"El Generalísimo": Spanish Civil War poster from the socialist trade union, UGT, showing Franco followed by a general, a capitalist and a priest, 1937. Artist: Predero (a member of the Fine Arts Section of the Sindicato de Profesionales de las Bellas Artes, UGT)

Our friend, poet and activist Sarah Clancy, is on the Spectre, one of the boats on the Flotilla which was attacked last night. Contact the Taoiseach and Tánaiste to demand protection, there must be safe passage for all trying to break apartheid Israel's illegal siege of Gaza. #LiftTheSiege

You had me at bottomless chips

If you're intending to vote in the Irish presidential election, you have until October 7th to register or change your details on the electoral register.

I wonder what the powerful people with immediate access to unquestioned blanket media coverage reckon today.

I guess it's 'out of reach' and also 'too far'

Leading up to yesterday's play streets, I read comments online where people warned it would lead to traffic chaos, how it was an infringement of drivers' rights or (more imaginatively) a plot to imprison people in their homes. Meanwhile, here's what those living on the streets in Dublin 7 said...

A message to Vince Gasparro, who has banned us from Canada, and our many fans there. 👇

[Withnail, close to tears] “I have become vulnerable in the night-time economy”.

Une université américaine lance une enquête sur un professeur d’archéologie suspecté d'être un « antifa » www.legorafi.fr/2025/09/19/u...

“In Dublin city, of the 3,350 new homes built in 2024, 111 apartments were sold to household buyers and just 44 new scheme houses. That’s it.” @irishtimes.com

It's worth noting the only complaint is from a driving instructor who said that people still go too fast. Which is a good reminder that while lowering speed limits is important, designing roads that force people to slow down is even better.

Queen

“If we leave it up to the market, you would have only offices, furnished tourist rentals and second homes — a Paris without Parisians, a Paris for the rich” (Indeed. Look at Anglosphere capitals. Amusing to watch the FT try to get its head around this pretty excellent policy) on.ft.com/4nxze08

And here on the FOI by @lnbdublin.bsky.social that shows that Government Ministers are well aware of these contradictions. www.rte.ie/news/primeti...

Pollinator-friendly spring bulbs which you can be planting this autumn for spring flowers & bees, as recommended by the All Ireland Pollinator Plan pollinators.ie/wp-content/u...

In just 10 days, nearly 200,000 EU citizens sent their messages urging the Commission not to touch the laws that protect our water, air, biodiversity, and much more #HandsOFFNature The amount of citizen responses (around 95% of the submissions) is record-breaking.

Over 8,000 students on the route, 3 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and Mary Immaculate College. The current situation is a nightmare. We need to see construction start on the Active Travel scheme asap

I LOVE a sand battery. Big pile of sand! It works!

They droned a second boat. We’re still going to Gaza. Pressure the Irish government any way you can to support the flotilla and sanction the country attacking us

This has surprised me as much as hearing tonight that Tennessee Williams only died in 1983, meaning he was alive at the same time as Serena and Venus, the other tennisy Williams

Gaza aid flotilla carrying Greta Thunberg reports second drone attack at Tunisian port

Just 1 day left to speak up for nature! Across Europe, our forests are thinning, our rivers are drying, and our wildlife is vanishing. Now the European Commission wants to weaken the laws that protect them. Tell them to keep their #HandsOffNature. Speak up now: environmentalpillar.ie/hands-off-na...

"The Eye of Sauron now turns to Gondor, the last free kingdom of men."

"Approximately 20% of drivers were engaged in distracting or impatient driving, with one in ten drivers being engaged in unlawful behaviours involving the use of handheld devices while driving. Drivers of larger vehicles also exhibited more dangerous driving." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

UK government report based on internal civil service trial finds Copilot doesn’t increase productivity, and indeed makes Excel take longer and with more errors, and requires Powerpoint users to have ‘corrective action’ applied to their outputs. www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/m...

Over 70% of people incarcerated in Ireland suffer from substance addiction. I investigated the stark reality of the access to treatment within the system. Please have a read. @dublininquirer.com

The moral arc of the universe is long...

“The video of me being beaten went viral because I’m white but the violence I experienced is just a drop in the ocean compared to what my Palestinian, Arab & other racialised comrades have endured at the hands of the German state police over the past 2 years.” This is what solidarity looks like

Word of the day is ‘tamalou’: a French name for an older person who no longer greets their friends with ‘how was your holiday?, but with ‘t’as mal où ?’, ‘where does it hurt?’. There follows an enthusiastic account of aches and pains and doctor’s appointments.

Anyone know how we find out who Limerick Councillors vote for?

YES to this headline

"Cycling alone isn’t going to remedy Ireland’s shocking happiness and mental and physical health scores, but the Dutch are getting plenty right, it seems." www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

What a spiritual practice actually looks like:

Housing commencement figures down nearly 80% so far this year

Me: this is great, glad to see authors ripped off by AI getting their due. Me after using the search tool: I am one of these ripped off authors. Academics, it only takes a minute. Seven of my papers are in this and I had no idea.

So many pictures of murdered and maimed children. So many. But also there was a beloved music teacher, Elham Farah, shot in the leg by a sniper to use as bait, then run over by a tank, in November 2023. A beloved old woman. A teacher.

This article just reminded me of this old tweet

BREAKING: Award-winning Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty has been arrested after wearing a T-shirt reading 'Genocide in Palestine, time to take action' Police arrested the I, Daniel Blake writer in Edinburgh this morning

me on @cmatbaby.bsky.social’s EURO-COUNTRY and why it gives voice to a distressingly normalised post-recession malaise. i hope you read!

in ireland, we don't say 'serial killer', we say 'he's a divil for the aul' murder' & i think that's beautiful.

Dublin Inquirer turns its gaze to Limerick! With interesting insights www.dublininquirer.com/could-dublin...

I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/

My hardest byline ever, in today’s print @theguardian.com, is the obit of Paula Heister, a fellow at Harvard and Cambridge and prize-winning illustrator - but also my best friend. And her very last act, in a Vienna hospital, was to become my son’s godmother. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Would you like to contribute to the public consultation about the Basic Income for the Arts? 💡 Fill out this survey from Minister O’Donovan at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

*lewd wolf whistle*

Still recruiting! Born in Ireland? Parents who migrated here? Grew up in Limerick or the Mid-West? I'm doing a research project on second-generation identity and would love to chat with you. Please share with anyone who might be interested - it would mean a lot 🙏

Did a new one

Brilliant reporting by the galway advertiser. Absolutely perfect www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...