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Den M

@mousketeer.bsky.social
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Cork like. Artist, Historian, chef, retired and broken from rugby, emotional support human for a yap of dogs. PWD, GNC, nearing OAP, proudly Socialist, and absolutely Queer.

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Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 11h
Your reminder that Brenda Power is an adjudicator for the International Protection Appeals Tribunal which currently has a number of appeals before it from transgender Americans
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ChumpTrump @chumptrump.bsky.social · 23h
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Daryl 𝘊𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘩𝘶𝘪𝘮𝘤í𝘯 🎃 Feehely @darylfeehely.com · 13h
Well done Jennifer Whitmore! Oireachtas Committee testimony created solely from AI should most definitely not be accepted as expert opinion. 📽️@jen_whitmore_td & @social-democrats.bsky.social on insta: www.instagram.com/reel/DeCetuV... #IrishPol
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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 03/10/2026
Eight years ago, government made it easier to turn old shops and offices into homes. How's it panning out?More than 10 percent of the notified homes turned into, it seems, holiday lets.
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Eight years ago, government made it easier to turn old shops and offices into homes. How's it panning out?
More than 10 percent of the notified homes turned into, it seems, holiday lets.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Who pays?
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Europe rearms: files reveal extent of plans for a new ‘defence union’
Documents show capitals encouraged moves towards common ‘European defence culture’ and closer Nato cooperation
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john handelaar @handelaar.org · 07/09/2026
RTÉ here deliberately omitting the worst part of FF's newest neonazi pandering -- people who have become disabled while living in Ireland legally will no longer be eligible for citizenship, EVER.
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Language test, longer residency in new citizenship rules
The Taoiseach has said new rules for people seeking Irish citizenship, including a language test, will help bring Ireland in line with other European countries.
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Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Don't think I've seen it reported anywhere that the Dublin District Family Courts have not been sitting for the past couple of days due to a work-to-rule
Dublin – Dolphin House – District Court Family Law – Court Cancelled – Today – 2 October 2026

Dublin Family Law District Courts in Dolphin House, Courts 40, 47 and 49 are unable to sit today. The office remains open and will prioritise Domestic Violence applications.

News | 01/10/2026 Dublin – Dolphin House – District Court Family Law – Court Cancelled – Today – 2 October 2026

Dublin Family Law District Courts in Dolphin House, Courts 40, 47 and 49 are unable to sit today. The office remains open and will prioritise Domestic Violence applications.

