you could not under penalty of torture get me to admit the level of ignorance about my own country and its history and culture that Irish conservatives are proudly displaying about Imbolc right now

Anois teacht an Earraigh, beidh an lá dúl chun shíneadh, Is tar eis na féil Bríde, ardóigh mé mo sheol. Go Coillte Mach rachad ní stopfaidh me choíche Go seasfaidh mé síos i lár Chondae Mhaigh Eo. Feck the rest of the northern hemisphere. This is the start of Spring. Beannachtaí an Imbolc daoibh!

New blog post: "The use of bombs in Belfast." Hand-grenades, or bombs, killed dozens and wounded hundreds, yet many people had bombs thrown through their front window and still walked out of the house unscathed. thebelfastpogrom.com/2025/12/29/t...

Sharing yet again, and will keep sharing. Only 8,397 Irish residents have signed this petition. Shockingly low for a country that says it stands in solidarity with Palestine. Please sign, this petition will make a difference. #JusticeForPalestine #Speirgorm eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#...

A few months ago everyone was guffawing about excessive weather warnings. It’s fairly pathetic for a minister to blame water forecasters for their own government’s own goals and inaction on climate change.

Folks involved in youth work in Dublin city: A friend of mine who is a youth worker here in Stockholm is coming to Dublin for a few days to take part in an EU project, and he and his colleagues would LOVE to visit any youth centres there while in town. Hit me up with your best suggestions!

Sharing again, because we still haven't passed the threshold. We are at 77%. This petition is really important. Sign, share and make sure others sign, please. 🙏 eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public #Speirgorm #Speirghorm #JusticeForPalestine

Home Kits art prints, All-Time Saints XI lineup prints and copies of Saints Rising are available on our online store for postage or collection. All proceeds go to the History St Pat’s project and the club. historystpats.myshopify.com 🔴⚪️

Annual reminder of how many days there are in each month.

I’m writing an article on baptisms and looking to speak to parents in Ireland who’ve been conflicted on the act or even disagreed with their partner/co-parent on whether they should baptise their child. Let me me know if that’s you or someone you know. Can grant anonymity if necessary

Some of the most effective and honest political communication seen on our neighbouring island in many years. Fair play @zackpolanski.bsky.social

How the new Irish Free State counted the population in 1926. Gregory Walls National Archives @tcddublin.bsky.social @researchireland.ie on what was involved in compiling the census 100 years ago, the first major administrative act by an independent Irish government www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

On average, there’s 6 million quid bet on every single LOI Men’s Premier Division game! Jaysus. Those bets placed here should be levied further and that money should go into pro-social activities including football.

We are looking for more of your nominations for our Cult Heroes XI for our next pod episode. This time out we are looking to pick a back four - so get your defensive nominations in! Our criteria: - a fans’ favourite - a hard worker - a scorer of an iconic goal Or - an alternative character! 🔴⚪️

I doubt if anyone respects me, but: 1. I've worked in AI on and off since 1985 2. I have a PhD 3. I used to manage an academic department of ~40 AI researchers 4. I've published ~100 articles on it This AI tech is a con. It's a play for corporations to steal industries, wealth, & governance.

If people don't actually use the shitty AI we keep violently thrusting at them, the bubble will pop, and our wasteful investments into water guzzling, anti-human infrastructure will bankrupt us. Despite spouting shit about free markets/consumer first, we have decided you WILL use our slopgorithms.

It's long past time that the life support of taxpayer money was cut off and this 'industry' was allowed to fade away. The Technological University of the Shannon should be ashamed of itself. www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

For younger people, the bastards using bogus non-resident accounts and their banking friends defrauded the state of billions with their scamola. Not a single person was ever prosecuted after the uncovering of the tax avoision (I don’t say evasion, I say avoision). Good overview archive.ph/jkFb1

How Northern lights have fascinated Irish people for centuries. Historic records of the aurora borealis in Irish skies survive in folklore, newspapers and scientific reports, writes @angela-historian.bsky.social @dib.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Na Gealáin Thuaidh sna Glaschnoic anocht. Draíochtúil! #SpéirGhorm

Time for this reminder again. “It wasn’t blokes in tracksuits that ruined the country, it was blokes in suits" Very powerful words by @emmetkirwan.bsky.social

The drama of that AFCON final, my word.

