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Gerard Cunningham

@faduda.eurosky.social
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Formerly a productive member of society. Denied a 2023 Hugo, probably.✒️ #journalist #writer Occasionally here, but mostly mastodon.ie/@faduda Recent(ish) project guth.ie/space-navigator • www.kobo.com/ie/en/ebook/space-navi…

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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 07/07/2026
Freelance Forum Autumn 2026. Monday 19 October Pearse Street, Dublin 2 For freelance journalists, students, photo+videographers, PR. Full details to book your place: dublinfreelance.org/freelance-forum-autumn-2026/
The Halfpenny Bridge, Dublin
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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 33m
Experts say the population is bracing itself for unprecedented levels of second hand embarrassment as ministers are expected to prostrate themselves before tech broligarchs.. irish-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/events/in...
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International AI Summit
As part of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2026, Ireland will host the International AI Summit, as the official launch of European AI innovation Month which concludes in Brussels o...
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Thomas Duffy @taesaveslives.bsky.social · 1h
I'm not a modern country fan (despite being rural & NW), I literally couldnt leave a room fast enough from Late Late's abominable version of 'Good Riddance'. That said I love Johnny Cash/Dolly/Real Country. Wasnt aware Zach Bryan was closer to them than modern posers #speirgorm youtu.be/fN9or5sWSoQ?
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Zach Bryan - Bad News
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Kris (he/him) @portlandkris.bsky.social · 5h
Letter with ALT-text. Also available here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We write as a group of concerned individuals from a Protestant background. We hold a wide range of views on politics, faith and identity, and no single label captures our diversity. But we are committed to our shared society, and we feel compelled to speak publicly about what is happening in Portadown. We value the peace and progress built since the 1998 Agreement. We want our children and grandchildren to inherit a future free from the anguish of the past, and we are anxious that some now seem willing to reopen old wounds. While we recognise that the Portadown District LOL regard Drumcree as unfinished business, we are distressed by the trauma that is being visited on the residents of the Garvaghy Road after 28 years of calm. This is a community that has suffered deeply and still lives with the legacy of the parading disputes of the 1990s, which cost lives and left lasting scars. Many of us have family and friends for whom parading is a valued tradition, and some of us have been directly involved ourselves. We recognise its importance to many in our community. The vast majority of loyal order parades take place each year without restrictions - an outcome enabled by agreements and arrangements reached after exhaustive efforts. All of that is now being called into question, with potentially devastating consequences far beyond Portadown. We appeal to the Orange Order to look towards the bigger picture and bring this impasse to an end in the interests of our entire community. We urge the British and Irish Governments to act together and without delay: to restore stability, to ensure that the parading framework is robust and trusted, and to spare the residents of the Garvaghy Road a return to the fear they endured for so many summers. This is a time when all of us committed to a better future have a responsibility to raise our voices to protect peace, progress and a shared society free from sectarianism. We must avoid the abyss we are currently staring into. For the fut…
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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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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 16h
“I think we all felt we have to go and stand with our friends.” - Claire Mitchell @clairemitchell.bsky.social
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‘Everybody wants this to end’: Protestant group pushes UK government to end Drumcree standoff
Standoff entered sixth day on Friday as residents prepare to lodge fresh legal challenge on Monday
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The God of Cities @thegodofcities.bsky.social · 21h
“You have to vote. You have to get people from other states to vote. You never know what happens, right? It's politics. It's like war. Look at Vladimir. He thought he was going to have a one day war. It lasted 5 years. Things happen. Elections, things happen.” ~Trump in Oklahoma TODAY. ☢️☣️🤔
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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 18h
I guess Zelensky had some cards after all..
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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 18h
Full blown civil war? In this weather?
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Clint Eastwood: 'FUCKEN RAIN'
Alt: Clint Eastwood: 'FUCKEN RAIN'
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Sonya @skoca.bsky.social · 21h
What on earth is happening with Americans? What in the holy hell is actually wrong with them?
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 22h
the Saudi government now enjoys a 15.1% equity stake in the new, bigger Paramount Warner Brothers
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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 21h
So my read of this is that Jack is the kind of minister the department likes, one who takes the brief and does as he's told. Onlyhe forgot the other ministers want some stooge to show off to their constituents too.