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Den M @mousketeer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We're ready to lead.
New Munster leadership are the dog's bollocks.
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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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Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Me & @judesherry.bsky.social have been researching the Irish housing crisis since we returned in 2018 This piece in todays The Journal is by far the most shocking Realising how badly we treat the most vulnerable should put a chill down the spine of every reader www.thejournal.ie/the-housing-...
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Do we care where people with disabilities live?
Being disabled and homeless has long been normalised in Ireland, it is just largely hidden from us.
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Cian Ó Muilleoir @rugbykino.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Peter O' Mahony as Death, having taken Rowntree and Flanagan at the first 2 doors and approaching Munster Board at the third door
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Save Our Bride Otters @saveourbrideotters.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An 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
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 30/09/2026
More than 130 people each worth over €20 million declared taxable incomes of less than €45,000 in 2024, according to a new report from the Comptroller and Auditor General jrnl.ie/7178524
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132 people worth more than €20m declared taxable incomes of less than €45k
The Comptroller and Auditor General found that high-wealth individuals claimed €755 million in tax credits and reliefs in 2024.
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Dr Keith 🎃 Wilson @keithwilson.eu · 30/09/2026
Industrial action by over 100,000 public sector workers in Ireland doesn’t even make the front page of the public broadcaster, RTÉ. And what it does say includes a lot of misinformation from the Irish government who are the ones refusing to enter negotiations without preconditions. #SIPTU #Speirgorm
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Over 100,000 public sector workers begin work-to-rule
More than 100,000 public sector workers in areas such as health, education and local authorities have begun industrial action in the form of a work-to-rule.
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Den M @mousketeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cork City Council just voted to increase LPT by 15%. They wanted 20% because our financial needs are great. But not so great that they collect all the Derelict Property Tax... sure lookit and fukkit ... what's a million and a half quid a year left uncollected between friends? #SpéirGhorm #Cork
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More than €6.5m owed to Cork City Council in unpaid derelict site levies
The local authority has not levied derelict site tax on the former tax office site on Sullivan's Quay for two decades.
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Social Democrats @social-democrats.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pensioners can only expect to see a €7.50 weekly increase in their pensions. That would be a paltry increase, which doesn't even keep pace with inflation. It would tip a huge number of older people, many of whom can already barely scrape by, into poverty.
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Den M @mousketeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Unalived - you mean Killed? Unhoused? - the word you are looking for is homeless or at a stretch evicted depending on context. It's it RAPE. The word is not offensive- the fucking crime is.
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Joe Molloy 🇨🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @freelancewebdev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
FAI boss reveals how much he thinks turning a blind eye to the slaughter of infants is worth and it's €10m. Remind me what was spent on the Irish Open, what's budgeted for greyhound racing, hare coursing... FFG were prepared to turn down €13bn to keep Apple happy.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
94-year-old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen OBE, arrested under the Terrorism Act outside @labouruk.bsky.social conference. Her crime? Holding a piece of cardboard with the words “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on it. She was among hundreds doing the same.
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Den M @mousketeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Personally I think it's 'deeply unfair' that 'lower level' public sector workers are so badly paid many need to claim Working Family Payment just to survive. Think about that. FFFG force civil servants to claim social welfare rather than pay them a living wage directly via payroll. #SpéirGhorm
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Teresa Collins @queen-crafty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A state construction company would be a no-brainer really. Organised home construction with a skilled workforce, a defined route for apprentices and secure work. The ESB made €355 MILLION profits in the first six months of the year, that's obscene while people are under pressure with sky high bills.
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TheBookshop.ie @thebookshopie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A general appeal. If you are an author of any book or books available from Irish publishers (via Gill Distribution, Áis, Poolbeg etc) we'd love to (a) sell your books (b) publish your thoughts on your books, publishing, writing - anything - on our shop blog. (1/2)
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It literally is the role they were then exercising.
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Cian Ó Muilleoir @rugbykino.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Literally (and mathematically) the equivalent of someone with €1.7m in personal assets buying a single €1 raffle ticket.
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Son of the Wolf @sonofthewolf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Other than Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and Ned O’Sullivan, who are the other members of the Ireland-Israel Parliamentary Friendship Group? I’d hate to accidentally vote for any of them. Israel withdrew their ambassador a while ago so why does this group of genocide apologists still exist? #speirghorm
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Campaign to uphold law succeeds.
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Europe: Sale of Israel Bonds finally ends in Europe
Reacting 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...
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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
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Den M @mousketeer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
..but we 'won'..... A game. Of football. Go us.
