My Uncle would have known him a bit around Killaloe.
His videos were a staple of our Christmases, a consummate entertainer.

A plate of roasted duck.

I can never order duck without thinking of Brendan Grace telling me it's not on the menu.
ABCDE.. IYKYK.

Watching Goodman: Too Big To Fail on @rteone.rte.ie for a bit of light relief.

Whether you agree with the military operations on Ghorman or not, you need to respect our men and women in white who are making sacrifices for the Empire.

Ireland COVID vaccine update, it looks like the Spring vaccination campaign will begin on the 13th of April. Criteria unchanged.
assets.hse.ie/media/docume...

Irish Independent: Man stole three coffee machines in a week from Monaghan department store.

How does he sleep at night?

Aka The Bad Place, but not the worst place if you've ever been to Facebook.

Bacik calls out Baggot Street Hospital sale - The Labour Party Bacik calls out Baggot Street Hospital sale - The Labour PartyLabour leader and Deputy for Dublin Bay South Ivana Bacik has called out Government for failing to use the iconic Baggot Street Hospital b...

Bacik calls out Baggot Street Hospital sale.

“It is deeply disappointing to see that the iconic Baggot Street hospital building will not now be used to provide homes, with reports indicating that the building has been sold to a hotelier." @ivanabacik.bsky.social

labour.ie/news/2026/02...

When it comes to housing supply there is a big f*cking elephant in the room
Last year CSO found 65,000 homes empty for 2 yrs, using ESB data, yet for same period less than 3,000 paid the vacant homes tax
So thats around 62,000 houses waiting for someone to call them home

Me at Oireachtas
#speirgorm

Breaking: Gardaí are starting a search operation on open ground in Co Wicklow today as part of the investigation into the disappearance and murders of Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob in the 1990s.

Ok, who broke Twitter this time?

And in the past 48 hours this is the light relief!
BRB, going to Insta for a cute kitten cleanse.

Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

Palantir's Swiss Exit Highlights Global Data Sovereignty Challenge | NewsCase Switzerland's military has terminated its contract with Palantir Technologies Inc. following a security audit. The review concluded that U.S. intelligence ag

"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"

www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...

#R4Today

The amount of history books we'll write about 2026 is going to be enough to make the Encyclopædia Britannica blush.

Thanking you, back on terra firma now ☘️ Stellar performance by EI0565 @aerlingus1.bsky.social

A handsome man in a 3M Aura FFP2 mask wearing glasses and noise cancelling headphones.

BRB, going Olympics.

Venture capital organized sexual abuse is another of those things where it seems too conspiracy theory to be real but is 100% true just like everything else they do.

Could the autistic sense of justice please tone it down a little, because it is screaming right now.

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

Imagine what’s happening in the camps.

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Here is a useful directory of where you can donate to help activists in Minnesota.

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I wanted to share some books that have been most influential to me and shaped my work on tech fascism. Here is a short list:

Snake Island, Russian warship go fuck yourself stamp.

Reply sent by post.

Was Board of Kleptocracy already taken?

Guys I have you warn you, if people don't start buying our anus flavoured ice-cream we might have to discontinue the anus flavoured ice-cream, come on

I'd kinda like if there was no war, actually.

It's bizarre that some politicians are trying to behave as if the US president were sane, or capable of reason or moral judgement.