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Alan Dunne

@aldunne.eurosky.social
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Laoiseach, arts appreciator, bad runner, follower of unsuccessful sports teams • Climate action, sustainable transport, parking • Board member @ Laois Arts Theatre Company 🌍 Dublin

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James Greene, Jr. @jamesgreenejr.bsky.social · 6h
wife: honey, can you read to the baby? husband: grok, do a vulgar roast of the baby grok: hello baby, your mind is not fully developed yet husband: no, more vulgar, use a gilbert gottfried voice
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 12h
only four weeks until we learn who is the winner of the 2026 FIFA Peace Prize, which means that their selection committee is probably deep into deliberations and voting as we speak. exciting!
screenshot from FIFA's website dated Wednesday 5th November 2025. text reads:

FIFA introduces the FIFA Peace Prize - an award to recognise exceptional actions for peace and unity
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 08/10/2026
me: I dunno, I still like the guys on the team but I'm sympathetic to the argument seeing the Dodgers win in the playoffs every year is boring (braves fans start doing the chop) me: General McPherson I summon and bind thee to these boys' bats. Claim your vengeance
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 12h
mentioned to my taxi driver this morning that I'd been in Madrid last weekend ‘oh yes I heard they were protesting mass migration’ ‘no, it was about housing, rent controls, evictions, nothing to do with migration. a peaceful encampment. we passed right by it’ honestly what is wrong with people
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 12h
only four weeks until we learn who is the winner of the 2026 FIFA Peace Prize, which means that their selection committee is probably deep into deliberations and voting as we speak. exciting!
screenshot from FIFA's website dated Wednesday 5th November 2025. text reads:

FIFA introduces the FIFA Peace Prize - an award to recognise exceptional actions for peace and unity
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026
‘the buck stops here’ — some guy, definitely not Micheál Martin
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Katja Diehl @katjadiehl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Analysis of data on over 600,000 collisions shows children 82% more likely to be killed if struck by an SUV or LTV rather than smaller vehicle" www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
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Being hit by an SUV increases the likelihood of death or serious injury | LSHTM
The likelihood of a pedestrian or cyclist being fatally injured is 44% higher if they are hit by a sports utility vehicle (SUV) or light truck vehicle (LTV) compared with smaller passenger cars, new
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 19h
making practical use of Irish Rail wifi and an 8 hour time difference at 6am on a Thursday
a laptop on a train carriage table. the carriage is mostly empty. the laptop is showing action from the 8th inning of Padres–Brewerslaptop showing caption ‘Milwaukee Brewers 5th League Championship Series Appearance’laptop screen showing final score MIL 3 SD 1
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Jomboy Media (Unofficial) @jomboymedia-mirror.bsky.social · 21h
Yankees are going home without a ring for the 17th year in a row
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Loki @lokideburca.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Got that last verse down. Shared it on insta, but forgot to share it here.
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026
‘the buck stops here’ — some guy, definitely not Micheál Martin
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026
Silicon Valley has one big idea and it's advertising, exhibit 1753
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Frances: Meh and Loving It @francesmeh.reviews · 04/10/2026
google's ai proving absolutely indispensable in dublin
Overview

