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UEFA must read the room and ban Israel from taking part in its competitions, according to Social Democrats sports spokesperson Sinéad Gibney and foreign affairs spokesperson Patricia Stephenson. Deputy Gibney said: “Our national team players, elite athletes at the pinnacle of their career, have been put in a very difficult position after they were drawn […]

Quality and value for money public are at the heart of a bill on public procurement, which Social Democrats TD Sinéad Gibney will bring for debate at second stage in the Dáil tomorrow (Thursday, February 12). Commenting on the Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021, which was originally introduced by […]

Plans for a new phase of the Basic Income for the Arts scheme, while welcome, have been undermined by the government’s shoddy treatment of existing recipients, according to Social Democrats TD Sinéad Gibney. Deputy Gibney, who is the party’s arts spokesperson, said: “The government’s handling of this issue has been shambolic, with artists participating in […]

Amazon staff must be provided with assurances from the government that they will be adequately supported if faced with redundancy, according to Social Democrats enterprise spokesperson Sinéad Gibney. Deputy Gibney said: “Reports that Amazon is to cut 16,000 jobs are extremely concerning for the 6,500 staff employed by the multinational company in Ireland. “Today, I […]

The abolition of the triple lock would be the final nail in the coffin for Ireland’s neutrality as we know it, according to Social Democrats defence spokesperson Sinéad Gibney. Deputy Gibney made her comments as the Cabinet met today to sign off on the Defence Amendment Bill. The legislation will result in the removal of […]

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have shown they see no value in artistic and cultural endeavour through their inaction which has led to the closure of The Complex, according to Social Democrats arts and culture spokesperson Sinéad Gibney. Deputy Gibney said: “The Complex, the multidisciplinary arts centre in Dublin’s North Inner City, announced its permanent […]

Belated assurances from X that it will geoblock its chatbot Grok from undressing images of real people are too little too late, according to Social Democrats media spokesperson Sinéad Gibney. Deputy Gibney said: “When edit functions were added to Grok, with the express purpose of nudifying images, Elon Musk thought it was a big joke […]

The government is flailing around on the Grok AI scandal unable to get its story straight, according to Social Democrats media spokesperson Sinéad Gibney. “Last night, on Prime Time, AI Minister Niamh Smyth was clear that we have “very strong and robust” laws which criminalise the spread of non-consensual sexualised images of women and children, […]

It’s Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan, not the law, that can’t keep up with technology, according to Social Democrats TD Sinéad Gibney. Deputy Gibney, who sits on the Oireachtas AI Committee, said: “Nobody is denying that users who request Child Sexual Abuse Images bear legal responsibility for the production of those images. But X, the platform […]

Coimisiún na Meán must urge the European Commission to be proactive when it comes to protecting its citizens, particularly minors, from having their image sexualised by AI models, but must not become complacent at home, according to Social Democrats TD Sinéad Gibney Deputy Gibney, who sits on the Oireachtas AI Committee, said: “Grok AI has […]