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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 23h

Rotating the notion of a Mastrescent Gothic in my head.

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Roisin Markham @creativedynamix.bsky.social · 23h

what a week, what a feckin week

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Progressive Politics NI @ppni.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The wonderful “¡No pasarán!” window at Belfast City Hall. The anti-fascist phrase which means “They shall not pass”, is from the Spanish Civil War in 1936. It feels relevant now.

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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Substack post by Ranke de Vries which not only shows that AI won't be taking over Medieval Irish Studies any time soon (thankfully), but also makes an eloquent case in favour of sitting with the difficulty of manuscript transcription. #MedievalSky rankedevries.substack.com/p/ai-and-med...

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AI and medieval Irish manuscripts

Just no.

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Fatima O'Hara @cabbagesandkings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Belfast Telegraph podcast is generally well worth a listen. This episode is particularly illuminating about the Garvaghy Road situation and the wider NI implications. sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/656...

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Liselle ᚂᚔᚄᚓᚂᚂᚓ @sellybeth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A lovely friend of mine has a room available in Sandyford/Ticknock from December. €1000/month + utilities, double bedroom with ensuite, free parking. Not the most accessible spot for public transport though...25 minutes walk to the Luas and infrequent buses. #SpéirGhorm #SpéirGorm

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Breakfast News

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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"We have 700,000 homes using kerosene and a lot of those people are elderly and have homes that are not retrofitted. We need the carbon tax taken off kerosene." www.rte.ie/news/2026/09...

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Fuel protest group call on Govt to abolish carbon tax

A meeting organised by the group involved in fuel protests earlier this year is taking place in the Midlands.

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Roisin Markham @creativedynamix.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

within the Government Futures Forty document, Irelands fiscal & economic outlook till 2065…AMOC slow/shut down is not addressed I’ve raised this to the environmental pilar it’s a serious issue this document is actively being used for policy & planning in Ireland www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

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Future Forty: A Fiscal and Economic Outlook to 2065

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I don't know about you, but I've yet to meet a parent who teaches their kids right from wrong with caveats: Murder is wrong*. All people are equal**. Do the right thing*** * Unless the killers play sports ** Unless they're brown *** Unless it costs you 6 points in a recreational activity

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Gary Gannon TD @garygannontd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The FAI repeatedly told us players would be protected. Yet when a 24 year old acted on his conscience, they left him to stand alone & used a vote among his teammates to validate their own cowardice. This isn’t protecting a young player, it’s protecting themselves at his expense. #StopTheGame

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Pamela Weaver @pamelaweaver.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026

Another hour, another shocking revelation from broland.

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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Game making global news

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Roc83 @roc83.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I have used my expertise in international relations to develop a tentative hypothesis. Referring to wanted war criminals by cutsie nicknames and giving them a global platform to say that they never ever committed war crimes may not be compatible with rules based systems of international law.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

His employer never changed.

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The more I look at it, the more this graph at the end of my most recent Gist explains the behaviour of so many of Ireland's political parties. SF, for example, simply can't deal with 50% of its supporters looking to strengthen institutions while the other 50% want to blow them up.

Stacked bar chart from More in Common, June 2026. Question: "Which comes closest to your view? Please use a scale of 1–4 where 1 means you agree with the first statement and 4 means you agree with the second." Statement 1: "Our political and social institutions are worth preserving and improving, not destroying." Statement 4: "When I think about our political and social institutions, I cannot help thinking 'just let them all burn.'" Results in percent, listed as 1 (preserve), 2, 3, 4 (burn):

All respondents: 28, 30, 22, 20.
Fianna Fáil: 46, 29, 13, 11.
Sinn Féin: 25, 25, 25, 25.
Fine Gael: 47, 31, 13, 9.
Green Party: 46, 22, 21, 12.
Labour: 36, 36, 20, 8.
Social Democrats: 23, 49, 22, 7.
Independent Ireland / Aontú: 15, 28, 27, 29.
Other: 28, 26, 21, 26.
Non-voters: 20, 32, 25, 23.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“Nobody will be able to say that we did not know. Let it not be said that we did not act.” - Taoiseach at UN yesterday. We did not act.