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Emma Rua @ealadubh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#FuckTheGame
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Den M @mousketeer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Fuck the Football. Fuck every blazer in the FAI. Fuck the Irish government. Fuck every player who voted to play. Fuck RTE for broadcasting it. And Fuck every gobshite who claims sport is above politics.
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Imbibe Coffee Roasters @imbibecoffee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Last year we gave: 7.5% of profits to staff on top of salary/bonus 7.5% to @womensaidireland.bsky.social 7.5% to local projects 7.5% to bridge building program at a Colombian coffee co-op You can buy coffee here imbibe.ie/pages/shop but it'd be better if you could tell people of our model .
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We are an Irish Coffee Roasting Business. We give away 4% of all we earn before we make a cent. We roast coffee very well.
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Den M @mousketeer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Jesus Christ watching this Ireland team play is frustrating! No. Not THAT Irish team. Won't be watching THAT team. I mean the Irish women's senior rugby team. Sublime and ridiculous in equal measure. #WXV #IREvJPN
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Den M @mousketeer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's very discombobulating to find oneself in agreement with a Pope. But then I remember the old saying that a papacy isn't horrific twice every thousand years.
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Den M @mousketeer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Earth is taking sides. #FREEPALESTINE
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Jude Sherry @judesherry.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We're going to rewalk the route today, to see how many of there 70 derelict properties are back in use, demolished, or are still empty and derelict. Follow us as we release our findings over thr next week.
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Den M @mousketeer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
But we'll be docked points if we don't play a football game against a team who's players 'celebrate' my mimicking firing a gun. A team where the majority of players were in the Israeli military. A football game against Child killers.
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Den M @mousketeer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Because the Irish State talks out of both sides of it's mouth, and always has and always will privilege the wealthy bullies over the human rights of any individuals. It has been thus since 1922. And the electorate maintains it.
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Den M @mousketeer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
One of the best of us has gone on ahead. Good luck Rena. Hope we get to bitingly joke about pompous celebrity academics again in where ever what ever is next. @justrena.bsky.social
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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why are videos of dangerous driving still being shared on social media? Because they are "making money," says Sinéad Gibney TD, Social Democrats. #TonightVMTV
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Den M @mousketeer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"We can do fuck all for anyone who isn't at least a millionaire."
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Den M @mousketeer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I know it's just a car but I'm heartbroken that my beloved mini is kaput. Sure, Mrs Peel is 16. But she's hardly any milage. Granted mobility issues mean I rarely drive her, but she's saved a few people when their cars are off the road. She's fully paid for cos my Da helped out. He died 7 years ago
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Volkswagen has agreed to sell an under-used factory in Osnabruck, western Germany, which will become a military manufacturing hub in a joint venture with an Israeli-based defence investor.
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Imbibe Coffee Roasters @imbibecoffee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Patrick Collison is the third highest contributor (Sergey Brin of Google is first), of a campaign to stop a 5% wealth tax on billionaires in California. That he's put $22M into it shows the man really should be paying more tax. Can we perhaps give him to the UK. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Nobel economists throw support behind California billionaire tax
Progressive laureates say November ballot measure could ‘start reining in the power’ of ultra-wealthy
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
8 years after Repeal, those seeking abortion in Ireland are still subject to an unnecessary 3 day waiting period, an unworkable 12 week cut off, and a lack of providers throughout the country. If that doesn't sound very much like Repeal to you, join the march in Dublin this Saturday!
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Den M @mousketeer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
1979 : "The Department of Foreign Affairs stated that sporting contacts with South Africa raised questions about ‘our fundamental attitude’ to the ‘degrading system’ of apartheid."
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Historian: During apartheid, the IRFU made the extraordinary decision to tour South Africa
Liam O’Callaghan looks at how the IRFU came in for criticism over its support of South Africa’s rugby team during the apartheid years.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How Regulatory Discretion Socialises the Cost of Data-Centre Expansion in the EU - the Ireland case.
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Households ‘put on the hook’ for cost of data centre expansion to electricity grid
Irish consumers pay disproportionately more for electricity than large data centres, report suggests
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Dermot Casey @dermotcasey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The €1bn spent on fossil fuel sinces April would have put 8kw battery & solar on 100,000 homes buying them energy freedom for 20+ years. The €1bn+ that will be spent over the next few months would bring that to 250,000 homes. What we lack is will and vision
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Kevin Teljeur @kevinteljeur.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This should be a headline item, @thejournal.ie and @news.rte.ie
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever
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Den M @mousketeer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
...but....but....Khamas.... never but...but ...but The Stern Gang
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The story of Folke Bernadotte
In late May 1948, Count Folke Bernadotte received a telegram from UN Secretary-General Trygve Lie, asking whether he would be willing to take on the role of the United Nations Mediator in the conflict...
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