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Rachel Neylin

@croballycat.bsky.social
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Likes: cats, dogs, art, cycling, gardening, libraries, research. Dislikes: misinformation and shitehawks. Ex-Brummie living in & loving West Waterford, Ireland

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Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Who'd have thought dereliction tourism but hey It's officially unofficial 8 years in the making Join us, once a month, for a WalkTalkChalk thru' Cork City Keep the conversation going, keep the movement growing, keep the change happening Thank you for your support ❤️ Book: ffud.art #DerelictIreland
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Walking Tours | Street Art | TShirts | Photos | Chalk
See a different side to Cork City: Walking Tours with a Dereliction Twist. Join Frank + Jude for an urban exploration that’s much more than just another walking tour. Discover hidden heritage, abandon...
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Rachel Neylin @croballycat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Mósáic an tSean Phobail * A mosaic capturing the soul of a Parish * A book encouraging children’s imagination * A group of women creatively remembering history and folklore * Craft and language skills with supportive friends Friday 4th Sept 2026 Halla Cholmáin, An Sean Phobal, X35CR20 6pm onwards
A woman's legs (sitting above on scaffolding) hang in front of a mosaic being worked on by another woman at the side of the shot. The letters ICA are clearly visible.The centrepiece of a mosaic being worked on by one of the women in this project. The image is of Celtic design and contains a sailing ship, a church, waves and lighthouse keepers cottages. A wider view of the centrepiece of a community mosaic. Picked out in mirrored glass are the words An Sean Phobal (Old Parish) which is where the mosaic is. The colours are a variety of blues and greens to signify the coastline.
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Great to see this. We have sheep's wool in abundance - and no strategy on using as plastics replacement material #ireland so excellent to see what Queens are doing, NI www.rte.ie/news/newslen.... it could be used in home insulation which currently is completely based on imported plastics #climate
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Queens using sheep wool for plastic free seaweed farming
Sheep wool could be the key to making seaweed farming plastic free according to engineers from Queen's University Belfast who have been growing kelp on ropes made from sheep wool.
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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
It was always a risk, having Biggins on the show… Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics: Nero, tomorrow at 9am on BBC Radio 4. Behind the scenes of I, Claudius and more… Catch up afterwards on BBC Sounds.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/08/2026
Why is Anthropic destroying books? | Kathryn James
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Why is Anthropic destroying books? | Kathryn James
The AI company apparently found destructively scanning ‘all the books in the world’ easier than dealing with copyright in its quest for training data
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"The not-for-profit company paid out total compensation of €700,000 to Foley and private sector executives from Coca-Cola HBC Ireland, Britvic, Heineken, Musgrave and Diageo who sit on its board": Coca Cola, number 1 plastics polluter/ no bio for board on website www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
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Re-Turn chief executive and board share six-figure pay rise
Body formed to manage deposit return scheme has faced political pressure to disclose remuneration to chief executive Ciarán Foley
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Rachel Neylin @croballycat.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Love hares! We had one as the logo for our hand-made soap company and now the hare features on our community mosaic. Picture is of the hare in the early stages, he's all filled in now.
Image shows a mosaic of a brown hare made out of cut pieces of tile. It's on a bare grey background and not yet grouted
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
THREAD/ORIGINAL ART GIVEAWAY This hare linoprint is by my mum, Jo. I'll be sending an original of this to one randomly chosen person who reposts this link to my recently updated website & pops a reply below. www.tom-cox.com The offer is open worldwide. I also have some more art to give away...
A meadow hare, filled with flowers, cut from lino by my mum, Jo.
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Rachel Neylin @croballycat.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Such a sad loss, a good man & great musician.
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Rachel Neylin @croballycat.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I'd rather listen to this, than watch the film.
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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The Odyssey! I have read, translated and compressed it into a handy half hour podcast for you. Here’s your quick guide on BBC Sounds. Infidelity and monsters aplenty… www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics, Series 8, Homer: The Odyssey
Natalie retells Homer's epic story of homecoming, adventure and passion.
