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Diarmaid Coffey

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Anseo ar son na Gaeilge! Lonnaithe in Ōtautahi na Nua-Shéalainne

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R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · 3h
Released on this day in 1992… share your favorite song in the comments.
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Oireachtas na Gaeilge @oirnagaeilge.bsky.social · 21h
Comhghairdeas leis na hiriseoirí uile atá ainmnithe ar an ngearrliosta do IRISEOIR NA BLIANA 2026 #Gradaim26 #Oireachtas2026 #OnaS26
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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 05/10/2026
#nzpol
The 4 panel meme of a pigeon doing stand-up. The pigeon says, "I'm announcing a new road". An audience member heckles the pigeon saying "Boo. Get better material!" The pigeon, visibly distressed and speechless consults cue cards, which just say "Roads, roads,roads..."
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Connor Sharp @connorsharp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"National leader Christopher Luxon did not want taxpayer funding going into a "white elephant" that was not commercially viable. "Of course we're very committed to our 17 roads of national significance and we make no apology for that." Hmmm which one is a white elephant? #nzpol
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Diarmaid Coffey @diarmaidcoffey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Fear Marbh eile...
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Diarmaid Coffey @diarmaidcoffey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Léite agam ar mo chuid laethanta saoire, bhain mé taitneamh as...ba dheas é a bheith ar fáil i bhfoirm chlosleabhair! #agléamh
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Aonghus Ó hAlmhain @aonghusoha.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Cruinniú le healaíontóirí www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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Artists participating in the Meeting promoted by the Dicastery for Culture and Education (2 October 2026)
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV TO THE ARTISTS AND CURATORS PARTICIPATING IN “THE ART OF POSSIBILITY: WEAVING TOGETHER” MEETING ORGANIZED BY THE DICASTERY FOR CULTURE AND EDUCATION Consistory Hal...
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Embarrassing for the government. “"The worst absurdity of all of this is that the most fired up the government has got on climate action is trying to cover their tracks by attacking everyone else, instead of doing the responsible thing." www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Christopher Luxon walks back 'bizarre claim' about the Greens
Christopher Luxon has walked back claims made by one of his ministers about the Greens, before then suggesting - wrongly - that they originated from the media.
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Tuairisc @tuairisc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
PODCHRAOLADH: ‘Hello, is this the Gaeltacht?’ – conspóidí agus cathanna cultúrtha
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PODCHRAOLADH: ‘Hello, is this the Gaeltacht?’ – conspóidí agus cathanna cultúrtha
Tá Gormfhaith Ní Thuairisg agus Póilín Ní Chiaráin linn san eagrán is déanaí de ‘An Pod Gaeilge’ chun plé a dhéanamh faoi sháinn Bhóthar Gharbhachaidh, conspóid faoi cad is Gaeltacht ann agus an dara ...
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John Walsh @nuachainteoir.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fáilte agus fiche romhaibh chuig ócáid seolta mo leabhair nua ar Choimisiún na Gaeltachta 1926 ar 6pm Dé hAoine an 16 Deireadh Fómhair in Áras na Gaeilge @uniofgalway.bsky.social @unigalwayschoolllc.bsky.social
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Diarmaid Coffey @diarmaidcoffey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Te Tai Tokerau
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DDeibhinn @ddeibhinn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Inniu an chéad lá d'Aicteobar
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A Dutch environmental group claims New Zealand has broken its #climatechange promises in the free trade agreement with the EU and is lodging the first complaint of its kind through the European Commission. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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NZ accused of breaking climate change promise with EU, but Todd McClay rejects claim
A Dutch environmental group claims New Zealand has broken its climate change promises in the free trade agreement with the EU and is lodging the first complaint of its kind through the European Commis...
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
First ever talk in New Zealand and it's on Halloween 🦇🎃 Thanks to the good people at @spokescanterbury.bsky.social for pulling this together. Really looking forward to it! events.humanitix.com/shifting-the...
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Shifting the narrative on road safety with creativity: Tom Flood in conversation
Join leading Canadian design and communications professional Tom Flood for a conversation on how creativity can shift the narrative on road safety
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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🌍 Ballybeg Goes Global | Join us at NLI for an international celebration of #BrianFriel’s work with scholars + performers exploring how his plays have travelled across languages + cultures With performances in French & te reo Māori, Senegalese music & more 📅 2 Oct | 2–8pm ow.ly/Gqxy50ZPImZ
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Ballybeg Goes Global
A Celebration of Brian Friel
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Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland @screenireland.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Berry has crafted a crucial entry in Ireland’s wider examination of its mother-and-baby homes and institutional control” @irishtimes.com Frank Berry’s award-winning The Lost Children of Tuam is in Irish cinemas from today, proudly supported by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland. 📽️💚 #IrishFilm
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The Lost Children of Tuam review: Historical evils lurk beneath a muted surface
Frank Berry’s film reconstructs Catherine Corless’s meticulous investigation into the Bon Secours mother and baby home in the Co Galway town
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Mairéad Nic Craith @maireadnc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
'An Éiceolaíocht agus an Ghaeilge: Ecology and Irish Gaelic'. @daraobriain.bsky.social @cnagaeilge.bsky.social @gardeningwell.ie @carsoncenter.bsky.social @frankrennie.bsky.social @claireconnolly.bsky.social @alastairmca30.bsky.social @alisonphipps.bsky.social youtu.be/rfxSTWuRk9M?...
