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Bernie Linnane

@berlinnaeus.bsky.social
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General Nuisance. Frequently profane. @Leitrim4Choice She/Her #FeckOffIona #BackAwayBishops #SeparateChurchAndState

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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
I suppose it's easier to assume that people on the left in the countryside have just never bothered engaging with their friends/neighbours/family/local orgs than admitting that these protests have a well developed and generational worldview that leans right wing
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Stephanie Rains 🪼 @acidrains.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
ICTU have got this bang on. They’re “ordinary decent people” when they’re farmers and small business owners. Everyone else is rabble if they protest.
rte.ie
Protests show 'rules of engagement have changed' - ICTU
Follow live developments as the Dáil is set to vote on a confidence motion in the Government amid ongoing Opposition criticism of its handling of the fuel protests.
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Eilís 'pidge' Ní Fhlannagáin @dirtycitybird.trann.ie · 14/04/2026
Yup. waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/04/14/d...
waterfordwhispersnews.com
Dilemma As World Forced To Take Sides As Two Paedophile Protecting Institutions Continue Online Spat
"DON'T MAKE ME choose, eating glass is preferable to either of these options" confirmed one local man as he learned that two of the pre-eminent protectors of paedophiles, the Catholic Church and the T...
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Well, now. Trouble in paradise. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
irishtimes.com
John McGuirk put on leave of absence from editor role at conservative website Gript Media
McGuirk and Gript have engaged lawyers as editor is suspended from his role
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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
You may know we had a family bereavement in late 2025 and while I’m not able to talk about it, my sister, the bravest person in the world, has written a small note and is running the Mini Marathon in memory of our Teddy. Pls read and maybe share or donate: www.gofundme.com/f/teddy-farr...
A little teddy bear in memory of Teddy Farry
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The TD should be named. All who gave references should be named. Anyone giving references for sex offenders should forfeit the right to stand for election to any position of authority.
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Eilís 'pidge' Ní Fhlannagáin @dirtycitybird.trann.ie · 13/04/2026
Why would anyone be shocked that they're still blockading. Government just capitulated to two of the heaviest subsidised industries to the tune of .5 billion. They paid the hostages ransom and didn't even get the hostage.
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roothflud.bsky.social @roothflud.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The 'movement' supposedly tryin to ensure that hauliers have affordable access to fuel, is reportedly doing targetted harrassment of the families of drivers trying to deliver fuel. None of this makes sense as protest. It makes entire sense as an extremist attack on our infrastructure. #spéirghorm
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Dáiligh @dailigh.eurosky.social · 13/04/2026
Hospitality got around €700m through VAT cuts, which is supposed to be government revenue generated by end user, but instead it benefits rich corporations. This tax cut will simply end up in the hands of oil producers. Any other rich self interest groups need some going out money? #speirgorm
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Bad week for fascists.
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Toodlepip, Vik. #Hungary
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Lúcás Ó hArgadáin @lukeh95.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
They attacked the Muslim Sisters of Éire, one of the kindest and mostly welcoming groups out on the streets of Dublin providing meals to the unhoused. Fuck every single one of these rat fucks.
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Well, now. Who was it who said Aontú was the Irish for bandwagon?
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Seána @grantsana.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Protestors deciding what gets in and out of ports fuel for emergency services, animal feed and water treatment chemicals, is so wild and dangerous. Only bird brains would back this now
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
He's at the "shitting on the board" stage now, isn't he?
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
"Anyone who has revelled in the joys of having a disagreement with a 24-carat feminist knows what it is to have your brains sucked out through your nostrils and turned into pancake batter." Kevin Myers, writing for Grift, explains what happened to his brain. We did wonder.
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
So true - marching is energising! "People whose aims and ideas you may find abhorrent are equally entitled to take to the streets. The difference is that, in terms of numbers, hate is massively outnumbered by love — it’s just that hate gets amplified." www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
irishexaminer.com
Suzanne Harrington: Joining a march is the psychological equivalent of a group hug
A recent march against the far-right in London had tangible physical and mental benefits for me
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
It's Herself again... www.independent.ie/regionals/le...
independent.ie
Incoming DCU student president from Leitrim to lobby government on affordable beds using modular housing
A County Leitrim woman elected as Student Union President at Dublin City University intends to lobby the government on providing much needed affordable beds using modular housing for students.
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
“If the survivors had sued, most might not have got much as the proof of abuse was limited or absent. It was more of a moral thing." What kind of morality exists in these religious orders? www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
thetimes.com
Revealed: religious orders still owe €755m for historical abuse redress
Taxpayer picks up the slack as state struggles to make groups pay up. Meanwhile aggrieved orders say their institutions were run humanely by standards of the time
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
“Sell all that you have … and come follow me.” Saint Maria, who shows no sign of parting with the Holy Handbag, quotes Jesus, in whom she professes to believe. #FeckOffIona www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
thetimes.com
Ask yourself this Easter whether Jesus was a lunatic, liar or Lord?
Following Christ isn’t easy, it makes demands that the world does not make, but it also offers something that the world cannot: peace
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
The gender pay gap is made-up, says woman with invisible friend. #FeckOffIona
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Ha'Aretz 'Like Gaza': Israel Says It Plans to Demolish All Homes in Lebanese Border Villages More than 600,000 Lebanese who fled their homes will not be allowed to return, Israel's defence establishment said, adding that the IDF plans to control all areas south of the Litani River. EU:
HA'ARETZ

