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Claire

@claire60.bsky.social
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Retired from public libraries. Nana, animal lover, cat rescuer, old lefties. Live and let live.

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Claire @claire60.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Eclipse scheclipse...saw feck all, 🤨
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Claire @claire60.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
FAWLTY TOWERS | Bord Gáis Energy Theatre share.google/RvhBKc5XT9kn...
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FAWLTY TOWERS | Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
England is going to first-past-the-post itself right into full-throated fascism at the next general election
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
“75% of far right commentary about Ireland comes from outside Ireland” www.thegist.ie/the-gist-sun...
SECTION 2 - FAR RIGHT NARRATIVES
Ireland vs. Outside Ireland
COUNTRY BREAKDOWN
Republic of Ireland
Outside Ireland
240k (25%)
720k (75%)
Outside Ireland Breakdown
United Kingdom: 180k
United States: 160k
Australia: 100k
Canada: 80k
France: 60k
Germany: 50k
India: 40k
Netherlands: 30k
Spain: 20k
Fig 2: Far-right narratives by country of origin
Foreign Bots, coming over here, stealing local nazi jobs
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Claire @claire60.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
@naomiaklein.bsky.social just finished Doppleganger. Brilliant. Regards from Ireland, 😊
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Caolán Mc Aree @caolanmcaree.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
It's time to repost this Easter masterpiece
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
If me chatting to Ray Darcy about being human and all that entails, the good stuff and the bad stuff, sounds like the kind of thing you enjoy, have at it....
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Ep18; Being Human#3; Rory O'Neill AKA Panti
Podcast Episode · Ray D'Arcy Daily · 1 April · 1hr 22min
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Please sign and share ps://action.uplift.ie/campaigns/international-protection-bill?fbclid=IwdGRleAQoxJZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeC-c8yY2Nnw-7gQoUh0jePW1uvW11gwy-Ro1_mD261x9asCAaU-9uf3R6t1U_aem_TPHEc5NYPA8he8jO2tAYhQ
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Everyone, no matter where they come from, deserves to live with dignity and freedom.
I've just signed the open letter, calling on Jim O'Callaghan to stand up for a fair immigration process that keeps people safe and keeps our families and communities whole. Will you add your name?
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Claire @claire60.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Remember back in the day when we had to go to mass & some pious busybody would comment that you didn't kneel or receive communion? Like him or not, at least M Martin doesn't justify abuse or wars but hey!, he didn't publicly bless himself. 🙄
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Declan Lynch @declynchwriter.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
'Tony 10' is now out on audiobook. Thanks to Ruairi Conaghan for doing such a great job voicing Tony O'Reilly's astonishing story of gambling addiction.
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
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Carla Martin/Carlabela1 @carlabela1.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
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Neil Young - Out on the Weekend (Official Audio)
YouTube video by neilyoungchannel
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
We need to get real. Met Éireann is not to blame for flooding damage - poor planning, building on flood plains, not implementing over 20 years of remedial action are. We were warned decades ago winter rain would increase, but continued doing nothing and built on space needed for water #spéirghorm
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Amazing where you can end up just because you got your back up when some people said an episode of a comedy you wrote made cheap jokes at trans people's expense
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Claire @claire60.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Is it just me or does any1 else wonder when right wingers will find it acceptable to call out Trump's USA & IDF as fascist? Do we wait until the camps are open?
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 18/01/2026
A joke for the history buffs: Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“
A much-liked post by Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com with the titles “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student” and the caption “They don’t want to get blamed again“
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 14/01/2026
The Irish Times view on Trump and Greenland: fundamental disagreement
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The Irish Times view on Trump and Greenland: fundamental disagreement
The White House meeting was never going to overcome the key issue of ownership of the island
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Claire @claire60.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
When your daughter & 4 year old grandson are on their way from the airport. 🥰 youtu.be/wexEcn2qUTg?...
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"I THINK I'M RETURNING TO" GOING HOME - 1980S ESB IRISH CHRISTMAS TV AD - RTE IRELAND
YouTube video by TIPPTIPPTIPPTIPP
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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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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
📌 ciaraioch.com is now taking Christmas orders for prints, cards, and vouchers - each archival-quality print on heavy art paper is made in Ireland, ships internationally in eco-friendly packaging with discount tracked postage, and comes with a FREE card and treats for every customer 🎁 #SpéirGorm
Photograph of a display of prints, surrounded by Christmas decorations and fairy lights, against a white fluffy background 

#SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Art #Christmas #ArtistsOnBluesky #BuyLocal #ShopIrishCartoon of a little rook building a snowman in the shape of a crow, and a photograph of the same image as Christmas cards against a red brick background - there's one free with every order.
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Take a minute.
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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
For those interested in the work of Aoife Cawley, who designed the scarf for Catherine Connolly's campaign, I interviewed her last year for the Irish Times. At the time, she had just finished her degree show at the University of Dundee.
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Aoife Cawley: ‘I hope to make a living from all this weird art about saints. It’s bold, bright, crazy, funny’
What’s Next For?: Being introduced to the work of Harry Clarke led her on to iconography. ‘It’s all very bling’
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Claire @claire60.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Aw, diddums. Iona spitting the dummy.
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God @thegodshow.com · 24/10/2025
Well done, Canada! 😂
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Bless Canada For Making Trump's Head Explode
Trump ends trade talks with Canada.
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Claire @claire60.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Maria Steen Turning Up At Gates Of The Áras Refusing To Leave Until She’s Made President – Waterford Whispers News share.google/NJeIzCMdIrvD...
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Maria Steen Turning Up At Gates Of The Áras Refusing To Leave Until She’s Made President
A WOMAN who has never been a presidential candidate or appeared on a ballot paper has taken up residence outside the gates of Leinster House, vowing never to leave until she is made president of …
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Claire @claire60.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
@declynchwriter.bsky.social "..the right has become extraordinarily good at dragging any debate on to their own territory, at leveraging scraps of drivel into gigantic controversies." Yes! Well said. Can't share the whole article.
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Claire @claire60.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Toni Colette in Wayward is brilliant, as usual.
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a woman wearing glasses and a necklace has a netflix logo on her shirt
ALT: a woman wearing glasses and a necklace has a netflix logo on her shirt
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Claire @claire60.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
DISNEY: "OK, we are putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. You can resubscribe now." ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."
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CNN @cnn.com · 22/09/2025
More than 400 celebrities are backing Jimmy Kimmel and speaking out against “government threats to our freedom of speech” in an open letter organized by the ACLU: cnn.it/47UWyR1
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God @thegodshow.com · 22/09/2025
Can’t wait to hear Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue tomorrow night. May have to live stream it.
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Claire @claire60.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
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Happy dog got no more f*cks to give 💛😆 #shorts #dog #puppy
YouTube video by Video World
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Claire @claire60.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 18/09/2025
IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative. The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
Map of Regional Public Health Coalitions

Northeast Public Health Collaborative (Blue)

West Coast Health Alliance (Yellow)
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Oz Wiltshire. @ozwiltshire.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
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Claire @claire60.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
RIP Robert Redford 😭😭
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Bernie Linnane @berlinnaeus.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
"Kildare Street shouldn't be telling Kerry what to do," says Maria Steen, who thinks Rome should be telling everyone what to do. #Aras25 #FeckOffIona
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Irish-Seanchai @irish-seanchai.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Food for thought…
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Brian Gormley D7 @bgormley.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
John Gibbons will be speaking in TU Dublin Grangegorman on 5 November as part of @dublinbookfest.bsky.social. I’ll post more details when the tickets go live. @tudublinsustain.bsky.social @thinkorswim.bsky.social @grangegormandev.bsky.social @leafybatter.bsky.social @connectingcabra.bsky.social
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Dáiligh @dailigh.eurosky.social · 11/09/2025
Few are as spicy, few are as narcissistic. But also good to know Dave sees himself and John in the same grouping as a white supremacist.
David Quinn
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If the likes of me or @john_mcguirk were living in America, would we now have reason to fear for our lives? I think we would.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
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Claire @claire60.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Oh dear. Seems Charlie Kirk's killer isn't gay, trans, non Christian, non white, non American. He's from a GOP family, as American & white as apple pie. Wonder how this will be distorted & blamed on the 'Radical Left.'
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Richard Nicholls @richardnicholls.net · 11/09/2025
Day 254 of #365DaysOfSmiles It's always helpful to have a short friend
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Claire @claire60.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
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Dr. Strangelove (2/8) Movie CLIP - No Fighting in the War Room (1964) HD
YouTube video by Movieclips
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Legendary Italian designer Georgio Armani dies aged 91. www.channel4.com/news/legenda...
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Legendary Italian designer Georgio Armani dies aged 91
The fashion world has been paying tribute to the Italian designer Giorgio Armani, who has died at the age of 91.
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Claire @claire60.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Ah Bluesky..I liked the old format.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Post: www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/18/t...
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Trump Confesses that the United States Is a Client of Russia - emptywheel
The hold Putin has over Trump is existential for Trump. And unless we can expose that, the US will increasingly become a mere satellite of Russia.
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