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Louise @selkies.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A chairde would there be anyone out there sitting on this Pellador jumper in a Medium or Large that they'd like to swap for my XL

A green long sleeve jumper with Pellador knitted across the front

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

the tech industry is about to invent books

Andrew Yeung
@andruyeung
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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J @jaseomcn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This one never took off

Mean Girls “Get in Loser!” meme:
WT Cosgrave:
Get in loser we’re cementing hegemony of the bishops

De Valera makes his way towards the car

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J @jaseomcn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Having to separate the art from the artist when it comes to the Irish Men’s football team isn’t going to be too hard at least

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

And now for some good news: "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." www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

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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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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“Do you know what Ireland is?' asked Stephen with cold violence. 'Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.” ― James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I was in the room when SD were elected to parliament in 2010, so I would argue that the lurch to the far right goes back much further, but Martin's points are all valid. The Sweden I moved to in 1999 is now as distant as it is dead, the last remnants of Palme's "people's home" blown away like dust.

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Gerry McDied 10 years ago, on a night just like this @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

What about a budget that supports people who get up when they want, except on Wednesdays when they get rudely awakened by the dustmen

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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The more surveillance they cram into gadgets and devices the closer I am to becoming a complete anti tech zealot and ripping out the electricity in my home.

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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

THE PREMISE IS THAT THE MUPPETS ARE PUTTING ON A SHOW CALLED THE MUPPET SHOW

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Dr Gearóidín McEvoy @garodean.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Did you know that we deny Deaf people in Ireland the opportunity to learn Irish in school? Because it’s deemed that they wouldn’t be able. Without any assessment. Without any comprehension that many Deaf people are learning ISL and English at the same time? And are therefore bilingual?

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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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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Guys, we have to have a serious conversation about the Minister for Justice being captured by far-right ideas on migration Also on him just being a stupid arsehole who loves making people suffer for no reason

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Alison @traynspotting.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Ah it's tough when a favourite podcast starts doing spon with AI tools.

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Go on, try to win a popularity contest against volunteer lifeboat operators.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Yes I can hear you Tanguy Destable

Matt Berry saying I can hear you Clem Fandango

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Fake Muppet Show Guests @fakemuppetguests.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It's The Muppet Show with our very special guest star Anthony Bourdain!

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Fake Muppet Show Guests @fakemuppetguests.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

It's The Muppet Show with our very special guest star Plato!

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Alison @traynspotting.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I'm awake with an intense crohn's stricture. Would love the sweet release of death rn tbh.

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Alison @traynspotting.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

God I *hate* Vicky. She just spikes my anger. #RHUGT

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Alison @traynspotting.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Rösta på mitt förslag pls :) goteborg.se/wps/portal/s...

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Alison @traynspotting.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I'm some manner of ill (diffuse symptoms, probably the crohns)so I'm watching season 3 of Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders to really hammer home how useless my body is.

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MOTH News @mothnews.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Are we quietly returning to Tenement Dublin? Once upon a time, entire families lived in a single room in Dublin's infamous tenements. Today, more and more adults are renting just one room in shared houses as HMOs become increasingly common across Britain.

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Alison @traynspotting.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

If my surname was Lemass, I'd be signing of all my emails with "Is mise Lemass".

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Sinéad at the Grammys serving notice: "Our first performer is 21 years old, comes from Ireland, and with her very first album, The Lion and the Cobra, she has served notice that she is no ordinary talent." "I don't know no shame I feel no pain" www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWY1...

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Sinead O'Connor - Mandinka (1989 Grammy's).flv

YouTube video by FritsTimmer

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Alison @traynspotting.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Louis Pasteur rolling in his grave.

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Nicolas Dream, PhD @afraidofwasps.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Friend (Normie comedy fan): There's nothing funnier than slipping on a banana peel. LOL! Me: (into intellectual dark comedy) And Dying

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Ash @santanaelchan.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

She's just like me

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Alison @traynspotting.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

This type of stuff is so assinine. We need public toilets; unisex, single stall, with the sink *in* the stall, properly maintained and cleaned. No one in a medical emergency wants to have the hassle of relying on the benevolent whims of businesses.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

More fucking nonsense. Build public toilets, pay people to maintain them, and stop placing the responsibility for the provision of services on individuals and companies, when it belongs to the state.

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Danielle Blake @abradacabla.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Personally I would just ban all online betting. It is a cancer on society.

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

With the current political conversation of our Anglosphere neighbours being Trump on our left and Count Binface on our right, there's never been a more urgent need for the Irish population of social media to relearn an Gaeilge and unlearn English entirely, for our collective sanity

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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 01/07/2026

*prepares a hasty thread on the work of Roger Casement to justify why a victory for DR Congo is also a victory for Ireland*

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kelly @earley.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

this week, i'm talking about the environmental impact of war & why it needs equal airtime to the conversation about data centres (although, as noted within, they are not two distinct issues) last week's heatwave should be a wake up call against further militarisation

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Kelly Earley: As global militaries wage war and kill people, they are also killing the planet

The impact of war generally goes under the radar in our conversations about pollution and the climate crisis.

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Martin Degrell @martindegrell.com · 24/06/2026

Ingen ny påg än

JUST NU: Svart rök från Pågens nya fabrik

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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

so sick and burnt out last week I missed my own Irish Examiner op-ed on how communities have organised to resist the far right and repair the damage left behind once politicians have lost interest and the press have moved on to the next story www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

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Communities like Clonmel have fought back against the far right. Here's how yours can too

When the far-right started organising in Clonmel in 2024, Dean Buckley wasn't an activist. Learning from Roscrea's experience, his community fought back

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reni 🦌 @reniadeb.com · 18/06/2026

don't let anyone stop you from watching a three-hour-long film at home! that six-hour-long film will be the best four-day-long film you've ever seen!

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Mercedes Durham @drswissmiss.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Sociolinguistics is asking, “why is it Waldo in NAmerica and Wally in UK?” (and Charlie in French)

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Sofia Rönnow Pessah @sofiaronnowpessah.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Idag stod högerextrema politiker upp, applådera och skrek ”send them back” inne i plenisalen efter att återvändandeförordningen röstats igenom i Europaparlamentet. Tidö - ja. C, MP, V - nej. S la ner sina röster (trots att 84% av europeiska socialdemokratiska partigruppen röstade nej)

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Auntie O'Grimacey @bubblenoma.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

This is such great news! Abortion access has been improved! The goal of free, safe, legal and local abortion access is closer!

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