Israel Security
'Like Gaza': Israel Says It
Plans to Demolish All
Homes in Lebanese Border
Villages
More than 600,000 Lebanese residents who
fled their homes will not be allowed to
return to southern Lebanon, Israel's defense
establishment said, adding that the IDF
plans to control all areas south of the Litani
River
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Two columns from the "Institute" in today's @irishtimes.com? Any minute now Mr D Quinn is going to start bleating again about their being silenced. #FeckOffIona
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Today, Saint Maria of the Holy Handbag references a wealthy US tradwife, while insinuating that women who work outside the home do not get to enjoy the company of their children. These are your options, women. Marry a millionaire or forget your kids! #FeckOffIona
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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
There is no child out there identitying as a hologram, the only way they could put that in a newspaper is to get an attention-seeking dickhead to say it. And even she couldn't bring herself to pretend to have direct experience of dealing with the child.
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💀💀 Guy Le Mort 💀💀 @guylejeune.eurosky.social · 26/03/2026
Some of ye are too young to remember it but Houghton scored in the 11th minute against Italy and we had to endure the next 80 odd with our cheeks clenched and our hearts in our mouths. You young wans know nothing about tension. #coybig #speirgorm
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Remember when Saint Maria of the Holy Handbag said Christianity was all about science and logic? www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
irishtimes.com
Diocese apologises over priest’s sermon claiming autism is caused by ‘evil demons’
Diocese says comment was not appropriate and that apology was issued for any hurt or offence
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Why we should ban trans conversion therapy. rejserin.medium.com/why-we-need-...
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Why we need to ban trans conversion therapies
I am a proponent of pluralism, namely the idea that every society benefits from each person’s ability to exist on their own terms sans…
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Sunday Independent...
Madam,
Sandra Adams (letters, 15/3/26) warns of the "billions of men living in cultural and religious traditions that continue to treat women as second class citizens."
We don't, however, need to travel to Afghanistan or Iran to find examples. Our own 
Irish primary education system is largely controlled by the Catholic Church, an organisation which deems the female of the species inferior from the moment we 
are born. The "virtual bogeyman" may reside closer to home than Ms Adams imagines.

Bernie Linnane, Dromahair, Co. Leitrim.
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Irish Independent...
Dear Editor,

Gerry Adams told the High Court in London this week that the men and women of the IRA "defied all attempts to criminalise them." Really? 
I'm old enough to remember when the "mature and intelligent" IRA blew up two little boys in Warrington. 
By that disgusting and indefensible action, along with hundreds of other murders, including members of our Gardai and Defence Forces, Mr Adam's brave volunteers criminalised themselves.   

