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Conor Keane

@ciarraioch.bsky.social
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PR/PA consultant in the communications field, shovelling away. Radio documentary maker, won a few awards. (Newspaperman back in the day.) Kerry🏐 & Munster🏉supporter.

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Conor Keane @ciarraioch.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
If it is happening in the UK, you can be sure it is going on in Ireland too! www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Up to £464m ‘moved through more than 3,000 UK high street shell companies’
Research shows firms are branded as beauty and convenience but apparently operate in money-laundering and terrorist financing sectors
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Ireland: salmon of knowledge fading into oblivion. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Jack Power: Irish salmon are in big trouble
Atlantic salmon populations are in collapse all around their range. Jack Power wonders why we are so indifferent to their imminent extinction
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Eoin Lettice @eoinlettice.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Now that the space at the end of South Mall has re-opened I'll come back to my old hobby-horse of where 'City' by Pat O'Sullivan has moved to? I've not seen the space in person but doesn't look like this Cork 800 work has made the cut. Any idea where it is? @oliver.ie @michaelwaldron.bsky.social
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Jim MacMillan (he/him) @jimmacmillan.com · 01/07/2026
"Protecting press freedom today is not only about protecting journalists from censorship or physical attacks. It is also about protecting them from burnout, emotional exhaustion, trauma, and the constant psychological pressure of living and reporting in an increasingly hostile digital world."
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Journalism's silent crisis - Emerging Europe
Why mental health has become one of the biggest threats to press freedom, and why journalists increasingly need solid psychological support.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/06/2026
I’m paying £450 a month for a Peugeot EV I can’t drive
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I’m paying £450 a month for a Peugeot EV I can’t drive
The car lease company won’t rescind my contract because it says the vehicle is driveable. The only problem is, it won’t even charge
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Conor Keane @ciarraioch.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
It is 34°C in the shade in Listowel now.
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Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery @kennysbookshop.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
There is currently a national outage in Ireland affecting ISDN lines & we are currently unable to make or receive calls on our bookshop phones. Our provider (Eir) is aware of the issue and working to fix as quickly as possible. Apologies for any inconvenience caused, hopefully will be resolved soon!
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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Speaking tomorrow afternoon at Listowel Writers’ Week (Kerry), now with @julianborger.bsky.social. Tickets & info here: writersweek.ie/project/sall...
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Sally Hayden - This Is Also a Love Story in conversation with Julian Borger - Listowel Writers' Week Literary Festival
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Donncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Justine McCarthy: To call Irish people anti-Semitic is a collective punch to the stomach. Those who wrongly label Ireland in such vile terms fail to see protests against Israel’s barbarity are motivated by humanity, not hatred. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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Justine McCarthy: To call Irish people anti-Semitic is a collective punch to the stomach
Those who wrongly label Ireland in such vile terms fail to see protests against Israel’s barbarity are motivated by humanity, not hatred
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Conor Keane @ciarraioch.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Ireland's 'independent' small towns are in trouble. There have been far too many talking shops set up to arrest this decline, but the actual shops are closing by the hundred. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Conor Keane @ciarraioch.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Our home in Listowel has joined the ranks of the 155,000+ solar-panelled homes in Ireland. These generate twice as much electricity annually as the ESB’s pioneering hydro-electric station at Ardnacrusha. Yet, no one seems to have noticed this phenomenal transformation.
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Remembering Sean O'Casey born on this day 1880.
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Conor Keane @ciarraioch.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I’m watching #COYBIG with soccer royalty in John B’s, Listowel. Former Irish manager Eoin Hand, (right) led the Republic of Ireland 1980-85, narrowly missing qualification for the 1982 World Cup. He has 19 Irish caps too! #CZEIRL
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Conor Keane @ciarraioch.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
“Grass soon grows over a battlefield but never over a scaffold.” Winston Churchill, The World Crisis, Vol. 4 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Israel’s death penalty bill for Palestinian prisoners moves to final vote
Legislation initiated by far-right Otzma Yehudit party drew mounting criticism from opponents and rights groups as it moved through the Knesset
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Conor Keane @ciarraioch.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
American exceptionalism gone mad. These unsustainable debts appear not to be a problem until suddenly they will be, and then the US will be rightly f.cked. It will only take a split second, and everything will change, change utterly, in the blink of an eye. finance.yahoo.com/economy/poli...
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The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it
The Government Accountability Office can't even verify the books. Here's what Congress must do.
