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Anne-Marie

@amflynn.bsky.social
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Columnist, board member, learner, dreamer, scribbler, Gaelic Games fan, Left leaner, cat servant 🐈🐈‍⬛️ 📍Mayo, Ireland 👩‍🦰 She/her 🔐 Views my own

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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🤮 www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic...
irishtimes.com
Mark Zuckerberg donates €150,000 to Waterford GAA clubs after buying castle in the area
Meta founder and his wife Priscilla Chan bought Strancally Castle in August
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Social Democrats @social-democrats.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tomorrow, the 15th March for Choice will take place in Dublin. That’s 15 years of calling for an end to this paternalistic view of reproductive rights. 8 years after Repeal, there are still too many barriers to abortion access. The Dáil voted to remove the three day wait, when will it happen?
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@liznugent.bsky.social so excited to see you're coming to Castlebar, Liz! And Darina is a GEM 💎
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Imagine having the neck to think that if you work full time, your minimum wage should allow you to live in some small degree of comfort? If your SME can't afford to pay its staff a living wage, your SME is not viable.
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
You'd really miss Old Twitter. Dying for a good old-fashioned tweetfest about The Traitors finale
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Absolutely a Brit.
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Finding it hard to fathom why government politicians need reports to tell them things the realst of the population already knows.
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I spent a couple of years managing a concession store in Anthony Ryan's in my early 20s. It was a proper old-school, old-fashioned retail experience, the kind that has mostly faded out of existence. Anthony was incredibly kind and decent to deal with, and I'll always remember my time there fondly.
irishtimes.com
Inside Galway’s oldest department store: ‘We’re not Brown Thomas and we don’t want to be’
A stalwart on Shop Street since 1909, Ryans has been run by four generations of the Ryan family, priding itself on offering repeat customers excellent service with a personal touch
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
No shit, Helen. No shit.
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.mayonews.ie/news/mayo-co... Cllr Peter Flynn is painfully spot on here abut the inefficiencies of the public procurement and tender process. God be with the days when county councils had teams or workers and existed to keep public services running smoothly. Long past time to go back to basics.
mayonews.ie
Mayo council house left vacant for 962 days
Westport councillor says the length of time the property remained empty was 'shocking'.
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Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie · 22/09/2026
#DIBLives Captain Charles Boycott believed Irish peasants were prone to idleness and required firm handling. Following an attempt to evict tenants #OTD 1880 he was subjected to the ostracism advocated by Parnell, and the word 'Boycott' entered the English language. www.dib.ie/biography/bo...
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It's clear by now what type of character Jim O'Callaghan is. What of his Special Advisers Adrian O'Higgins and Suzanne Coogan, though? What role have they played in this disgraceful and short-sighted anti-immigration crusade?
thegist.ie
The Gist: What if?
The Government wants to reduce immigration. This is the Gist.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 14/07/2026
"Ireland's Enterprise Minister Peter Burke attended a private dinner with tech giant Meta at the US ambassador’s residence in February to discuss the “digital agenda for Ireland’s EU presidency,” amid a US drive to soften Europe’s policing of big tech." www.independent.ie/business/min...
independent.ie
Minister dined with Meta lobbyists at US ambassador’s residence amid US drive to soften Europe’s policing of big tech
Peter Burke’s intimate dinner with the tech giant’s reps was aimed at discussing ‘the digital agenda for Ireland’s EU presidency’
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This type of corporate reputation-laundering rots me. The Tesco Community Fund will yield your charity a few hundred euro at most. Not exactly enough to keep many organisations afloat. It's a good initiative, but it's PR, and it distracts from Tesco's operational practices.
irishexaminer.com
