Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Exciting times for Chapel Celing painters... 012619
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And, as I wrote over a year ago, this kind of ethnographical skull-measuring will always lead to outright racism and - in the attempt - utter absurdity. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co... 315024
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A gut-punch of a statistic, reflective of what's happening throughout the entire natural world. But using the word "stocks" to describe a wild population of one of Earth's most breathtaking, magical species indicates precisely why we've reached such a predicament. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...irishtimes.comIreland’s wild Atlantic salmon stocks down 80% since 1970sPublic consultation launched amid fears ‘iconic species’ could be lost entirely from Irish rivers 1124671
Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸 @kieranoconnor.com · 01/10/2026I started following @hellscapenavigator.bsky.social because they have the best avatar on the entire internet 010
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Save Our Bride Otters @saveourbrideotters.bsky.social · 01/10/2026An otter swims right by me as I waded the River Bride in Blackpool this morning. I was so caught by surprise that I could not get my phone camera working. The OPW and Cork City Council plan to bury this entire stretch of river underground. Jack Chambers gave it the go ahead. #cork 45726
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Kevin Moorebidity @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026From this day on 2012: probably the most popular thing I’ve ever drawn. 111795486
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Oliver Moran 🌻🇮🇪🇪🇺 @oliver.ie · 01/10/2026Thanks Donal O’Keeffe and the Echo for reporting the fire that broke out at Spring Lane — and how close we came to another Carrickmines. Fire started in an empty bay and spread to the bay next door, making a family homeless. Firefighters and gardaí are investigating, but no foul play is suspected.echolive.ie'You could have had another Carrickmines': Blaze raises safety concerns at Cork city halting siteThe blaze, which has left a family homeless, began in an unoccupied caravan at the overcrowded Spring Lane site in Ballyvolane in the early hours of ... 012
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.northsky.social · 01/10/2026Google has retained the old street layouts for neighborhoods in Rafah that no longer exist at all. Not even ruins. Dystopian. 13410
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Paul Price @swimsure.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Ending Fossil Power", the latest report from Stop Climate Chaos Ireland. –Data shows Ireland far off track from meeting climate commitments so urgent action needed. –Climate Action Plan is now long-overdue –Government is actively evading climate obligations. www.stopclimatechaos.ie/news/2026/09...stopclimatechaos.ieEnding Fossil Power | Stop Climate ChaosStop Climate Chaos launch their latest report Government must urgently act to close Ireland’s widening emissions gap, new report warns Recent data shows that Ireland needs urgent change of tack to ... 089
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026There are reportedly 100s of feral goats – as well as countless sika deer – in Glengarriff's upper reaches. Both are highly invasive alien species, devastating what remains of the natural rainforest ecosystem, promoting rhodo infestation, and spreading Lyme disease. How is all this still ignored? 610719
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Joe Molloy 🇨🇺 🏳️⚧️ @freelancewebdev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just got this in WhatsApp. 132
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This story has really annoyed me. These tech billionaires LARPing as aristocrats bestowing their noblesse oblige on the local peasants. Just think about how many sports clubs you could fund if you taxed Facebook properly. 38736
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Show This to Anyone Denying Genocide” — front page of @scotnational.bsky.social 131389538
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026amnesty.orgEurope: Sale of Israel Bonds finally ends in EuropeReacting to the Central Bank of Ireland’s confirmation that on the expiry of the Israel Bonds’ prospectus their sale in Europe has ended Stephen Cockburn, Amnesty International’s Europe Director, said... 084
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Keith Connolly @limerick4inarow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Lads…. #speirgorm 32910
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 28/09/2026There was no COBRA meeting when masked and organised fascists were burning people out of their homes in Belfast in the summer 822960
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Paul Nash @paul-nash.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The Ypres Salient at Night www.wikiart.org/en/paul-nash/the-yp… 03211
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Paul O'Donovan @paulodonovan.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026Lithuania is considering halving the price of rail and long distance bus fares as a response to the fuel price crisis 064
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Jed (they/them) @ohshitcircuit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026this is the best piece of food writing I've read since Backpacker magazine's article about the s'mores on Great British Bake Off 0228
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Memorial Device @memorialdevice.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Gavin Bazunu has heard it 🙏 www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/spo...independent.co.ukIreland star explains decision to refuse to play against Israel 311713
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Jeri Ryan (official account) @jerilryan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026You know what to do, gang… Share this far and wide! 9371226
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026BREAKING: Massive Attack’s Rob Del Naja arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside Labour Party conference venue. The legendary musician was arrested after peacefully holding “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on a paper sign on the eve of Labour’s conference. 531590861
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Laura @takeithandy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The respect I have for Gavin Bazunu is immense. 24 years old with his career ahead of him and he made a decision that every other person in safer positions of power above him failed to have the courage to make themselves. A true representative of Irish people everywhere 318351
Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸 @kieranoconnor.com · 26/09/2026Not much interested in sportball but I will be putting up a poster of Gavin Bazunu on my wall at the earliest opportunity 000
