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Father of three, husband of one, child of the universe Donegal native in the Great City of Derry

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Cian @codonn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
beyond the weird catholics-arent-Christians implication here, I take exception to the whole invoking of religion at all for this point. Aren't atheists capable of 'acting for the greater good' too?
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Brendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Just to fully underline how spiteful this shit is for those unaware: On the left is the route the Orange Order have been ordered to take for the past 3 decades without trouble. On the right is the route that has brought hundreds of cops to Drumcree. The only motivation is sectarian antagonism.
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Cian @codonn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I understand people are passionate about Irish military neutrality but it's a very conplicated issue imo and hard to get your head around whats right. I definitely don't have the answers but when I try to discuss (trying to be polite), blanket blocking feels harsh
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But Ireland isn't militarily neutral in practice?
Supporting Ukraine financially, supporting aid in Gaza.
Both of which I'm 100% behind.
There's a lot of bad actors in the world now and we are rightly taking sides. What else are we going to do, roll over and let them take what they want?
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
How the global economy became a battlefield – foreign policy expert explains
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How the global economy became a battlefield – foreign policy expert explains
War is a way of teaching Americans geography, the old joke goes. As we've seen in recent months, governments can use geographical chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz to exert control far beyond thei...
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'That fainting couch' @culturalfatwa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Revisiting a classic youtu.be/_iUcGfxEWtY?...
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The Talk: Ed Sheeran & David Byrne
YouTube video by THE TALK
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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Imbibe Coffee Roasters @imbibecoffee.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We roast very high quality coffee really really well. Our staff are well paid and get good benefits. We've given up over 30% of our profits in each of the last 4 years to organisations including Women's Aid and Solas project. If you need coffee imbibe.ie/pages/shop #speirgorm
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We are an Irish Coffee Roasting Business. We give away 4% of all we earn before we make a cent. We roast coffee very well.
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Cian @codonn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Make a band edible Fleetwood Big Mac
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NEW Why holding a placard is a terrorist act, while causing disruption in a balaclava is not The mess caused by ministers and the police not taking terrorism law seriously By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Recent events in England now reveal the practical difference between terrorists and protesters. It would seem that terrorists peacefully hold placards and get immediately arrested, while protesters wear black uniforms and balaclavas and disrupt infrastructure and do not get arrested.

How did we get into this mess? How have we placed ourselves in the position where terrorism legislation is used to detain and prosecute peaceful protesters, while those adopting the terror tactics of private armies seem to be free to do as they wish?

