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Helen ONeill

@tattoodlebug.bsky.social
623 followers 888 following 582 posts

Living in Dublin 🇮🇪Wife, mother, Nana, retired GP, full time carer for my wife and sometimes a writer. Counting my blessings every day. If you wish to DM me, ask me first. Thank you

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Angela C @angelacoraccio.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Question for Brazilians in Ireland! Can you recommend a Portuguese-speaking solicitor in Dublin who can help a Deliveroo cyclist make a claim for a collision with a vehicle? (It was 100% the vehicle driver's fault.) He doesn't speak much English. #spéirghorm #speirgorm
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Helen ONeill @tattoodlebug.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Why do companies have a contact form on their websites …’leave your details and we will get back to you ‘ and then it’s like tumbleweed…….Drives me mad. 😡 #Speirghorm
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Sue Kirk @suekirk.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I know the Kinahan arrest is a big deal, but my god, between the live flight tracking yesterday and the lengthy segments about his history since the dawn of time. He isn't the Leaving Cert exams.
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Helen ONeill @tattoodlebug.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Went into our local butcher this morning.The man behind the counter was chatting to every single customer,lovely Dublin banter. Clearly knew most by name. I had a great chat with him. I had forgotten what shopping was like before click and collect and self scanning. Well done Gleesons Blanchardstown
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Helen ONeill @tattoodlebug.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Sitting on a balmy beach with a gin and lemon listening to people in bars cheering on their teams. Then I see three teenage girls walking by giggling. One of them has a camera… not a phone, a proper camera. And they are taking photographs and just loving life. To be young and carefree again….
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
“Dear migrants, before I say any other word to you, I want to bow before your dignity. “You are not numbers or case files. “You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.” — Pope Leo XIV
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 11/06/2026
There are people all across Belfast helping relocate people, get them food, clothes, meds and more. You will likely never hear about them on the news. But they are many. And *they* are Belfast.
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Dr Ciarán O'Carroll @climateciaran.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
🔥𝐌𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲’𝐬 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬: why should a family in Ireland pay more for electricity so a billion-dollar tech company can pay less? 💵
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Helen ONeill @tattoodlebug.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Dear motor insurance companies,can you give me discounts when I look for quote on line? So many of you follow up with ‘call us now for your discounts ‘. Nope. If I am doing the work to customise my cover, the price quoted should include all available offers. No interest in being on hold forever 🙄
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Helen ONeill @tattoodlebug.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
#speirghorm listening to the news and the EU wants less reliance on fossil fuels / imported fuels. I cannot understand why solar panels are not compulsory on all new buildings..homes, apartments, offices shops and schools.
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CalicoRo @calicoro.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Quiet Piggy
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Just a Bill @bdowney2338.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Breaking News: It’s being reported JD Vance and Mike Johnson are so infuriated by trumps vulgar tweet on Easter Sunday they are going to do absolutely nothing.
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Fortunate Son @mossadwarrior.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
This bitch is still breathing but I’ll keep posting this every day !!
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Helen ONeill @tattoodlebug.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
The only time I have ever wished I was in the USA is today. Come on the people! #NoKings. I am with you in spirit. 🇺🇸
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Thomas Nickel @tapirfortuna.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Me on the way to the kitchen in the morning because there´s still two pieces of baklava left...
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Helen ONeill @tattoodlebug.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Never thought I would be so happy to be able to hang out a line of washing, knowing I can ignore it until it’s dry #speirgorm
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Máire @mairebro.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
And now it’s time for the national anthem #PaddysDay youtu.be/4XWP_CKnJIg
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Watch These Muppets Sing an AMAZING Irish Folk Song!
YouTube video by Muppet Show Mania
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Helen ONeill @tattoodlebug.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Good morning. What a sunrise with a yellow horizon and a pink dappled sky. We snatch these views and keep them safe before the rain returns.
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Spooky Schroeder @disneyschroeder.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I again, repeating myself, ad infinitum, still do not understand how Trump mocking a disabled reporter on camera at a rally in I dunno, 2015 wasn't enough of a red flag to get him cancelled by the media permanently and have his Apprentice shows taken off the air It should have ended RIGHT THERE.
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Ryder @ryderfromtwitter.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Just had a lovely woman in our shop in Donegal, searching for her lost twin sister. Appreciate it if my Irish followers would retweet this. Thank you.
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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Helen ONeill @tattoodlebug.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
@everyheron.bsky.social this lovely fellow was hunting lizards for his breakfast. Along the paseo, Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote
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Helen ONeill @tattoodlebug.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
What is it with young men and not so young men out in shorts and pool shoes in the cold? Why is this a thing ?? Passed two separate fellas sauntering around like that this morning #speirgorm
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Terre-Strial @terre-strial.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Harrison Ford: “Trump doesn't have any policies, he has whims. It scares the shit out of me. The ignorance, the hubris, the lies, the perfidy. Trump knows better … he's making money … while the world goes to hell… It's unbelievable. I don't know of a greater criminal in history"
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The Grand Drawing In @theauldsthretch.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Today is 2025-12-14, the sun sets at 16:05:45 and the grand auld stretch tonight was 00 mins and 02 secs. #GrandStretch #TheGrandStretchIsBack
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Kelly J. Baker (she/her) @kellyjbaker.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays: Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink. If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business. Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...
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Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
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Helen ONeill @tattoodlebug.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Decided to use public transport tonight. So messy. So unreliable. So infrequent. It’s no bloody wonder people have to use cars. In Any other European city you can hop on and off without thinking and checking. If govt want us out of cars they have to improve this #speirgorm
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Helen ONeill @tattoodlebug.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Makes me want to vomit
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Helen ONeill @tattoodlebug.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Worst thing about Halloween? The ubiquitous mispronunciation of the word. Lads, it’s HAlloween, not Hollow-een.
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Sue Kirk @suekirk.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
And people say the British press doesn't know anything about Ireland. They got this scoop, didn't they.
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Helen ONeill @tattoodlebug.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Wouldn’t grocery shopping be a lot less miserable if we didn’t have to do the endless transferring from shelf to trolley to conveyor to trolley to car, from car to kitchen to fridge? Selection to fridge is the dream!
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
With 72 hours to go until #Aras25 polling opens, a reminder - old, conservative people vote. If you want something different to what they want, you need to do the same, and tell everyone you know to do it too. Make a plan to vote. Make sure others do too. Then go vote. Nothing else matters.
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Helen ONeill @tattoodlebug.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
My autumn garden is very pleased with the deluge outside this morning. A day for my book and my knitting ( yep, I am a granny! )
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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
“The president should be removed from office because he is plainly insane.” I mean, there is no war in Portland. There just isn’t. You can’t & won’t avoid reporting this story. But you’ll still find a way to try to report it in a way that gives him the benefit of the doubt. And that’s wrong.
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Helen ONeill @tattoodlebug.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Can someone explain to me why, if there is an international arrest warrant for Netanyahu, how can he stand up and make a speech in the UN, surrounded by security and NOT be arrested?
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Helen ONeill @tattoodlebug.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Can we please stop using the word Passed. It’s died. Died. What is so wrong with saying the word?
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 18/09/2025
You can’t talk about cleaning up crime in D.C. while a 34-count convicted felon is running the country.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
21st century Britain where it's illegal to project an image on a wall but not illegal to supply weapons to mass murdering genocidal psychopaths
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
🚨 The Trump administration burns 500 tons of food meant for starving children, prioritizing political statements over global humanitarian aid. open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
RTE has it blasting as the lead story, effectively & influencing our gauging of who’s deemed newsworthy. Despicable that our leaders are, so very publicly, doing the pandering to the autocrat 🤦🏾‍♀️
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
When Minnesota Democrats were killed by a MAGA terrorist in June, Trump refused to even call Gov of Minn. But with Charlie Kirk, he has praised him non-stop, ordered flags to be lowered and demonized Dems. To Trump, ONLY MAGA lives matter. My article deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trump-orde...
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Trump orders flags lowered for Charlie Kirk but after Trump supporter killed Dems in Minn, he refused to even call Governor
Trump then stokes hate versus Dems
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Helen ONeill @tattoodlebug.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
It’s so jarring to scroll through insta or any platform and witness the situation in Gaza, then with one swipe have someone try to sell me plastic Christmas decorations. What have we come to? What are we allowing to happen? Can our governments stop having cosy meetings and actually do something?
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AtlantaDon💙🏳️‍🌈💙🏳️‍🌈💙 @donshantajr.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
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Fiona @fionasmall.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
One of the less known aspects about the Easter Rising is that Indian students at UCD also took part & were then deported by the British authorities for it. Among those students was V.V. Giri who became president of India and said “when I am not an Indian, I am an Irishman”
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Thinking of all our RTÉ Radio colleagues today, a very sad day. #RIPSeán
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Motherfucking wind farms…
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