Neil Mac Dhonnagáin @neilmacdh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If this was an example of something that was "well handled"by the FAI, I'd hate to see something that they'd describe as "badly handled" #spéirghorm 180
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinGavin Cooney @gcooney93.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Big read here on an abject, rancorous, extraordinary day. The potential scale of fallout to come is the stuff of Saipan 2.0 Ireland v Israel: Day of infamy exposes serious lack of leadership in FAI www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...irishtimes.comIreland v Israel: Day of infamy exposes serious lack of leadership in FAIGavin Bazunu has been left brutally isolated as any semblance of squad unity has been utterly sundered 56832
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinTony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Gavin Bazunu, fair play. That takes guts. Yup, Tallaght. 513915
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinThe Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"I would be willing to consider changes, such as changing the flag and anthem and joining the Commonwealth" Now why would you include the Commonwealth in the question but not the headline? And then paywall the article? This is deliberate, misleading, atrocious journalism and abuse of polling data 710933
Neil Mac Dhonnagáin @neilmacdh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Very misleading conclusions taken from this survey regarding the flag, anthem, and immigration. The Irish Times and Ipsos are very experienced in this area, which makes me think they deliberately designed questions to get a desire outcome #spéirghorm www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...irishtimes.comSmall minority prepared to consider new flag to make Irish unity acceptable to unionistsIrish Times/Ipsos B&A also asked about attitudes to immigration, with a small majority of voters seeing it, on balance, as a positive 473
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinAnna Pringle @annapr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is such misleading polling. It's a compound question, asking 3 questions in one: "changes, such as changing the flag and anthem and joining the Commonwealth". Impossible to know which element people are disagreeing with. 051
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This week on Origin Story: The life & ideas of John Rawls, the most celebrated liberal philosopher of the post-war period. These are some of the most beautiful arguments in progressive thought. We do it as a one hour crash course. Everything you need to know. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j... 2641698
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinDarach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I’m not sure what raising the residency period from 5 years to 8 years will achieve for the common good. It’ll make it easier to deport children who’ve never lived anywhere else, and harder for applicants to prove unbroken periods of residency. 98930
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinJen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026A significant contributor to the gender pay gap and the continuing financial disparity between men and women is the undervaluing of all of the unpaid care work done by women in Ireland. Women all over Ireland get up early, every morning, and go to work, unpaid and unvalued. 3263105
Neil Mac Dhonnagáin @neilmacdh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026They're gonna get so cocky now that they caught a traitor for all the wrong reasons... #traitorsirl 090
Neil Mac Dhonnagáin @neilmacdh.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Excellent article, but I'm surprised how little reference is made to FSG. FSG brought in the sponsors complicit in genocide before Bezos joined. Any protests at Bezos on these grounds should equally point the finger at FSG #lfc #spéirghorm www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...irishtimes.comWhy I have decided to quit supporting Liverpool after 50 yearsJeff Bezos’s links to Israel and his gutting of the Washington Post should be a wake-up call to all fans 110
Neil Mac Dhonnagáin @neilmacdh.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Collective time is one of my least favourite metrics. It turns every 1 second into 7 billion collective seconds. Which means 1 individual second equates to 222 years collectively. And that's only assuming human time, not including the collective time perceived by all animals #spéirghorm 110
Neil Mac Dhonnagáin @neilmacdh.bsky.social · 16/08/2026It was a fabulous evening last night for us in #birmingham2026 but the 23,000 spectators deserve a better explanation than this, when we were left without transport until midnight. We're baffled here as to how "fraud" explains the delays www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/202...irishtimes.comMan arrested in Birmingham after police incident delays Kate O’Connor medal ceremonyTransport returns to normal on Sunday after Saturday crowds faced long delays leaving stadium 000
Neil Mac Dhonnagáin @neilmacdh.bsky.social · 09/08/2026If they're following through with this, they need to look at the nicotine pouches as well. They're extremely potent and regulations are so far behind. One of the pouches companies was even a sponsor at All Together Now and no batted an eyelid #spéirghorm www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...irishtimes.comNew law could see young people barred from buying vapes and cigarettesGovernment considering ban for anyone born after certain date 171
