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Primary school principal in Limerick, Ireland

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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize, and this the response. It’s the pettiness of it that disgusts as much as anything else, and the servility of those who go along with it. To adapt the line about Caligula: “Never better slaves to a worse master.”
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Princess Bride: You Keep Using That Word
ALT: Princess Bride: You Keep Using That Word
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yesterday was a bad day for nature as virtually no new funding was announced. The guessing and uncertainty as how Ireland's Nature Restoration Plan is to be funded goes on. www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2...
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‘Government clearly not listening’: Nature groups criticise lack of budget funding
Budget allocates just €6m extra to NPWS despite experts saying €700m needed annually for nature restoration
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 05/10/2026
The General Secretary of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation, John Boyle, has said that a second strike day set for 21 October is going ahead
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INTO announces second strike date over public pay deal
The General Secretary of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation has said that a second strike day set for 21 October is going ahead.
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Claire Mitchell @clairemitchell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨 Open letter from people of Protestant backgrounds concerning the Garvaghy Road 🚨 We feel compelled to speak publicly about what is happening in Portadown 🚨Over the past few hours we have collected over 140 signatures
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is one of those headlines where, though they are becoming more and more common, it requires such a leap of imagination for normal people, that the scale of it is is hard to communicate. It’s like our world is screaming at us, but it’s in a frequency most of us can’t hear.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why yes, of course you can build out your gigantic 72,500 m2 energy and resource-sucking data centre, but be sure to “encourage staff to use public transport, cycling & walking”. Beyond parody from the crack squad at An Coimisiún Pleanala. www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
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alt-DUP @duponline.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026
Fun fact: these three people currently at Drumcree Church in breach of the Parades Commission determination were aged 4, 5 and 10 when the original Drumcree Sunday march issue first blighted us. 4, 5, and 10.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Utterly mad how most of society just bumbles along, ignoring the monstrous future realities being locked in place, day in day out.
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 27/09/2026
Around a thousand people are gathered at the lower end of the Garvaghy Road in anticipation of the Orange Order march which is set to come down the road after 8am | Follow live updates
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Crowds gather ahead of Orange Order march
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Brendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The peaceful and reasonable Orange Order who absolutely are definitely not trying to deliberately cause public disorder
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Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In a world of Ed Sheerans, be a Gavin Bazanu
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 26/09/2026
Brian Kerr on Virgin Media: “I’ve been in touch with [Gavin Bazunu] this evening, and he’s feeling quite low, and shunned by some of the players and by the FAI… (🧵)
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Will Lawless @willlawless.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There's only one Gavin Bazunu
Gavin Bazunu, a man of integrity
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Jooooohhhh No! @josefoshea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gov and FAI could be stepping in at this stage to say: "the players are obviously deeply concerned about this - these young men cannot be forced to play - the game is off - and UEFA can see us in court if they dare" Chances of that happening? #StopTheGame
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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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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Fair play to Bazunu for putting his head above the parapet and trying. Shame on the FAI.
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Jooooohhhh No! @josefoshea.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
How mad is the Irish housing crisis ? There's a Hong Kong-based group with agents buying up poor quality houses in my city centre nhood in Cork - and cramming them full of bunk beds to stack desperate Brazilian Deliveroo drivers like battery chickens. And a few local landlords doing the same.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ms. Rachel: “I will match Macklemore's donation and I invite every wealthy white celebrity to match it and speak out against the genocide in Gaza. Over 20,000 precious Palestinian children have been killed and children continue to be killed every day.”
Ms. Rachel Instagram:

“I will match Macklemore's donation and I invite every wealthy white celebrity to match it and speak out against the genocide in Gaza.
Over 20,000 precious Palestinian children have been killed and children continue to be killed every day.
We have a moral obligation to use our privilege and platforms to protect children and human rights.”
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
to keep functioning, a society must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
UPDATE: @macklemore says he will donate all his earnings to pro-Palestinian orgs and wants to shift the focus back to them— highlighting Israel’s double-tap strike that killed 15yo Muhammad Al Zinati and a rescue worker yesterday. There’s video. TW⚠️: www.instagram.com/p/DdUqMqwkYy...
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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A “double-tap” strike maximises casualties by bombing a location once, waiting for other people to arrive at the scene to render assistance, and then bombing it again. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/...
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Israeli ‘double-tap’ air strike responsible for killing schoolboy in Gaza
Two people were killed in the assault on Gaza City - a paramedic and a 15-year-old boy returning from school.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Robert Kraft — who's given millions to pro-Israel orgs like AIPAC — once got a $1M award from Netanyahu for helping stop people from boycotting Israel. "Israel does not have a more loyal friend than Robert Kraft," Netanyahu said. Now, Kraft helps kick Macklemore off Ed Sheeran's tour:
Robert Kraft to Establish a Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism, BDS, Delegitimization of Israel
Jun 20, 2019 at 03:25 PM
June 20, 2019, Jerusalem - Tonight, the Laureate of the 2019 Genesis Prize Robert Kraft was honored at a gala ceremony in Jerusalem. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Genesis Prize Foundation Chairman Stan Polovets bestowed the award on Kraft in front of an audience of 600 Israeli and international dignitaries.
The $1 million Genesis Prize, dubbed "the Jewish Nobel" by Time Magazine, honors extraordinary individuals for outstanding professional achievement, contribution to humanity, and commitment to Jewish values. Previous honorees include U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; philanthropist and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg; actor, producer and peace activist Michael Douglas; and "Fiddler to the world" maestro Itzhak Perlman.

