Our home in Listowel has joined the ranks of the 155,000+ solar-panelled homes in Ireland. These generate twice as much electricity annually as the ESB’s pioneering hydro-electric station at Ardnacrusha. Yet, no one seems to have noticed this phenomenal transformation.

Remembering Sean O'Casey born on this day 1880.

I’m watching #COYBIG with soccer royalty in John B’s, Listowel. Former Irish manager Eoin Hand, (right) led the Republic of Ireland 1980-85, narrowly missing qualification for the 1982 World Cup. He has 19 Irish caps too! #CZEIRL

Israel’s death penalty bill for Palestinian prisoners moves to final vote Legislation initiated by far-right Otzma Yehudit party drew mounting criticism from opponents and rights groups as it moved through the Knesset

“Grass soon grows over a battlefield but never over a scaffold.” Winston Churchill, The World Crisis, Vol. 4 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it The Government Accountability Office can't even verify the books. Here's what Congress must do.

American exceptionalism gone mad. These unsustainable debts appear not to be a problem until suddenly they will be, and then the US will be rightly f.cked. It will only take a split second, and everything will change, change utterly, in the blink of an eye.

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Actors, musicians and writers welcome UK U-turn on AI use of copyrighted work Government no longer has ‘preferred option’ on copyright, technology secretary says, after backlash from artists

Can we have something similar here too, but slightly more robust, please?

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Glorious Ballybunion this afternoon — delicious!

One of the striking things about packing up to move is how many boxes of documents I have pertaining to libel threats that were made and never came to court

All the thousands of hours of my life wasted with dealing with it all

And I’m far from the only one

Listening to @news.rte.ie, online or via the app, is a nightmare: too many ads overlaying interviews, and even the news headlines. I’ve switched to Times Radio as there are similar issues on rival Irish stations. Make it stop, and I’ll return. @declynchwriter.bsky.social

Declan Lynch: On Arena, Rick O’Shea could already claim squatter’s rights to that hot seat When you boil it down to its ­essence, ­Father Ted was about providing ­answers to the question: what do priests do all day? Sometimes I ask myself the same question about RTÉ’s top executives, but al...

Declan Lynch talking a lot of sense here: m.independent.ie/entertainmen...

Here’s what you’ll be reading in 2026, according to Irish booksellers With new titles due from the likes of Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Colm Tóibín and Donal Ryan, booksellers expect 2026 to be a ‘bumper year’

Irish fiction is one of our passions and it continues to grow for us, John B Keane’s The Bodhran Makers was a bestseller last year as it is highlighted as a staff favourite.
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Flickers of Obama: Is Georgia senator Jon Ossoff a Democratic presidential runner? Ossoff has skilfully walked the tightrope of thriving as a liberal in a conservative state as he seeks senate re-election

Flickers of Obama: Is Georgia senator Jon Ossoff a Democratic presidential runner?

Adrian Weckler: Entering the US set to become an app-based dystopia with social media tracking Travelling to the US could soon become an app-based dystopia where facial scans and social media tracking are the norm.

Entering the US is set to become an app-based dystopia with social media tracking.

What used to be a visa-free privilege (the ESTA) is to turn into a biometric, digitally-scored identity system.

m.independent.ie/business/tec...

Reform of Esta system (app-only, no website) based on:

- common use of facial scans in airports anyway
- tougher rules on who’s allowed in US

But they also want selfies before *and after* US visit + years of social media.

Lack of protest from X-based Irish ‘free speech’ folks is striking

Consumers are being gouged, left, right and centre. How can this be stopped?

Guinness is gouging loyal customers and blackguarding poor farmers. Cutting from today's Irish Examiner.

You Need to Watch Governor Walz’s Remarks Things are escalating quickly. Here’s what you need to know.

I normally don't break my schedule for newsletters because breaking news isn't my thing. But things are escalating quickly, so I made an exception. Please read and share these remarks from @governorwalz.mn.gov. www.altrightdelete.news/p/you-need-t...

How can Guinness justify a tiny 4p increase in the price of a pint in the UK while simultaneously gouging Irish drinkers for 20c (17p) a pint? The stuff is made here.

Diageo is gouging Guinness drinkers to make up for poor whisky sales. Guinness has been my favourite tipple for nearly 50 years. I'm done, any alternative recommendations on value and quality? FAFO!

This great news for journalism in Ireland.

Message from the Editor: We hit a big milestone this year The Irish Times recently passed an important milestone: revenue generated by subscribers for the first time fully funds our journalism

Message from the Editor: We hit a big milestone this year

Turns out a combination of not using That Other Site and the economic landscape at the moment in general does, in fact, makes fulfilling the whole "starving artist" stereotype a whole lot more achievable 😅

Wishing all at @kennysbookshop.bsky.social warm wishes celebrating 85 years at the heart of Galway books, art, and more. This archives Kenny's brochure even included a map of the original shop on High Street!

Sir Tom Stoppard, award-winning playwright, dies aged 88 It was an honour to know him, agent says in statement confirming death

🔺 BREAKING: It was an honour to know him, agent says in statement confirming death

Assassination Custard, Dublin: ‘Precisely chaotic and singularly wonderful’ | The Observer

I went to Assassination Custard, the most precisely chaotic and singularly wonderful restaurant in Dublin, and had a very, very nice time.

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November evening sun in Ballybunion, County Kerry, looking towards Kerry Head and the Dingle Peninsula. No filter.

SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.

"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA

Revenue extends deadline for local property tax to next Wednesday as thousands yet to file The deadline for filing a local property tax return has been extended until next Wednesday at the end of the day.

Revenue extends deadline for local property tax to next Wednesday as thousands yet to file
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