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinTG4 @tg4.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Comhghairdeas le foireann peile Mhaigh Eo, Seaimpíní na hÉireann! 💚❤️ 0307
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinGavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 26/07/2026“The famine is over! The curse be damned!! Hit the nuclear button! Mayo have won the All-Ireland!!” An all-time great sports commentary moment from Stephen Grealis and Martin McHugh on Mayo’s Midwest Radio. #gaa 571527395
Neil Mac Dhonnagáin @neilmacdh.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Update for now: Andy Moran = Lionel Scaloni Depending on the next few years, I may alter this to Jurgen Klopp but Scaloni is a good fit for today given the emotion #speirghorm #gaa #mayo4sam 000
Neil Mac Dhonnagáin @neilmacdh.bsky.social · 26/07/2026You may think Lamine Yamal is the best young sportsperson in the world, but you didn't see him play in an All Ireland final in his debut season did ya. Yup Kobe. Up Mayo. #mayo4sam #spéirghorm 052
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinPhilippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Vaccines are one of the things humans should be the proudest of. 112112
Neil Mac Dhonnagáin @neilmacdh.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Happy to contribute to this piece today in the Indo. Thanks to @conor-feehan.bsky.social for the piece. Hoping it can help influence a solution to the current problems with e-scooters #spéirghorm www.independent.ie/irish-news/y... 130
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinChris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Ian Wright saying we shouldn’t forget the way the Iranian team and the Somali referee were treated. Correct. 2107532055
Neil Mac Dhonnagáin @neilmacdh.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Easier to compare managers than teams when it comes to GAA & soccer: Brian Cody = Alex Ferguson Jim McGuinness = Mourinho Jim Gavin = Pep Guardiola #spéirghorm 241
Neil Mac Dhonnagáin @neilmacdh.bsky.social · 18/07/2026This is more like it: Registration, seize non-compliant e-scooters, ban sale/supply to under 16s, extend bike to work. All it needs is to ban the sale of non-compliant e-scooters (over 20km/h). They're easy to buy atm. Otherwise every seized scooter will just be replaced by a new one. #spéirghorm 031
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinGeraldine Herbert @gerherbert.bsky.social · 17/07/2026They are currently illegal for under 16s to use so are banned already. The real issue is why the loophole that permits the marketing and selling of escooters for kids has not been closed. 031
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinKevin Hargaden @kevinhargaden.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Years ago, Peter McVerry noted to me the godsend e-scooters were to people trying to climb out of poverty. They were an accessible way to get to jobs that previously were out of their reach because they'd have to show up at ~4am. The class dynamics of government's response shouldn't be missed. 16427
Neil Mac Dhonnagáin @neilmacdh.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Scooters that are compliant with the law only go at 20km/h, slower than most bikes. But it's not illegal to sell ones that go 70km/h to under 16s. Surely they could ban the sale of the non-compliant scooters first before a total ban for everyone? #spéirghorm www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...irishtimes.comTaoiseach ‘leaning towards’ ban on e-scootersDáil discusses problematic use of e-scooters and scramblers on roads following deaths and injuries 3101
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinJay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Social media is increasingly anti-social Only 7% of Instagram time & 17% of Facebook time is spent on content from friends or followed accounts. The rest is algorithmic video from strangers. This is what happens when you condition algorithms on looking time rather than real social engagement. 39032
Neil Mac Dhonnagáin @neilmacdh.bsky.social · 10/07/2026This has been a lovely little source of bemusement in group chats today. Joey D'Urso's reel states they both sailed and rowed. I wonder if the fan has a good rebuttal to this 🤔 #worldcup #norway 020
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinDexerto @dexerto.bsky.social · 10/07/2026A Norway fan has gone viral for not taking part in their Row celebration after matches and won't do it if they win the World Cup "It’s factually wrong; they didn’t row, they sailed over the Atlantic” 2595057609
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinDónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 27/06/2026So much to love about Pico waving the Irish flag, not least that he, a proud Irishman of African heritage and as Dublin as can be, embodies the kind of Irishness that the far right can't abide but is a thriving feature in communities across the island. 5546141
Neil Mac Dhonnagáin @neilmacdh.bsky.social · 21/06/2026I can't see this Dublin team win the All-Ireland this year, but the forwards are still so strong when fit and were brilliant in that second half. Bugler and Breathnach still to come back too. Would love to see an attacking midfielder emerge in this squad- would be a game changer for them #gaa 010
