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Seaghan MacConmidhe

@seaghan.bsky.social
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Also known by my colonial name, 'Shane McNamee'. Interested in law, digital rights, sustainable policy-making, history, antifascism, arguing that the Celts weren't really a thing. Views expressed are mine alone - if even.

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Louise @selkies.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The foreigners MUST learn Irish so they can experience the true Irish experience of not being able to access any services through Irish
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Louise @selkies.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sorry something must have been lost in translation, they're saying you don't need to speak Irish to be Minister for the Gaeltacht (representing the native Irish speakers of Ireland and their very specific interests), but you DO need to speak Irish if you just want to live in Ireland and are foreign
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Irish political parties in power looking at attempts by governments around the world to appease the far right absolutely not working
But it might work for us meme from Arrested Development
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Boring Manager Rob 🅅 @bourboninexile.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The paper in question: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
science.org
Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence
Despite rising concerns about sycophancy—excessive agreement or flattery from artificial intelligence (AI) systems—little is known about its prevalence or consequences. We show that sycophancy is wide...
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Social Democrats, the Greens and Labour got almost 40 percent of the vote in Dublin Central. Two racist gowls got just over 20 percent. Guess who you'll hear more about tomorrow? Guess whose votes the other dumbasses will go chasing? Give me strength.
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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Richard Dawkins: Trans women aren't real Also Richard Dawkins: AIs are conscious and my Claude is a Claudia
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Rick CarBOOso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
AI psychosis is just “I really think the stripper likes me” for guys who don’t leave their house
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🌎🐎John Hyphen🎮🤠 @johnhyphen.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Here’s a list of the allegations that Patel claims are false and defamatory:
made no effort to disguise their aim.
17. The Article was widely disseminated on the internet, through AMG's magazine and associated platforms, and was foreseeably republished, summarized, and discussed throughout national and international media.
The Article included numerous false and defamatory statements of fact
concerning Director Patel, including but not limited to:
a.
That Director Patel "is known to drink to the point of obvious intoxication, in many cases at the private club Ned's in Washington, D.C., while in the presence of White House and other administration staff."
b. That Director Patel "is also known to drink to excess at the Poodle Room in Las Vegas, where he frequently spends parts of his weekends."
c. That "lelarly in his tenure, meetings and briefings had to be rescheduled for later in the day as a result of his alcohol-fueled nights."
d. That "Io]n multiple occasions in the past year, members of his security detail had difficulty waking Patel because he was seemingly intoxicated, according to information supplied to Justice Department and White House officials."
e. That "[a] request for 'breaching equipment'-normally used by SWAT and hostage-rescue teams to quickly gain entry into buildings—was made last year because Patel had been unreachable behind locked doors."
1 Defendant AMG, at some point on April 19, 2026, stealth-edited the Article's main headline, which now reads "The FBI Director is MIA".
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f. That Director Patel's alleged alcohol consumption has negatively impacted various law-enforcement investigations, including the Charlie Kirk murder investigation.
g. That Director Patel "recently expressed frustration with the look of FBI merchandise, complaining that it isn't intimidating enough."
h. That on April 10, 2026, Director Patel "panicked, frantically calling aides and allies to announce that he had been fired by the White House," and that his behavior was a "freak-out."
i. That Director Patel is "often away or unreachable, delaying time-sensitive decisions needed to advance investigations," and that on several occasions, Director Patel's "delays resulted in normally unflappable agents 'losing their shit.""
That Director Patel's "drinking has been a recurring source of concern across the government."
k. The false implication that Director Patel violated DOJ's ethics rules prohibiting "habitually using alcohol or other intoxicants to excess."
1. That Director Patel has used his position to improperly "target political or personal adversaries of the president."
m. The false implication that Director Patel abuses alcohol, thereby making him vulnerable to exploitation or coercion by foreign adversaries.
n. The false implication that this alleged alcohol abuse "has become a threat to public safety," including in the context of "a domestic terrorist attack," and constitutes a national-security vulnerability.
o. That Director Patel "is deeply concerned that his job is in jeopardy."
p. That Director Patel has had a problem with "unexplained absences," and "spotty attendance at the office," thereby falsely implying that Director Patel has been derelict in his duties.
q. That Director Patel left the country vulnerable because "Days before the United States launched its war with Iran, Patel fired members of a counterintelligence squad that was devoted, in part, to Iran."
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Social Democrats @social-democrats.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
In the Dáil tomorrow, Rory Hearne TD will introduce a bill to include a right to housing in the Constitution. If passed in a referendum, it would put an obligation on the State and Govt to ensure that all citizens have access to a decent, secure, affordable home. Housing should be a human right.
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Hearne to introduce a right to housing bill - Social Democrats
Social Democrats TD Rory Hearne will introduce a bill tomorrow (Wednesday, March 25) to give people a constitutional right to housing. Deputy Hearne, who is the party’s housing spokesperson, said: “I ...
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Aoḋán Ó Conġaile @tinydonkey.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
It's fucked that science is progressing like this and we barely hear about it, but the lying machine that gives people psychosis and eats graphics cards is perpetual news.
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Philip Boucher-Hayes @philipb-h.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Farmers growing fruit and veg has dropped from 600 to 73 since the noughties. Which was also when then Trade Minister Micheál Martin removed the ban on below cost selling. It’s not the only problem they face, but it didn’t help says one indie producer. Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Horticulture
Following the news of the collapse of carrot producers Hughes in Kilkenny last week, Philip talks to another horticulturalist, Kenneth Keavey of Green Earth Organics in Co. Galway about the issues fac...
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
This is incredibly irresponsible journalism. You cannot write this headline without acknowledging all the times Elon Musk has promised to pay for things, then didn't. Let's take a stroll down memory lane. 🧵
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Deborah @deborahhh.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
1. It’s so miserable now 2. Everyone’s more miserable now 3. Click the link to read the rest of my miserable take ~> #Speirgorm
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Imagine people could make up their own minds about what it was that they would pursue.
The 1% who rule the world may have turned the pursuit of money and power into a kind of pathological game that are ends in themselves, but for the rest of us, having money, having an income, being free from debt, has come to mean having the power to pursue something other than money.