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Language & Ecology by UHI Institute for Northern Studies Professor Mairead Nic Craith
YouTube video by UHI Institute for Northern Studies
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Mairéad Nic Craith @maireadnc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@cilldaralegaeilge.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @wildjustice.bsky.social @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social @pomuirch.bsky.social @nbissell.bsky.social @pauljmeighan.bsky.social @paulmalgrati.bsky.social @valbold.bsky.social
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Good afternoon from the Kingdom 🌤️
Photograph of Tralee bay and mountains with the lighthouse on a fine day with fluffy white clouds. 


#SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Greenpeace protests Conservation Amendment Bill in downtown Auckland
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Greenpeace protests Conservation Amendment Bill in downtown Auckland
Thousands of people have marched in central Auckland to protest the government's proposed Conservation Amendment Bill.
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Tuairisc @tuairisc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Dorn San Aer 2026: - deireadh seachtaine mór ceoil agus craic i nGaoth Dobhair
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Dorn San Aer 2026: – deireadh seachtaine mór ceoil agus craic i nGaoth Dobhair
Uachtarán na hÉireann, Catherine Connolly, a sheolfaidh an fhéile i gcuimhne ar Rónán Mac Aodha Bhuí an deireadh seachtaine seo
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Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba @ainmean-aite.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ainmean nam beann Bruach na Frìthe 'slope of the deer forest' NG461252 #AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #Maps #gachlatha
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The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What te reo Māori taught me about the Irish language I never learned
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What te reo Māori taught me about the Irish language I never learned
I was told that Gaeilge was a language of the past. Learning about te reo Māori showed me what had really been taken from us.
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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We should be rioting honestly WTF
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Liam Ó hAisibéil @ainmeolai.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Tá clár na Comhdhála ar Litríocht agus ar Chultúr na #Gaeilge 2026 ar fáil anois agus is féidir súil a chaitheamh air agus clárú do chomhdháil na bliana seo anseo: universityofgalwaydoi.clr.events/event/138123... Bígí linn cois Coiribe i lár na míosa seo chugainn!
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An Chomhdháil ar Litríocht agus ar Chultúr na Gaeilge 2026
Bígí linn ag Ollscoil na Gaillimhe don cheathrú comhdháil is tríocha ar Chultúr agus ar Litríocht na Gaeilge! Táimid ag súil le cloisteáil faoin taighde uilig atá ar siúl i réimsí éagsúla de Léann na ...
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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The decline of our Irish language is intrinsically linked with colonial ecocide. Tá ár dteanga, ár mbithéagsúlacht agus ár gcuid sláinte fite fuaite. Our language, biodiversity and health are intertwined. Labhair Gaeilge, agus bíodh grá agatsa don fhuinseog 's dair www.who.int/europe/publi...
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Role of the arts and culture in addressing the health impacts of climate change: Behavioural and Cultural Insights policy brief series
Publicaciones de la Organización Mundial de la Salud
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Diarmaid Coffey @diarmaidcoffey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This sounds like one of those made-up stats about post-Brexit Britain, like 78% of the "sand" grains on south coast beaches are actually polystyrene balls
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New study finds the social cost of driving a car 1 km—including pollution, crashes, infrastructure, and noise—is more than *triple* the private cost paid by the car owner. doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In-person research seminars @ceilteachomn.bsky.social in Maynooth this semester! All welcome.
Maynooth University Early Irish and Celtic Studies Research Seminars. 15 October, Dr Hannah Mac Auliffe (MU), The Good, the Bad and the Saintly: Clonard in Medieval Irish Hagiography. 5 November, Dr Simon Rodway (Aberystwyth), Peis Dinogat from the Book of Aneirin and Rewilding. 10 December, Dr Liam Ó hAisibéil (Galway), Snub-nosed, Scabby and Toothless: Descriptive Bynames in the Irish Personal Naming System. All seminars are at 5pm in Room 1.33, Iontas Building, North Campus.
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Diarmaid Coffey @diarmaidcoffey.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Níl aon ghair ag Samson ar Shiobhán...!
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Diarmaid Coffey @diarmaidcoffey.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bloody cyclists at it again...pay some road tax!!