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Conor Keane @ciarraioch.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Can we have something similar here too, but slightly more robust, please? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Actors, musicians and writers welcome UK U-turn on AI use of copyrighted work
Government no longer has ‘preferred option’ on copyright, technology secretary says, after backlash from artists
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Conor Keane @ciarraioch.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Glorious Ballybunion this afternoon — delicious!
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
One of the striking things about packing up to move is how many boxes of documents I have pertaining to libel threats that were made and never came to court All the thousands of hours of my life wasted with dealing with it all And I’m far from the only one
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Conor Keane @ciarraioch.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Listening to @news.rte.ie, online or via the app, is a nightmare: too many ads overlaying interviews, and even the news headlines. I’ve switched to Times Radio as there are similar issues on rival Irish stations. Make it stop, and I’ll return. @declynchwriter.bsky.social
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Conor Keane @ciarraioch.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Declan Lynch talking a lot of sense here: m.independent.ie/entertainmen...
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Declan Lynch: On Arena, Rick O’Shea could already claim squatter’s rights to that hot seat
When you boil it down to its ­essence, ­Father Ted was about providing ­answers to the question: what do priests do all day? Sometimes I ask myself the same question about RTÉ’s top executives, but al...
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Conor Keane @ciarraioch.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Irish fiction is one of our passions and it continues to grow for us, John B Keane’s The Bodhran Makers was a bestseller last year as it is highlighted as a staff favourite. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...?
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Here’s what you’ll be reading in 2026, according to Irish booksellers
With new titles due from the likes of Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Colm Tóibín and Donal Ryan, booksellers expect 2026 to be a ‘bumper year’
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 13/02/2026
Flickers of Obama: Is Georgia senator Jon Ossoff a Democratic presidential runner?
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Flickers of Obama: Is Georgia senator Jon Ossoff a Democratic presidential runner?
Ossoff has skilfully walked the tightrope of thriving as a liberal in a conservative state as he seeks senate re-election
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
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Meet the Kenmare family who bought their hotel back from John and Francis Brennan
Patrick and Aileen Hanley tell Gemma Fullam how they brought Kenmare’s landmark Lansdowne hotel back to the family – and how two years on, they are still making it their own
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
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Dr Niamh Lynch: ‘After my own maternity leave, I knew I’d be a different doctor’
Parents can't get enough of Dr Niamh Lynch's no-nonsense, straight talking videos to help navigate children's health. Now the Cork paediatrician has turned that advice into a book.
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Adrian Weckler @adrianweckler.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Entering the US is set to become an app-based dystopia with social media tracking. What used to be a visa-free privilege (the ESTA) is to turn into a biometric, digitally-scored identity system. m.independent.ie/business/tec...
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Adrian Weckler: Entering the US set to become an app-based dystopia with social media tracking
Travelling to the US could soon become an app-based dystopia where facial scans and social media tracking are the norm.
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Adrian Weckler @adrianweckler.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Reform of Esta system (app-only, no website) based on: - common use of facial scans in airports anyway - tougher rules on who’s allowed in US But they also want selfies before *and after* US visit + years of social media. Lack of protest from X-based Irish ‘free speech’ folks is striking
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Conor Keane @ciarraioch.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Guinness is gouging loyal customers and blackguarding poor farmers. Cutting from today's Irish Examiner.
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I normally don't break my schedule for newsletters because breaking news isn't my thing. But things are escalating quickly, so I made an exception. Please read and share these remarks from @governorwalz.mn.gov. www.altrightdelete.news/p/you-need-t...
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You Need to Watch Governor Walz’s Remarks
Things are escalating quickly. Here’s what you need to know.
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 28/12/2025
Message from the Editor: We hit a big milestone this year
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Message from the Editor: We hit a big milestone this year
The Irish Times recently passed an important milestone: revenue generated by subscribers for the first time fully funds our journalism
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Turns out a combination of not using That Other Site and the economic landscape at the moment in general does, in fact, makes fulfilling the whole "starving artist" stereotype a whole lot more achievable 😅
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University of Galway Library Heritage Collections @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Wishing all at @kennysbookshop.bsky.social warm wishes celebrating 85 years at the heart of Galway books, art, and more. This archives Kenny's brochure even included a map of the original shop on High Street!
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 29/11/2025
🔺 BREAKING: It was an honour to know him, agent says in statement confirming death
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Sir Tom Stoppard, award-winning playwright, dies aged 88
It was an honour to know him, agent says in statement confirming death
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I went to Assassination Custard, the most precisely chaotic and singularly wonderful restaurant in Dublin, and had a very, very nice time. observer.co.uk/style/restau...
