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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'll be live on #BalconyBanter at 5.55pm (Dublin & Tenerife time) over on #YouTube. I can't go anywhere, huh?😏 We'll be talking life, the universe and the price of records. Possibly. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

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BALCONY BANTER WITH SPECIAL GUEST PAT O'MAHONY

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today's #music arrivals, @drivensnowmusic.bsky.social's 'Mother Of Christ' #vinyl #album in the post - HT @danoggly.bsky.social - and a #CDs clear-out collected from a mate soon to move. Yeah, I know. 😏

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The latest secondhand #vinyl to arrive chez moi. I may have to move out soon and just let the #records take over the place completely. 😏 #albums #singles #runningoutofroom

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Another three months, another @givebloodireland.bsky.social donation. Man, if only everything in life was so easy. If you can, #donateblood. #giveblood #bloodsaveslives

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#LockedAndLoaded ready to be sorted and stored, 16 more #vinyl #albums...and another 16 x 12" #singles and #EPs. Stack 'em high, sell 'em cheap. 😏 🎶 🎧

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Not just #vinyl round here. 😏 The latest batches of #CDs to arrive chez O'M. Better get sorting. And listening. 🎶 💿 🎧 #albums #records #music #variety

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Sure you'd never know who you'd bump into in #Kinsale. Up to speed now all the Cork gossip courtesy of @liliansmithradio1 😎

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

That's a pretty spectacular #moon in #Kinsale tonight.

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

#OnThisDay: thirty years ago today, 19/08/96 - #FakeNews is nothing new, huh? I wuz framed, guv! Haven't made the front page of a red top since, probably for the best. 😏 #newspaper #headline #joke

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I’d reiterate that the key incident that drove the Cancel Culture panic - a wholly elite project, imposed from the top down - was the sight of Harvey Weinstein being dragged sobbing from court to jail, unprotected by his wealth, and the internet-based movement for justice that went with it.

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Here is the news from the US: Woke 1.0 is over. But what did progressives do wrong? | Nesrine Malik

A movement with safety, dignity and equality at its heart has been blamed for the rightwing backlash. But within it were principles worth carrying forwards, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Another 4x4 #vinyl #albums scrubbed, screened and ready for sorting. Sixteen #singles and #EPs - 10" and 12" - shipshape too. Livin' the dream, wha'? 😎 #records #recordcollection #ForTheRecord

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Séan @peatbogsoldier.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Anyone want to buy 2 x Saturday day tix for Forestfest.ie County Laois for this Sat? Hell of a lineup; James, Deacon Blue, The Coronas, Paul Brady, Kíla, Lloyd Cole, FLCriminals, Hugh Cornwell, David Kitt etc etc tixel.com/u/jonathanh178

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2 x Forest Fest Music & Arts Festival 2026 tickets at €95

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

At #Garbage in Dublin's #IveaghGardens last night - big thanks to @stevoberube.bsky.social for the invite. Their last gig of the tour...and possibly their last gig ever. That music biz can be a right f**ker ok.

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Almost forgot about this, thanks for the reminder. Pleasure as always, Irish Blood Transfusion Service. If you can, do #giveblood.

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I was at the dentist this morning. Nothing serious, just a routine checkup. I forgot til I caught a glimpse of it just now passing a mirror that I got a best-boy gold star for my ongoing oral hygiene work. Chuffed, I was. 😇 I suspect no one noticed it while I was out and about since. Then again.. 🤔

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The Life of Sharks @thelifeofsharks.com · 04/07/2026

Saw this ad for a goat on Facebook. It’s perhaps the greatest advert I’ve ever read. It’s just superb.

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I haven't got round to sorting the #birthday #vinyl yet - hell, I haven't even thought how I'll spend the #record vouchers 🤷‍♂️ - but in the meantime here's the latest hot 16 #albums about to be sorted and shelved. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 👶

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Thanks y'all for coming to @whelanslive.bsky.social last night. I'll share some pics anon. Now I just have to sort through the #birthday swag. 😎 But first, more coffee.