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Throwback to when a TV station in Iceland accidentally aired an episode of Teletubbies with subtitles from the Sopranos 👌🏼
Picture of a TV screen with teletubbies going to bed with the subtitles: I know you were high during my mother-in-laws wake
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 02/06/2026
An RTÉ Investigates analysis into derelict site registers found that State bodies appear repeatedly. In some cases, this has cost the State hundreds of thousands of euro in derelict sites levies
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How the State ends up fining itself over derelict sites
An RTÉ Investigates analysis into derelict site registers found that State bodies appear repeatedly. In some cases, this has cost the State hundreds of thousands of euro in derelict sites levies
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Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Its called the Michael Healy-Rae effect #speirghorm
Its called the Michael Healy-Rae effect
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Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Everyone should have a home Yet 17,308 human beings are now in emergency accommodation Yet the CSO announced this week there were over 70,000 homes vacant which could be compulsory rented This is a broken social contract This is down to government policy This is #DerelictIreland #speirghorm
Everyone should have a home
Yet 17,308 human beings are now in emergency accommodation
Yet the CSO announced this week there were over 70,000 homes vacant which could be compulsory rented
This is a broken social contract
This is down to government policy
This is #DerelictIreland
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Rachel Neylin @croballycat.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Always a welcome addition to my Inbox (no smut please!)
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Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
17,112 without a home 184,213 empty homes A manufactured housing crisis costing lives & traumatising generations This is #DerelictIreland @judesherry.bsky.social & I updated this register earlier in Cork City centre Video incl music by Meryl Streek #speirghorm
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Rachel Neylin @croballycat.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Really interesting piece & good points about a lot of the assumptions made about intergenerational economics. And Brexit was a bucket of shite all round, glad we moved to Ireland years ago
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Rachel Neylin @croballycat.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
It was an event organised by the Jewish News, he knew his audience
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Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
We have the houses We don't have the political will to tirn them into homes Too much money to be made in speculation & hoarding @judesherry.bsky.social & I collated this data for our 2024 report "This is #DerelictIreland. The Solutions."
We have the houses
We don't have the political will to tirn them into homes
Too much money to be made in speculation & hoarding

@judesherry.bsky.social & I collated this data for our 2024 report "This is #DerelictIreland. The Solutions."
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Rachel Neylin @croballycat.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Excellent alt text here! Tnx to the always-worth-a-read @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
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Rachel Neylin @croballycat.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Taking advantage of the 2 dry minutes we've had so far this year here in Ireland. Dog is happy with the overflowing stream onto the beach.
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Rachel Neylin @croballycat.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The information is there, but at least they're staggering in the right direction, slowly. Wonder how much the derelict house tax will be?
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Winford Fagan in Handsworth, Birmingham, UK 1970 📷Vanley Burke
Photo of a black youngster about age 11 or 12 standing in a street with a bicycle. He's flying a Union Jack flag from his handlebars.
via The Guardian
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Rachel Neylin @croballycat.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
So sad, so unique an actor. Loved her work. Condolences to her family, friends & fellow actors 💔
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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
We want to see your mice! Mouse impression on a Roman roof tile 👇
A low resolution close-up of a roman roof tile into which someone has, while the clay was still wet, placed a mouse and gently pressed it in.
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Carlow Weather @carlowweather.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I was asked to share this video of a 84 year old grandmothers house in Graiguenamanagh co Kilkenny which flooded today. More flood relief is badly needed in Graiguenamanagh and many other areas. Over years Ministers have visited and made promises but not delivered.