A member of the Palestinian delegation looks at Binyamin Netanyahu as she leaves the assembly hall in New York. Photograph: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

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Roisin Meaney 💙📚 @roisinm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

😂😂😂😂 One look was all it took.

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 24/09/2026

Macklemore has announced a Dublin concert as part of his new Free Palestine Tour, following his removal from the remaining dates of Ed Sheeran's US tour earlier this month

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Macklemore announces Dublin date on Free Palestine tour

Macklemore has announced a Dublin concert as part of his new Free Palestine Tour, following his removal from the remaining dates of Ed Sheeran's US tour earlier this month.

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Roisin Markham @creativedynamix.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

this is a FDI policy Irish political class are complicit through policy & action towards an undermining of democratic rights, privacy & data protection

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Roisin Markham @creativedynamix.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

it’s raining everyone has left the sea at Cahore it’s mine now love a rainy swim first cold day this side of summer

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Roisin Markham @creativedynamix.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’ve been writing a blog post on what I get asked about & the crazy almost bullying experience of people looking for time in my diary for free not to discuss paid work but to ‘run something by me’ which is code for extract your knowedge and experience for free but no one needs me to be bitching

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Eamonn Sweeney @sweeneyagonistes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Be reasonable folks. Anyone who really matters has a house already. I'm sure you wouldn't want the stigma of living in a house which partly prevented the construction of a data centre.

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Amongst innumerable absurdities, up front it claimed that “876,000 jobs (32% of national employment)” was “underpinned” by Ireland’s 72 data centres. But at the same time, in the appendix, it acknowledged that their ongoing employment contribution was 9,500 jobs. enterprise.gov.ie/en/publicati...

2010
2020 (peak construction)
2030

Jobs
Capex
1,800
26,300
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Opex
700
5,600
9,500

Total
2,500
31,900
9,500

Wages (€m)
Capex
76
1,118
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Opex
37
295
504

Total
113
1,413
504

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I don’t think that this should just be shrugged off. One of our Ministers (Enterprise or Justice, probably) has presented this plan. It isn’t an anonymous creature called the Irish Presidency. That is our Government.

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Roisin Markham @creativedynamix.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I much prefer IK suite over proton

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banbloodsports.bsky.social @banbloodsports.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The link between cruelty to animals and domestic abuse has been highlighted in the House of Commons this month. Danny Chambers MP (Lib Dem) stated: “There has long been a proven link between people deliberately harming animals and then committing domestic abuse" www.facebook.com/reel/1477285...

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Keith Connolly @limerick4inarow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This guy is a walking lesson for all politicians. Look after all of your people with a smile on your face. He loves this job you can tell.

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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 23/09/2026

A new network wants to encourage Black and immigrant workers to join trade unions. One of the most pressing issues continues to be the impact of Ireland's work-permit regime, which make it risky for employees to speak out if exploited.

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A new network seeks to encourage Black and immigrant workers to join trade unions

One of the most pressing issues continues to be the impact of Ireland's work-permit regime, which make it risky for employees to speak out if exploited.

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Roisin Markham @creativedynamix.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

urgent work to do reboots computer & clicks update expected time 4 mins it says 30 minutes later it’s at 7% I’m loosing the plot

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Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Rounding out a writing residency in beautiful Birr with an event at the town’s library this evening (a former church, with stunning stained glass). 7pm, all welcome, if you know anyone in Offaly…

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Roisin Markham @creativedynamix.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

partnering with the Mermaid Arts Centre in Bray Co. Wicklow next week if you’re into care of the earth, biodiversity, environment, climate community & activism you should come along www.mermaidartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve... I’m facilitating a post film conversation, connection & what’s next

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The Letter: Screening & Climate Conversation - Mermaid Arts Centre

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Gerry Ó Móraín @arnofio.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I think everyone on Bluesky should show solidarity with the US press and do an indefinite blackout of posts about you know who

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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This fifteenth-century volume gives instructions for the blessing of bells and for exorcising people who have been cursed. The instructions are written in red, with the words to be said in black. The volume will on display for our new exhibition The Medieval Manuscripts of Marsh's Library.