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The final #vinyl filing ahead of the upcoming gettin'-auld(er) #birthday. 😏 Another 4x4 cleaned-and-listened-to #albums ready to be put in the their proper places like the good wee #records they are. 😎

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

The latest #vinyl stowaway ahead of all yer upcoming lovely #birthday pressies. 😆 Another 16 cracking - and sometimes crackley - #albums ready for filing, freeing up future listening room. Go for it. 😎

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

So the Irish government's Minister of Transport is proposing to give folk up to €8.5k to go electric? Judas!

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Another mix-and-match sweet sixteen #albums ready for filing. 4 x 4 12" #singles going in too. Job's a good un. 😎 #vinyl #records #LPs #recordcollection #ForTheRecord

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Two nights out gigging in a row...just like back in the day, huh? 😎 '60s west coast harmonies, '80s post-punk jaggedness, '90s guitar power pop, and yet so now, Long Island"s The Lemon Twigs last night groovin' on out at Vicar Street.

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

. @tinariwen.bsky.social last night in The Olympia Theatre, #Dublin. Gloriously hypnotic and joyful north African desert blues. HT John @jpobr29.bsky.social O'Brien.

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Happy birthday yesterday to this young feller. Great get-together last night in The Workman's Club, Dublin, Mr Bell .🎂🎶

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Jeepers, #hailstones in D6. Here comes the summer, huh? 🌧️

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The latest batch of #vinyl #albums - and a bunch of 10" and 12"s too - ready for filing. Said it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it... 🎶 #records #singles #EPs

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Didn't realise this was in a pile of 12" singles I got from a mate this week til last night. Assumed it was "Love To Love You Baby." Man, playing it was such a nostalgia buzz. You know why, right? open.spotify.com/track/7wje3C... #Head2Toe #themetune #fashion #television #ThisTimeIKnowItsForReal

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Anyone fancy teaching themselves a bit of #Russian? 😳 I know, huh? The oddities that turn up in #vinyl clear-outs from time to time. 🤷‍♂️

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I do wish people would stop leaving bags of #records at my door. Not! 😳 The latest secondhand #vinyl 12" and #album arrivals chez moi. Better get stuck in so...I may be some time. 😏

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

And some pics from a few subsequent days in #Amsterdam. LOADS more on @instagram: www.instagram.com/patomahony1?...

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

You spin me right round... 🎶 What else would you be at over a bank holiday weekend? Not homeless. No f**ker's bombing and/or invading the neighbourhood, trying for a bit of local regime change, genocide or ethnic cleansing. Could be a lot worse. 😏🤷‍♂️ #vinyl #secondhand #records #cleanclean

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Some pics from #Berlin so far. A lot more over on Insta: www.instagram.com/patomahony1?...

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Some pics from #Berlin so far. A lot more over on Insta: www.instagram.com/patomahony1?...

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The latest 4x4 #vinyl #albums installment in O'M HQ, all shipshape and ready for insertion. 😐 #records #music #recordcollection #ForTheRecord

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Can't believe it's a year since I asked here if anyone knows if #RoryMcIlroy has a #recordcollection. 😏

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Lovely scenery out in Sutton this #EasterSunday evening. 😏

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

This, but journalism. The foundations of all success is failure - repeated, frustrated, sometimes mystical failure that is only ever resolved by experimentation and the application of previous experience. The greatest risk from AI is that it prevents future generations from learning how to think.

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Pat O'Mahony @patomahony1.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Wash 'n' roll. 🎶 Halfway through the latest #vinyl spit-and-polish of recent secondhand #album arrivals. I could be at a lot worse. 😏 BTW if you're wondering what to do with your unplayed #recordcollection - vinyl and/or #CDs - shout. I might know a good home for them. 😊

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