Reposted by sinéad ☀️Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I'm glad we're finally outsourcing the horrible bits of life like making plans with friends so we can have more time to consume ads. 434158
sinéad ☀️ @sineadmooney.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Cannot get over how good ANIMALS @abbeytheatre.bsky.social was, beg borrow steal for a ticket folks 012
Reposted by sinéad ☀️bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 30/09/2026Thinking about the movie RRR and I feel we need an Irish version. Completely over the top, ahistorical story of Irish independence. James Connolly battering Lloyd George with nunchucks. Michael Collins taking out 200 black & tans barehanded. Dev defeating Monty in a dance-off. Let’s do this. 59021
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward 10134663779
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Jen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ireland, like most countries, punishes women financially for having children, does not value care work or pay for it appropriately, and has an economy that depends on the unpaid care work of women. We are fundamentally unprepared for an aging population with fewer young folks around. 27927
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Camp Crystal Luke @mistercinecal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026you think celebrities have access to the best PR gurus around and then they pop out the phrase "I am not complicit" and call it a day 0103
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Stephanie Rains 🪼 @acidrains.bsky.social · 13/09/2026They’re getting more convincing, aren’t they 🙄 89914
Reposted by sinéad ☀️mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 09/09/2026would you like to start a conversation with the customer service chatbot. would you like to use the doctor’s self-service phone system. do you reject the warm touch of a lover. do you long for the cold embrace of steel. will you replace your soul with hydraulic fluid 3836162
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Dr Gearóidín McEvoy @garodean.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I literally wrote a book about how people got ARRESTED for trying to speak Irish to police in Ireland, don’t given me this feigned respect and reverence for Irish. 115757
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 07/09/2026unless you're waking up early to get the bus, Luas or DART, in which case you'll soon be paying 30% more per journeyrte.ieBudget to support those 'who get up early every morning'Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris has said this year's Budget will support people "who get up early every morning and go to work". 923478
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 04/09/2026for relatively weak short term gains they weren't even slightly good at cynically capitalising on! Local Link should have made huge inroads for the Greens in rural Ireland, but they didn't aggressively frame it as their policy. now they're out, rollout of Local Link has slowed to a crawl 4389
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026crashingly obvious thing to say, but surely if you had written the Father Ted “liars” speech you would then be quite careful not to actually write it again as yourself 316132
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 29/08/2026A twisted, darkly comedic two-hander about toxic love and our fear of ending up alone, this sharp, warped and hilarious play asks: how far will we go to feel wanted? As part of Dublin Fringe Festival 2026 🎭 MERCURIAL 📆 Dates 6 + 7, 9 - 11 Sep 🎟 tinyurl.com/2rxmkx23 011
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The amount of working artists I've spoken to who are losing or have lost the ability to make a viable career out of it due largely to people's use of genAI instead of hiring artists is genuinely so upsetting. We won't know what we've lost until it's gone. 402397680
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Danielle Ryan (Lestat Era) @danirat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I think another lesson to take from the loss of both Dolly and Tim Curry is that neither of them took themselves seriously but they took the work dead serious that's the most important thing pour all of yourself into the craft but have fun and don't get an ego. 37108312304
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Performing Arts Forum @pafireland.bsky.social · 26/08/2026📩 MAKE 2026 applications are NOW OPEN! ⏰ Deadline: Applications close 21 September 2026 at 12 noon. 📆 Residency Dates: 21 – 28 November 2026 (Please note the new dates for 2026) 🔗 Tap the link below to learn more and apply www.performingartsforum.ie/forum-notice... 021
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Abbey Theatre - The National Theatre of Ireland @abbeytheatre.bsky.social · 26/08/2026✨Everyone's favourite free co-working opportunity returns on September 7! We're delighted to be joined by Samuel Yakura for Time To Write next month. ✍️ Free registration for September's writing session is now open: bit.ly/4eBkawR 001
