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Daryl Feehely @darylfeehely.com · 28/09/2026

Good news, but also about time. Well done to all the campaigners that kept the pressure on the Central Bank.

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Gerry Farrell @gerrytastic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Reminder that my Festival of History talk in Drumcondra library is on this Thursday details here - the tragic story of Patrick Sex and the significance of his death and commemoration dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/the-de...

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The Death and Commemoration of Patrick Sex – Dublin Festival of History

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Dermot Looney @dlooney.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Every day it seems the Irish Times sinks lower and lower. Social science manipulation 101 here and they still couldn’t get the answer they wanted.

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Andy Cycles @andycyclesdublin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Was refused entry to the Ladies FAI cup final for ‘trying to make a political statement’ by wearing this jersey. Had to get the wonderful Shelbourne club SLO John Brennan to sort it out. Incase anyone was worried if the FAI couldn’t embarrass themselves any further.

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Dermot Looney @dlooney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This guy was on the 9 o’clock news this eve. Having a fine time of it whipping everyone up. He doesn’t seem to have faced any consequences for this or several other episodes.

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Dr Neutopia @oceanclub.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Colm McCarthy also said both the DART and the Luas would be disasters but sure look I guess he will be right about something one day.

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Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026

Why on earth is this guy still given column space to write about public transport when he has been demonstrably wrong about EVERY SINGLE NEW TRANSPORT LINK in Dublin

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Notice here how people from the North don’t actually exist in his mind. The people “looking to be outraged” are down here, the existence of actual residents being intimidated hasn’t even occurred to him.

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Dermot Looney @dlooney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I agree there’s still a very partionist mentality among many here. The left are far from immune from this. But people can and do care about more than one thing. It’s a depressing weekend for all of us.

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Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wallace Thompson on Twitter (former DUP man) summed it up for me

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Dermot Looney @dlooney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Gavin Bazunu is a national hero. Those who turned on him are national disgraces.

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Dermot Looney @dlooney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As a historian of Irish football, I can confirm that the current FAI leadership stand in a long tradition of incompetent gobshites.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.

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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.

In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam

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Dr Neutopia @oceanclub.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Brendan Behan encountering carol singers. I'm bringing this energy into Xmas.

"Brendan suddenly seized one of the placards and proceeded to tear up the cardboard and smash the lath while roaring ‘Chairman Mao Tse Tung will soon put a stop to your fucking gallop, ye creepin’Jesus’s ye."

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Anyone who believes this bunch of con artists represents their interests is either a billionaire or seriously misinformed. leftfootforward.org/2026/09/outr...

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Outrage as Reform-run council votes to shut 10 nurseries

Members of the public shouted “you should be ashamed” as Reform councillors approved the plans

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Dermot Looney @dlooney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We always took the mick out of The Lyrics Board as a family (watched it nonetheless). During Covid I convinced them to do a zoom version. We DMed Aonghus McNally out of the blue to invite him to the next one. Not only did he come, he entertained us for ages & gave us a virtuoso guitar performance.

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Eamonn Sweeney @sweeneyagonistes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Irish political system encapsulated in one sentence.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026

I read this story and can’t help think of the breathless coverage media has given these delusional fantasies about superintelligent AI killing humanity in ten years, when companies are releasing tools coaching mass shooters and helping people kill themselves. People need to wake the fuck up.

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.

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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Thank you, US multinationals, for without you we would live in an unregulated tech dystopia that is algorithmically juicing the far right.

We have US multinationals to thank for the weakness of the far right in Ireland

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

something has gone very, very wrong with the UK

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Dermot Looney @dlooney.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is just the replacement of two rotten boroughs with one. There are some very decent Senators, including a tradition of some particularly good ones from TCD/NUI. But the entire system of university votes is fundamentally anti-democratic and needs to go. This ‘reform’ is another waste of time.

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Dermot Looney @dlooney.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A great time to be alive. Peig’s on Kildare St/Nassau St played every one of them - a pound a pint on a Monday night, although we were usually paying the extortionate £2 a pint on Saturdays.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 18/09/2026

What on earth is happening?

This had become the new normal. RNLI crew members had been forced to take their permits off their cars after their tyres have been repeatedly slashed. Most of them have been pilloried at the school gates or turned away from local pubs. One man who worked in search and rescue had been beaten unconscious and hospitalised, recognised for TV interviews he had done.

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Dermot Looney @dlooney.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Have had this podcast in my feed for the past few months. It really is an excellent listen. Two v different presenters, each with something to say, and v accessible for anyone with an interest in Irish history. Lots of us in this part of the island could do with learning more about the North!