This has been completely normalized. Once upon a time when it happened, there was days of press coverage and vigils.

Taoiseach on RTE Radio again pedalling the myth that having a job makes disability and the cost of disability disappear - it doesn’t.

No better illustration of a country hooked on US tech than Ireland. The haphazard response to the Grok CSAM scandal makes that bundantly clear.

Have a two part follow-up on the issues raised over the last few weeks on @virginmedianews.bsky.social next week. Grateful to the interviewees, who have very bravely told their stories. Non-consensual AI image manipulation is a massive problem and it’s only going to worsen without drawing a line.

Have these people considered that Simon Harris is making fools of them?

was genuinely thinking about restarting my IT subscription (not anymore lol), so shoutout to Finn Redmond for standing between me and my reckless addiction to "sure when you calculate on a per day basis..."

The funniest thing about this person is I know four people who’ve cancelled their IT subscriptions who have mentioned her as a major reason for it. Good job!

Two of our greatest ever at Ozo’s testimonial. 🔴⚪️

Tá na Meireacánaigh fós ag é seo.

Fair play to @jenwhitmoretd.bsky.social who is taking another online loudmouth to task.

Judge who said cyclists a “nightmare” pleaded guilty to failing to take breathalyser test A Dublin-based Circuit Court judge who said that "Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin" pleaded guilty in 2012 to failing to comply with a request by a garda to use a breathalyser in Connemara.…

Asked why he believes Minister for Communications and Media Patrick O’Donovan is afraid to tackle X head on, Social Democrats TD Cian O’Callaghan responded: “I don't know what the story is with him, to be honest with you.”

Example 9747372 of how far-right misinformation is winning.

A cup shock from 1974 - Pat’s player-manager Jack Burkett helps mastermind an upset over the highly-fancied Cork Hibs side at the quarterfinal stage. Pic via the ‘League of Ireland Glory Days’ FB page - well worth a follow.

Barry Ryan is our pick as goalkeeper for our Cult Heroes XI team. Listen to the latest episode of the History St Pat’s Pod for our discussion and let us know your memories of the Clare man. Hashtag. 🔴⚪️

From the 1965 Con Martin Soccer Annual. Another one for the “Pat’s and Pubs” folder. Thanks to @gerrytastic.bsky.social for the find!

Good thread, built on a good week's journalism on this story

The idea that journalists, politicians, groups or - you know, women, people of colour, LGBTQ+ people - should "stay on the pitch" doesn't really hold up. Foreign Minister's account has 60k followers - 40 likes, 13k views? Blue ticks straight to the top of the queue with misogyny, bile.

The one and only John ‘Barreller’ Cassidy - star forward of the late 1940s and early 1950s. One of the great Saints nicknames - what are your other favourites?

I've signed this petition calling for the government to shut down X for producing sexual abuse images. Will you do the same? my.uplift.ie/petitions/sh... @uplift.ie

I wrote a book. It may surprise you that it’s popular with general sports fans and history buffs as well as Pat’s supporters! A working-class rocket built in the Inchicore railway works that took Irish football by storm. Usual price €25 but get it for €18.50 at historystpats.myshopify.com 🔴⚪️

This headline should read: "World's richest man decides to start charging for his CSAM factory" He did NOT turn it off, he realised it is profitable

EXACTLY! A tech company based in Ireland has introduced A FEATURE that allows for the generation of image-based sexual violence. The generation and distribution of image-based sexual violence and child sexual abuse materials ARE illegal under Irish and EU law. Companies are legally accountable.

History St Pat’s started as a Twitter project in 2018. We got huge engagement, learned loads & spread the word before the site’s demise. We exited Twitter today (not before time) but a lot of the work has gone to waste. I’ve registered @historystpats.bsky.social but most of the work is now on Insta

Oh hey, listen, just a quick word. Do not do this.

Happy Nollaig na mBan! Here's a piece celebrating some of Ireland's most interesting women, with a thread about each of them here: bsky.app/profile/ciar... Prints also available (currently on sale): www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...