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Aisling

@pashtie.bsky.social
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Dub Librarian in Cork Free Palestine.

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UCC Library @ucclibrary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Join us on Saturday November 7th for a screening of the Emmy Award-winning documentary, followed by a discussion with Peabody Award-winning director Kim A. Snyder, Texas Librarian Audrey Wilson-Youngblood, and University Librarian Liz Jolly. 🎟️ Grab your seat via the link in UCC Library's bio.
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Social Democrats @social-democrats.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Whether you’re commencing the work to rule today or not, we’re standing in solidarity with all public sector workers who have been utterly disrespected by this government with continued delays to public service pay talks. Gov must urgently engage with unions in negotiations to avoid escalation.
Solidarity 
With Nurses
special needs assistants
public servants 
social workers 
teachers
civil servants 
Firefighters
all workers
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
The before and after it's even more haunting.
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Will Lawless @willlawless.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There's only one Gavin Bazunu
Gavin Bazunu, a man of integrity
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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gavin Bazunu, fair play. That takes guts. Yup, Tallaght.
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Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Pete's defence: "don't hate me cos I'm pretty" #traitorsirl
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Student from Gaza who has a fully-funded five-year scholarship is among more than 100 denied visas. State fights the case.
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Minister opposes Gaza student’s challenge over refusal of visa to study at Trinity
Student who got fully-funded five-year scholarship is among more than 100 denied visas
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Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If musicians, who typically live with a more precarious income than most, can quit a high paying gig with Sheeran on principle, professional footballers with a job to go back to can boycott the Israel game. Stop the game, cowards #stopthegame
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Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Librarians, booksellers, RNLI volunteers...that crowd really go after the nicest people don't they?
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Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The "I'm not a teacher .... I'm a lecturer!" reveal is the funniest shit I've ever heard #traitorsirl
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Jamie @fctwentebenson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
You gotta have some fucking taws on you to be talking about Irish values in a country with over 5,500 homeless children
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Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Bright spots on a busy Saturday in the library - Introduced a 7 year old to his first Goosebumps. - Found 2 Scarlet and Ivy books for a little girl (the kids love murder mysteries) - Processed some gorg new stock
Colourful board books about different festivals around the world
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Writing.ie Online Writing Magazine @handle.invalid · 05/09/2026
Sisters . . . No Way! 30th Anniversary Edition 30 years ago, The O'Brien Press published a book called Sisters ... No Way!. It had two front covers....
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Sisters . . . No Way! 30th Anniversary Edition
30 years ago, The O'Brien Press published a book called Sisters ... No Way!. It had two front covers. Opposing takes on the same story, told from the POVs of two girls who were definitely NOT sisters. You read whichever one you wanted to first, and then flipped the book over and got the other side of the story. And then flipped back to read to read the first one again, now that you knew how it looked through the other not-sister's eyes.
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Virgin Media News @virginmedianews.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A persistent hum is keeping families awake at night in Clondalkin. Residents living near the Echelon data centre have complained of broken sleep and frustration, with the EPA instructing the company to investigate the source of the noise and measures to reduce it. More on Virgin Media PLAY.
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Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
FEWER needs to get their publicist on the phone stat
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UCC Library @ucclibrary.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🎙️ Two new UCC Library Podcast episodes are now available via the link in our bio. Listen to Donal Dineen in conversation with Brian Cross, plus the latest instalment of our Community Matters discussion forum, recorded for Heritage Week 2026: Heritage at Risk.
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Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
static.klipy.com
Step Brothers: You Should Be Medicated Scene
ALT: Step Brothers: You Should Be Medicated Scene
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Simon Communities of Ireland @simoncommunity.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Ireland’s homelessness crisis has deepened over the last decade, and there’s still no sense of urgency from Government. Today, the latest figures reveal that 17,527 people were living in emergency accommodation in July 2026. #SpéirGorm
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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Dáil’s emergency session sat for 1hr 45mins. 44mins later the latest homelessness statistics came out and they confirmed what I said this morning, a shameful new record of 17,527 people who are officially homeless. But they’re not an emergency. That’s on us as well as the government.
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Katherine Nolan @dochara.com · 26/08/2026
The page is down at the moment - probably overwhelmed with people donating - but you can specify when you donate that your donation goes to the programme either in Cork or Tallaght. donate.imaginationlibrary.com
donate.imaginationlibrary.com
Home
Make a donation and support Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in communities around the world and help put more books into the hands of more children.
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Emjayess @em-jay-ess.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I knew I saved this for a reason!
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Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Could Cork City Council get its act together and provide a route to Tramore Valley Park from Ballyphehane? It's starting to feel personal. I had to drive to the park to get 2 kids there safely.
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Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Talking a young girl through logging in to her library account via the catalogue PC: "Click on the login button there." (She pokes the screen with her finger) "With the mouse, you goose!"
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Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Someone returned a football annual today with a kitchen scissors inside it (bookmark?)
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chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Glen Hansard’s band The Frames opened for The New Pornographers in 2002. Neko Case doesn’t mince words here. nekocase.substack.com/p/in-what-fu...
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IN WHAT FUCKING UNIVERSE?
This last week I was just cookin’ along minding my business when I suddenly found myself quite depressed.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026
Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.
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Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Amazing 4-seater at vicar st @cbbworld.bsky.social
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Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
"And now we move on to LIARS"
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Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Trump like the whinging brat at the birthday party who demands the candles be relit for him
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Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Yer man Yamal is brilliant isn't he
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Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Paging my personal rugby consultant to see if this book can be withdrawn 🏉
A library book called Play the Game: Rugby League (1993)
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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A cursory scan through the history of the phrase in the Dail shows that the government has said that nobody has a
'monopoly on compassion' when it comes to: what's happening in the West Bank, the treatment of animals in Ireland, the treatment of SNAs in Ireland, the Residential Tenancies Bill, Jeffrey Epstein, floods in Cork, the tragic death of Harvey Morrison Sherratt, energy prices, and 'the housing sector. All of those examples are from the last seven months, and I have not included every example.
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
You sometimes see Government TDs pointing out that Ireland isn’t unique in the world in having a housing crisis. But this graph in today’s Financial Times shows just how extreme ours is compared to the places elsewhere, which also describe themselves as a in a housing crisis.
The share of young adults living with their parents is climbing in many countries and cities, with Ireland leading the way % of people aged 25-34 who live with their parents. National averages vs major regions