How Tesco’s Community Fund is helping to keep a vital search and rescue team afloat
‘We’ve had quite a few rescues thankfully. We’ve recovered lost people, stranded boats and animals as well, and we evacuate people during flooding incidents,’ says Diarmuid Moriarty, chairman of Limer...
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There are two types of people in the world. Those who reverse into parking spaces in busy places, and those who drive in.
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Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026
Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams:
Before the meeting closes, Prime Min-
ister Kenny has a favour to ask. Europe
is steaming about privacy and Facebook,
and they're about to adopt a law--the
General Data Protection Regulation
to crack down on how Big Tech uses per-
sonal data. Exactly who will enforce this
law is still being negotiated. Kenny wants
it to be Ireland. We do too. But we've got a
problemn because no one believes Ireland
will be tough enough on the tech com-
panies. With good reason.
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Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is insanity. Irish Presidency's draft text of amendments to the GDPR allows training & operation of any AI without safeguards & tough legal basis (under "legitimate interest" a company claims what it is doing is OK. Up to you to find out and challenge in court). This is a free pass for US Tech.
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Gavin Cooney: Why I won’t be joining media boycott of Ireland’s games against Israel www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...
irishtimes.com
Gavin Cooney: Why I won’t be joining media boycott of Ireland’s games against Israel
Staging of these games is wrong but there is nothing additional to be gained by the media refusing to cover them
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Don't really think Ireland as a whole deserves a pat on the back for the work of some artists, activists, and the people who pressure and protest, when our government watered down the OTB, the GAA refuses to drop Israeli weapon insurer Allianz, and the FAI is happy to play Israel without Irish fans
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Will we ever forget this? Ironically this was uttered in response to then Cllr Mark Duffy's efforts in this space to get MCC to declare a climate emergency. Cllr Duffy subsequently went on to join ..... Fine Gael 🤦‍♀️ of which Cllr Cruise is also a member.
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Curious as to how much money participation in Eurovision would have cost cash-strapped RTÉ. An easy win all-round, for everyone
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For an organisation of its size, FI sure outsources a lot of things.
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Author Sally Rooney was one of the people to object to this. Fucking delighted.
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Keith Hyland @keith1275.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If it’s toxic for young people it’s also toxic for all people.
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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A bomb damaged residential building collapsed in Gaza this morning. 8 are confirmed dead, dozens are injured, and up to 100 ppl are trapped under the rubble. The US just authorised $2.8bn in weapons for Israel. The genocide continues. The Irish football team will play Israel. #StopTheGame
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Instead of this shit, they could crack down on the social media companies themselves. But no. 💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Counterpoint: yes it is
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm not familiar with Aaron Rowe's music, but I'm about to get familiar. Beoga too. Their withdrawal likely won't make a shred of difference to Ed Sheeran - it'll hurt them a lot more. Bravo.
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Jen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Absolutely vile. If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times - transphobia harms everyone. If you think that it won't be used to also police the appearance and behaviour of cis women, you are hopelessly naive. It has never been about the safety of women. It has always been about control.
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Occasionally, I'm reminded of my all time favourite piece of internet: this Reddit post from 12 years ago in which a guy claims he ruined dinner with his girlfriend's parents by refusing to admit he knew what a potato was.
TIFU by enraging the parents of my girlfriend by pretending not to know what a potato is.
Let me tell you that I have made a bad mistake this evening.

