Spend some time trapped inside hilarious nonsense and get killed a lot, but it's all right : this isn't the USA so the murderous lunacy isn't real.

Tá obair na gcapall déanta ag Catherine Connolly ar son seirbhísí sláinte is tithíochta i nGaillimh Thiar, ar son na neodrachta agus ar son na Gaeilge. Mar gheall ar an gclaonadh láidir ina haghaidh ar RTÉ is ar an Times, braithim go bhfuil sé tábhachtach é sin a rá www.oireachtas.ie/ga/members/m...

Is leor dúinn ceol na habhann Mé féin is na bric

Absolute legend. MORE of THIS from all our politicians

Bean inspioráideach agus ceist fíor-dheacair á phlé aici. Lasair sa dorchadas.

Léigí agus roinnigí in ainm Dé!

Banksy satirised the state silencing those opposed to Israel’s genocide. The state then inadvertently made his artwork genius.

Bígí ann!

Our lead ship on the Global Sumud Flotilla was droned and caught fire. The six who were onboard are safe, and our mission will continue. They know international opinion is turning inexorably against them. Bombing peaceful humanitarians won’t exactly help that, but it’s the only response they’ve got.

‘The Sound Atlas: A Guide to Strange Sounds across Landscapes and Imagination’ by @michaelavieser.bsky.social & @ekostories.bsky.social, a wonderful book of 36 short essays on sound in place & imagination I commissioned for @reaktionbooks.bsky.social. Published this week.

Chasamar ar ghrúpaí áitiúla spóirt, lucht feachtais don Phalaistín, daoine óga faoi mhíchumas, rúnaithe agus feighlithe scoile ar stailc agus go leor leor daoine lena scéal féin le hinse acu.

Is breá liom ar fad "the loping strides of a mountainy man"!

Charlie Byrne's bookshop in Galway will go to remarkable lengths to get a book for you if it's not in stock. And they will post free anywhere in Ireland. No excuse, then, for supporting the genocidal multinational corporation – sadly – behind Hodges Figgis.

An Solomon Gaelach gan aon agó!!

The genocide in Gaza will be burned into the conscience of generations and it will be the first thing they will think about when someone utters “Israel”, not because of some supposed uniqueness but because they saw it with their own eyes, live-streamed, on a daily basis for months on end.

I've always been sceptical of 'sunlight is the best disinfectant', but I looked it up and apparently it is healthier to hang laundry outside. So maybe that is what we should do with fascists.

Yvette Cooper received a six-figure "donation" from an Israel lobby group. Her priorities are clear. I'm not sure of Sally Rooney's sales in Palestine but they probably aren't a deciding factor here. The British – what are they like?

Mór an trua gur dúnadh saotharlann photaireachta Carraig a Laighean sna seachtóidí. Mar féirín dom fhéin tá mé tar éis seit bhricfeasta a cheannach – cupán is fochupán, taephota agus crúiscín , babhla is dhá phláta. Cuireann siad gliondar ar mo chroí aosta.

Irish artists/ supporters of the arts, please check out and fill in this short survey. The Gript/ far right dudes are already sharing it on X and I'd be worried it'll get brigaded. If we want it to be retained and expanded we gotta drown them out.

I have simply sailed through life unaware of the looming threat of my kitchen scales. Thank you for putting me right, Lidl.

You believe you are safe because you have a well-trained police force. But the police are not there to protect you, they are there to obey whoever is in power. Elect the wrong people, suffer the consequences.

I’m giving away a signed & framed linocut print of The Mary Wallopers to raise funds for Gaza Go Bragh. www.idonate.ie/raffle/Print... The raffle will be running over on iDonate until the 17th and I’ll cover postage to anywhere in the world. Share with everyone and anyone!

‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse - An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation by Luke Kemp argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Ah, the cozy evenings of my childhood. We had nothing this posh but the music – we had the music.

Human Intelligence fights back! Una Healy, a brilliant Irish designer, has designed a logo to mark anything produced by human intelligence. The project is called 'hi from a human' and I think the logo is a creation of pure genius! hifromahuman.com

Léigí seo in ainm Dé. Agus bígí gnóthach ar son na fírinne !

youtu.be/RUBs3YxPc40?... The Lord Almighty grant us a quiet night and a perfect end

greyheronzen.ie/found-in-tra... Aistriúchán thar 'bheith suimiúil – agus fonn breá fosta

An phortaingéilis – ní teanga atá ann ach rún diaga. Tóg, mar shampla, an focal 'desaparecido' (disappeared). Deireann muintir na háite 'zaparsíd'. Um copo de vinho do Porto? Não – 'Um cop d'vin d'Port'.

Suíomh an-úsáideach agus thar 'bheith suimiúil ar fad : www.gaelchlo.com/index.html

Éistigí , féachaigí agus scairtigí os ard in ainm Dé

Just watch this. Here is a truly admirable person.

“a deliberate, systematic starvation of an entire population” A statement by Doctors Against Genocide. #Gaza

An-dán: tuairisc.ie/dan-nua-mior...

Stephen Colbert: "Next year will be our last season. The network will be ending the Late Show in May." [boos] "And yeah, I share your feelings." www.instagram.com/reel/DMOhWKs...

Éistigí, féachaigí agus bíodh faghairt i bhur gcroíthe.

Tá ceann uaim anois – láithreach bonn!!

@xkcd.com is a genius. Still laughing at this an hour after seeing it.

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... Sur mes refuges détruits
Sur mes phares écroulés
Sur les murs de mon ennui
J’écris ton nom Sur l’absence sans désir
Sur la solitude nue
Sur les marches de la mort
J’écris ton nom Sur la santé revenue
Sur le risque disparu J’écris ton nom
 Liberté Paul Elouard

Tar éis na praisí a rinne na sasanaigh agus logainmneacha gaeleacha á scriobh acu, bí cead againn beagánín díoltais a bhaint amach orthu.

Ireland has a proud history of opposing anti-Semitism www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025... Fintan O'Toole highlights how the experience of oppression can either cause a people to develop a massive sense of entitlement or a lively sense of compassion. With obvious implications…

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... Terrorist detonates 500lb bomb in crowded Café. Meanwhile, over on BBC, nothing in particular happens in Ambridge

We must go on speaking truth to power, Fiú má chothaítear fadhb. Go háirithe nuair a chothaítear fadhb!

English bureaucracy – the meticulous execution of the mindlessly idiotic

With Kneecap playing Glastonbury today it’s time to repost this

substack.com/@deaglanomul... Maith sibh kneecap! Leanaigí ar aghaidh. Fiú má chothaítear fadhb.

We just adore this 'Ireland is Full' campaign. Well done to our partners at CYPSC, Cork Migrant Centre, the Cork Migrant Centre Youth Initiative, Nano Nagle Place, Cork City and County LAITs and Tusla. #IrelandisFull #RefugeesWelcome #negatethehate

We need IgNoble awards for science writing. I'm nominating this piece of heroic click-bait trivialisation: _Feeling significant is also found to increase serotonin levels, sometimes called the “confidence molecule”_