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Diarmaid Coffey @diarmaidcoffey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Bhí mo dheartháir @donalcoffey.bsky.social ar Nuacht TG4...níor labhair mé leis i nGaeilge riamh 😭😭😭
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Diarmaid Coffey @diarmaidcoffey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We should name the current hospital queues after the people directly responsible for causing them
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Andrew Dickson @andrewdickson13.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Great reporting in The Post on the 'softened' school sick-day guidance. Reports how Health NZ did not assess the risks. Now, hospitals are cancelling surgeries while late-winter flu surges. Prioritising bums on seats over public health has consequences. 1/4 www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
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Seymour called for softer rules for sick days without health risks being assessed
Associate Health Minister David Seymour’s call for language around sick days to be softened to boost attendance was done without assessing the health impacts.
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
People showing you things they used genAI to do is the equivalent of a cat doing a sick in your lap and looking at you for approval
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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Which Invasive bird has your vote for Bird of the Year 2026? You can read up on their policies here: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/bird-of-th...
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Mairéad Nic Craith @maireadnc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Lecture to New Zealand branch of @cnagaeilge.bsky.social at 8.30 am Irish time next Wednesday. Fáilte roimh cách @alastairmci.bsky.social @daraobriain.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social @irishlittimes.bsky.social @kathleenjamie.bsky.social @qubstaff.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 02/09/2026
The Annals of Innisfallen, which chronicle life in Ireland from before the arrival of St Patrick until the 15th century, will go on public display in this country for the first time 40 years today, in an exhibition that will open at UCC
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The Annals of Innisfallen exhibition to open at UCC
The Annals of Innisfallen, which chronicle life in Ireland from before the arrival of St Patrick until the 15th century, will go on public display in this country for the first time 40 years today, in...
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James W @jamesw228.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Deloitte has been caught doing this multiple times in Australia and Canada because of the nonsense in the reports they produced. So why on earth did WCC decide paying $400k for a 13 page slide deck would be a good idea #nzpol #Wellington www.rnz.co.nz/news/regiona...
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Mayor says ‘large chunks’ of Wellington council Deloitte report written by AI
Wellington mayor Andrew Little has said in a radio interview that a significant amount of a $435,000 Deloitte report on the council's staffing levels was written by artificial intelligence, as the rep...
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The Press @thepress.co.nz · 02/09/2026
A love of hiking, an Irish family connection and a 30-year-old farewell from a former prime minister lead Nigel Roberts back to Ireland - and onto the Dingle Way.
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Walking Ireland: A seven-day adventure on the Dingle Way
A love of hiking, an Irish family connection and a 30-year-old farewell from a former prime minister lead Nigel Roberts back to Ireland - and onto the Dingle Way.
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Andrew Dickson @andrewdickson13.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
In December 2023 the Secretary of Education emailed the Director-General of Health asking her to "soften" the stay-home-if-sick messaging. Not a doctor. Acting for a Minister who is also not a doctor. I have the email, via OIA. #nzpol 🧵 1/
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Barzaz @barzazie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A chairde, tá deá-scéala againn! Tá an leagan Gearmáinise den leabhar Madame Lazare, scríofa ag Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin, aistrithe ón Ghaeilge ag Elvira Velsinovic agus foilsithe ag Kröner Verlag, tar éis ainmiúchán a bhaint amach ar fhadliosta an ghradaim Hotlist 2026,
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Conchúr Ó Giollagáin @conchurog.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Our thanks to @heraldscotland.bsky.social. OpEd on Areas of Linguistic Significance published in print version today #Gaelic: bit.ly/4i4bmSi "Minority languages treated as a heritage toy of majority cultures rarely prosper. Practical sociolinguistic measures are preferable to wishful thinking."
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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Remember, there is nothing ethical about billionaires.
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J @jaseomcn.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Didn’t think I’d ever get a chance to reuse this
A Fianna Fáil wolf (Charlie Haughey and Dev on the wall) wearing pince nez reads a newspaper and replies to his wife discussing Michael Collins’s wolf slippers:

“I don’t give a shite what was on his slippers, Martha: I will not have that man spoken of in this house”
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Posts like this about biking in Dutch cities are routinely replied to with comments like “well, they have the big advantage of being relatively flat.” The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
People riding bikes along a Dutch canal in Utrecht, Netherlands.
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spooky kororā @davejac.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Who wants a heavy handed metaphor
A national party billboard on a chain link fence in front of an empty lot where fly tipping has occurred
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Long time coming: After decades of struggle, is Bougainville on the brink of statehood?
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Long time coming: After decades of struggle, is Bougainville on the brink of statehood?
Analysis - We could be about to find out whether a part of the Pacific Islands will become the world's newest nation.
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Tom Davies @tomdaviese17.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
WHAT a night in the pub this must have been youtube.com/watch?v=2qXF...
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Dolly Parton in Paídi Ó Sé's Pub
YouTube video by paidiosekerry
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
We're making international news for all the wrong reasons under Luxon. New Zealand moves to protect business from its citizens with a new law curtailing climate litigation www.climatechangenews.com/2026/08/24/n... #nzpol #climatechange
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New Zealand moves to protect business with law curtailing climate litigation
A new bill prevents corporations being sued for the climate damage their emissions cause, as the government says climate action should be handled at the national level not in court
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