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Here are a series of essays I wrote about Dolly tied to albums at the beginning, middle and end of her vast, prolific career, if you're looking for a little themed reading. www.dontrocktheinbox.com/on-dolly-par...dontrocktheinbox.comOn Dolly Parton, Brilliant In Every EraToday marks an unfathomable loss: Dolly Parton has died. Brilliant artist, devoted philanthropist, remarkable human; to list her achievements here feels redundant, as the cult of Dolly has long since ... 31411400
Reposted by sinéad ☀️bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 25/08/2026The time Dolly Parton got stuck into a session in a pub in Kerryyoutu.beDolly Parton in Paídi Ó Sé's PubYouTube video by paidiosekerry 3389150
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Performing Arts Forum @pafireland.bsky.social · 25/08/2026💡 #opportunity 👉CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: NEWvember New Plays Festival 2026 #AboutFACETheatreCompany 🗣You may submit a 10-page extract from a full-length play or a 10 page playwriting sample More information on criteria below⤵️ 📋 www.performingartsforum.ie/.../newvembe... ⏰Closing Thursday 3 Septemberperformingartsforum.ieNEWvember New Plays Festival 2026CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 034
Reposted by sinéad ☀️CNN @cnn.com · 20/08/2026Moderna and Merck said a late-stage trial of a personalized cancer treatment based on the mRNA technology behind Covid-19 vaccines met its goals in treating melanoma, potentially marking a major advancement in cancer care. CNN’s Meg Tirrell reports. Read more: cnn.it/3UoqFeI 7376123
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Creative Europe Desk Ireland @creativeeuireland.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The Owl Screenwriting Workshop, Athens, Greece for film & TV writers. + one-to-one mentorship + panels with industry experts + screenwriting masterclasses + accommodation & food covered but not flights Submit your project by 2 October 2026. Fee to apply. athensfilmoffice.com/the-owl/ 013
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Discomfort is an essential part of growth and wouldn’t it be so embarrassing to be the exact same person thirty years from now, in a totally different world, because you were so averse to discomfort? 4447291739
sinéad ☀️ @sineadmooney.bsky.social · 13/08/2026the couples featured on Couples Come Dine With Me all have such a profoundly sinister energy about them 000
Reposted by sinéad ☀️👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 13/08/2026I dunno who needs to hear this (yeah I do it’s Americans) but. multiple countries on this earth have had civil wars. like. a lot of countries 5191287
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Oh no. Exactly what everyone who knows literally *anything* about it said would happen did in fact happen. Wow. So now all the other know nothings in other governments around the world who are planning on giving away everyone's privacy will stop and think for a single second, right? Right?? 9627300
Reposted by sinéad ☀️You Call Yourself a Film Critic @filmcriticmaybe.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I will always-and I truly mean always-share this story the Rubberbandits shared about a competition held in Cork to see a classic movie screened by him (which sounds like they're offering water boarding as a prize) and this was the recounting 13514
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Light House Cinema @lighthousecinema.bsky.social · 30/07/2026We're Hiring! Light House Cinema is looking for a Front of House Assistant to join our team. The deadline for applications is Monday, August 3 and full details can be found here on the careers page of our website. 024
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026the tram network in Dublin was so good people travelled from all over the world to study it as a model for tram networks in their own cities 2193
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 21/07/2026in complete and total seriousness, it would be much better to get kids to make posters with crayons and markers, and just photocopy them, than to use gen AI 04010
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Joe Griffin @thejoegriffin.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Babes, are you okay? You've barely talked our planned Declan Nerney holiday? 195315
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Call em up and rat out your local data centre 7312110
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I really believe the first question you should ask after realising a chatbot can do a task is: "Should we really be doing this task at all?" 2265
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Have never appreciated graphic designers as much as I have since the advent of genAI posters. So much information, so many fonts and sizes, so chaotically laid out, so difficult to quickly read and actually get their message across 510713
