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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 18h

I was thinking along these lines...

Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Meanwhile other non-French-speaking branches spread into other parts of Europe and beyond via the big rivers or the seas.

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

...new cultural identity,they continued to "go on tour" to places like England, and onward to Wales and Ireland. And their "British" descendants got around a bit too.

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Dublin-resident daughter's cat on home turf and visiting Catalonia-resident daughter's dog getting to know each other. My money is on the cat: the dog's a little softie.

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In other news, #FIFA is an utter disgrace to sport, and #Infantino is a piece of shit.

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Re: Ireland, football, Palestine and Israel A bit of background for all those American hasbaristas that claim that Ireland is antisemitic.

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Just a few days ago, I was telling my daughter that, when I was a young exchange visitor to Germany, "Mercedes-Leute" (Mercedes people) was a byword *among Germans* for rude, arrogant drivers. I wonder if that's still the case. 😄

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Good. The sooner the world is freed from his malign influence the better, even at this late stage.

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This thread is segueing into an extended rant as I progress through today's Irish Times. The deliberate bamboozlement of the population – sorry, of consumers of health-insurance services – is a classic example of malicious compliance, and should not be allowed by government. There is nothing...

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Here's the article about school meals – from the same page.

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Here's the full article. In the land of HibernoThatcherism, the default assumption is that market solutions are best, because... well, because we were taught in first-year economics by those who worship at the Shrine of the Invisible Hand that this is a self-evident truth. @unamullally.bsky.social

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Whenever I see an evidence-based statement that X amount of Y will be needed by year Z in Ireland, I know that one thing is certain: that already-identified need will not be met. #speirgorm

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Slightly unusual "Local vibe" image when I looked up dirctions for Cherbourg in Google Maps. But it seems about right.

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just throwing this in here. Howlin's "success" story is a failing State, failing its own people.

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Good luck with that. I only found out 15 minutes ago as I walked past a demo in front of the elegant Town Hall of Poitiers.

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Coincidentally, looking out my hotel-room window in the French city of Vienne a few weeks ago, I was surprised to see that the whole central walkway of the street outside was planted with dozens of catalpas.

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The first catalpa tree that I ever knowingly saw was in the grounds of the Irish Franciscan College in Louvain. Since then, I have often wondered if it was planted to troll the Brits. 😄 #speirgorm

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Here's another nice thing that we could never have which I saw today in the lovely Parc de Blossac in the equally-lovely city of Poitiers: in addition to countless ordinary park benches along the footpaths, there are several dozen single metal chairs on the lawns that you can move around at will.

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We elected a President we can be proud of. Not like some people. 🙄 #speirgorm #Áras25 #Uachtarán

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Yes, the article is well-meaning. But illustrated with a photo of two studious-looking girls – both wearing glasses. Srsly, @irishtimes.com?

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I saw the title on the home page of the #IrishTimes and didn't even have to zoom in on the byline to know whose take this would be. #speirgorm #DiversityHire

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A lot of uncomfortable truths in this article. Even without mentioning whiskey. #speirgorm

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Am I irredeemably naive, or does anyone else in #speirgorm find this article utterly appalling?

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Today's IT. At least she's alive, but her life has been needlessly blighted.

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Sovereign country let off its homework in honour of a visit by Father Provincial. #speirgorm #PuertoRicoEast

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I think we all have our own idea about the "thinking" that goes on at those annual Party "think-ins". #speirgorm

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I'll bet they didn't have one of these at the show.

Looks like a demented Citroën DS: 10-wheel tyre testbed in the Michelin museum, Clermont-Ferrand.

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Could someone with the necessary skills please photoshop in Drumpf's face in place of Fr Judge's? If you're in the US, would the 1st Amendment cover you if you attribute it to the Human Fluffer-cum-Diaper-Changer?

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The real story behind 9/11: an uptight civil servant with big issues about young women, who would have been at home in 1950s Ireland. It's nearly always about sex, isn't it? Trust Fintan to be way ahead of the pack! #speirgorm

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I wonder: how do you say "Tá sé mahogany gaspipes" in Brazilian Portuguese?

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

We're such a #PuertoRicoEast that even our anti-data-centre campaign can't get going until it hangs onto the coattails of a "mainland" USA campaign. #speirgorm

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"High schools"? Really, @irishtimes.com, writing for an Irish readership?

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Do they think he's the wrong kind of Cuban?

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This would be hilarious if it weren't so pathetic. The continuing marketing of Stella as a prestige brand would make any Belgian snort into his Trappist beer. There's nothing wrong with Stella per se, but in Belgium, it is the quintessential bog standard basic beer. People are so gullible.

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Someone gave me this for carrying cash etc. on holidays. Anyone know how I connect with it? #speirgorm

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Murdered for being too moderate. An inspiring Irish figure of whom, I suspect, most of us are at best only vaguely aware. One of the founders of #Canada' s tradition of #multiculturalism. #speirgorm

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Roger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Well, actually... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sondera...

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