My band Ekko Astral is releasing our first song in a year — “horseglue” — this Wednesday on @topshelfrecords.com. It is a deeply personal call for moral courage aimed directly at the beltway media elite. Share this widely & brace yrselves, this is the hardest song we’ve ever dropped. 📰 🩸

nathan fielder (narrating): to understand what it’s like to be in a plane crash, i needed to experience one myself. but i would have to defeat the god of death to return to the world of the living. so in a studio warehouse, i recreated the shadow realm of duat and the twelve gates of the underworld,

Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog Pasta (1998-1999): Canned pasta in a tomato/cheese sauce from Franco-American, shaped like weapons, a castle, and a dragon from the short-lived Fox Kids action-fantasy series from Saban, which was set in ancient Ireland

Scott McTominay being sold was the day I knew the rot had really set in at United. He just scored a possible scudetto winning goal for Napoli(a fuckin banger too) and it looks like the fireworks in celebration could burn a city down. I could not be happier for him. #Napoli

Instead of having decent public housing we have tax payer's money handed to a TD who takes it to put tenants in her 10 houses, and then gets to vote against tenant's rights.

Blatant corruption. We should have a by-election out of this.

The Housing Agency refused to release information to homeowners affected by the defective block crisis – classifying social media criticism and news reporting as “threats” that “endanger life or safety”. www.ontheditch.com/housing-agen...

#OtD 7 Apr 1926 Violet Gibson attempted to assassinate Mussolini, shooting him through the nose. After being beaten & arrested, Gibson tried to be released by convincing doctors she was mad, and was deported to Britain where she died stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1068...

Flash Gordon as Gaeilge is back in The Echo or available by subscription here: t.co/Je0XfrRLQT. Beidh clár nua againn gach Deardaoin! New episodes every Thursday! Original strip by Dan Schkade, translated by me, and lettered by Rob Jones. #SpeirGorm

This is for everyone in the country. You'll never cage Michael Lowry, the crook that can't get got. You'll never even get him to apologise. He should be hounded until he retires,he should never know rest, the public should boo him on sight. He should be made a social pariah.

Dáil “speaking time’ row is really about FFG not wanting to admit Michael Lowry is an important and influential part of their Government. #speirgorm #ireland

I never, ever, ever want to hear a single word out of any Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael supporters mouth about how Sinn Féin or People Before Profit don't respect democratic norms and processes. This has been both shameful and shameless from the government, from start to finish.

A lot of people knew George Lowe as the voice of Space Ghost. But to me, he was the voice of Brak’s dad. RIP. youtu.be/RUKBHOZBCHE?...

Watching Galway United beating St. Pats live on TV on a Friday night. What an age we live in. #LOI #GALPAT

So I guess we're just awash with c*nts and grifters now.....

Huge night in Norway for League of Ireland football, Shamrock Rovers with a 1 nil win over Molde, great to see for the country. It would be amazing to see them progress.

The brain-rot continues. Sharon must have the attention she craves because honestly what else is this only a desperate cry of 'look at me, look at me!'

Amanda Palmer:

Ashley Wood's variant cover for Batman: Dark Patterns #3. Out today!

Look I agree that Elon Musk appears to be on a lot of drugs every time he appears in public. That's not very interesting to me. I'm more interested in how many drugs he can do at once. I think he could probably do more than anyone ever. I bet he could take way more than the doctors say is safe.

Watching the superbowl on Fox to get that full American experience. Absolutely nauseating. A dead culture.

Remembering Ann Lovett, who tragically died, 41 years ago today, after giving birth alone in a grotto in Granard. 'The Statue of the Virgin at Granard Speaks' by Paula Meehan

I need 8 more followers to get to a big round number. Anyway, here's one of my favourite images of Ireland. A young lady in the Claddagh, Galway City, at the front door of one of the traditional fisherfolks' cottages, with newly built homes in the background (1931, Seán Sexton Collection.)

I absolutely second this. Surely it should be an win for the government.

“Actually, it was a Roman salute”

Excellent column as always. We have a serious issue with the speakers rights debacle & the new CC Verona Murphy appearing to back it. Opposition parties need to stand up to this before the Dail sits.

Piano roll of “Laura Palmer’s Theme” from Twin Peaks. The visual representation of two mountain peaks in the music was a “cosmic” coincidence which shocked both Lynch and Badalamenti when they discovered it

The best to ever do it. We'll never see his like again. I hope he's a giant floating head in dream/idea space now. RIP

happy birthday, david berman. you are missed music.apple.com/us/album/all...

Bonny Prince Billy at the National on Concert Hall @rteradio1.bsky.social right now. That's great New year's day content! Happy New year all!

More justification as I try to ween myself off baileys coffees......

A lovely evening for a walk out on the strand in Mallaranny, Co.Mayo. Weather just grand and mild. #westofireland

It’s St Stephen’s Day, when the Wren Boys used to go door to door “hunting the wren”, the king of all birds. youtu.be/lUReQ9GhT8s?...

This is the true meaning of Christmas, sandwiches for every meal possible after Christmas day and pouring yourself a glass of wine at 11am because fuck it, if you're being left to cook the bird, it's time to start cooking yourself.

Have some Frank Quitely Batman.

American secret societies and traditions are always creepy and interesting. The Veiled Prophet ball is like something out of True Detective.

Time to update my profile picture & then change it next August probably. Happy Christmas from Alphonse & myself.

AI Mariah Carey? No, just Xanax. The real star of Christmas #LatelateToyShow

Smyths brraking their heart giving 10 grand & making sure the trolleys were the smallest ones at hand. #ToyShow for fucks sake.

BBC fall for this marketing story hook line and sinker. Instead buy beer from local Irish breweries not an Irish ‘branded’ product produced by a multinational company www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Finally! The lists are arriving & we can all argue again! Lot of good stuff on here too. Obvious bits sure but surprised & delighted about who got #1. Their live show in Vicar St this year was nothing short of incandescent.

Current Galway West counts. SD candidate to be divided so transfers should probably put Farrell(sf) over the line & get Catherine Connelly closer if not there. FG still tight with Ind Ire but Kyne votes once excluded will probably secure it. #GE24

www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic... More Galway West counts. Grainger Seoige eliminated. Ind Ire may take a seat ahead of FG. #GE24

1st count in Galway West, pretty much as you were in terms of the previous election. Quota in 10000, transfers could really shake up the final seats. #GE24

Neale Richmond, the rugby ball that wished it were a real boy is back in for more groan inducing hot takes for FG. People have no taste. #GE24