We all want to ensure our loved ones are safe, and taken care of. We all want to live in healthy and beautiful communities but beyond that, the things we wish to pursue are likely to be wildly different. What if freedom were the ability to make up our minds about what it was we wished to pursue, with whom we wished to pursue it and what sort of commitments we wish to make to them in the process?"

David Graeber
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Sam Wilson @samwilson.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
I am amazed that for a few years we had the ability to instantly access information through an almost perfect search engine and the makers of that search engine decided hundreds of billions wasn’t enough profit so they destroyed it
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026
Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 20/02/2026
Boomers grew rich as their economies were financialised, turning them into 'mini capitalists' who cared more about asset prices than wages. But the financial boom that made them wealthy was a one-off - and the next generation will never catch up. open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
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What I read this week
More dispatches from the K-shaped recovery...
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 09/02/2026
The onion remains undefeated in delivering the most accurate news. theonion.com/ai-chatbot-t...
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AI Chatbot That Only Responds ‘Huh’ Valued At $200 Billion
PALO ALTO, CA—Hailing the new product as a “game changer” in the development of large language models, Silicon Valley insiders confirmed Tuesday that an AI chatbot that only responds “huh” had been va...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The daft thing is that with Proportional Representation there'd be no need for this self-destructive war within Labour. It could split into its component parts - left and right - and people could vote for what they wanted. It's only First-Past-the-Post that forces these irreconcilables together.
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
The one thing that is growing extremely fast is the wealth of the top billionaires: The top 0.00001% used to own the equivalent of 3% of national income in wealth in 2010 Now they own the equivalent of 12% of national income!
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Back to GDP: There is no productivity miracle in the US. The growth of productivity (= GDP per hour worked) has slowed down markedly. From 1.9% in the period 1980-2010 to 1.1% in 2010-2025 If you think the rise of tech has made people more productive, think again
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
We hear it all the time: Since the turn of the 2010s, thanks to the rise of tech, the US has pulled ahead economically. This idea is everywhere from Washington to Davos—and it's paralyzing Europe But it's simply not true! Let's look at what's really happening, with charts🧵
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
🚨🚨 EU moves closer to using its #tradebazooka against the US as Germany has joined France in saying it will ask @ec.europa.eu to explore unleashing the #Anti-CoercionInstrument at the emergency EU leaders' summit in Brussels on Thursday evening.🧵 www.politico.eu/article/eu-b...
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EU moves closer to using its trade bazooka against the US
Capitals are backing a more forceful response to Donald Trump’s tariff threats.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
So far the "Board of Peace" is Trump, Orban, Lukaschenko and Netanyahu. Which if you wrote in a satire would be considered too outlandish and sent back.
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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
In the face of European leader after European leader meekly invoking “rules-based order”, “international law”, “closely monitoring”, “the UN Charter”… It’s almost alien to see someone say “yeah, no, that was a lie and we all knew it.”
We knew the story of the international rules-based order was partially false. That the strongest would exempt themselves when convenient. That trade rules were enforced asymmetrically. And we knew that international law applied with varying rigour depending on the identity of the accused or the victim.This fiction was useful. And American hegemony, in particular, helped provide public goods: open sea lanes, a stable financial system, collective security and support for frameworks for resolving disputes.

So, we placed the sign in the window. We participated in the rituals. And we largely avoided calling out the gaps between rhetoric and reality.

