Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 6hA fait accompli, sadly, given the Government majority, but certainly far better not to leave it uncontested, at least. 010
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 14/10/2026An eclectic platform, with Laurence Ginnell an ex-Home Ruler turned SF, Constance Markievicz, while O'Brien and Shannon were the two leading Labour figures of the era. Not familiar with the others, TBH! 110
Reposted by Paul CullotyMaria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026wtaf @faberbooks.bsky.social ?! Faber is the most storied UK independent publisher. It publishes more high profile Irish fiction authors than any other publisher outside of Ireland If Faber's abandoning Sally Rooney, it is abandoning freedom of expression and losing the trust of ALL Irish writers. 912861
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Both parties should win seats in Bizkaia, but is there much point in Álava or Guipuzkoa if no agreement is reached with Podemos? 110
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Interesting, thought the boundary changes to FST had been unfavorable to unionism, so wouldn't have expected that to go UUP if SF take East Derry? 110
Reposted by Paul CullotyBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Norway has removed all of its $2tn Investment Fund from Israel linked banks, as it continues its policy of BDS against Israel. Well done Norway. 7238991006
Reposted by Paul CullotyGavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 13/10/2026The lump removed from the lung of Pope Leo was cancerous, Vatican confirmspress.vatican.vaHoly See Press Office Press Release 1123
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 13/10/2026That depends very much on the result of each province, in that Bildu, Esquerra, BNG, Compromís and Adelante Andalusia are all individually capable of increasing their own seat tallies, but even then the regional left and Sumar will max out at 35-40, so PSOE will need 135-140 themselves. 110
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Must get back into Radio Garden again, very user-friendly interface there! 010
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 13/10/2026If Sumar and Podemos can't agree a joint list by Friday, then both the PSOE and the regional left will all go higher. 111
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Is he still a thing - stations used go mad for him around a decade ago, but very much dropped off the radar recently? 000
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 13/10/2026@damianstack.bsky.social Worth questioning the Kerry FC board about the granular breakdown of "administrative expenses" here, and how exactly they've ballooned to €1.2m! 110
Reposted by Paul CullotyWesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Here’s LL Cool J trying to explain Clausewitz’s “remarkable trinity” to an uncomprehending Joe Rogan 1112592499
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Technically, in an Irish context, everything up to the last Earl of Desmond (1583) could be described as the Norman era. 020
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Wouldn't "angus beef" require it to actually be from an Aberdeen Angus? 010
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 12/10/2026No parece muy utíl ni informativo clasificar todos los partidos regionales como "otros"? 000
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Gareth Kingston would be a Welsh speaker, I'd imagine, and no shortage of Welsh quizzers around? 010
Reposted by Paul CullotyTony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 10/10/2026They’ve opened a book of condolence this morning at the Mansion House for anyone who wants to express their sympathy with Fintan O’Toole, Pat Leahy and the permanent members of the Brendan O’Connor show. 3214
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The Sumar-Podemos split is not only catastrophic for the overall left, but also explains why regional voters are turning to the BNG and Bildu. 000
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Music is always better off being timeless, rather than trying to shoehorn pop culture into lyrics. 000
Reposted by Paul CullotyNick Hilton @nickfthilton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I hate this so much. The BBC should be providing good quality, good value programmes that the private market won't cover. You and Yours (which I kind of hate), Thinking Allowed and Free Thinking are exactly the sort of programming that the BBC is i) good at, ii) not haemorrhaging money to make.bbc.co.ukBBC to cut raft of Radio 4 programmes including You and YoursThe corporation said it would be investing in a new consumer programme, while announcing more cuts. 1821766
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Labour, Lib Dems and Greens would all transfer heavily to each other under STV, but such is the enmity between Reform, Restore and the Tories that they would suffer significant leakage, in that many votes would simply be one-and-done. 040
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Do all that many folk under 40 actually smoke, rather than vape, these days? 200
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We can at least exclude @irishelection.bsky.social from this discussion, when they started out applying their own bespoke electoral models to Scotland, Wales and NI, before then turning their attention to the Republic, so definitely not cogging from you! 110
Reposted by Paul CullotyCarol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is written to fly under the radar, from today’s Sunday Independent (Ireland). The press council upheld a complaint about an offensive and transphobic opinion column by Brenda Power. Sindo was required to publish the decision. @mams4transrights.bsky.social @jesalady.bsky.social 413495
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Strange that II are less transfer-toxic than Aontú - maybe because many of their members are from the FF-FG gene pool? 110
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Plaid would probably take that for now, given Labour are arguably at the height of their UK-wide popularity. 130
Reposted by Paul CullotyAlan Kinsella @electionlit.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I see Independent ex Social Democrats cllr Pat Balfe has joined Labour. 232
Reposted by Paul CullotyClapton CFC @claptoncfc.co.uk · 03/10/2026Also in today's programme - this season's men's football pyramid poster. 1207
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In a gesture to our unionist brethren, it's only fair that the whole island should get permanent access to iPlayer! 😉 000
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026@electionlit.bsky.social, @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social! 031
Reposted by Paul CullotyRonda Grizzle @rondagrizzle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I have to confess that Hildegard von Blingen's "Choosin' Wessex" is my favorite version of the song. youtu.be/3aHhRDIxwig?...youtu.beChoosin' Texas by Ella Langley - A Bardcore | Medieval Cover by Hildegard von Blingin'YouTube video by Hildegard von Blingin' 151
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'm talking about STV, which Scotland uses for council elections, but yes, the Stormont STV constituencies are 5-member versions of the same Westminster ones. 100
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Especially when an electoral system already used in NI and Scotland also maintains the constituency link ... 100
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Pahlavi being 94% socdem sounds distinctly off, he'd be very much a conservative by European standards! 110
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Bizarre - not exactly "cad a rinne tú ar do laethanta saoire" oral questions, then! 000
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 02/10/202651% for the far-right, but thankfully a three-way split! 061
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This was the Irish Times poll from September, about a week ago now, but interesting all the same! 010
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Quakers are great - always on the right side of history! 0184
Paul Culloty @paulculloty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Ireland tends to have a mix of 3,4 and 5 seaters that both allow all small to medium sized parties to have representation, and to have a few sizeable parties, but admittedly we're wedded to constituencies based on counties: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/34th_D%...en.wikipedia.org34th Dáil - Wikipedia 020
![A half page article from the Sunday independent with the headline OMB2590 A woman and the Sunday independent.
The article outlines the complaint, the appeal and the decision.
The complaint relates to an opinion column deploring the fact that an unnamed td provided a character reference for a man convicted of sexual violence against children. A sentence in the column argued that this case threw light on the possibility that a man would “identify as a woman” in order to commit sexual violence.
The press council concluded that “a reference to a protected group [trans people] in this context should have been extremely carefully scrutinised”. It found that the Sunday independent was in violation of principle 8 of the press council code of practice.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n2qmeigsng3rhkgmqihius4g/bafkreia7cdisf6qfj6fetyejhbmojfdwomrxs6pib6za3zu377t6pfypry)