Bernie Linnane
Dromahair, Co. Leitrim.
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Deliberately conflating immigrants and sex crimes can indeed be considered racist. Not so much a dogwhistle as a trumpet.
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Today, an Irish journalist complains about Irish St Patrick's Day parades not celebrating "Ireland, Irishness, or Ireland’s patron saint." He does this in a British magazine and designs his piece for British readers. (Remove the Mother from Mothering Sunday? Really?)
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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
*Inventing Irish dancing* "No movement above the waist." "Agreed. Shiny tap shoes."" "Perfect. Colourful dresses." "Yep. Huge curly wigs." "Ye-What?" "Just enormous curly wigs on all the women." "I don't think-" "I want it to look like they're wearing a sheep on their heads."
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Niamh @niamhpuirseil.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Holy shit. I jut saw the price of a standard postage stamp in ireland.
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The thing with AI is that you really should read it before you post it...or else it might look like you're taking the piss... 😜 (from a poster looking for help with a local parade)
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Ah, there's St Maria of the Holy Handbag in the Irish Times, arguing for us to abandon superstition and return to "the science, logic and scholarship" of Christianity. Wonder if her invisible friend told her to say that? #FeckOffIona
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Shouldn't our Taoiseach know for sure, one way or another?
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Irish Times...
Dear Editor,

Last week, following an announcement from Donald Trump that the illegal US war on Iran was "very complete, pretty much," stock markets rose and the price of oil dropped by more than $30 per barrel. Of course, these gains have since been reversed as the markets realised what the rest of us have known for quite some time: the American President cannot be taken at his word. The questions then arise: if the markets are so completely unable to distinguish fact from fiction, are they anything more than glorified gambling, and why have we allowed so many of our lives to become dependent on their vagaries? 

Bernie Linnane

Dromahair, Co. Leitrim.
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
"...at least they weren't afraid to wear their own shoes." Excellent piece, from Declan Lynch
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Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
A viral dril/wint tweet from may 2014: drunk driving may kill a lot of people, but it also helps a lot of people get to work on time, so, it;s impossible to say if its bad or not,
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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Some contemporary news coverage of the Choctaw Nation's Gift from 1847. The last piece mentions another donation from the slaves on a plantation somewhere south of the Mason Dixon line.
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Times of Malta...
How incredibly sad, not to mention frightening, that a woman presenting to a Maltese hospital bleeding, distressed and seeking help should find herself criminalised, and that doctors treating her should find themselves in the invidious position of becoming police informers. 
Once again, Malta's reputation is sullied in the eyes of reasonable people, many of whom may be prospective tourists. 
I would certainly think twice about recommending that any woman of childbearing age should visit your lovely island, lest she find herself prosecuted for exercising bodily autonomy.

Bernie Linnane
Leitrim for Choice

Dromahair, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
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transmetalmum.bsky.social @transmetalmum.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Reading Kiera Bell's story it's clear she wasn't trans, she wanted to fit in with her male friends. She fooled doctors because it's what she wanted. To try and punish people, who are actually trans, for misleading others is abhorrent. The truth of many needs to supercede the voice of the minority
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 12/03/2026
Fascinating ruling this morning from the CJEU: EU law requires countries to recognise an acquired gender of their own citizens, if that recognition is needed to give effect to their freedom of movement and their rights to work and live elsewhere within the EU.
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The State cannot continue to fund schools that operate in flagrant denial of children's and teachers' right to freedom of religion and belief. Excellent piece from David Graham of @educationequality.bsky.social in today's Irish Independent. #SeparateChurchAndState
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Is it because their heads are missing?
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Do we actually believe these people will ever change? Why did we ever allow them near our children? Out of our schools. Out, out, OUT! www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...
independent.ie
Christian Brothers persist with moves that hinder abuse lawsuits’ progress
The Christian Brothers are persisting with a much-criticised legal strategy that involves the religious community refusing to provide a nominee to act on its behalf when abuse survivors are suing for ...
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Every appearance of Phonsie Cullinan on our TV screens should be accompanied by a reminder that this is the man who suggested that giving them the HPV vaccine would render 12-year-old children promiscuous.
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💀💀 Guy Le Mort 💀💀 @guylejeune.eurosky.social · 28/02/2026
Oh. Another war. That fixes everything every time. Nobody gets hurt, children aren’t obliterated, limbs aren’t lost, trauma is totally avoided and everybody is happy all the time. Read this a few years ago. It’s a long piece. It’s also startling and terrifying. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
theguardian.com
War and peace
The past 100 years changed the nature of war. With conflict worldwide showing no sign of abating, historian Eric Hobsbawm assesses the prospects for stability in the new century
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