit more detail on this part of your piece? Do you propose removal of SIPO, repeal of the FOI Act (in full or part), having no central office for helping public bodies manage complex national & EU procurement rules, or reintroduction of dual mandate?

Here’s a really useful account of this by the great Michael Foley. “Ireland was easily the most secretive state in Western Europe, even more so than the U.K..” https://t.co/qVK1XrezrH

I mean just so Mr Collison knows, because he clearly couldn’t based on the above, the FOI Act replaced the Official Secrets Act. You could go to jail for using government documents without approval. Was that better because some crooked politicians “got shit done?”

How did the Freedom of Information Act or creation of SIPO curtail the power of politicians to gather information, spend money or control the arms of government? The amount of people holding up this article by John Collison as some sort of canonical account of what is wrong with

Aontú fires youth leader and five others over secret racist WhatsApp chat group

Aontú fires youth leader and five others over secret racist WhatsApp chat group https://t.co/VCI7YyfMiF

The current state of FOI in Ireland. Names redacted here include Micheál Martin, Leo Varadkar, and former minister Eamon Ryan. But remember, the system is functioning well!

🇮🇪 Lara Gillespie: World Champion 🌈 The Irish rider pips Britain's Katie Archibald to gold in the elimination race... and she is absolutely delighted 🥇

The current state of FOI in Ireland. Names redacted here include Micheál Martin, Leo Varadkar, and former minister Eamon Ryan. But remember, the system is functioning well!

A report on the Legal Aid Board (LAB) found its IT systems were at “critical risk of failure,” that poor performance issues were tolerated, while staff worked in unsatisfactory offices without the necessary technology. The Baker Tilly report said the board was somehow managing

Doing some research for an FOI book and I was wondering if anybody out there has come across certification of records in the real world (and your experience with that). It's Section 34 of the FOI Act and rarely used, only for highly sensitive records. https://t.co/IZ90gtrQud

My statement on the most recent credible death threat against me.

This is NOT me trying to say I have some great style or voice to my writing but just that it's baked into who I am. And I wonder will AI make it much more likely that a truly unique voice or style has insufficient scope or room to develop?

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A bit of an esoteric thought on AI but one of the things that puts me off how it writes - or ever letting it write for me - is that it just doesn't sound like me. I wonder though if you never had a pre-AI time for your own style or voice to develop, how would you feel?

Prisoners who failed or refused drug tests were allowed keep special jail privileges including increased visits, better accommodation & higher chance of temporary release. Audit found that in half of 201 cases – inmate was not downgraded as per policy. https://t.co/F9t2j8k0Mc

Fine Gael are on a dangerous path if they start to weaponise litigation history of Oireachtas lawyers against them. For example, representing a dictator with a dismal human rights record.

U.S. newspapers are full of these types of stories giving all the very serious legal implications of the Trump Presidency doing X, Y, and Z. Pretty delusional stuff when these people are only detained because of a preceding act of blatant illegality: https://t.co/0x0CFMs5R2