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David Kent

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Fast News Editor for the Irish Independent. He/him.

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Kevin Coleman @gobb.ie · 30/09/2026
There's more than enough evidence at this point that we are living in the worst possible timeline.
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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Me talking about someone I've posted with on the same social media site for a long time but never actually met
Still from the television show What We Do in the Shadows showing Laszlo speaking. Text reads "he's my best friend, he's my pal. He's my homeboy, my rotten soldier. He's my sweet cheese, my good-time boy."
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/09/2026
My bad TV history qualifies me to discuss Disney’s women’s football coverage | Max Rushden
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My bad TV history qualifies me to discuss Disney’s women’s football coverage | Max Rushden
A golden retriever and a game of guess the pasta were unusual inclusions for a Women’s Champions League show on Disney+ – but I understand how the producers arrived there
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Irish Independent @independent.ie · 18/09/2026
Sixty TDs and senators have received extra security funding since last general election www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
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Sixty TDs and senators have received extra security funding since last general election
Up to €25,000 available for alarms, CCTV, panic buttons and monitoring devices
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Irish Independent @independent.ie · 16/09/2026
All of Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour supporting acts quit after Macklemore dropped www.independent.ie/irish-news/a...
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All of Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour supporting acts quit after Macklemore dropped
All of Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour supporting acts have dropped out of the remaining dates after Macklemore was removed from the shows over comments he made about Gaza.
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Foras Trust @forastrust.ie · 07/08/2026
We are thrilled to announce that our Sultans of Ping jersey has raised €10,163 for Field of Dreams Cork! Thanks so much to all who supported this worthy cause. For more info see forastrust.ie/2026/08/07/f... #CCFC84
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David Kent @dkentjourno.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
@secondcaptains.bsky.social can we get an extra long Littlest Hobo for this very special occasion?
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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
For years now, public discourse regarding online radicalisation and hate has focused on Twitter, anonymous accounts and young people. Meanwhile, your uncle is out there sharing memes about great replacement theory on Facebook using his legal name.
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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 08/06/2026
Call me an idealist, but I think that a prerequisite for hosting an international sport event should be that you're willing to host an international sport event.
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Deirdre O'Shaughnessy @deshocks.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Detailed comprehensive piece by our pol team today about homelessness and the policy failures that have led us to here www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
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Special report: Faces of homelessness have been changing over the last decade
The near total wipeout of social housing following the financial crash is at the root of the 'HAP trap' cost
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Best of luck in the Leaving Cert today to the one Irish person under the age of 20 on Bluesky who joined by accident and hasn't logged in since
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pgofton.bsky.social @pgofton.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Thank fuck we can keep dangerous terrorists like this off the street so Tommy Robinson can do his little marches
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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Good morning Bluesky. What's the most ridiculous thing that you've been told is "gay"? Or at least "gay when a man does it"? I'll start: birthday parties.
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Auntie O'Grimacey @bubblenoma.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Perhaps I should have deployed this when ye were all hungover from CMAT but here this is, for all your future needs
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Donie O’Sullivan @donie.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
This looks like a theme park.
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Lauren Deschain @thatnerdchick.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Looks like one of those terrifying 2050 #climate projection graphics, but no, that’s a short-term forecast for France until… May 29th.
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should
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David Kent @dkentjourno.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Westmeath winning the Leinster final is absolutely HUGE for the GAA as a whole. Back-to-back years of 'weaker' counties lifting the Delaney Cup.
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Michael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Last night I had a dream I was asked to present Woman’s Hour live in Belfast and I started with “Welcome back to Woman’s Hour with me Michael Woman” and everyone booed. And rightly so.
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David H. Montgomery @dhmontgomery.com · 06/05/2026
This week, Donald Trump asked a child, "You think you could take me in a fight?" So we at @today.yougov.com obviously polled Americans on the topic. Our results:
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Presidential fight club
Surveys about Donald Trump and fights, the 2010s, Spirit Airlines, abortion pills, and short-form video.
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David Kent @dkentjourno.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
A Cork woman on board a hantavirus-hit cruise ship has said she and her travelling companion from Dublin expect to be placed in quarantine when they leave the vessel, but have no clear plan for returning to Ireland. www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
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‘We don’t know how we’ll get home’: Cork passenger on hantavirus stricken cruise ship
Cork passenger says travellers expect quarantine in Canary Islands but remain unsure how they will return to Ireland
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Ste Jormur @stejormur.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Happy Star Wars Day. Here's your annual reminder that "May the Fourth be with you" was invented by the Tories to celebrate the election of Margaret Thatcher.
The first recorded reference of the phrase being used was on Thursday May 3, 1979, the day of the 1979 United Kingdom general election, in which Margaret Thatcher was elected as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. To express their support before the votes were counted, her political party, the Conservatives, purchased a half-page advertisement on page 13 of the London Evening News reading "Dear Maggie, May the Fourth Be with You. Your Party Workers."[6][7]
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars. We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director. Please stand by for more.
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David Kent @dkentjourno.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
The Leinster Championship is alive and well
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Going back in time to tell 2015 me that Trump will get elected which brings about a new plague and then he'll get re-elected for a second term after attempting to overthrow the government and his biggest political foe in 2026 is the Pope who is from Chicago
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David Kent @dkentjourno.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The woman’s former partner Seán Fagan was sentenced in February to four years with the last two years suspended www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
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Cork stalking victim says she was ‘horrified’ at request for her therapy notes
The woman’s former partner Seán Fagan was sentenced in February to four years with the last two years suspended
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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Yep. There’s a strong “the voter can do no wrong” mindset in American political media, but it’s impossible to fully discuss Trumpism without noting the moral failures of its supporters.
