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Richie McC

@richiemcc.bsky.social
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Don’t need to go looking for trouble, it always seems to find me.

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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Everyday Contradictions of Chronic Illness

Take medication, and you’re too dependent on drugs. Don’t take medication, and you’re not managing your illness properly.

Rest when you’re in pain, and you’re lazy. Push through the pain, and you’re over exaggerating how bad it is.

Can’t work, and people say you just need to try harder. Continue working, and people say you’re not really disabled.

Cancel plans, and you’re unreliable. Show up anyway, and people think you must be fine.
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Ireland's Native Woodland Trust @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
🦋 Marsh Fritillary spotted near Rinnagan Wood Nature Reserve, Co Roscommon One of Ireland's most important butterflies, the Marsh Fritillary depends on species-rich grasslands and healthy habitat mosaics to survive Native woodland reserves protect far more than trees—they support entire landscapes!
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
CHRONICALLY ILL PEOPLE TEND TO DOWNPLAY THEIR SYMPTOMS BECAUSE BEING HONEST ABOUT THEM TENDS TO WEIRD PEOPLE OUT.
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Sassy Hobbit @asassyhobbit - Just reported my coworker Patti's cheerful 'good morning' greeting to HR as harassment.
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Richie McC @richiemcc.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
www.rte.ie/news/2025/12...
rte.ie
The Cure guitarist Perry Bamonte dies aged 65
The Cure guitarist and keyboard player Perry Bamonte has died aged 65, the band have said.
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Do you know anyone who has received notice of benefits stopping because you have flown out of country but are now back? Email me at lisa.ocarroll@theguardian.com. NI parents mistakenly hit in crackdown but there may be others www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
theguardian.com
NI parents caught in UK crackdown lose child benefit after travelling via Dublin
Exclusive: new anti-fraud system fails to account for fact many return to country via airport in Irish capital
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
This has been going on for 77 years.😢
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Another firsthand account of how those abducted from the Global Sumud Flotilla were treated. To quote the Manic Street Preachers song: "If you tolerate this, then your children will be next ..."
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Richie McC @richiemcc.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
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New Civil Engineer @social.newcivilengineer.com · 06/09/2025
John Sisk & Son has agreed to buy Northern Ireland contractor Farrans Construction in a deal that will expand the Cork-founded firm’s footprint across the UK and Ireland Full story:
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Sisk to acquire Farrans Construction | New Civil Engineer
The transaction, subject to regulatory approval, will see Sisk acquire Farrans from building materials group CRH. Financial terms of the sale have not
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Anthony Albanese @albomp.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Statement on the recognition of the State of Palestine.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
via Kay Saxon
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Cicada emergence
a 4 panel of a cicada emerging. it starts with cracking the shell, then just the head out, then the head and crumpled wings, then all out and beautiful with a blue sheen on the wings
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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
“You’re Not 20 Anymore”: HSE Issue Drinking Warning For Middle Aged Men Ahead Of Oasis Gigs waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/08/1…
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“You’re Not 20 Anymore”: HSE Issue Drinking Warning For Middle Aged Men Ahead Of Oasis Gigs
AN URGENT health warning has been issued by the HSE ahead of the Oasis gigs in Dublin this coming weekend, warning middle-aged men about their planned intake of alcohol. Did you come of age in the …
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Richie McC @richiemcc.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Back to London where this Plastic Paddy hails from.
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Richie McC @richiemcc.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
bbc.com
Suleiman al-Obeid: Mohamed Salah calls out Uefa over tribute
Mohamed Salah calls out Uefa over a tribute to Palestinian footballer Suleiman al-Obeid it posted on social media which failed to refer to the circumstances surrounding his death.
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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Gardaí Stop Suspicious Audi Going Under The Speed Limit waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/08/0…
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Gardaí Stop Suspicious Audi Going Under The Speed Limit
TRAFFIC gardaí have taken to Twitter to post an image of a suspicious looking Audi which they pulled over after clocking the driver going 110kmph in a 120kmph zone. “We witnessed the car also using indicators …
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Richie McC @richiemcc.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Top UN court says countries can sue each other over climate change
The decision from the world's highest court has been welcomed by developing nations at most risk from climate change.
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Richie McC @richiemcc.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
R.I.P. Ozzy BLACK SABBATH - "Iron Man" from The End (Live Video) youtu.be/7-thChxjcVw?... via @YouTube
youtu.be
BLACK SABBATH - "Iron Man" from The End (Live Video)
YouTube video by Black Sabbath
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Dr Neutopia @oceanclub.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
You simply can't beat Brianna Wu's assertion that the IDF are, quote, "20-something children", unlike the 9 year old Palestinian grownups they are genociding in between holidays to Cyprus.
"Your view of the IDF changes when you visit Israel and you visit their bases. 