[AI] Know before you go 
• People say to try a pint of the popular Guinness
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026
if the triple lock was put to a referendum or Citizens' Assembly or debated in a GE campaign the govt would get their answer. the talk is being ramped up now in the hope of pushing an unpopular change through mid-tenure. well done Tom Clonan for insisting on a proper democratic debate
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026
watching this red line moving steadily upwards day after day feels like the slow motion equivalent for our species of the dinosaurs seeing that pretty, fast-moving light in the sky
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026
only half joking when I say that it should be illegal for political parties to have abstract names like ‘Fianna Fáil’ as opposed to something that describes their politics like ‘Social Democrats’ because I strongly believe the average FF/FG voter doesn't have a baldy what those parties stand for
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Senator Tom Clonan is a former Officer in the Defence Forces. He knows this stuff inside out.
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The spin and misinformation around the triple lock is eye-watering
Suggesting there is ‘no link’ between the triple lock and our neutral status is akin to suggesting there is no link between the steering wheel and the brakes on a car, writes Senator Tom Clonan
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026
watching this red line moving steadily upwards day after day feels like the slow motion equivalent for our species of the dinosaurs seeing that pretty, fast-moving light in the sky
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Dublin Commuters @dublincommuters.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Show us your budget, & we’ll show you your priorities” It’s certainly not Transport after two consecutive Government budgets that focus on cars & roads instead of Public Transport that is Affordable, Reliable & Frequent www.dublincommuters.ie/post/budget-...
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Budget 2027; A big step backwards for Public Transport in Dublin
Government parties have been calling Budget 2027 one that puts money back in the pockets of working people; ironic considering less than a month ago they put their hands in those pockets and made…
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm not saying a Catholic upbringing is hard to shake but every time I click ‘Join’ before a Teams meeting my brain says ’in their unending hymn of praise’
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Cian Ginty @cianginty.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Budget 2027: Active travel funding still frozen at 2020 level effectively means it's a 29% cut irishcycle.com/2026/10/06/b...
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Budget 2027: Active travel funding still frozen at 2020 level effectively means it’s a 29% cut
— Government says it “remains committed to supporting active travel”.– Active travel funding includes safe routes to schools and greenways. Budget 2027’s active travel…
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026
a giveaway budget based on an unsustainable booming tax base and done against the advice of the Fiscal Advisory Council against the backdrop of global instability is not at all PTSD-inducing is it
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Derek Hollingsworth @derekholly7.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The legends of the werewolves of Ossory emerged from an Ireland where wolves roamed & wilderness boundaried civilisation. Ireland was seen as a place on the edge of the world. 🌳 🐺 My latest article 'The Wolf, the Werewolf, & the Wilderness in Medieval Ireland'. Link in comments.
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026
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Kent Brockman: Welcome Insect Overlords
Alt: Kent Brockman: Welcome Insect Overlords
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026
FOR TOO LONG HAVE MIDDLE INCOME WORKERS BEEN NEGLECTED, say the parties that have governed for over 100 years and held the Minister of Finance portfolio since 1997
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Conor Smith @conorsmith.ie · 06/10/2026
"average person financially better off after budget" factoid actualy just statistical error. average person much worse off. Buy To Let Georg, who lives on yacht & owns over 10,000 properties, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
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Feljin Jose @feljin.ie · 06/10/2026
Ok but my fares are going up by €300
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm not saying a Catholic upbringing is hard to shake but every time I click ‘Join’ before a Teams meeting my brain says ’in their unending hymn of praise’
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026
a dogewhistle
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026
once again they should have called it the Personal Investment Savings Scheme because for the very many people out there who don't have €12k a year and could do with more support that's what this idea is taking
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Ireland’s new personal investment accounts: Here’s how the scheme will work
Consumers can save up to €50,000 tax-free in new personal investment accounts
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026
interesting that no kites have been flown on defence spending so far which makes me suspect something funny will be snuck into today's announcements
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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 06/10/2026
[All national infrastructure slides further into a sinkhole; A&E waiting times move closer to 13 hours; it costs eleventy trillion euro to buy a house] yay I have €750
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026
in which we equate the entire point of one side with a single poster on the other
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Irish Cycling Campaign @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Other new rules also came into force on Oct 1- 🚸 Children up to 12 years old can ride on footpaths -along with an older rider 🛴 People can ride e-scooters in cycle lanes 🚍 Drivers now need to give way to buses leaving bus stops...
