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A big factor of leaving Twitter was to distance myself from right wing troll bullshit… Bluesky is full of people screenshotting it and saying how awful it is

Top tv 2024 #tvsky Blue Lights , Only Murders in the Building, The Zelensky Story ,

Gigs of 2024 #musicsky Every George Murphy one. Seen him loads. China Crisis in Mike the Pies, Rewind at St Anne's. Jack O Rourke in Mallow.

Top tunes of 2024 #musicsky Gary by Blossoms , Starburster by Fontaines DC, H.O.O.D. by Kneecap , Rosie Ale of England by George Murphy and Rising Sons

Top Movies of 2024 #moviesky The Zone of Interest ,That They May Face The Rising Sun, Kneecap

Top 5 Non Fiction I read this year. 📚 #booksky The Siege by Ben MacIntyre, Who killed Una Lynskey? by Mick Clifford, The Racket by Conor Niland, Killing Thatcher by Rory Carroll, These are not gentle people by Andrew Harding

Top 5 fiction I read in 2024 #booksky 📚 That They May Face The Rising Sun by John McGahern, Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon, Isaac and the Egg by Bobby Palmer. Small Hours by same author and Frank and Red by Matt Coyne.

Get ready to be bored. Next few posts my favourite things of 2024. Happy 2025 to you all

If you’re in Ireland you can even join online for free (librariesireland.spydus.ie/cgi-bin/spyd...) and then start getting ebooks, audiobooks and newspapers (through the Borrowbox app) and magazines (through Libby) for free!

Lif is too short

Woke up during the night to hear a loud "Oh Oh Oh " Santa had fallen backwards down the chimney..... Happy Christmas everyone.....

For every book I read this year I put 2 Euro on a jar. I put that money to use this week and purchased these and five previous orders for next year. Most thanks to @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social #booksky

Now reading Cher the memoir part one. #booksky Really interesting so far. Far better written than most of these type of books

Cher and Cher alike...

Venison steaks at @lidlireland.bsky.social . 10.99. Two deer ?......

Starting Colditz by Nen MacIntyre #booksky

Jumbos chipper in Listowel.

Not sure if @josefoshea.bsky.social is responsible for this great reply but a big bualadh bos to whoever is responsible !

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Great celebration of the music of the mighty Tom Waits.

Best thing on tv Christmas Day is An Cailin Ciuin on @tg4.bsky.social

My top 3 artists on Spotify really sell my old fogie credentials!!

On train back from Dublin. Was at Culture Club, Tony Hadley and Heaven 17 last night. Reliving my youth. Starting The Coast Road by Alan Murrin

Either Danny Healy Rae has announced a major policy shift or the automatic captions programme misheard "and we're proud of Kilgarvin"

Now request. Good old fashioned mystery. The Murder Game by Tom Hindle

So, Eoin Ó Broin has only transferred 110 votes of his surplus to Eoin Ó Broin. Poor vote management there from The Eoin Ó Broin Party in #DMW #GE24 #GE2024

I want a parrot for Christmas. I'll teach it to say "He turned me into a parrot ".....

First time father is asked to gown up before heading into maternity suite in Limerick a few years ago now. When he entered room wife got a few minutes light relief from pain. Herself and staff couldn't stop laughing. He thought he had to take everything off!! His bare ass peeping out of gown 😄

Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon Skin Town by Ciaran MacMenamin Foster by Claire Keegan

Anyone else try to sneak a look ar what books other people are reading be it on public transport, by the pool , on planes , in waiting rooms ?? No. Just me?

Nostalgic for the days of Haughey and Fitzgerald and Brian Farrell chairing the debate and the other coverage with Olivia O Leary and John Bowman. As a teenager was in awe of them all. Now as an aul cynic see every one as fallible.

Only soap I remained loyal to #CoronationStreet #corrie has been terrible for months now. No humour. Writing out all great characters. Paul now the final straw Debbie. A great actress Sue Devaney being written out. After a long time watching, finally switching off. Cheap tacky tv.

My most viral was to get Sean O Rourke to read my tweet out on his radio show after interviewing retiring Judge Barry White " Barry White saved my life and got me back with my ex wife ".

Next read. Running from Office by Eoghan Murphy

CBS News alert: A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is expected to take effect within hours, a U.S. official says.

Is yer man on this?? Lidl EIon Musk ? The Glenstal socialist.

Latest read is pure entertainment. Nine Lives by @peterswanson.bsky.social

Kudos to him for remaining seated because every time @katiehannon.bsky.social said James Brown's name on #rteupfront I expected him to get on up.....

Now reading Heart be at peace by Donal Ryan. Loved The Spinning Heart si looking forward to how all the characters are doing now

This week's #latelate was prerecorded. Seems to becoming a habit of certain segments being prerecorded but this seemed like the whole show. Why give impression that it's live ?

I left Twitter around two years ago. I found one of my favourite accounts who I had regularly interacted with there when I joined this this week They blocked me. Genuinely at a loss. I don't know what i did to them. Used to dm me, WhatsApp me, even played a request on radio for me in the past.

On my shelves for ages. Finally getting around to reading Poor .

Yellow snow warning still in place

Not one of the ten leaders on #rteupfront made the pledge I wanted to hear. Ban preshredded cheese. Make Ireland grate again......

Now reading my first Robert Harris book in advance of the release of the movie. Conclave really interesting about the intrigue of selecting a new Pope.