When you cheer, “Death, death to the IDF,” you’re really just calling for the slaughter of the only Jewish nation’s 20-something children."
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Southeast of Greenland, this blob of seawater was colder between 1901 and 2021 than during late 1800s and its getting colder Clearest evidence of a weakening of critical ocean current AMOC which will fundamentally change climate of W Europe and E USA www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
livescience.com
Atlantic ocean currents are weakening — and it could make the climate in some regions unrecognizable
A cold blob of water in the North Atlantic is an ominous sign that a system of currents that regulate the planet's climate could be weakening.
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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
The Israeli ambassador's incitement has been in flagrant violation of the Genocide Convention to which the UK is a signatory. Britain has a legal obligation to expel her for fomenting support for the most serious crimes against humanity. Read my latest: www.declassifieduk.org/why-is-the-u...
declassifieduk.org
Why is the UK sheltering Israel's genocide-inciting ambassador?
It is long past time Tzipi Hotovely was expelled from London. Starmer’s inaction proves he has no intention of stopping his support for Israel’s crimes in Gaza.
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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Fine Gael senator Paraic Brady didn’t declare a property sale to Longford County Council for €67,000 – nearly double what he paid for it – while sitting on the council’s social housing committee. Robert Troy also made undeclared sales to this council. www.ontheditch.com/fine-gael-se...
ontheditch.com
FG senator didn't declare €67,000 property sale to council
While sitting on social housing committee.
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
"The banks were not bailed out" - Micheál Martin to the Dáil, Dec 16, 2020. 😵‍💫
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Richie McC @richiemcc.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/06/2025
‘Everything came so quick’: Jordon Ibe on Liverpool, trauma and starting afresh
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‘Everything came so quick’: Jordon Ibe on Liverpool, trauma and starting afresh
Winger has overcome tragedy and mental health problems. Now, he tells Sam Dalling, he wants to give his football career ‘one last push’
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Richie McC @richiemcc.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
A glorious morning up at the Hellfire. #Hellfire #TrigStn #DublinMountains #DublinBay
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
A pub crawl, but just to pharmacies
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Richie McC @richiemcc.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
youtube.com/watch?v=OLkP...
youtube.com
Chumbawamba - The day the nazi died
YouTube video by Huppelplopp1848
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
If microscopic life was found on some distant planet the world would go crazy Yet here in the ocean there is an abundance of intelligent life that share many traits with humans Yet all humans can do is hunt and kill them and eat them without a thought
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Israeli forces close Unrwa-run schools in East Jerusalem
bbc.com
Israeli forces close Unrwa-run schools in East Jerusalem
The action, which affects hundreds of Palestinian pupils, comes after an Israeli ban on Unrwa this year.
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Richie McC @richiemcc.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
A massive crowd in the Vatican for the announcement of the new Pope and no sign of a “Mayo4Sam” banner. Huge opportunity missed there!
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Richie McC @richiemcc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Yet his government do nothing to stop the illegal flights of arms and components flying through Irish airspace. And still we wait on the Occupied Territories Bill 2018 to pass through the Dail. www.rte.ie/news/middle-...
rte.ie
Martin says Israel's Gaza blockade 'clearly a war crime'
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the blockading by Israel of food and humanitarian aid to Gaza "clearly constitutes a war crime".
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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Local Man Hadn’t Considered Washing Car Until He Heard Of Hosepipe Ban
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Local Man Hadn’t Considered Washing Car Until He Heard Of Hosepipe Ban
THE thought of unreeling the hosepipe out and spraying water about the place 'hadn't even occurred' to Cork man Michael Whelan until he heard of a ban that is taking effect from midnight tonight. "They're clamping …
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Richie McC @richiemcc.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Vast numbers of pheasants are released for shooting in Ireland too. Each one survives by constantly devouring native wildlife alive. They artificially boost fox/mink populations, impacting vanishing native ground-nesting birds. They help spread Lyme disease to people, etc. This madness MUST end.
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Richie McC @richiemcc.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
After many weeks of intense procrastination, I finally done my first walk of the year up to the #Hellfire . Now I just have to make a habit out of it and improve my fitness.
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Richie McC @richiemcc.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
An absolute shock to nobody that the Israeli version of events is a complete lie to cover up their war crimes. news.sky.com/story/two-ho...
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Two hours of terror: Sky News investigation reveals how Israel's deadly attack on aid workers unfolded
New evidence unearthed by Sky News contradicts Israel's official account of the killing of 15 aid workers.
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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
The alleged garda informant who killed law student Shane O’Farrell was convicted of cigarette smuggling in 2007 – The Ditch can reveal – despite previous state probes of the case wrongly finding his first conviction was for theft in 2010. www.ontheditch.com/undisclosed-...
ontheditch.com
Shane O’Farrell killer had undisclosed smuggling conviction
The O’Farrell family are demanding a public inquiry.
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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
If Enough Said Enough It Would Be Pass it on. Repost please. #repost #share #BeesNotBillionaires #bees #not #billionaires #TheBillionaireProblem
An image of billionaires lined up at the presidential inauguration. The words ‘The king’s pawns or the pawns’ king’ written over it. Below it the headline The Billionaire Problem.
Above the image written white on black background:

Half of the world's net wealth belongs to the top 1%.
The top 10% of adults hold 85%, while the bottom 90% hold the remaining 15% of the world's total wealth.
The top 30% of adults hold 97% of the total wealth.
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Ben Bloodworth @benbloodworth.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
For anyone who hasn’t seen this fantastic film, let me highly recommend it! Specifically about the health and the prospects for Scotlands wild places but viewed through a tour of some of Europe’s most exciting rewinding projects, applicable to anywhere on these islands!! youtu.be/FFypWj1bjPk?...
youtu.be
Why Not Scotland? | The Rewilding Nation documentary
YouTube video by The Scottish Rewilding Alliance
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Richie McC @richiemcc.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
When a billionaire dies, who inherits their politicians? Do they automatically go to the next of kin or are they divided up between other billionaires? 🤔
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James Dean @jiardean.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Its Friday, the suns out, Salah signed. Yep, I think some Friday beers may be in order.
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a man in a suit is sitting in front of a computer screen that says a mega pint .
ALT: a man in a suit is sitting in front of a computer screen that says a mega pint .
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Suzy Byrne @suzybie.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I’d be lying if I said I couldn’t fathom why we don’t have proper treatment and services for those living with Endometriosis - if it were men ravaged by this disease… We are not a poor country and yet so many services are lacking.
irishtimes.com
Teenager forced to use walker, wheelchair because of endometriosis pain
Dáil hears of women waiting nine years for diagnosis, forced to go abroad for specialised surgical treatment
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Richie McC @richiemcc.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Her: What would you do without coffee? Me: (without lifting my eyes from the darkness inside the mug) at least 15 to life!
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Richie McC @richiemcc.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I wonder what the part of my brain that used to remember everybody’s phone number is doing these days? 🤔
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
on my Etsy store [ www.etsy.com/shop/Chronic... ] and RB [ www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1687... ] #eds #heds #hypermobility
I put the disco in disconnecting my joints black t-shirt with white lettering and sparkles around the word disco

Mybodyistryingtokillme.com
[funny chronic illness store]
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Richie McC @richiemcc.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
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