Neil Mac Dhonnagáin @neilmacdh.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Love that the only goals I've ever seen Joao Neves score are headers and he's only 5'9. Massive respect #worldcup2026 000
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinGavin Cooney @gcooney93.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Comment piece on the FAI's decision on Israel game Ireland-Israel matches: FAI shifts goalposts while Government and Fifa shirk responsibility www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...irishtimes.comGavin Cooney: Government apathy towards Israel soccer row leaves FAI unwilling to take standThe bottom line is authorities don’t want to pay the price for a principled stand 082
Neil Mac Dhonnagáin @neilmacdh.bsky.social · 10/06/2026From 2014 #gaa www.the42.ie/sports-pictu... 110
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinRandolph Nesse @randynesse.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Overprescribing and the "Do Something Imperative" substack.com/@randynesse/...substack.comOverprescribing and the "Do Something Imperative"The intense situation where decisions are made 011
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinMiguel Delaney @migueldelaney.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Just a superb piece of writing from Paul Howard www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...irishtimes.comPaul Howard: You spend your life chasing the way the World Cup made you feel when you were 11I wish I could say I enjoyed Japan and South Korea 2002 as much as the World Cups of my childhood 1610216
Neil Mac Dhonnagáin @neilmacdh.bsky.social · 28/05/2026If you're an Irish man and you think you're immune to fake news, ask yourself why you never drank Lilt before it was discontinued. We all know why #spéirghorm 220
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinJay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 26/05/2026An audit of 2.5 million academic papers identified 3,000 biomedical-science papers that contain fake references. The rate of fabrication in 2025 was more than 12 times greater than that in 2023! 28 clinical-trials & 79 systematic reviews contained fake references! www.nature.com/articles/d41... 1147
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinTrish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...slate.comDrowning Doesn’t Look Like DrowningDrowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect. 253133989738
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinDr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Trans 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 76118204115
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinAwais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social · 11/05/2026When patients ask, “What disorder do I really ‘have’?” the honest answer is usually more interesting and messier than a single diagnostic label. I wrote for the @nytimes.com on what I wish people understood about diagnoses and the nature of mental health problems. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...nytimes.comOpinion | We’re Thinking About Mental Health Diagnoses All Wrong 314360
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinThe Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 22/04/2026It is not merely a case of poor policy; it is actively insulting, doubly so coming from the very politicians who got us here in the first place, and a billionaire-backed think tank 05911
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinDrSinBin @drsinbin.bsky.social · 19/04/2026I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other. 116150755539
Neil Mac Dhonnagáin @neilmacdh.bsky.social · 19/04/2026My letter to the editor published in the Irish Times this week - arguing that investing in reits and property funds for profit during a housing crisis is inherently unethical. Written in the context of the "How to Invest" series #speirghorm www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett... 0135
Neil Mac Dhonnagáin @neilmacdh.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Reposting for #spéirghorm and anyone interested in youth mental health in Ireland 162
Neil Mac Dhonnagáin @neilmacdh.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Our new paper was published yesterday on the experiences of young people with a brief #mentalhealth intervention (up to 8 sessions). www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... It's a qualitative study youth and staff perspectives on the intervention at Jigsaw (Ireland) #academicsky 130
Neil Mac Dhonnagáin @neilmacdh.bsky.social · 14/04/2026An artiste. RIP Moya Brennan #speirghorm youtu.be/XqpVjZ7-CM0?...youtu.beClannad Newgrange from Irish film interMissionYouTube video by CompuGlobal 020
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinMarc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Someone posted a semi-serious take on here a few weeks back (now sadly deleted) that Orbán had been counting on an election boost from World Cup qualification, denied him by the boys in green. 24316
Reposted by Neil Mac DhonnagáinAlan @alanmaguire.bsky.social · 12/04/2026The thing that makes me angry about these protests is that for Repeal, we had to go out and knock on doors and be polite to people who thought we were the devil for months and these guys can just dump a tractor in the street and get what they want in five days. 522967