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Dermot Looney @dlooney.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Sorry, but what the fuck is the Irish Times doing allowing Joanna Tuffy to write misinformed, factually incorrect gobbledegook about the Oireachtas’ mess-up on Holly Cairns’ mat leave? Joanna’s grasp of detail has never been her strong point. archive.ph/6MHlY

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Dermot Looney @dlooney.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Congrats to the paper of record on this one.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Not sure if people know Wakefield was trying to sell a competing measles vaccine when he made up his fraudulent study about the MMR. It was only after that failed (because he is a complete fraud) that he started grifting off opposing all vaccines. It’s all just a grift. Antivaxxers are their marks.

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TJ McIntyre @tjmcintyre.com · 16/09/2026

There's a lot to be said about this case, but a key point is that this was discovered purely by accident. Over 2,000 abusive searches of police records went undetected. How many others are there?

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‘Her profile picture isn’t too shabby’: Disgraced ex-Garda supplied Pulse data on female motorists to friend

Court heard data offences came to light as part of separate Garda investigation into Shane Flanagan inciting others to rape a colleague

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History St Pat’s @historystpats.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We’ve noticed a worrying trend in historic photos of Pat’s and LOI being manipulated by generative AI. It’s understandable that people want to use AI to colourise and touch-up photos. But as a historian, this technology is causing lots of issues.

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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

a foreign NGO is funding a campaign against the abolition of the mandatory wait for access to abortion services. they had a stall at the Aontú ard fheis and its Irish campaigns manager is married to a member of Aontú's ard comhairle. just a reminder www.ontheditch.com/citizengo-th...

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Foreign campaigners don’t have to disclose spend in Ireland

CitizenGo has been carrying out a “name and shame” campaign.

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Michael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Your Grandad Cyclops talks about his school days

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Dermot Looney @dlooney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

An articulate voice of decency in the midst of a racket of fascists and fascist enablers. Huge respect for this woman.

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 15/09/2026

For anyone interested in what their music is like, and massive looking to support them... Aaron Rowe: tidal.com/artist/85513... Beoga: continentalrecordservices.bandcamp.com/album/before... Finneas: tidal.com/artist/80317...

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Aaron Rowe

Listen to Aaron Rowe on TIDAL in exceptional sound quality, or on your choice of service

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Beoga and Aaron Rowe pulling out of Sheeran's tour is so admirable. Putting principles in front of career is incredibly brave and I hope they get huge support because of it.

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Dermot Looney @dlooney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Folk singer Tommy McAnairey has now pulled out of Ed Sheeran’s tour, saying ‘Free Palestine and Fck Carbon Monoxide.’

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Dermot Looney @dlooney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The complicit Ed Sheeran, there.

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Irish musician Aaron Rowe has said he is withdrawing as a support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour.

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Patrick @prayforpatrick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

made a woodcut type print thing based on the new font from gaeltacht-type.com it’s Cranfield gold ink on black lokta paper. Going to be doing a limited run of them on preorder at €40 so if you’d like one just DM me before Wednesday. If you can’t DM just reply to me and I’ll DM you. Approx 50x40cm

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Dermot Looney @dlooney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Thank you, Shamrock, for messing this one up.

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Dermot Looney @dlooney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A huge performance tonight. Why not us? 🔴⚪️

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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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Michael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Live from DUP HQ

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History St Pat’s @historystpats.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We now have seven full seasons reviewed, from 1961 to 1968, alongside dozens of other articles and early access to the History St Pat’s Pod, giveaways and other benefits. Join now for a fiver, leave whenever you’d like. Thanks to all our Patreon members for their ongoing support. 🔴⚪️🚂

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History St Pat’s @historystpats.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

*New on the History St Pat’s Patreon* The fourth and final part of our review of the 1967/68 season. Incidents go leor as Peter Farrell’s time in charge of the Saints came to a swift end. patreon.com/historystpats 🔴⚪️

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History St Pat’s — Telling almost a century of St Patrick’s Athletic history 🔴⚪️

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Dermot Looney @dlooney.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Athletic of Inchicore. 😍 Magic moments by the Camac tonight. 🔴⚪️

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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today’s Irish News article on how ambiguous wording has allowed British governments to trick Irish nationalists in the past and could do so again with the Border Poll clause in the Good Friday Agreement, www.irishnews.com/opinion/corm...

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Dermot Looney @dlooney.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I’ve ordered some bits from Patrick before. Great to deal with. He’s got a great range here. Some good bargains too.

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Conor Smith @conorsmith.ie · 10/09/2026

The "Fuck off and fix your own problems" Government

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Dermot Looney @dlooney.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I had the misfortune of listening to this earlier. Cooper just threw him a couple of standard questions and let him waffle on for ages on each one. Didn’t challenge any of the points. A party political broadcast. I don’t listen to much of that show any more - is it usually like that?

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