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Brian Donnelly

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Once Dublin now West Sussex. Leinster & Irish Rugby.

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Leinster Rugby @leinsterrugby.bsky.social · 1h
All of us here at Leinster Rugby are deeply saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Lions second row Hyron Andrews. A fierce competitor, he will be missed across the rugby community. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and teammates at this difficult time. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. 💙❤️
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Leinster Rugby @leinsterrugby.bsky.social · 4h
✨ Here is your Leinster team to take on ASM Clermont Auvergne in our Investec Champions Cup opener this Saturday at Stade Marcel-Michelin 📰 See the full team news: bit.ly/47j3CFB #ASMvLEI
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/
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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
17 murdered in Zaporizhzhia today. 22 in Pryluky a couple of days ago. 33 in the Kramatorks buses. Over just a week. After 9/11, America could have probably understood what is large-scale terrorism. 25 years afterward, their administration is happy to sponsor it. Dark, dark times.
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Brian Donnelly @clontarfbrian.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
That's a team for a homecoming ...
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David Anderson @bricksilk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Letter printed in The Times today
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Stephen C. Rea @stevierea.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The “ceasefire” will be one year old next week. Since then, Israeli strikes have killed more than 1400 Gazans
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Leinster Rugby @leinsterrugby.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
CONFIRMED - Both of our Investec Champions Cup home pool games will be played at Laya Arena 🏟️ We will host Sale on Saturday, 12 December (KO: 5.30pm) and Section Paloise on Saturday, 9 January (KO: 5.30pm), both in the redeveloped stadium.
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Barney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pep: now officially a bald fraud www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Building of the Pep supremacy is an era that will be defined by sham-ball
What Pep Guardiola knew at Manchester City relates to the true nature of the club and more basic things like spectacle and human nature
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Brian Donnelly @clontarfbrian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pitiful line of questioning from Tory Robinson on #TodayR4. Basically everything is broken, who do you think you are to try to fix it.
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Leinster Rugby @leinsterrugby.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The time has come to head to South Africa ✈️ Take a peak at our traveling squad!
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James @gortoshay1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Jesus, He wasn’t lying.
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Enough Of That Now @andygilder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Trump becomes the first orange man to support a united Ireland
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is a really good piece.
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The Falling Man — Esquire
Do you remember this photograph? In the United States, people have taken pains to banish it from the record of September 11, 2001. The story behind it, though, and the search for the man pictured in i...
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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
BREAKING: Today, Eurail (established 1959) & Interrail (established 1972) merge into a single European railpass range for EVERYONE regardless of nationality or country of residence, called INTERRAIL. Read why I think this is excellent news here: www.seat61.com/news.htm
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
UK, France and Canada say they will join several other countries 'and will bring forward national measures to ban trade in settlement goods' www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Joint Foreign Ministers' Statement on the Two-State Solution
Statement of the Foreign Ministers of Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK on the Two-State Solution
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The man who beat two female protesters with his cane at the Reform conference has been identified as Stephen Cooling - it’s actually there on his conference tag - former UKIP candidate for Erdington and now member of Reform’s Sutton Coldfield branch. Presumably West Mids Police have enough info now
Snarling man with cane in Reform shirt, showing conference badge
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Brian Donnelly @clontarfbrian.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Katie ...👏👏👏
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
Map showing Lower Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 31/08/2026
France faces make-or-break election
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France faces make-or-break election
Emmanuel Macron’s potential successors have no apparent grand vision for Europe’s future
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Jay @ the deep dive @thedeepdive.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Two Airlink Embraer E-195s conducting a Cape Town stadium flyover had a near-miss: the first jet cleared the roof by meters, while the second was struck by stadium pyrotechnics.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🤡🤡🤡🤡
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James Harrington @jamesonrugby.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The FFR's Appeals Commission today ruled against #Top14 side Toulouse in its appeal against a sanction for salary cap breaches. In its judgment, the commission reduced the club's fine from a total €2.88m to €2.725m www.ladepeche.fr/2026/08/27/s...
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Stade Toulousain : malgré une baisse très légère de l'amende, la commission d'appel de la FFR confirme la lourde sanction de la Ligue nationale de rugby pour des infractions au salary cap
Sanctionné en première instance par une commission de discipline indépendante, le club "rouge et noir" a vu son amende être à peine réduite par la commission d'appel de la FFR ce jeudi 27 août.
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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.
Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
These marathons were one of his defining achievements. And the British media pretended there was no evidence they happened. That it was just something he 'claimed' to have done... Now try and tell me their hounding was about "getting to the truth" RIP Jason 😢 26/26
Jason at the end of his final marathon surrounded by supporters
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Photo sessions are in Dublin on August 27-28 and in Cork on August 29. You can sign up here. It’s for a photography exhibition and eventual book by photographer Steph Murray evite.me/9yMpkHryjT
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SignUp Sheet | Evite
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Do you remember when a fundraising campaign for the Navajo and Hopi people went viral during the pandemic, as people recalled the generosity of native Americans to Irish people during the famine? If you were one of those who donated - you are invited to have your photo taken …
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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 21/08/2026
So fun that Meghan is going to be next James Bond
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Brian Donnelly @clontarfbrian.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Hopefully not at the same time .... 🤢
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Mary Novakovich @marynovakovich.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Brilliant. And he kept his deposit. Bring on that parliamentary review into a certain £5m.
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 13/08/2026
Temperatures have now provisionally exceeded 37°C 🌡️ Before 2026, the UK had recorded 37°C or higher on only six occasions. This year alone, we've already reached that mark three times.
A table of top temperatures so far. The highest currently at 37.6°C at Charlwood.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
People of Clacton! Show your support for me by putting a bin outside your house, one day this week, of a colour of Tendring Council's choice. This will be unequivocal proof of the success of my campaign.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Wow. Just wow.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.
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Brian Donnelly @clontarfbrian.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Gone, forgotten, who ...
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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
We have just started a Meet Up group for flight-free travellers. The idea is to have casual get-togethers at various times at various points around the UK, to swap stories about flight-free travel. First meet up London 30th July! www.meetup.com/london-viaje...
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Flight Free Travellers | Meetup
For people passionate about travel and the climate. We are the flight-free travellers, people who avoid flying to keep emissions low and sense of adventure high. You don't have to be completely flight...
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President of Ireland @president.ie · 29/07/2026
Ráiteas ón Uachtarán Connolly faoi bhás tubaisteach Glen Hansard president.ie/ga/ilmheain-...
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Ráiteas ón Uachtarán Connolly faoi bhás tubaisteach Glen Hansard | Uachtarán na hÉireann
Welcome to the website of the President of Ireland.
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Brian Donnelly @clontarfbrian.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Ah jaysus, thats awful ... Rest in Peace.
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London & Southeast🔅 @thesnowdreamer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Today experienced the 24th day of year hitting 30C in London. For perspective in whole of 1980s we had 21 days.
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The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign
ALT: The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign
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Brian Donnelly @clontarfbrian.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
@mrpp.bsky.social One for you, getting on the green&red bandwagon ...
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Holiday in the climate emergency. No that’s not AI or edited, just a snapshot I just took with my phone on Lacanau beach in France. What future will this boy grow up in? It is in our hands, but time is running out.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.
The Times: Net zero risks blackouts. Below a photo of French wildfires.
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Josh Gabbatiss @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
As Ed Miliband leaves his post as energy and net-zero secretary, a final tally: There have been an incredible 251 newspaper editorials attacking him and his approach to net-zero since the start of 2024 That amounts to two editorials a week, mainly in the Sun, Daily Mail, Times and Daily Telegraph.
cumulative line chart showing that UK newspapers have published 251 editorials criticising Ed Miliband since the start of 2024
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Brian Donnelly @clontarfbrian.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
You'll enjoy this @mrpp.bsky.social ... Football, England and the triumph of modernity open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
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Football, England and the triumph of modernity
Beaten on the pitch. Victorious off it.
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Demented Mole @dementedmole.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
New combinations, similar sensation — "They think they're so f'in smart!" — Up and down Ireland — "That's the guy who looks after the rugby?!?" — ROG at the RDS — Maul Rats shows.acast.com/the-molecast...
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Molecast #206 | The Molecast
New combinations, similar sensation — "They think they're so f'in smart!" — Up and down Ireland — "That's the guy who looks after the rugby?!?" — ROG at the RDS — Maul Rats
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Brian Donnelly @clontarfbrian.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
@seatsixtyone.bsky.social @jonworth.eu @eurostarjustin.bsky.social I wonder can you help & tell me when the Sept/Oct closure on Paris Turin/Milan line was announced? I've been advised of it only today in relation to a rail holiday but suspect this has been known about for some time. Thank you.
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Brian Donnelly @clontarfbrian.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Both anthems totally disrespected. Can these 2 both lose? #ARGvENG
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
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