Did he have anything to say about the Irish president's sister being abducted in international waters, or did he somehow miss that?

“75% of far right commentary about Ireland comes from outside Ireland” www.thegist.ie/the-gist-sun...

Cork, what a county. Its September 1934 and the Derry Journal reports that at a cinema dance in Buttevant, Co. Cork, all the women there refused to dance with the fascist Blueshirts. A Blueshirt announced that they had paid their way in and if no girls would dance with them.. [1/2]

It would be great to see the UK govt paying attention to the people, often their friends, who openly state their desire to wipe out Catholics and/or Muslims, but it seems unlikely.

Zack Polanski HATEs the environment; my latest in divorced dad monthly

In honour of Bealtaine, a little poem trí Ghaeilge of mine which borrows its title from a phrase taught to me by an old Irish teacher. It won me a prize at the Frances Browne Literary Festival in Donegal back in October

Seven Irish activists who were detained by Israeli authorities after their Gaza flotilla was intercepted have been released in Greece, according to organisers. An Irish spokesperson said it was unclear if they now had freedom of movement. www.thejournal.ie/helen-mcente...

The 14th death was John Johnston who died 4 months later. He was shot twice by soldiers waiting in a derelict building but who meant their bullets for 15-year-old Damien Donaghy, who they only managed to shoot in the thigh.

Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke became the better known Kemi Badenoch in 2012, having married former KGB agent Boris Badenoch, famous for his cold war era pursuit of Bullwinkle and his sidekick Rocky, leading to hilarious japes aplenty

Fun fact: Moloko's 1999 "sing it back/bring it back' was about hanging

Kemi Badenoch to give a full statement this afternoon from the Grand Hotel, Brighton

MARK ROWLEYS HAD HIS HEED KICKED IN

There are elections next week, and you should notice that the pretence of impartiality just goes straight out of the fucking window, any time the dirty hippies get too big for their boots and need a good stomping back down.

Somehow, Thatcher returned

Derry MP Colum Eastwood has said he is “shocked and astounded” that the leader of the Conservative Party used Bloody Sunday footage in a video criticising legal cases brought against British soldiers. jrnl.ie/7028918

This was no accident - imperialists see violence and brutality against people they deem "lesser" as a cost of maintenance. #spéirghorm #ireland

Kemi Badenoch has to be lucky every day

In a post promoting the British Army and their actions, Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch, actually used footage of Bloody Sunday. There are no words.

Baby in a waistcoat I know I know It's serious

"The great appear great because we are on our knees: Let us rise." Jim Larkin

Some useful public speaking tips from Freud here.

Makes sense now why the place is so fucked

The Irish government has perfected the art of talking the talk on climate change while failing to actually reduce emissions or improve public health. My letter in The Irish Times explores why hosting the next global fossil fuel conference means nothing without domestic action.

Happy Lá Bealtaine - the swallows have arrived and summer's on the way 🔥 Prints: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...

"The number of people who support the freedom of transgender people to live their lives is up 5% up from 70% in 2024." Good to see that despite everything being thrown at it, most people aren't buying the anti trans narrative here

Attacking rural Ireland daily simply by living my life along with all sentient beings

Do Gardaí have the power to inspect ICE deportation flights that stop in Shannon? People in Ireland have been calling the guards and asking them to search these flights from the US to see if everyone on board is being treated okay. Learn more here www.dublininquirer.com/do-gardai-ha...

“It is said Ireland currently spends the lowest proportion of GDP of an EU state on nature…” But we’ve so many billions of a surplus www.rte.ie/news/environ...

Meta has been found to be in breach of EU law for failing to prevent children under the age of 13 from accessing Facebook and Instagram. The European Commission found that children can easily create accounts by entering false birth dates. jrnl.ie/7026661

I WUZ TOADALEE EXONNURADED

Unimpressed by the idea that the Social Democrats for example should pretend stuff like Sinn Fein local reps supporting ant-immigrant protests isn't happening so as not to jeopardise some future coalition. SF may turn a blind eye for reasons of internal cohesion. Other parties are not compelled to.

Honestly, Sinn Féin's handling of right-wing anger and their refusal to address the climate crisis has me seriously doubting their capacity to deliver on their one core mission - a united Ireland. #spéirgorm

Absolutely ridiculous that we have to do this. The referendum result was abundantly clear.

Lionising the agricultural lads as in some way the most authentic Irish people seems to betray a nostalgia for an Ireland long gone. The clock won't be turned back and this kind of thing generally codes right.

THESE ISLES: James Connolly (1868-1916), an Edinburgh-born Marxist union leader and revolutionary of Irish parentage, was among republican leaders executed for their part in Dublin’s 1916 Easter Rising against British rule. 1/7

I hear Iran are just weeks away from developing a ballroom.

The Statue of Libertarianism, welcoming US tech fash to Dublin to feast on our depleted resources. Bring your cold, huddled masters

DJs from the 90s know

I'm in Mary Lou's constituency and those pricks on O'Connell St didn't make me or my neighbours of colour feel safe. A few years ago I considered giving SF my vote but over and over again they keep proving they don't deserve it. Always siding with the very worst of us

Good to hear that the Irish government is looking into additional payments for heat pumps and efficient cars, rather than just addressing the energy crisis with cuts to fossil fuel prices. However, supporting HVO ("renewable diesel") would be a really bad idea. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

The Santa Marta 'Transition Away from Fossil Fuels' conference begins today. Ireland is there - sort of #TAFF #SantaMarta www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Dancing laughing Drinking loving And now I'm all alone In shedsit land My only home

NEWS! Ballrooms to be installed in American high schools to protect against shootings newsthump.com/2026/04/27/b...

The echo of right wing tropes about 'protecting our women' is presumably intentional. The echo of lads up for the match saying to watch out because Mary Lou's constituency is full of scumbags perhaps less so.

Maybe stop Landlordising demons

An interesting fact buried in this article.. 'The joint intelligence budget for MI5 & MI6 is just under £5bn. It was previously estimated that MI5 spend for N. Ireland was around 20% of its budget.' 20% UK spend but couldn't name paramilitary groups involved in 2 years of far-right racist terror.

Did Mary-Lou talk to the Muslim Sister's of Éire about how safe they felt when the protestors on O'Connell St attacked them, and it was the homeless people that stepped in to protect them and not the lads with their tractors? #IrishPol #Speirgorm

*BANG* stop assassinating yourself

Hoping Ed Winchester escaped injury last night.