Prime Minister Netanyahu said: "I am delighted to welcome Robert Kraft to the august family of Genesis Prize Laureates. This prestigious award honors Robert's generous lifelong philanthropy, his commitment to the Jewish people, and his love for Israel. It also recognizes his principled stand against anti-Semitism and efforts by our enemies to undermine the State of Israel through BDS and other similar campaigns. Israel does not have a more loyal friend than Robert Kraft."
Kraft previously announced he would forgo the $1 million monetary award so that the funds could be granted to initiatives combating anti-Semitism, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS), and other efforts to delegitimize Israel. This is in line with the tradition established by previous Genesis Prize Laureates, who have "re-gifted" their awards to philanthropic causes they support.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Banned: Macklemore's powerful statement deserves reading. www.instagram.com/p/DdRdsy0m2H...
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Haaretz.com @haaretzcom.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Israel’s Culture Minister Miki Zohar said he will work to revoke citizenship of filmmakers behind Gaza documentary “NAZA,” which won a Venice Film Festival prize. Zohar called the film, which alleges deliberate Israeli killings in Gaza, “vile” and “constitutes treason.” tr.ee/cwMEY9
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In the 25 years since 9/11, the United States has spent $8 trillion+ on wars that have taken millions of lives in the name of fighting "terror." Can you imagine if we had instead invested those funds here on climate, health care, housing, and education?
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Green Party / Comhaontas Glas @greenparty.ie · 11/09/2026
Oh ffs
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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Mainstream darlings Dan Mulhall and Larry Donnelly have spent almost 3yrs telling us that if we implement the occupied territories bill we’d be internationally isolated. They preached that money was more important than morality. I wonder if any of their journalist pals will ask them about this👇
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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The cruelest part of tonight is that the state of rural public transport means that Fionula will have to wait hours for the bus that Paraic and Carla threw her under to arrive. #TraitorsIRL
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Darth Empath @jhatman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A human can only survive 2-7 days without clean water, whereas we can survive in perpetuity without datacenters. Choose wisely.
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Robert Reiner @waylon18.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
jewishvoiceforliberation.org.uk/article/canc... I left Hungary in 1946 as a baby with my Holocaust survivor parents. This are the most shocking examples of antisemitism I have encountered since. Unbelievably directed against revered poet Michael Rosen by self styled campaigners against antisemitism
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Cancel culture, weaponising antisemitism and more - Jewish Voice for Liberation
Michael Rosen writes about being explicitly cancelled & other experiences of being targeted as the wrong sort of Jew, supporting Palestine.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
READ: “Canadians will have to prepare for a future that's 5 C hotter, according to a new report summarizing the latest science on climate change.“ And that’s just what’s locked in already. It will keep getting worse and worse the longer we keep failing to act intelligently. #ClimateCrisis
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Canadians should prepare for a 5 C hotter future, report warns | CBC News
The federal government's new report summarizing the latest science on climate change warns that under current climate policies, the impact on Canadians will likely be "far from benign."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Increase in productivity since 1979: 93% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 34% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
“They push up [electricity] costs without generating commensurate benefits to the local economy. Because once the data centre is built, it is just a hulking structure with a bunch of computers inside...” No wonder they don't want them - but neither do we! www.thejournal.ie/data-centres...
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Backlash to data centres stateside means US may 'prefer to see them built in Ireland'
Former White House adviser Brad Setser said data centres are increasingly viewed by Americans as facilities “with a bunch of computers inside and not many jobs”.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The intensifying backlash against data centers is inspiring panic among the tech sector. Good. But the Irish government will plough on with its hugely unpopular policy of support regardless, because its core ideology is to *always* back big money. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
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Data centers’ ‘oh s--t’ moment
Some industry leaders fear voter backlash is turning into a lasting political crisis.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Well flagged
Merz celebrates 2025 arms deal with Netanyahu by displaying the EU flag
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biologist077.bsky.social @biologist077.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Pancreatic cancer is so tough. But in an early trial, 7 of 8 patients (87.5%) who responded to a personalized mRNA vaccine + immunotherapy are still alive 6 years after surgery. It's designed to train the immune system to fight remaining cells. Promising, and worth attention.
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"There I was, swimming along peacefully looking for a snack when BANG! Hook in my gob. and next thing I know I was being hauled out of the water and into a boat, so I just bit the nearest leg. Then I log onto the Journal this morning and HE'S the one getting the sympathy?! It's a disgrace Joe."
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Aidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The lad bitten by the shark is doing the same thing I used to do when I'd tell people a wasp stung me in the eye when I was a kid. You get all the delicious sympathy, but if anybody asks more questions, I'm forced to reveal I was attacking a wasp's nest with a tennis racket at the time
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Dublin Commuters @dublincommuters.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Government have spent over a billion euro on fuel subsidies this year… yet have no room in the budget for new BusConnects phases, Luas expansions or Dart+ projects Opposition parties need to get their priorities straight
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Voice4Justice @voices4justice.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Settlers have been surrounding the home of a Palestinian family on the outskirts of the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, for more than 24 hours, cutting off the electricity lines and preventing family members from entering or leaving the house🧵
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The megaphone given to an extreme-right framing of this incident by supposedly centrist politicians is a gift to their harder right political competitors
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Ireland, France, Luxembourg and Portugal declined to join this mob of 22.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 01/08/2026
Top mountaineer Nirmal Purja among 11 confirmed dead after avalanche in Pakistan
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Top mountaineer Nirmal Purja among 11 confirmed dead after avalanche in Pakistan
Purja was killed leading an expedition of 10 other climbers on the world’s 12th-highest mountain
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