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Performing Arts Forum @pafireland.bsky.social · 08/07/2026💡 #opportunity 🏆AWARD: Exploring & Thinking: Early Childhood Arts Residency 2026/27 🗣To research, develop & deliver a project with children (0- 5 yrs) & their adult caregivers in an assigned homeless accommodation service 📋 www.performingartsforum.ie/.../explorin... ⏰Closing Wednesday 2 Septemberperformingartsforum.ieExploring & Thinking: Early Childhood Arts Residency Awards 2026/27The Dublin region Local Authorities and Children and Young People’s Services Committees (CYPSC) are working in partnership to support early childhood arts practice and to increase access to quality… 011
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 08/07/2026Will now be referring to Count Binface as The Provisional Lord Buckethead 1154
Reposted by sinéad ☀️kelly @earley.bsky.social · 07/07/2026i am sure most people here are going to Trans Pride this weekend, but for those who haven't even considered it yet, i would urge you to go. i was assaulted while putting posters up for the event over the weekend, by two far right losers who had been covertly recording myself, my partner & my friend 69043
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 07/07/2026You really have to take a moment and think about how insane this is. That’s a quarter of the entire output of the country’s public infrastructure going to support about one hundred sites. 410971
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Hard to keep impressing upon people in Ireland how wild this is as government has normalised it and are working to rewrite the legislation underpinning our electricity infrastructure to facilitate more data centres. 25626
Reposted by sinéad ☀️DCU FuJo @fujomedia.bsky.social · 06/07/2026FINAL CALL! Applications for the #ChangingTIDE Media Literacy Incubator at @dublincityuni.bsky.social close in 3 DAYS ⏰ If you're 18-30 and live in an EU/CERV country, this is your chance to become a media literacy ambassador. See how to apply below! 👇 fujomedia.eu/news/last-ca...fujomedia.euFuJo | Last Call for Applicants: Media LiDublin City University is the Irish partner in ChangingTIDE, an EU-funded project that aims ... 022
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Andreas Lindh @andreaslindh.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Ex Pearl Jam drummer David Abbruzzese on Elon Musk and the gutting of USAID. "Fascism survives by turning corpses into math. It sells death as tradeoffs, budget lines, acceptable loss. People who would never step over a dying child on a sidewalk will vote for that spreadsheet every two years." 5324154
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Abbey Theatre - The National Theatre of Ireland @abbeytheatre.bsky.social · 02/07/2026📣 Abbey Theatre Takes Auditions Nationwide! We're thrilled to announce a series of general auditions for professional actors to be held in Dublin, Belfast, Galway and Cork from 10– 24 August 2026. 🎭For more information and to apply, visit our website: bit.ly/4oWYVJj 032
Reposted by sinéad ☀️A4 Sounds @a4sounds.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Are you about to graduate and need affordable studio space in Dublin? Our studio memberships start at €100! Find out more here: a4sounds.org/join-us/ #SpeirGorm 157
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Fraser Denholm @fraserdenholm.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Writer pals: If you (rightfully) oppose the use of GenAI for writing books, please try not to use GenAI to create covers and posters. I'm seeing a lot of AI Generated covers and its pretty insulting to artists out there. 24312
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Mojito Fiend @ronronzo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I’ve a standing ticket to Robyn tonight available for €50 it anyone is interested. #speirgotm 017
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Conor @tiduslaughing.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Can't stand people suddenly getting into fans when the weather is hot. Some of us actually care about fans all years round. Fair weather fan fans 49715
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Hell Frasier: Bloodline @babadooknukem.bsky.social · 21/06/2026This was a solved problem 25 years ago! Put some goggles on your biggest titted friend and take a black and white photo of her in a construction site for gods sake. When did everybody become helpless 343083698
Reposted by sinéad ☀️Dan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · 18/06/2026the year is 2030 and you need a face scan, retinal scan, voice scan and to answer 20 questions about your family, health and employment history every time you use the computer. but don’t worry your personal data is safe with Butterfingers Corp in partnership with The Dark Web 653333881