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Assassination Custard, Dublin: ‘Precisely chaotic and singularly wonderful’ | The Observer
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Conor Keane @ciarraioch.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
November evening sun in Ballybunion, County Kerry, looking towards Kerry Head and the Dingle Peninsula. No filter.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10/11/2025
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten. "I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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Charlie Weston @charlieweston.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Revenue extends deadline for local property tax to next Wednesday as thousands yet to file www.independent.ie/business/per...
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Revenue extends deadline for local property tax to next Wednesday as thousands yet to file
The deadline for filing a local property tax return has been extended until next Wednesday at the end of the day.
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Conor Keane @ciarraioch.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Milestones: On this day in 1965, Irish theatre changed forever when John B Keane’s play The Field introduced the character of the Bull McCabe to the Irish stage. Actors Ray McNally as ‘the Bull’ and Eamon Keane as ‘the Bird’ took Dublin by storm.
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 15/10/2025
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service is urgently seeking an additional 12,000 blood donations over the next four weeks as most blood groups have fallen to under three days of stock.
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Appeal for 12,000 blood donations over next four weeks
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service is urgently seeking an additional 12,000 blood donations over the next four weeks as most blood groups have fallen to under three days of stock.
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
The destruction of the Gaza city mosque is a devastating loss to humanity as a whole. A part of our global medieval heritage destroyed in furtherance to a genocide. I despair.
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
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Ombudsman probes case of Army officer who endured ‘tortuous’ legal ordeal
Alan Kearney faced ‘a calculated, brutal withdrawal’ when he needed the Defence Forces the most, writes Mick Clifford
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Adrian Weckler @adrianweckler.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
iPhone 17 Pro Max 2TB: EU/Ireln - €2,489 America - €1,826 (incl sales tax) €660 difference
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 29/08/2025
Justine McCarthy: Catherine Connolly must unhitch her presidential wagon from Clare Daly and Mick Wallace
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Justine McCarthy: Catherine Connolly must unhitch her presidential wagon from Clare Daly and Mick Wallace
Idealists are not naive by definition but, when they are, they are ripe for exploitation as propaganda stooges
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Mark Little @marklittle.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
"The order to kill Anas Al-Sharif, one of Gaza’s bravest journalists, along with his colleagues, is a desperate attempt to silence voices ahead of the occupation of Gaza" www.cnn.com/2025/08/10/m...
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Israel kills multiple journalists in Gaza, including prominent Al Jazeera reporters | CNN
An Israeli strike in Gaza City late Sunday night killed seven people including at least four journalists from news network Al Jazeera.
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Gavin Sheridan @gavinsblog.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
I agree with basically all of this by Kev Collins www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZpd...
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The Urban Fabric
YouTube video by Kev Collins
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Conor Keane @ciarraioch.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Vastly experienced EU negotiators gave Trump the optics of a win but will fillet the US in the details, knowing the Taco president will want to keep his win by conceding loads of goodies to keep it alive.
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Conor Keane @ciarraioch.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Mickey MacConnell, a true legend — songwriter, poet, lyricist, composer, columnist, journalist, balladeer, husband, and dad, has died. He lived amongst us in Listowel. Tá sé smith ar shlí na fírinne. www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
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Acclaimed songwriter Mickey MacConnell dies
The death of the writer of the popular song 'Only our rivers run free', Mickey MacConnell, has been confirmed by his family in Cork.
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Blood+Honey @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
A wonderful short story "The Last Supper" by Jayson Carcione @carcionejay.bsky.social. www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/the-...
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the last supper — Blood+Honey
by Jayson Carcione “Soon the Manhattan skyline will be invisible behind a veil of white…His wife places her open palm against the glass of the window. She thinks everything is beautiful in the snow....
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Sally Rooney in The Guardian Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | Sally Rooney
If Palestine Action becomes a proscribed group, writing these words of support could become a serious offence. It’s vital we fight this alarming attack on free speech, says writer Sally Rooney
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Conor Keane @ciarraioch.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
This is barbaric from a State whose rulers were front and centre at the Ascot Carnival, even sharing a carriage with King Charles III in the Royal Procession. At least the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton, has the good sense to snub these odious despots! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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A Saudi journalist tweeted against the government – and was executed for ‘high treason’
The death of Turki al-Jasser was the first high-profile killing of a journalist since the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 17/06/2025
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Fintan O’Toole: Official documents are quietly disappearing from departmental websites. Why?
The range of departments engaged in this alarming disappearing act suggests it is not accidental
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