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RobRuaRyan

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SIPTU @siptu.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
SIPTU has a clear message for public servants scheduled to work from home on Wednesday. Don't do it. Don't open your laptop. Don't check your emails. Don't teach online. Don't answer your phone. A strike only works when the work stops. Remote work is work. #UnionStrike
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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Public sector workers are on strike today, including nurses, teachers and prison officers. "If you want us to keep these monsters off the streets then you need to provide us with a living wage" the teachers have said in a statement.
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Dermot Casey @dermotcasey.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
By January the governement will have spent more on giving in to the demands of fuel protestors than they've provided for in pay rises for the whole public sector. ( €1.2 bn )
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John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Ian Rapoport @rapsheet.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Insanity. The DaVon Hamilton game (with the clincher by Cam Little).
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Gus Logue @guslogue.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
the Jaguars had a win probability of 6% with 12 seconds left in the game
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RobRuaRyan @robruaryan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Get to see the #Jags this weekend. Always mixed feelings, London has made it possible for me to see them 5-6 times v just the once in the US. But it’s never sat right to take games out of Jacksonville. #Duval #DTWD #IrishJagFan
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Wesley @wesgo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Civil servants, health workers and school staff are among those engaging in industrial action. www.thejournal.ie/public-secto...
No, no happy birthday to him. Up the nurses.
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Jack Kennedy @jackkennedy.ie · 08/10/2026
Would like to see a journalist ask the 7 of Ireland's 14 MEPs (3 FG, 3 FF, 1 II) who just voted to: -endorse burqa bans -call "hatred of Israel" a sign of "Islamist influence" -identify European Muslim communities as potential tools of "malign foreign actors" to justify themselves
Believes that the practice of concealing the face in public spaces and premises open to the public poses an unacceptable challenge to public security, identification and effective law enforcement; supports, therefore, all national measures aimed at prohibiting full-face coverings (niqab or burqa) in public spaces and premises open to the public as a necessary step to ensure social cohesion, public safety and the protection of the rights and freedoms of others, in particular womenwhereas separatist narratives, systematic victimhood, antisemitism, anti-Christian hatred, hatred of Israel, conspiracy narratives, challenges to secularism, the use of religion as a tool of social control or the contestation of equality between women and men may constitute markers of ideological radicalisation or Islamist influence;whereas the ongoing investigations into suspected electoral fraud in Borlänge and Järva, Sweden, illustrate the particular vulnerability of diaspora communities to organised attempts at electoral influence; whereas such vulnerabilities may be exploited by malign foreign actors or transnational ideological networks pursuing covert agendas
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Loki @lokideburca.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Are rural pubs struggling, yes. Is a finger in the dike, once off payment, gonna help matters, prob not, invest in the TFI local link, invest in public transport, more routes, more times, make rural Ireland accessible.
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Rob Demp @robdemp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This 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
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.
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Children's Books Ireland @childrensbooksireland.ie · 02/10/2026
Children’s Books Ireland CEO Elaina Ryan was down in the IrelandAM studio bright and early this morning with a stack of brilliant reads from our The Best Irish Books of 2026 reading guide. Click the link below to watch back (segment @ 01:54:00 )
Hosts Martin and Eric with guest Elaina on the set of IrelandAM. They are standing behind a table with books by Irish authors and illustrators on display
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Stevie 🇮🇪🐆 @steviehowlin.com · 27/09/2026
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Stevie 🇮🇪🐆 @steviehowlin.com · 27/09/2026
AFC South Week 3 1. JAX 2-1 (D:0-0, C:2-1) 2. IND 1-2 (D:1-0, C:1-2) 3. TEN 0-3 (D:0-0, C:0-1) 4. HOU 0-3 (D:0-1, C:0-3)
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Stevie 🇮🇪🐆 @steviehowlin.com · 27/09/2026
Always fun to beat the Patriots. Always fun to beat Vrabel. Fuck Robert Kraft. 🇵🇸 Let’s take a look at some highlights from the game thread (and beyond) over on /r/Patriots
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
In the first panel we see Sarah, the protagonist, next to a stick figure labeled “AI”. The stick figure says, “my outputs look just like yours now.”
The second panel zooms in on Sarah’s face. Above her we see text reading “I think”.
The third panel zooms in closer on Sarah’s face. Text above her reads “you missed”.
The fourth panel shows Sarah drawing happily in a sunlit room. The text above her reads “the point”.
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ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn waves a Palestinian flag on stage while urging fans to speak out for Gaza: “Don’t forget this—ever. Stand your position. Don’t ever be neutral.”
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The funniest joke ever. 😂
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Stevie 🇮🇪🐆 @steviehowlin.com · 13/09/2026
Week Won! A proper pro football beat down! To be fair, Watson was asking for it. Let’s take a look at some highlights from the game thread (and beyond) over on /r/Browns
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 08/09/2026
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Children's Books Ireland @childrensbooksireland.ie · 09/09/2026
For this months RTÉ KIDS Book Club, we’re taking a closer look at some of the titles featured in this years Best Irish Books of 2026 reading guide. Click the link in the below to discover the titles 🔗 www.rte.ie/kids/book-cl...
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Ray Minehane @rayminehane.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Be cool if Bluesky had an AI to scan images so one could mute all screenshots from X.
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Still unbeaten. RIP
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Cade @sir-cade.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
He gonna learn
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Dan McQuillan @danmcquillan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Text: Treat your body like a data centre. Consume as much water and literature as possible. Upset local city councils with your existence. 
Background image: a bearded man putting up the frame of aparge tent in a muddy field with trees in the background.
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Spooky SZN Uncle Ian @jawabreaker.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Total bag of dicks.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Evanna @evanna.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It’s a balance. Yes people should definitely be able to easily access their own info. Yes some depts/orgs probably need more staff. (DPER not fond of sanctioning additional staff numbers.) But, some PQ answers can be found in existing publications if TDs cared to read them. And some PQs are 1/2
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Dr Neil & Mr Price @drneil.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It’s really starting to grind me down
The Barney/Moe’s Tavern meme