[5 line graphs. Ireland’s is sharply above 40% since 2010. The rest show US, U.K., Canada and Australia. The next highest result is the US at just over 20%]
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Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The heat's got to me finally. A man came in to the lib and I asked how can I help. "I'd like to fill out an application." Me: for what? "...a library card"
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Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I'm an optimist so either way a team I don't like is going home 😊
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Cork LGBT Archive @corklgbtarchive.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Cork LGBT Archive is developing a PERMANENT LGBTQ EXHIBITION in the Cork Public Museum. Open to the public from 19th August. We are offering free guided tours as part of Heritage Week. Supported by @heritagecouncil.ie www.heritageweek.ie/event-listin... #SpéirGhorm @orlaegan1.bsky.social
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Cork LGBT Archive @corklgbtarchive.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Busy few weeks ahead for Cork LGBT Archive, leading up to the highlight of the opening of the PERMANENT LGBTQ EXHIBITION in Cork Public Museum in August. Our work is supported by @heritagecouncil.ie @orlaegan1.bsky.social #SpéirGhorm
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Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
What's the opposite of click bait? That Threads has it nailed. Can you imagine how the rest of this post goes, no thank U!
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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Uisce Eireann won't release up to date figures on how much mains water is going to data centres. Surely this is environmental information which should be accessible to the public? Who does this lack of transparency serve? www.dublininquirer.com/does-irish-w...
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Does Irish Water even know how much water data centres are using?
Much of the debate around data centres has focused on electricity, but the gap in figures for their water use has started to draw more attention – and breed mistrust.
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Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Tescos is having a laugh
Wrap shrinkage
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Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Teen girl: "do you have Fight Club here?" Me: "as in a club to join, or the book?" (The kids can't handle my library comedy)
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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 07/07/2026
The CSO has released data on metered electricity consumption for 2025. The extraordinary headline figures: - Electricity consumption from data centres grew by nearly 10% last year, and now accounts for 23% of Ireland's electricity demand.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
My gosh. Yesterday, Egypt Coach Hossam Hassan asked FIFA to use its "soft power" to help Palestinians. Then today, just as the Egypt-Argentina match began, Israel killed Mohammed al-Wahidi of the Egyptian Relief Committee in Gaza — a group that also organized Gaza screenings of the FIFA matches.
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Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
New political litmus test: I was nodding away talking to a library user, she was complaining about the UN, I agree and call it "useless", but no, she was on about how they rule every aspect of our lives with their laws. And don't get her started on what they are teaching the kids in school!!!
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Lauri Donahue @lauridonahue.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
futurism.com/future-socie... lol
As one New York financier told Financial Times journalist Gillian Tett, new hires who were seen as “AI natives” are turning out to have alarmingly shallow ideas. So much so, the anonymous finance worker admitted, that his firm now actively avoids seeking out AI-literate STEM graduates, and opts to comb through humanities students instead.
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Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
A Tower Books publication from 1978 (originally pubd. 1908)
A library book entitled "Bantry, Berehaven and the O'Sullivan Sept" by T.D. O'Sullivan. The cover features an illustration of an Elizabethan man on a yellow background.
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 28/06/2026
A woman who was born in a mother and baby home in Cork where hundreds of babies died said that survivors are prepared to chain themselves to diggers to prevent the building of apartments at the site jrnl.ie/7084344
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Bessborough survivors willing to chain themselves to diggers to prevent building of apartments
Earlier this year developer Estuary View Enterprises was granted planning permission by Cork City Council to build 140 apartments at the site of the former mother and baby home.
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Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I saw a woman walking her dog at high noon today and I wanted to tell her to take off her Birkenstocks and see how she liked it 😡
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