My girlfriend (who let me tell you is only my 2nd girlfriend of all time) said I am "invited to dinner" with her and her parents. I was very aghast, nervous, and bashful to be invited to such a situation. But I knew it must be done.

I met them nicely, I should tell you, and it started off in a good way. The idea slapped my mind that I should do a comic bit, to make a good impression and become known to them as a person who is amusing.

When I saw that baked potatoes were served I got the idea that it would be very good if I pretended I did not know what potatoes was. That would be funny.

Well let me tell you: backfired on my face. I'll tell you how.So first when the potato became on my plate, I acted very interesting. I showed an expression on my face so as to seem that I was confused, astounded but in a restrained way, curious, and interested. They did notice, and seemed confused, but did not remark. So I asked "This looks very interesting. What is this?"

They stared at me and the mother said "It's a baked potato." And I was saying "Oh, interesting, a baked....what is it again?"

And she was like "A potato."

And I was like "A 'potato', oh interesting. Never heard of a potato, looks pretty good."

And then they didn't see I was clowning, but thought I really did not know what is a potato. So I knew I would be very shamed, humiliated, depressed, and disgusted if I admitted to making a bad joke, so what I did was to act as if it was not a joke but I committed to the act of pretending I didn't know what a potato is.

They asked me, VERY incredulous, did I really not know what a potato is? That I never heard of a potato. I went with it and told them, yes, I did not ever even hear of a potato. Not only had I never eaten a potato I had never heard the word potato.This went on for a bit and my girlfriend was acting very confused and embarrassed by my "fucked up antics", and then the more insistent I was about not knowing what a potato is was when them parents starting thinking I DID know what a potato was.

Well let me tell you I had to commit 100% at this point. When I would not admit to knowing what a potato was, the father especially began to get annoyed. At one point he said something like "Enough is enough. You're fucking with us. Admit it." And I said "Sir, before today I never heard of a potato. I still don't know what a potato is, other than some kind of food. I don't know what to tell you."

Well let me tell you he got very annoyed. I decided to take a bite of the potato, and when I did I made a high pitched noise and said "Taste's very strange!"

That is when the father started yelling at me, and the mother kept saying "What are you doing?" and my girlfriend went to some other room.Finally the father said I should "Get the fuck out of his house" and I said it was irrational to treat me like this just because I never heard of a potato before. Well let me tell you he didn't take that kindly.

Now in text messages I have been telling my girlfriend I really don't know what a potato is. The only way I can ever get out of this is for them to buy that I don't know what a potato is.

I wish I never started it but I can't go back. I think she will break up with me anyway.
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Actually, there is a logic and it is implicitly racist."
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
At that price, they can shove it where the sunnnnnn doesn't shiiinnnnnnnnneee
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Dermot Casey @dermotcasey.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Why do they want to sow dissent and hate in our country? Why do they want to deprive us of talents, of joy, of language, of culture and colour. They are small minded men, with small souls and broken cruel intellects. And I am thoroughly sick of their dangerous violent racist rhetoric
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Dermot Casey @dermotcasey.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I have a fairly long set of posts or a blogpost on Jim O'Callaghan and Micheal McDowell brewing. But my starting point is - why do these two men hate Ireland so much? Why do they hate our friends and neighbours and everything they have brought to our country? Why do they want to feed the far right
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Grace @pixiegrace.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
An absolute who's who of cunts
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Why are men? Honestly?
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 10/09/2026
Only 71,850 people have registered to vote in the new Higher Education constituency for the Seanad, despite a potential electorate of between 800,000 and 1,000,000 graduates. The unified 6-seater is open to graduates of over 80 higher level institutions, not just the historic TCD and NUI.
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Just spotted a hedgehog in my garden and I think this is the happiest moment I've experienced so far as a newbie home owner 🦔
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Mad Meson @madmeson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“Economic migrant” as a pejorative remains wild to me. “There are people who think they could build a good life for themselves in Ireland. We consider this a problem for some reason”
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Yeah, actually ....
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Temporary Bat @saredra.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Replies disabled, cowards. As an "ordinary Irish citizen", I am far more concerned about all this kowtowing to the far right and their "legitimate concerns" about libraries, bookshops, migrants, LGBT+ people etc., than I am about people coming to live here. It's pathetic.
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
No better man to be saying it, either.
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Jen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Now feels like a good time to share that the mean gender bonus gap in the GAA is 47.2%, and that I only know that recently because their pay gap report was MONTHS late. Metadata in the PDF suggests it was created in May of this year. The deadline was November last year...
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 08/09/2026
Dublin City councillors have backed a motion calling for the reversal of planned public transport price hikes – which were announced by the NTA last week. We're asking: How often do you use public transport? Vote below: jrnl.ie/7155745
jrnl.ie
How often do you use public transport?
Dublin city councillors have backed a motion calling for a halt to planned fare increases.
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
My salary is under €44k and I am a single person. Money is tight. No luxuries like health insurance if anything goes wrong. This budget, I predict, like most previous ones, will do precisely nothing to help me, @simonharrisireland.bsky.social.
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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
unless you're waking up early to get the bus, Luas or DART, in which case you'll soon be paying 30% more per journey
rte.ie
Budget to support those 'who get up early every morning'
Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris has said this year's Budget will support people "who get up early every morning and go to work".
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Take the bastards down
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Just .... how?
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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Yes it can! That’s literally the point of the government!!!
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