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Tom Byrne @tombyr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wordle 1,931 5/6 This one cost me a lot! 😀 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 26/09/2026

Visits to public libraries around Ireland have increased by two million in the last two years. New figures show that almost 16 million visits were made to Ireland's libraries in 2025, compared with nearly 14 million in 2023

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Public library visits increased by two million nationwide

Visits to public libraries around Ireland have increased by two million in the last two years, new figures show as National Public Libraries Open Day takes place nationwide.

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James Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Alpine Club have an exhibition of some marvellous photos. This one perhaps my favourite.

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Tom Byrne @tombyr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Wordle 1,930 5/6 This one takes the biscuit! 😀 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Tom Byrne @tombyr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

[*Voice of Narrator*] We may never know who built Tofohenge or why...

Small squares of beige coloured tofo arranged on a plate in a shape reminiscent of Stonehenge

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Tom Byrne @tombyr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For all the world, it looks like County Clare emblazoned in the sky - I have an inkling who's winning the Liam MacCarthy Cup this year! 🤣🏆

Grey clouds part, leaving a brighter gap and wispy white clouds that look like the shape of the Irish county of Clare

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Tom Byrne @tombyr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Wordle 1,920 X/6 Didn't get the memo! 🤣 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩

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Tom Byrne @tombyr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Wordle 1,919 4/6 It did today! 😃 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Tom Byrne @tombyr.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Wordle 1,913 4/6 I thought I was going to have to repeat it! 😅 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Tom Byrne @tombyr.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Just spotted a €1.15 special offer for this Kindle book on Amazon's UK site - and then found out the author is Irish! Cracking read so far! 😃👏 📖

A special offer on Amazon.co.uk of a book called Nice Weather for a Killing by Seymour Cresswell for €1.15

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 10/09/2026

A large sand artwork, protesting against the visit of US President Donald Trump to Ireland, has appeared on a beach in Dublin Bay

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Artwork on Dublin beach in opposition to Trump visit

A large sand artwork, protesting against the visit of US President Donald Trump to Ireland, has appeared on a beach in Dublin Bay.

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Tom Byrne @tombyr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Wordle 1,894 6/6 This one definitely ruffled my feathers! 🤣 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 25/08/2026

The family of Dolly Parton has asked those wishing to honour the late country music star to support one of the causes closest to her heart, her Imagination Library. It is a cause that leaves a lasting legacy in Ireland

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How Dolly Parton changed young lives in Ireland

The family of Dolly Parton has asked those wishing to honour the late country music star to support one of the causes closest to her heart, her Imagination Library.

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.

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Tom Byrne @tombyr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Wordle 1,893 5/6 It really didn't for quite a long time! 🤣 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Tom Byrne @tombyr.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

#Worldle #1667 (15.08.2026) 4/6 (100%) 🔥 Current Win Streak: 1 days 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜↙️ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜⬅️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨⬅️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 worldle.teuteuf.fr/share

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Worldle - Guess the Country

A daily geography game where you guess the country from its shape and get clues with every attempt. Play daily or explore the archive.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/08/2026

The catering cart memes are doing me in ☠️😭 Please add any I missed in the replies. We need this laugh.

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Tom Byrne @tombyr.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Lost out on the time in the semis, but great run! 🥳🇮🇪

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Personally victimized by iced coffee at a job interview @karimarie.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

@flightradar24.com This is a trash can, or dust bin in the UK. It's for Count Binface, who is running against Nigel Farage in the Clacton election: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_B...

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PUP163 - G-AZCV (PUP) Sky art interpretation: is this a cupcake or a waste bin? Or maybe something else entirely? Received: 8:06 am, 08 Aug 2026

Screenshot of map from app FlightRadar24 that shows the eastern coast of Britain off of Colchester. A plane is about to land, and the track of the plane's flight shows that it has drawn a dust bin (trash can) in the sky as its flight path.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton

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Tom Byrne @tombyr.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Wordle 1,872 5/6 Finishing down this end of the grid seems to be becoming one! 😁 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Chris T. @readyuser.one · 26/07/2026

Everyone in Mayo going to the Odyssey and thinking "She's only been waiting twenty years, what's she complaining about?"

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Tom Byrne @tombyr.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Miracles do happen! Congratulations Mayo! 🟩🟥 [And speaking of miracles, here's to Carlow in 2027!🤣]

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

What to eat when it's hot: open.substack.com/pub/gilesmac...

Tom Byrne @tombyr.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Wordle 1,847 3/6 I stayed between the lines! 😃 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Tom Byrne @tombyr.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Wordle 1,844 4/6 I almost shot into a three outcome, but foiled at the end! 😂 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Amílcar Tavares @amilcartavares.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This is how proud we are of our boys! We will party today! ♥️🇨🇻🦈

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Tom Byrne @tombyr.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Well, Cabo Verde were magnificent, matched Argentina every step of the way and could easily, and deservedly, have knocked out the World Cup holders. They'll be missed from the rest of the tournament, but they gave enjoyment to so many people and hope to small countries everywhere! 🇨🇻🙌🥳⚽ #CaboVerde

Cabo Verde players at the end of their so so close 3-2 defeat to Argentina

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Tom Byrne @tombyr.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

🥳🎊🎉⚽🙌 Cabo Verde!!

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Tom Byrne @tombyr.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

One goal down, but no downheartedness! #CaboVerdeArgentina

A screen grab of a television picture showing Lionel Messi and Pico Lopes during just at the end of the first half of the Argentina Cabo Verde World Cup game

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Tom Byrne @tombyr.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

If a fairy tale script was written about this World Cup beforehand, it probably wouldn't have come up with this turn of events! Brilliant! 🇨🇻🤝🇮🇪

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I do hope Austria v Spain is known as the Habsburg Derby. Whoever loses, I’m sure they’ll take it on the chin.

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Tom Byrne @tombyr.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

🥳🥳🇨🇻🤝🇮🇪😀

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Tom Byrne @tombyr.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Wordle 1,829 6/6 🤣🎊 Last chance, all I could make fit, and I don't even know what it means! ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Michelle and I had fun surprising the first group of visitors to the Obama Presidential Center on Juneteenth. Come check it out!

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Tom Byrne @tombyr.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Cabo Verde might be small geographically, but it's boundless in heart and spirit! 🎉🇨🇻🥳⚽ Massively enjoyable game, even if my heart rate might not come back to normal for a while yet! #CaboVerde #CPV www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...