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 05/04/2026
I’m beginning to think he’s dragging the FIFA Peace Prize into disrepute.
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David J Bradley @davidjbradley.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
There is no world in which you're prepared for how incredible this is
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David Kent @dkentjourno.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Sorry guys, dropped the ball on this one
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Eoghan @eoghantpoe.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
One objector, whose property abuts the development site, called the proposal "too big" Another objector raised concerns about the addition of a gallery, shop and performance space to the building
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David Kent @dkentjourno.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Manon Gilbart: The impact of living with endometriosis goes far beyond physical pain www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/pe... A powerful piece from @manongilbart.bsky.social to mark Endometriosis Awareness Month.
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Manon Gilbart: The impact of living with endometriosis goes far beyond physical pain
To mark Endometriosis Awareness Month, Irish Examiner reporter Manon Gilbart offers a personal reflection on living with the condition, highlighting the deep impact it has had on her social life and h...
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David McCullagh @mcculld.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Not sure my feed is giving good advice today…
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Gavin Cooney @gcooney93.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
This a link to an article I have written in Prague trying to look ahead to the future but wait you're still thinking about last night aren't you the42.ie/6996146
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Irish football has reasons for optimism despite crushing Prague defeat – it’s just hard to see them today
Heimir Hallgrimsson will have to use Thursday night’s pain to forge a better future on the road to Euro 2028.
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David Kent @dkentjourno.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Excluding the new home and away kit, and the black third kit which was released prior to Christmas, Ireland have released new jerseys at a rate of one for every five fixtures. www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer...
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20 shirts in 10 years: Ireland leads the way in bringing out new football kits
In the past 10 years, Ireland have introduced nearly as many new outfield shirts (20) as Hungary and this week's play-off opponents Czechia combined (21)
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
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Cork-based Stryker hit with cyber attack linked to Iranian-backed group 
The Irish Examiner understands that Wednesday's attack on Stryker is known as a “wiper” attack, in which the data on the targeted IT system is “wiped out” and cannot be retrieved.
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Deirdre O'Shaughnessy @deshocks.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Today’s podcast will be on (what else!) the Middle East, with my colleague Colin Sheridan who served with UNIFIL in Lebanon and lived there for a number of years afterwards, and an Irish broadcasting working for Saudi owned Al Arabiya in UAE… some interesting takeaways
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Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The first woman in Parliament to appear in the Guardian's 'best-dressed at Glastonbury' feature. You'll never sing that, etc...
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David Kent @dkentjourno.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
One commenter on X said: “I looked at the screen with intensity because I was certain I could hear Jamaican (I’m Jamaican) … but saw this white gentleman … soooooo confused”. www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
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Cork TD's accent makes him an unexpected star of Jamaican social media
Thomas Gould is no stranger to online fame — his impassioned speeches on the Gaza genocide have regularly gone viral — but a Dáil exchange on the housing crisis has excited Jamaican social media.
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David Kent @dkentjourno.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Seven people were killed in road crashes on the island of Ireland on Saturday, including a 16-year-old girl. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
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Road crashes claim seven lives in one day on island of Ireland
The ages of victims of crashes in Waterford, Meath, Galway, and Armagh range from a 16-year-old girl to a woman in her 80s
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Oliver Moran 🌻🇮🇪🇪🇺 @oliver.ie · 10/02/2026
The list of towns in Ireland with a 20,000 pop. can fit in a single post: Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford, Drogheda, Dundalk, Swords, Navan, Bray, Ennis, Carlow, Kilkenny, Naas, Tralee, Newbridge, Balbriggan, Portlaoise, Athlone, Mullingar, Letterkenny, Greystones-Delgany, Wexford, Sligo.
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Deirdre O'Shaughnessy @deshocks.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
“Nobody in Ireland should be exposed to hate speech, bullying, or child sexual abuse images on X just to find out if their train is delayed” www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Government bodies need to get off X, now
Nobody in Ireland should be exposed to hate speech, bullying, or child sexual abuse images on X just to find out if their train is delayed, writes Clare O'Donoghue Velikic
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David Kent @dkentjourno.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Big yikes.
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David Kent @dkentjourno.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I probably won't make many better decisions in 2026 than not staying up for the Super Bowl last night
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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
'Granted, if our problem were orcs or the Dark Lord Sauron or something, then it would be easier to sympathise with Martin’s insistence that he is not Gandalf. Until then, it seems fair enough to ask for some semblance of a real, timely solution.' This week's column is about Magic Wand Micheál.
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Surrealing in the Years: Oh good, something else that Magic Wand Micheál is powerless to solve
We’re not talking about orcs here, man.
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David Kent @dkentjourno.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
A lovely piece about an absolute gentleman
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Sales of tickets to watch 'Melania' in Boston are so disastrous that they'll now pay you $50 to sit though it. From Craigslist:
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
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5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official
The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.
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David Kent @dkentjourno.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Coming from the group who named a stand after Joe Delaney www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer...
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Turner's Cross now to be known as Munster FA Turner's Cross Stadium
The Munster FA, who own the ground and use it for local finals as well as hosting Cork City FC home matches, made the decision at a council meeting on Thursday night.
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