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Taryn de Vere @taryndevere.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Unless you stipulate that you'll have AT LEAST ONE HOOK on every public toilet door you should be denied planning permission. I don't understand why so many Irish cafes etc don't have bloody hooks? It's winter, I have a coat, bag & an umbrella & I don't want to put any of it on a dirty toilet floor
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Rachel Neylin @croballycat.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
So fed up I can't make it, I have no feckin luck with your dates 😔
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Rachel Neylin @croballycat.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Thank god you did that. I would've spent the rest of my life looking
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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
My word. (Again.) Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
IO SATURNALIA! It’s time to celebrate this Roman winter festival. Here’s our special episode all about it 🥂🎩 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics, Saturnalia
Natalie Haynes celebrates Saturnalia with guests André Vincent and Llewelyn Morgan.
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Rachel Neylin @croballycat.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Brilliant! You may like these Alt tags @catsofyore.bsky.social The inner life of cats 😅
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Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Up to €180,000 a year for every family in emergency accommodation is some profitable industry 😢
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Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Historic core Cork city centre And you talk about anti-social behaviour Who are the real vandals? #DerelictIreland #speirgorm
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 10/12/2025
This is fascinating stuff. And I will say again that we should have statues for those unknown inventors of ancient times, in stead of certain politicians and rulers who we have to tear down again after a few generations... ;) www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
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The moment the earliest known man-made fire was uncovered - BBC News
Archaeologists in the UK have discovered the world's oldest evidence of humans lighting fires
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
"Our waters are crying out for a break from the pollution, Irish people [want] clean water, but our voices are drowned out in a world of political wrangling and vested interest. [But] you can’t drink politics." Excellent piece by @elainemcgoff.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Most Irish people want clean water, not a nitrates derogation
Has the Government ever asked the people of Ireland if they agree with pulling on the green jersey to convince Europe to give us another derogation?
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Pod of this week’s Last Word on environment with Matt Cooper on Today FM now available. We did a wrap-up on highs & (mostly) lows of #Cop30, plus we discussed why Iceland is making emergency preparations for possible AMOC shutdown - why isn’t Ireland doing likewise? www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...
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Good Cop Or Bad Cop? Did Cop 30 Achieve Anything For Climate Action
John Gibbons joins The Last Word to give his assessment of this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference in Brazil.Catch the full chat by pressing the...
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Rachel Neylin @croballycat.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Our elderly dog isn't well, horrible decision to be taken soon. The younger dog has had 3 operations recently & is still recovering. The Cat caught a mouse & was inordinately pleased with herself. Think of you all in Ukraine every day
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 13/11/2025
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative. The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
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International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
You might have thought Question Time was biased. But you never realised how much. UKIP never even had a single MP.
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Rachel Neylin @croballycat.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
How touching 😻
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
dlvr.it
Trinity College researchers claim to have developed 'groundbreaking' whooping cough vaccine
The Irish-based developers say the new method could potentially stop patients infecting other people with whooping cough
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Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Rents rise for council tenants Tax cuts for developers Irish government housing policy summed up #HowIrelandWorks #DerelictIreland
Rents rise for council tenants
Tax cuts for developers
Irish government housing policy summed up
#HowIrelandWorks #DerelictIreland
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Stephanie Rains 🪼 @acidrains.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
I defy anyone to claim they haven’t considered this at some point.
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Man drove stolen bus to Dublin because other bus was full
A young man stole a Bus Éireann vehicle in Co Donegal and drove it to Dublin after being told another bus was full.
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Louise @selkies.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve. I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
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Rachel Neylin @croballycat.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Same here & I can't cope with those gel nails. Can you just have a 'simple' manicure, mainly rubbing cream in your hands & ordinary nail varnish?
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
I've TWO of these beautiful 'Witch & Hare' original linocuts by my mum, Jo, to give away to my Bluesky followers. The print is from my recently republished book, Help The Witch. All you have to do to enter is repost this story from the book (maybe give it a read too?) www.tom-cox.com/robot-2/
Witch, hare and herbs linocut by my mum.My book Help The Witch
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Rachel Neylin @croballycat.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
He's so sound
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Rachel Neylin @croballycat.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Snouty dog
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