“Ah lads what am I like”

Munster Rugby are proud to announce their new head of S&C.

Michael Healy-Rae puts the leave in sleaveen

It’s weird to turn on TV and see your patio table on the news

This piece by economist Sinead O’Sullivan really dives into the wealth disparity, decades of under funding of public service, leading to the ground swell of public anger driving much of the support for the fuel protests in Ireland

What’s this. The government of Ireland trying to address a problem by throwing money at businesses and doing nothing for consumers? It didn’t help consumers when they gave the fuel suppliers a tax cut and allowed them to increase their prices by the same amount, but surely it will work this time.

“The government’s approach, for a very long time, has been to project powerlessness in the face of every inconvenience, to blame ‘global megatrends’ as Varadkar did in his goodbye speech. To make the public feel insane for even suggesting that the government can solve problems.” This week’s column!

There’s a special place in hell for people who exploit their fellow county people in foreign countries. Plenty of Irish abroad have been exploited by their fellow Irish. The same thing is happening to Indians, Brazilians and many other nationalities here now.

This is an incredible piece of work. Dublin history, personal history, hope, pain and impossible things. Please read it. www.dublininquirer.com/a-man-wonder...

Formal garda complaints to be made over three Irish accounts linked to racist abuse of Edogbo (✍️@rugby_ie) #Racism #EndRacism #RacistAbuse

I think I used to be flatmates with that Petri dish.

I remember reading years ago that Brendan Gleeson was trying get a Gráinne Mhaol film greenlit (as they say in the biz) but I never been able find any evidence of that whenever I try searching. Did I just imagine the whole thing? But if I did, why did I imagine Brendan Gleeson being involved?

There won’t be a tourist fleeced in Killarney this day.

What level of cringe are we expecting from the annual Oval Office kissing the ring ceremony this year?

They’re never not at it them lads.

I'm obsessed with the way there were 9/11 conspiracy documentaries on Bin Laden's hard drive. Just imagine him being all "they're not telling us everything, lads".

Why didn’t The Brits just ask David Byrne to perform instead of getting Harry Styles to do an impression?

As a professional military strategist, I just wanted to make sure everyone has a full understanding of the American strategy in Iran, thank you for your attention to this matter

I guess some things really do run in the family

When you're paintballing with the boys at 9, but hosting a news panel discussion at 10.

Oh God, I see Waterford is twinned with Denmark. Trump will probably try to invade Tramore

I know that bluesky will be reflexively anti-AI on this one, but think of the number of times you've been playing a game you paid full price for and thought, "I wish someone could have my fun for me so I could get back to work"

Joint statement on Greenland

My phone autocorrected "I" to "AI", so they really are trying to replace us.

Maybe in the end the Stranger Things were the friends we made along the way.

Every time there's a breaking story about a celeb's treatment of women, everyone in the book world asks, "Is it finally Walliams?" Well, it finally is.

Every time I'm in a restaurant I remember Kevin McAleer's reply to a waiter who told him the Soup Of The Day. "Where there any other contenders?" "Um, no?" "A hollow victory, then".

So: Trump has finally filed a law suit against the BBC. New reports say he filed the suit in Florida yesterday. Am going to have a look at this and will post more later.

I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

We will rebuild.

This storm Bram mo’fo has gone too far. Where’s my crappy plastic greenhouse gone?

I see Elon Musk is personally suing (along with X Holdings Corp) the Irish media regulator Coimisiún na Meán, in High Court proceedings filed yesterday. Hearing is due January 23rd.

Pretty much an accurate summary of US legal news nowadays.

- anything happening today? - not much - will we get roll out the old strawberry farm might be aliens or aurora borealis story? - ah sure we might as well

Last year www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-...

No, the mysterious glow over Dublin Airport last night was not the Northern Lights jrnl.ie/6840729

Look What is the 'Aurora Berryalis' spotted over Dublin? www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...

How does a story about the lights in Keelings fruit farm become national news every few weeks?

Thanks to @irishexaminer.bsky.social for letting me write this piece about leaders and readers, and the occasional intersection of literature and politics on this island.

Burkey’s on the lam!

squirrel: *points gun* me: what do you want me to do? squirrel: *gestures at sign* me: alright, i get it *opens book drop* squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion* me: NOT A SQUIRREL! squirrel: *disappears into book drop* me: *whispers* forgive me, keith

The way Ireland experiences Black Friday without Thanksgiving always reminds me of Narnia enduring winter without Christmas.

I was on a ferry that had to wait outside Holyhead for about 3 hours because of stormy weather. It’s even less enjoyable than being stranded inside Holyhead.

“Prolific” seems like an unusual choice here

What am I supposed to do with the container load of “Dublin: The city with two cathedrals and no more” t shirts and fridge magnets that I ordered from the lads in China?

You’d think there would be more waving incense around and singing and stuff . Seems a bit anticlimactic. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

The full transcript of Zohran Mamdani's acceptance speech is very much worth reading in full. Even if you don't agree with your politics, it's very beautifully put together. archive.is/8VqQJ [this is a useable link to the NYT transcript]

I see it's time for me to make the point again that the poppy is a fundraising campaign for the Royal British Legion, a specific, mundane entity that is not exempt from scrutiny and does not own the concept of remembrance. You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...