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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 02/10/2026

If over 2 million people get to travel for free on public transport, why not make it free for the other 3.5 million people in the country? www.rte.ie/news/busines...

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474 free travel passes seized over use by wrong person

Nearly 500 free travel passes were confiscated after they were found being used by somebody other than the person named on the card.

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 28/09/2026

This pumpkin lasts just long enough to get to Halloween.

Pumpkin with sticker saying best before 31st October

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I BIKE Dublin @ibikedublin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

What a beautiful day for a cycle - we were so thrilled to be able to show our visitors @tomflood.bsky.social and @aliceferguson.bsky.social around Dublin to round off two great days of ideas and conversations

A group of people on bikes on Grattan Bridge, Dublin in bright sunshine

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Ray Cunningham @ray-cunningham.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Not a free bike stand for miles, as we arrive for @tomflood.bsky.social

Opening slide of a presentation on Reframing Road Safety, showing a child in front of a car

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Kind of speechless. Which is unfortunate since I do have to talk tonight.

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Shivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

His graphic work speaks for itself … @tomflood.bsky.social

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 05/09/2026

The new Phoenix Lounge at Dublin Airport is a lovely place to while away a couple of hours before my flight ✈️

Pint of Guinness and a bowl of crisps, and a room out of focus beyond

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 30/08/2026

I'm excited for the second series of The Traitors Ireland. I'm just not sure I can manage to stay awake for the 9.30 start time.

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 29/08/2026

Today may be a bit soft, but we won't let that deter us, will we? #Parkrun #BushyDublin

Pop up sign in wooden area, reading parkrun bushy Dublin

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 22/08/2026

Already people play Tiktok and Instagram reels in public without thinking of the noise impact on others. When we add in voice assistants and other voice-first AI tools, is our future just going to be a cacophony of noise?

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 20/08/2026

YouTube Premium is going from €13.99 to €15.99 in Ireland. That's a lot of money to be paying just to avoid seeing ads. Netflix costs a similar amount and they have to fund the production of all their content.

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 17/08/2026

The Pixel 11 Pro might be €200 more expensive than the standard Pixel 11, but once the launch trade-in bonus rebates are applied they end up being the same price.

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 17/08/2026

Do couriers in Ireland not bother ringing the doorbell any more?

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 12/08/2026

The next eclipse event in Ireland is in 55 years time. Do you think people will still be eating breakfast cereal in the future?

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 12/08/2026

We have survived the apoc-eclipse. Carry on.

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

my cereal box just burst into flames and burned my house down fuck you astronomy

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 12/08/2026

I don't eat cereal for breakfast. Will toast work instead?

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Reform-led Kent County Council's amended its constitution. Every full meeting has to end with the national anthem. Nobody specified how much of it councillors actually had to sing. The Greens noticed. So when the first meeting closed, they sang all 6 verses. While Reform was already packing up. 😂

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Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Looking in the card section and this font seems a bit off.

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 29/07/2026

My Sky Ireland contract is due to end in just over a month, so I was all ready to cancel and move my broadband and TV to someone else. But then Sky sent me an email extending my new customer discounts for another 12 months. Is this common? I've never seen the like before.

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 27/07/2026

It seems the MyGovID authentication service for online Irish government services is banjaxed.

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 24/07/2026

I've seen this kind of thing on Ticketmaster, but never before on a shopping website. How many people are flooding onto the Boots website on a Friday evening?

Screenshot of the Boots website. Text reads:

Our website is full to the brim with shoppers & you have been temporarily placed in a virtual queue.

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 24/07/2026

Would have taken less time to boil up a few potatoes and mash them!

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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 24/07/2026

If you like what we do, we'd be really grateful if you'd consider subscribing. It'd get you unlimited access to read all our articles you want, and it'd help us keep publishing more. We're a small place, so every subscription really makes a big difference. www.dublininquirer.com/membership/

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 24/07/2026

Feeling a bit of Forest Fest FOMO today. We went for the last two years, but aren't there this year. So I'm trying to recreate some of the feeling by playing one of the highlights from last year, Hermitage Green.

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 24/07/2026

More than half of my mobile phone screen time each day was on puzzle games. Sometimes it was several hours a day. I'd even be playing them while watching TV at night. That's not good behaviour, so this morning I deleted all of them.

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 19/07/2026

The Muppets are back on the pitch

AI generated image of Donald Trump and FIFA president Gianni Infantino depicted as Muppets holding the World Cup trophy

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Arif Hasan, but NFL🔨⚒️🛠️ @arif.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

this shot is so bleak lmao

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 19/07/2026

Best singing in the stadium coming from the football fans!

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David McCullagh @mcculld.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

FIFA putting on a show featuring Muppets. #enoughsaid

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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I'm supporting Spain but I don't have a Spanish jersey so me and five of my friends are going to walk up and down Grafton Street wearing identical schoolbags instead.

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 19/07/2026

I'm here for the Bluesky hot takes, not the soccer-ball game #WorldCup

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Nicola Horgan @nicolahorgan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Spanish National Anthem...one of only 4 in the world with no official words! Yes I'm a nerd & bilingual with it #WorldCup #TheFootball

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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

oh dear god, Robbie Williams looking like your uncle who still lives at home.

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 19/07/2026

Saw a message saying "Invalid handle" in Bluesky. So it turns out I mistakenly deleted the DNS record that authenticates that I own the domain. D'oh!

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 11/07/2026

Having enjoyed a full day of the world's best Rugby teams battering the hell out of each other, it's laughable when a socker ball player writhes on the floor because someone touched them with a glancing blow!

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 11/07/2026

This socker ball stuff is incredibly dull!

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 24/06/2026

Every time an energy provider salesperson knocks on the door makes me 20% less likely to go with them. Looking at you Yuno and SSE 👀

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Yes, obviously it is suspended, but is it operating or not? Useless TfL app.

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 24/06/2026

So Burke owes a quarter of a million in fines. And the cost of keeping him in gaol for 700 days hasn't been cheap either. What's the answer for someone who doesn't see prison as a deterrent, and weaponises the legal system his own ends? jrnl.ie/7080369

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Enoch Burke 'roughly' owes the state over a quarter of a million in fines, High Court hears

The High Court heard a calculation of fines owed by Burke for trespassing at Wilson’s Hospital School.

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 19/06/2026

The sun is out over Croke Park as Leinster seek to defend their URC title!

Stadium pitch and stand. The sky is cloudy with patches of blue and the sun breaking through

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 16/06/2026

Bloomsday? That's a celebration for people with my surname, right?

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Lúcás Ó hArgadáin @lukeh95.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

You might not agree with every call she makes, but she's so incredibly clear and consistent in how she manages a game that it gives both teams more than a fair chance to adapt. Genuinely give her the WC final in Australia, no one deserves it more

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Richard Bloomfield @bloomfield.co · 06/06/2026

The thing about having a health tracker is that it's easy to become obsessed about tracking everything. And then obsessing about everything that's been tracked.

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