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
two guesses as to what this will do to the selling price of homes from the master negotiators who brought you the 2002 religious orders indemnity, the 2008 bank guarantee, the 2026 fuel subsidies and public sector pay strikes, the 2027(?) Children's Hospital...
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
during a half-hour walk to the shops and back earlier my eyes were assaulted by no less than half a dozen GenAI posters for various businesses. I would contend that, regrettably, they're seen as ‘the fashion’ and not that many people give a shite
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
if anything I may have been understating the case for supporting the Brewers this postseason. the scenes here from last night are priceless youtu.be/JS9XGZ8S_Tk
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WALK-OFF! Jackson Chourio Lifts Brewers Past Padres in Game 2!
YouTube video by FOX Sports
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
during a half-hour walk to the shops and back earlier my eyes were assaulted by no less than half a dozen GenAI posters for various businesses. I would contend that, regrettably, they're seen as ‘the fashion’ and not that many people give a shite
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
this! the apparent absence of basic tech literacy in many people writing about AI in particular is a gigantic problem
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
sympathies to any US politicians watching the #IRLISR game it must be difficult to choose a favourite between your main technofascism proxy in Europe and your main military proxy in the Middle East
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026
people spent the last few years debating which of ChatGPT Claude and Grok was doing the most harm but it turns out that the worst AI all along was the FAI
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
agreeing to play these games has demeaned every person involved and the other team is loving it (don't @ me with the Shaw line)
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
spent the weekend in Madrid and an afternoon in the Museo Reina Sofia which has one of the most stunning collections of modern art I've ever witnessed, and reminders everywhere of the horror of war
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Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is written to fly under the radar, from today’s Sunday Independent (Ireland). The press council upheld a complaint about an offensive and transphobic opinion column by Brenda Power. Sindo was required to publish the decision. @mams4transrights.bsky.social @jesalady.bsky.social
A half page article from the Sunday independent with the headline OMB2590 A woman and the Sunday independent.
The article outlines the complaint, the appeal and the decision. 
The complaint relates to an opinion column deploring the fact that an unnamed td provided a character reference for a man convicted of sexual violence against children. A sentence in the column argued that this case threw light on the possibility that a man would “identify as a woman” in order to commit sexual violence.
The press council concluded that “a reference to a protected group [trans people] in this context should have been extremely carefully scrutinised”. It found that the Sunday independent was in violation of principle 8 of the press council code of practice.
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Low Traffic Hackney @lowtraffichackney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our new blog post explaining why SUVs are more than just a safety risk. www.lowtraffichackney.org/latest-news/...
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Why SUVs and car bloat are causing congestion in Hackney - Low Traffic Hackney
SUVs; Carspreading; Car Bloat; big vehicles; congestion; bus delays
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Louth For Ever 🦋 @louthforever.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On the 5th day, the positions have reversed. This afternoon, Breandán Mac Cionnaith said the residents would accept the document the Secretary of State has presented to them, provided the Orange Order accepts it as well. But tonight, Portadown District says there is no document.
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
Phillies Braves has been good fun the last two nights
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
catching up on some CPD and the e-learning module is presenting me with this handsome guy every few steps
real image of a reddish-brown dog wearing black spectacles, with an open book in front of him. 📷: Jamie Street
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Micheal @michealhalton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The original bike share scheme from Amsterdam www.marijuanalibrary.org/HT_provos_01... #whitebikes #bikeshare #activetravel
The. most famous of all white plans was the White Bike Plan, envisioned as the ultimate solution to the "traffic terrorism of a motorized minority." The brain-child of Industrial designer Luud. Schimmelpenninck, the White Bike Plan proposed the banning of. environmentally noxious cars from the inner city, to be replaced by bicycles. Of course, the bikes were to be provided free by the city. They would be painted white and permanently unlocked, to secure their public availability. Schimmelpenninck calculated that,. even from a strictly economic point of view, the plan would provide great benefits to Amsterdam.

The Provos decided to put the plan into action by providing the first 50 bicycles. But the police immediately confiscated them, claiming they created an invitation to theft. Provo retaliated by stealing a few police bikes.

The White Victim Plan stated that Anyone causing a fatal car accident should be forced to paint the outline of their victim's body on the pavement at the site of the accident. That way, no one could ignore the fatalities caused by automobiles.
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The “Beats off” Chronicles day one hundred and forty-five: Now that’s how you win prizes for hospitality.
Laois hotel beats off stiff competition to win Best Overall Hotel' at Hospitality Awards.
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