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Lady Tina Murphy @tinamur.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is the most intelligent thing the media has done. They SHOULD have done it the FIRST TIME he was abusing the media! Just because he doesn't like something doesn't mean it's fake or lies.

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Paul Price @swimsure.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's deeply misleading to say Ireland stayed within its first carbon budget *without* stating the caveats making the claim deeply misleading. Yet here Prof. Brian Ó Gallachóír does so. In my opinion that's poor science communication. The caveats: climate-change-and-ireland.ghost.io/did-ireland-...

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Did Ireland meet Carbon Budget 1? Some key caveats and why CB2 is the real policy test

In July EPA issued its report on Ireland’s Provisional Greenhouse Gas Emissions 1990-2025, stating that the first statutory five-year carbon budget (CB1) of 295 MtCO2e, covering 2021–2025 had been met...

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Shauna Corr @shaunacorr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Looks like my latest article from the Omagh gold mine inquiry for @thedetailtv.bsky.social made the ‘tailings news’ in Australia - a mining industry publication

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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Irish footballers need someone to tell them about how the 1981 Irish Rugby team played apartheid South Africa, and how only Tony Ward, Moss Keane and Donal Spring refused to play. The rest of the team are forever remembered for sportwashing the apartheid regime.

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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

71% of young people in #Ireland want to leave and get a life overseas with some chance of a decent job, somewhere to rent and the prospect of ever owning their own home. The #HousingCrisis, #CostOfLivingCrisis and general #EnshitificationOfEverything here is destroying society and community.

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7 in 10 young adults considering leaving Ireland - survey

Almost seven in ten young adults are considering moving abroad for a better quality of life, according to new research from the National Youth Council of Ireland.

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 21/09/2026

The “jaw-dropping” El Niño currently heating up the planet has burst through the highest temperature ever recorded for the phenomenon, several months before its expected peak.

A line chart showing temperature anomalies in the Niño 3.4 region of the Pacific Ocean, compared to a 30-year rolling base period since 1982.

A gold line shows temperatures in 1997, a teal line in 2025, and a red line in 2026. The red line surpasses all others reaching 3.07ºC, and at an earlier point (September) than the previous El Niño that reached a comparable range in November 2015.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Enjoyed this article about the growing number of men adopting cats, bucking gender stereotypes. Apparently Mamdani is allergic to cats, but has been getting allergy shots because his wife wants to adopt one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...

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Dave Franco, Jordan Poole and Other Everyday Cat Dads Are Redefining Gender Stereotypes (Gift Article)

We’re living in the age of the “cat dad” and he’s being used to sell premium cat products and talk about healthy masculinity.

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Tooey @sueric.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I love that my local bookstore has a banned book table.

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Fiona Tribe @fionatribe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Nothing kills creativity more than a constant focus on whether something will sell. I’ve often heard people say “there’s not a huge market for that though, is there?” when someone presents a truly unique idea or thing. This is why we ended up with a world full of white kitchens. Resale value.

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Roisin Markham @creativedynamix.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It’s always made me curious that this is not really a tradition in Ireland in the UK artist make fun & quirky & beloved things from drift wood

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Roisin Markham @creativedynamix.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

all in all I might up my 6/10 day to 8/10 with that sunset nice one the colours were spectacular hope wherever you are in the world, you are safe, not suffering bombing or threat of death nor genocide nor war & you got to enjoy the sunset

sunset 19 September 2026
silhouettes of bronze fennel seed umbelles, birch trees in the foreground
a polytunnel highlighted a tree line

the background is light blue to orange, yellow, peach to tangerine, dusky grey to candy floss pink clouds texture and contrast grey blue setting sun skies

image taken by Roisin Markham in her garden, infectious joy of such beauty in nature. Part of Roisins focus on art and ecology.

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Roisin Markham @creativedynamix.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I’m having a shit day so I’ve gone to the sea swimming will ensue maybe throwing stones like a toddler also

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