This bargain no longer works.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 20/01/2026
"More than half of CEOs report seeing neither increased revenue nor decreased costs from AI, despite massive investments in the technology, according to a PwC survey of 4,454 business leaders."
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Majority of CEOs report zero payoff from AI splurge
: PwC survey finds more than half of 4,500+ biz leaders see no revenue growth nor cost savings
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Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Irish political leaders cannot claim that we need new law before the Grok CSAM machine can be shut down Here is a table of available law to protect our children—> www.iccl.ie/wp-content/u...
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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
"People guessed around 43.8% of people born outside of Ireland were availing of social housing compared to the real figure of 6.1%." www.thejournal.ie/immigration-...
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Many people think immigration happening on larger scale than is really the case
The report by the ESRI found that many people overestimated the proportion of people in Ireland who were born in another country.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
There we go. That there’s a headline.
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Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
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Karoline @karoline.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
"They're trying to change our habits, because all of the projections rely on people becoming truly dependent on the technology. Whether or not it's actually a good thing for society isn't considered to be a factor."
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Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
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Karoline @karoline.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
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Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
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Aidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
You know the way the UK Gov keeps thinking its found a way to solve Brexit stuff, only to be reminded of the Good Friday Agreement? That's us but with data protection laws
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🌎🐎John Hyphen🎮🤠 @johnhyphen.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Here are the Irish MEPs who just sided with the far-right (fascists, racists, sexists, homophobes, climate deniers) from across the EU They've voted to gut protections that would have made businesses check and report their supply chains for child labour, human rights abuse or nature destruction
A10-0197/2025 - Jörgen Warborn - Proposition de la Commission

5	+
Ireland / PPE :	Carberry, Doherty, Kelly, Walsh
Ireland / Renew :	Mullooly

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Ireland / Renew :	Cowen, Kelleher, McNamara, Ní Mhurchú
Ireland / The Left :	Flanagan, Funchion
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Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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Oliver Moran 🌻🇮🇪🇪🇺 @oliver.ie · 09/11/2025
Whatever your view on judicial review and NIMBY-ism, this is an appalling attack on the rule-of-law — If a person successfully (successfully!) proves wrongdoing by the state, the state will bankrupt them? Cui bono? Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael conies and the worst days of An Bord Pleanála corruption.
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Objectors will be on the hook to pay six-figure legal costs under judicial reviews clampdown
Objectors will have to foot six-figure legal bills for successful judicial review cases in a new move being brought to the Cabinet to speed up the supply of infrastructure and housing.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 10/11/2025
history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
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M‎ I‎ K‎ E‎ ‎ R‎ Y‎ A‎ N @bikecyan.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The funniest thing about the Catherine Connolly smear campaign is that the establishment seems to be following Ivan Yates' advice, despite his impressive record of getting things spectacularly wrong, as highlighted on this old but evergreen tweet from @prayforpatrick.bsky.social
The tweet reads: Ivan Yates, he's the guy who went bankrupt running a fucking bookies in Ireland.
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Gerry McDied 10 years ago, on a night just like this @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Niall Donald talking about how Jim Gavin ripped him off included the truest, most Irish statement I’ve ever heard in my life, like this absolutely would be what your friends would say to you in these circumstances
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Melissa @melissabreen.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
The Basic Income for the Arts Scheme is €325 a week, similar to what they gave out during the pandemic. This is how much they've deemed one needs in order to live in Ireland. So why is disability benefit only €244? Why are disabled and sick people expected to live so far below the poverty line?
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Tea Junkie @teajunkie.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
"And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it ‘the future,’ AI is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be re-consumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line". www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘stop doing this to him’
Film-maker tells the public to stop sending her videos, saying: ‘You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings’
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 04/10/2025
The police will tell you they have 'no choice' because PA are a proscribed organisation but come to Belfast and you learn very quickly that is a lie. This is absolutely a choice.
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Silkabelli (cittadina UE 🇪🇺) @silkabelli.eurosky.social · 16/09/2025
Queen
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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Ruth Coppinger TD, who had organised a rally against McGregor at Dublin City Co says the person to thank for his withdrawal is Nikita Hand for "exposing him". "That took away any shred of credibility he had to get support... he did not want to run a gauntlet of people calling him a rapist."
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Lamhfada @lamhfada.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Didn't we decide, as a society, when Google tried to introduce this kind of technology a few years ago, that yes there's some interesting fun ideas in embedded tech glasses, but the possibility of covertly recording/spying on other people in public was too ick? Or does Zuckerberg welcome the creep?
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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
I often think about this letter to the New Statesman. It's from a 1960s Tory, and neatly summarises how British politics has shifted massively to the right, and taken Starmer's Labour party with it. #PoliticsLive
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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Gen AI out here making the case for strong moral rights.
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Loki @lokideburca.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
"Visitors stage anti-migrant march in Galway" Other journalists should take notes on reporting from Maxim Kelly. www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...
Excerpt from the article:
"The anti-immigrant activists also carried a flag of Jesus of Nazareth – possibly history’s most famous refugee - and Welsh-born immigrant, St Patrick, much to the mirth of onlookers, who posted dozens of bemused videos on Galwegian social media channels regarding the marchers’ misspelled ‘Galimh’ banner. United Irishmen, crowned harps, ‘Erin go bragh’ and Sacred Heart flags were also flown by marchers, who played songs by lifelong socialist, Luke Kelly, amplified through loudhailers. One woman was dressed up as Anglo-Irish nationalist and socialist revolutionary, Constance Markievicz."
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