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The National Union of Journalists @nujofficial.bsky.social · 23h
Journalists have a right to protect their sources. The NUJ continues to call for a broader inquiry into unlawful surveillance by police and security forces in Northern Ireland. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-respond…
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NUJ responds to claim of further PSNI source protection breach
The NUJ has responded after an investigative journalist filed a high court claim against the Police Services of Northern Ireland (PSNI) for unlawfully obtaining communications in order to identify journalistic sources.
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 18/08/2026
Freelance Forum Autumn 2026 @robertdunnemedia.bsky.social Using Oireachtas Resources @deanbuckley.bsky.social Ireland in the Epstein Files: a case study. Chair Margaret Ward. Monday 19 October NUJ Members/Students €5 Others €20 dublinfreelance.org/freelance-fo... Supported by Coimisiún na Meán
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 10/08/2026
Freelance Forum Autumn 2026 Pivot to Video: Video is becoming a necessary part of everyone’s toolkit. Aileen O’Meara goes over what journalists needs to know. Monday 19 October, Dublin NUJ Members/Students €5 Others €20 dublinfreelance.org/freelance-fo... Supported by Coimisiún na Meán
A mounted mobile phone in use as a video cameraAileen O'MearaFreelance Forum logo: A stylised pen nib and the words FREELANCE FORUMFreelance Forum Autumn 2026 is Supported by Coimisiún na Meán
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 04/08/2026
Freelance Forum Autumn 2026 Rumour control & influence operations with @lizcarolan.com, The Briefing, @aidanobrien.bsky.social European Digital Media Observatory Ireland/DCU, & @stephaniecostello.bsky.social Monday 19 October, Dublin NUJ/Students €5 Others €20 dublinfreelance.org/freelance-fo...
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 28/07/2026
Freelance Forum Autumn 2026 — supported by Coimisiún na Meán "Pitching and Commissioning" Alan Caulfield, Irish Independent Sinead O’Carroll, TheJournal Deirdre O’Shaughnessy, Irish Examiner Monday 19 October NUJ Members/Students €5 Others €20 dublinfreelance.org/freelance-fo...
Freelance Forum logoIrish Examiner logoIrish Independent logoTheJournal.ie logo
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 22/07/2026
Freelance Forum Autumn 2026 — supported by @cnam-ie.bsky.social "Beyond the Headline: The Role of the DPP in Focus" Catherine Pierse, director of public prosecutions in conversation with Margaret Ward. Monday 19 October NUJ Members/Students €5 Others €20 dublinfreelance.org/freelance-fo...
Catherine Pierse, director of public prosecutions. Image:Cian RedmondFreelance Forum logoCoimisiún na Meán logo
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Coimisiún na Meán @cnam-ie.bsky.social · 23h
🏳️‍🌈 Best of luck to all nominees at tomorrow's @gcnmag.bsky.social #GALA awards. Categories cover everything from activism, arts and allyship to events and sports. We're particularly proud to sponsor the 'Emerging Journalist' Award - good luck Azmia, Jade, Mia and Zainab! 🏆
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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Light touch regulation makes our country a soft touch for techbro oligarchs
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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Paperclip Maximising Machines..
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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
The good ones, by definition, cannot be bought.
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Poor Deal
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Palesfenian 🇮🇪❤️🇺🇦🇵🇸🇪🇺 @iamamnot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Loyalist guy on BBC NI is absolutely outraged that the presenter asked them why Jamie Bryson is representing them.
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Kevin Cooper @kevinc55.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Solidarity with Local Democracy Reporter www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
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NUJ responds to Reform banning Local Democracy Reporter in Derbyshire
The NUJ has condemned the decision by Derbyshire County Council's Reform UK leadership to no longer engage with a Local Democracy Reporter.
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Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
Cannot begin to describe the rage of seeing clients refused citizenship over Mickey Mouse infringements when actual government bodies ROUTINELY flaunt the law with ZERO consequences #speirghorm www.irishtimes.com/politics/oir...
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Tusla in breach of High Court special care direction again over capacity issues
Retention remains a problem in units where 10 staff members per child can be required
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So Celtic player Liam Scales is back in for Ireland against Austria. It would be great to ask him if he refused to play against Israel, but journalists can't, because the players are refusing to speak to the media. I don't think people realise how serious this is. #StopTheGame
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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
You'd think if billionaires are going to spend all that money installing puppet politicians, they'd at least buy better politicians.