“Default AI features” Barney being kicked out
“Finding how to turn it all off in the settings” -satisfied Moe

Third panel Barney coming in behind “software update”
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
That parenting moment where you're like "You've called my bluff. What happens now?"
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RobRuaRyan @robruaryan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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David Rose Says Oh No (Schitt's Creek)
ALT: David Rose Says Oh No (Schitt's Creek)
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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
It’s hard enough artists having to rage against AI without this ‘cOmiCs AreN’T ProPEr reAdiNg’ nonsense slopping alongside it.
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Imbibe Coffee Roasters @imbibecoffee.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A customer kindly posted about us on Insta. Said we give up 4% of profits. We actually give up 4% of turnover. It’s a common mistake and I wonder if people actually draw a distinction or is it all just noise? There’s a big difference between profit & turnover. I see it as authenticity over marketing
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Imbibe Coffee Roasters @imbibecoffee.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
If you don't drink coffee, it'd be great if you could tell people about how we're run. If a large business ran this way, they could make a real difference. Everyone does well under this model. It works and it's sustainable. If you need coffee, we're very good at what we do imbibe.ie/pages/shop
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We are an Irish Coffee Roasting Business. We give away 4% of all we earn before we make a cent. We roast coffee very well.
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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Tuchel switching to a back six for the second half.
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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Am in Donegal for the next few days. Anyone help me out with where the independent bookshops are?
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Children's Books Ireland @childrensbooksireland.ie · 16/07/2026
📚Children and Young People's Reading in Ireland Report 2026📚 An in-depth exploration of the reading habits of children and young people across the island of Ireland. Learn more: 🔗https://childrensbooksireland.ie/news-events/children-and-young-peoples-reading-ireland-report-2026
Copy: Children and young peoples reading in Ireland

Illustration: children of various ages and a young child being read to by an adult
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Children's Books Ireland are really the only organisation doing this work regularly in the children's books sphere in Ireland. Things are changing so fast, and publishing is struggling to keep up. The link didn't work for me, so here it is again: childrensbooksireland.ie/sites/defaul...
childrensbooksireland.ie
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Cara (haunting you) 💀🐦‍⬛ @geekpie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
been waiting all tournament to post this
dr lara
@HotGirl_FC
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the lionesses men's team aren't very good are they
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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I know you know this on bluesky, but I posted it on insta so I thought I should post here too. And if it makes someone second guess using AI for these things then maybe it helps.
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Children's Books Ireland @childrensbooksireland.ie · 13/07/2026
Our CEO Elaina Ryan kicked off her week in the Ireland AM studio spotlight with a fantastic selection of titles exploring the highs and lows, the dreams and realities, of ✨fame and fortune✨ Check out our recommendations or catch up on the episode here: childrensbooksireland.ie/news-events/...
six book covers on display across the screen with the background, our CEO Elaina Ryan holding the stack of six books at the Ireland AM studio
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Children's Books Ireland @childrensbooksireland.ie · 13/07/2026
⚽️Super Sports⚽️ Children's Books Ireland are proud to present our Super Sports Reading List, featuring 24 brilliant books for toddlers to teens, with everything from soccer and Formula 1 to hurling and skateboarding. 📚🏅 Download it for free now 🔗 childrensbooksireland.ie/our-recommen...
The cover of the Super Sports reading list superimposed on a bookshelf. The cover features balls from multiple sports in a repeating pattern.
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Dave @uzjsprct.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
BABY BACK BITCH
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Children's Books Ireland @childrensbooksireland.ie · 01/07/2026
We're starting off the month of July with a visit to the RTÉ studios for a chat on the Oliver Callan Show! Expect a heap of great book recommendations to keep young readers engrossed and entertained all summer long. Tune in from 11am: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/ 📖📚
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Ireland's Number One. News, arts, drama, music, documentary and debate on 88-90FM, online, digital radio, satellite, iOS and Android.
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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
When you clean the house in anticipation for people coming over and then one of them unexpectedly goes to a room that was Not Approved For Visitors.
The "Damn, bitch, you live like this?
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Paul Murphy TD @paulmurphy.pbp.ie · 23/06/2026
*Taps the Sign* We refuse to legitimise grifters. Gript was founded by the anti-choice Life Institute & Youth Defense. They donated (the max allowed) €18,000 to right-wing European parties. One 'journalist' was a far right candidate, & another was a anti-choice campaigner. #Gript
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Seamus Ryan @seamusryan.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I’m assuming that nobody sat at the top of the G7 table because, it being almost entirely men in that room, they couldn’t find it.
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Children's Books Ireland @childrensbooksireland.ie · 04/06/2026
For this month’s RTÉ KIDS Book Club, we’re highlighting six titles that celebrate the diversity of modern families. Click the link to view the full selection 🔗 www.rte.ie/kids/book-cl...
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Children's Books Ireland @childrensbooksireland.ie · 02/06/2026
🌈The Read with Pride reading guide is back for 2026! 🌈 Featuring 100 LGBTQ+ inclusive stories and 100 ‘read also’ suggestions 📚📚📚 That’s 200 books celebrating LGBTQ+ love, joy, and identity. Find out more and download for free at the link below 🔗 childrensbooksireland.ie/our-recommen...
The cover of the Read with Pride Reading Guide being help up in front of a bookshelf with a Pride flag draped over it.
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