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I remember the 80s in Ireland when ordinary people put their jobs on the line because they refused to handle goods from apartheid South Africa, got bollocked for it by the Indo & the Irish Press at the time but now regarded as heroes, seems it's footballers who have to do the dirty work this time. 09013
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Nick Daly @nickdaly.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026I don’t often say this, but M Martin is right ! Now maybe he could get his own government to lift their current blockade on students coming to Irish universities from Gaza. RTÉ News: Taoiseach says world has 'failed Palestine' in UN address www.rte.ie/news/2026/09...rte.ieTaoiseach says world has 'failed Palestine' in UN addressWhen the true horrors of Gaza "are finally and fully revealed, it will shame the world", Micheál Martin has said in his New York address at the UN. 1398
Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸 @kieranoconnor.com · 25/09/2026I don’t need to know who Hassan Piker is. I live thousands of miles away from him. Why did you make me look him up Bluesky? 000
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026How dare you accuse us of war crimes! Hey, remember when we did that war crime? 064
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The 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. 42103544411
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Kneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Ireland shouldn't play Israel. It'll be a stain on our island and our history. Don't normalise genocide. #StopTheGame 741295
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Taoiseach, two Ministers and two Mins of State have a chance to build peer support for the ICC this week. The Court, which we voted to endorse in our Constitution in 2001, is asking for protection. www.rte.ie/news/ireland... 12314
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 22/09/2026“people aren’t putting enough into their pensions” oh no, are they just frittering away all that spare money that everyone has at the end of the month “your employer contributes, too!” that’s great news for those of you with an employer 533059
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"We are seeing an attempt to erase a population." Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs. "Our credibility is gone on this issue and if we don't act collectively then the decisions of the Israeli government will not change"rte.ie'We are failing' - McEntee questions EU's Israel responseThe Minister for Foreign Affairs has said the EU's credibility "is gone" regarding its response to the actions of the Israeli government in the occupied Palestinian territories. 41210
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Cllr Honore Kamegni, Deputy Lord Mayor of Cork @cllrhonorekamegni.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Let us have our say on the new Cork Library. I encourage everyone the take part. The public survey is available on Cork City Council website. Both the English and Irish language survey can be found at the below link – open through October 16th 🗓️ ℹ️ www.corkcity.ie/en/council-s... 044
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Ed Moynihan @emcreative.ie · 21/09/20264 people dead on Irish roads in the last 24 hours, but the Irish Independent here covering the real menace on our roads. 14525
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 21/09/2026At the same time that the Minister for Justice is trying to cut off our access to the economic engine of immigration, the Minister for Finance is warning about the very demographic problem immigration is solving. While ignoring its existence. 39345
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 21/09/2026...which can only mean one thing. Yes! It’s time for me to remind you that Stonehenge is, in fact, a giant vulva made of rocks. Obviously 23811
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸🔞✨Star Darling✨🔞🔮she/they🔮 ✨$5 fansly✨ @starfker420.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Anti biking rhetoric has nothing to do with safety and everything to do with car lobbyists and classism 🫶 415819
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 20/09/2026@irishtimes.com Can you please learn to distinguish between e-bikes (legal, safe, convenient, limited to 25km/h, you have to pedal) and electric motorbikes. The picture is of the first type, the story is about the second www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...irishtimes.comMan and teenager arrested after reports of e-bikes being driven dangerously in BelfastPolice chief commends actions of officers that ‘prevented further immediate danger to road users’ 1432676
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Depsidase @depsidase.bsky.social · 18/09/2026been reading about the climate impacts of private jets and… yea. make private jets illegal. period. nobody needs them. you want one? fuck you. get fucked. thing is, getting rid of them also means rich dicks might force the regular commercial airlines to be less shit. we might even get more trains! 2546974
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I love this woman. If only her words could reach all human ears. A must watch till the end, Speaker-Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and antiglobalization author. #WomeninLeadership IG: @maturedgirl 22543672074
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Everyone screaming to "BUY EVs" and completely ignoring the fact that we need to redevelop our transportation infrastructure away from a singular form of mobility. This is the definition of unintentional car brain. 943047
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Sport deranges people sometimes. The same people who'd abuse an Irish singer if they went to Eurovision and feel all righteous about it, will be all "Ahhhh but the poor wee football lads want to win points and the poor fellas can't be expected to stand up and not play. Sure they love the football!" 310125
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 18/09/2026Worried about AI Robots? All you need is more ram, and a dogged determination to overcome. 482249860
Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸 @kieranoconnor.com · 18/09/2026Great to see Cork City’s rewilding efforts proceeding apace 010
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Every night is culture night in this house but its not every night you get to drag your kids around Dail Eireann and the Freemason's Lodge dropping half-remembered factoids immediately contradicted by their googling 161
Reposted by Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Well done to the picture editor who captioned this delightful snap of a black pig swimming off the west coast of Greece “swine-dark sea” www.theguardian.com/environment/... 72546501