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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
And..?
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Many women are on X posting about rapes of long ago, gang rapes at college, rapes in more recent times, how in the aftermath of the attacks they were let down by universities, cops, D.A.'s and doctors. And, pain/agony they feel for Jane Doe and wishes to comfort her. Scum/bots reply to mock them.
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Sarah Davis-Goff @sarahdavisgoff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A guy on here asked if he was supposed to just stop being friends with someone who'd raped someone and I can't stop thinking about it
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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 01/10/2026
"if you are reading this online, you are using a data centre" is a really poor excuse to make Ireland such a hub for data centres that they're threatening the stability of our power grid, driving up fossil gas use and greenhouse gas emissions. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
irishtimes.com
Debate: Should we put a pause on data centre development? Lynn Boylan vs Malcolm Byrne
Our electricity grid is under pressure, leading to calls for a moratorium on data centres
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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 04/10/2023
I remain genuinely amazed that some enterprising lad out there hasn't mass marketed a latex halloween mask based on this horror.
It's a traditional Irish halloween jack-o-lantern carved out of a turnip. This is not something from your most sincere pumpkin patch. This is an eldritch horror. This thing gave you nightmares in the 1970s as you his behind the sofa when it terrorised Doctor Who. It starred as the twist reveal in one of those Twilight Zone knock-offs in the 1960s. Your grandad still has nightmares about it.
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ᚃᚓᚏᚌᚐᚂ ᚋᚐᚉᚉᚒ ᚌᚐᚇᚆᚏᚐ @storzundbickel.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
#Ireland #Spéirghorm #Education
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Fergal @fergalc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is just a sentence that gets progressively more fabulous with each word
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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
faduda.ie
Entitled
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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The CRU ruling also states unequivocally that Eirgrid's efforts to accommodate data centre growth on the grid "have direct negative impacts on costs to consumers and in relation to Ireland’s renewable targets." 2/2 cruie-live-96ca64acab2247eca8a850a7e54b-5b34f62.divio-media.com/documents/Gr...
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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is a significant move by the CRU and shows the risks of embedding data centres further into our grid. The response by the industry also highlights that tech companies are not 'good energy citizens' that will provide public services for free. 1/2 www.businesspost.ie/tech/irish-e...
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Irish energy regulator: Data centres pose ‘urgent and serious risk’ to grid security
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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
an actually insane response to an award-winning independent news outlet
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Kieran Cunningham @kcsixtyseven.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
30 years old. Still relevant.
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The National Union of Journalists @nujofficial.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary, said: "Once again, the union calls on all political parties to uphold press freedom, freedom of expression and the public's right to be informed." www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
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NUJ responds to reports of Conservative party banning Byline Times journalists from conference
The NUJ has responded to reports that Byline Times journalists have been denied access to the Conservative Party conference.
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Well this is going to go just great and ease tensions and solve everything!
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Greens came under a lot of fire for the compromises they made in government, and got crucified in the election for it, but they did stick to their goal of driving Ireland’s action on climate. Now we’re finding out just how much FF/FG don’t give a shit about what’s happening. #SpeirGorm
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
Never saw this poster before. It makes it look like a wacky comedy set in a monastery..
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Sheila O’Flanagan @sheilawriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When somebody say “majority” And “massive” they should have to provide the actual numbers. Did they do this and were they asked for numbers? And does the IT have those numbers to provide in future reports?
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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
So I'm pretty sure someone in the Been is already pitching a rendered Hartnell or Troughton Doctor
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Coffee and Fingernails @coffeenfingernails.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is precisely the kind of thing the Doctor was trying to save us from.
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Scare Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
FATALITY
A tweet from Joyce Carol Oates: overall takeaway from the Curtis Yarvin profile is that there must be millions of smart-aleck show-offy kids who annoy their teachers and go on to annoy other adults through their lives with their “contrarian” pose that hardens to a carapace over their faces; until, as adults, they still harbor a delusion that, if there is a king, or a fuhrer, he’d be impressed with the guys motor mouth and appoint him to his cabinet rather than deleting him with a negligent swipe of his wrist as Stalin did routinely.
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