For (selected) artists in Ireland there is some good news; the piloted basic income scheme is to be made permanent... but, the successful recipients can only gain the support from every other three year cycle (i.e. support for three years then three years without); no doubt to 'encourage' then to capitalise on the first three years to gain over art-related income streams?

Still which not UBI, this is yet more evidence of how basic income(s) *do* work!

#art #ireland
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/10/ireland-basic-income-for-the-arts-scheme-becomes-permanent

Irish Examiner: Government bodies need to get off X, now

"Nobody in Ireland should be exposed to hate speech, bullying, or child sexual abuse images on X just to find out if their train is delayed"

"... most Government departments continue to use X for their outbound comms with the Irish people, with several, including the HSE, An Garda Síochána and the Department of Transport (via TFI and the TII) providing essential real-time updates via this now-niche third party platform — some exclusively so."

https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41787647.html

#Ireland #IE #Mastodaoine #X #SocialMedia

Irish Examiner: Government bodies need to get off X, now

"Nobody in Ireland should be exposed to hate speech, bullying, or child sexual abuse images on X just to find out if their train is delayed"

"... most Government departments continue to use X for their outbound comms with the Irish people, with several, including the HSE, An Garda Síochána and the Department of Transport (via TFI and the TII) providing essential real-time updates via this now-niche third party platform — some exclusively so."

https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41787647.html

#Ireland #IE #Mastodaoine #X #SocialMedia