The reason is that for some time British politicians have not taken terrorism legislation seriously, and that ministers have got into the habit of misusing terror laws for easy targets.
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Cian @codonn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Really enjoying the recent rest is history series on the troubles, I thought I knew a fair bit but didn't realise I was missing a lot of context, however the big issue is my brain struggling to process the way Dominic Sandbrook pronounces 'protestants' with a hard first t.
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Jacob Tanswell @jacobtanswell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
John McGinn speaking last night: "The players who have left have decided the opportunities they’ve had are probably better for them but there is nothing better than playing for Aston Villa in the Champions League." #AVFC
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 07/09/2026
I found the best book: a 1963 dictionary of Italian hand gestures
Supplemento al dizionario italiano, by Bruno Munari, a white paperback with a photo of a hand giving the classic Italian finger-purse “Che vuoi” hand gesture
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Jen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A significant contributor to the gender pay gap and the continuing financial disparity between men and women is the undervaluing of all of the unpaid care work done by women in Ireland. Women all over Ireland get up early, every morning, and go to work, unpaid and unvalued.
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🇵🇸 Dean Tāne 🇵🇸 @dean-tane.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Britain’s original plan for New Zealand had the islands split into three provinces, with nonsensical borders typical of any British colonial project. The provinces were named after Irish ones (the guy who came up with them was an Anglo-Irish colonial officer). These didn’t last for long.
A map of New Zealand, showing its provincial divisions in 1841. Most of the North Island forms ‘New Ulster’, but the southern tip of the island forms ‘New Munster along with what today is now known as the Southern Island. The small island below the Southern Island, Rakiura/Stewart Island, makes the third province ‘New Leinster’
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Tyron @tyron.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Farage below Polanski? Oh wow he is *fucked*
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Having described Dublin's Wax Museum as featuring "Brendan O’Carroll’s Mrs Brown spitting a jet of water from her mouth while farting on a toilet", I worry this might lead you to presume this was a delightfully heightened bit of absurdism on my part. Dear reader, this is not the case.
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onlycans @onlycans.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
just stop oil protesters got five years in jail for *planning* to do this to the M25.
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Cian @codonn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
reminiscent of when a backpacker claims they 'did' a country
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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Yes it can! That’s literally the point of the government!!!
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Brendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Foyle Pride photos are up on the site now. brendanjharkin.myportfolio.com/foyle-pride-...
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Cian @codonn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Turquoise "Turky" Poundworld
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Cian @codonn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🎵Sorry Nick Jackson Oooh Villa want to buy another guy Ollie apologised a trillion times 🎵
Screen shot from The Atheltic website, picture of Jean-Philppe Mateta and headline: "Aston Villa make offer for Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta"
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Tyron @tyron.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The @stephenkb.bsky.social column this week is a deeply necessary, clear counter to most of the discourse on the future for tax and spend for the British state. There are three options - there's no point in pussyfooting around with myths and not opting for one of them. www.ft.com/content/9102...
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Cian @codonn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Make a band bigger. Neutral Milk Resort
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Andrew Downie @adowniebrazil.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Make a band bigger. Stiff Enormous Fingers
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Cian @codonn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
on a global level there is no bigger 'casual Simpsons reference' demographic than the Irish male age 35-50
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Mr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 22/08/2026
Found this recording of Rita Moreno performing “Fever” on The Muppet Show from 1976. 14/10
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StopSkeletonsFromFighting @stopskeletons.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Fun reminder - in two weeks Sony is going to delist 500+ digital movies. If you bought one, they’re going to vanish from your library too. Oh, and no refunds, you didn’t actually own them in the first place www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/06...
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Sony Will Permanently Delete 550+ Movies You Already Paid For
"I won't be back"
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Cian @codonn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Gwan the English and gwan the Adeleke
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Really? Is that it? If this is all that’s come from COBR, it’s pitifully inadequate. As crisis deepens, it beggars belief that there aren’t eg plans to increase resources for the fire service, support for farmers, max workplace temperature, funded community cool spaces & obvs ban on new fossil fuels
independent.co.uk
Andy Burnham warns of summer ban on disposable barbecues
Andy Burnham said he would consider if a restriction on purchasing the products during the summer months could be justified
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Jack Russell @jackru.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
My latest article looks at attitudes of Northern Irish voters in the run up to NI's biggest election for years. I’ll highlight some key points, the likely election battlegrounds and a few surprising findings in a 🧵 below. Enjoy! #Speirgorm #Stormont
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Steve Doherty @stevedoherty.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Rosemary Mac Cabe @rosemarymaccabe.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I’ve had one of the most stressful weeks of my professional life thanks to an influx of non-stop hatred, vitriol and attempts to hack all of my accounts… because I wrote about Glen Hansard’s habit of preying on teenage girls.
rosemarymaccabe.substack.com
Glen Hansard Is No Irish Hero
…no matter how great a musician you thought he was
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Joe Griffin @thejoegriffin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
My daughter is watching Cruella, or as I like to call it, 'The Devil Wears Madra'.
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Cian @codonn.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
People always seem to take opinion polls as destiny. Look back at the last few years in British politics... when was the last period of stability??
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
An utterly absurd pass from Chelsea Gray
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Tríona Cunnane @trionac.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Last of the Mayo spam I promise 💚❤️ #gaa 🤣🤣🤣
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Look the way she translates the opening versus other versions. It's incredible.
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Cian @codonn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Ireland also didn't lose to Spain at the World Cup.
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Cian @codonn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I really could have murdered those multiple crows, plural, that were making noise on the campsite this morning
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Cian @codonn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Took me way too long to realise these charts are arranged as a map
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Claire Mullaly @clairemullaly.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
When I say policing reform has failed, PSNI need disbanded - this encapsulates it. It’s a PSNI photo op at a 12th bonfire with the leader of paramilitary group - South East Antrim UDA, Larne. SEA UDA are active and prolific in violence and intimidation despite the ceasefire. More on them… [1/n]
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Spinky’s Mama @spinkysmama.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Oh no Sam Neill 😔 Brilliant actor, who managed to bring something unexpected to every role. And a truly funny man- here’s his priceless response when asked about his ideal murder method.
SAM NEILL
GENERAL JOHN MacARTHUR
If you were to commit a murder, how would you do it?
It's got to be big! No slipping
something into someone's drink, that's just pathetic. I'd use a steamroller, just leave a stain on the road. There's probably a couple of people I'd put under a steamroller, but I won't say who they are, otherwise when they see a steamroller coming their way they'll be on full alert.
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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
AND THE AULD TRIANGLE WENT
Dingle Candle
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Dexerto @dexerto.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
A Norway fan has gone viral for not taking part in their Row celebration after matches and won't do it if they win the World Cup "It’s factually wrong; they didn’t row, they sailed over the Atlantic”
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Cian @codonn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
All the 35+ year olds feeling this random everyday injury
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Claire Mullaly @clairemullaly.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
There are two East Belfast UDA paramilitary flags on lamp posts either side of the entrace to Garnerville Rd in East Belfast. Garnerville is where the PSNI training college is. The paramilitaries are showing everyone who is in charge. Policing is severerly compromised. How did we get to this? [1/n]
Map of Garnerville Road.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
World Cup last 32 by federation Africa 9/10 qualify [Just Tunisia out] South America 5/6 qualify [Uruguay out] Europe 13/16 qualify [Czech, Scot, Turkey out] North/Central Am 3/6 [just 3 hosts qualify!] Asia 2/9 - just Australia + Japan through Oceania 0/1 - NZ out
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Fourfoot @fourfoot.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
And den hi go take dem to di bowling alley
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Alan White @aljwhite.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
There was a remarkably large contingent of freaks like Christopher Booker telling us this wasn’t a thing to sweat when I was growing up. Don’t seem to hear so many of them now
UK's hottest day of the year has got hotter
Maximum recorded temperature by year, 1970-2026
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