That was beautiful #WorldCup2026

So on foot of today's news from the Vatican: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... It's opportune to remind people that they have been active in Cork City and west Cork for a long time now: www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

DRC flags proudly fluttering from Banna Strand to Kinshasha

Anthony Barry delving into the Steve McClaren lexicon from his ill-starred Sky Sports News live analysis of England v Iceland in 2016. Bodes well.

There should be a World Cup where it's colonised countries playing former and current colonisers. It would most just be countries playing England.

Are the BBC regretting not leaving this game on the iPlayer now I wonder?

The DR will see you now

Aasgaard with a heavenly finish for Norway to peg France back to 2-1 #WorldCup2026

Peak sthretch

Kane not Abel to adjust quickly enough there

Lionel Messi. That is all. #WorldCup2026

Well that was good craic to be fair

@ciaraioch.bsky.social @jaseomcn.bsky.social

Not over yet in the Meadowlands

If Senegal's two best chances hadn't fallen to Jackson you think they might be leading here

I really felt that this would be the first 0-0 #WorldCup

If they want people to catch the World Cup bug it makes sense to start with M-RSA

It's just open fascism. Zero figleaves left.

Board game idea: BONOPOLY: like Monopoly but where the streets have no name.

Welcome to the Blue Suede shoes help line. Dial: 1 for the money 2 for the show 3 to get ready 4 to hear the options again

Just signed this important letter concerning the future of Ireland's research support for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences #skystorians openletter.earth/concern-abou...

*Another* all-time Irish temperature record for May, and the second today: Oak Park's 29.7°C (3pm) has been surpassed by Shannon Airport with 30.0°C at 5pm

Don very kindly responded to one of my first book reviews, of his and Kyle Hughes' study of Ribbonism and its influence in Ireland and its diaspora. He was a first-rate scholar. May he rest in peace.

For those #Irish #historians #skystorians interested in the historic events at Westminster today (the last sitting of hereditary peers in the House of Lords) here's a @histparl.bsky.social article by Philip Salmon on the power of the Victorian House of Lords: historyofparliament.com/2025/09/17/t...

As already noted, it is specifically a crime under 18 US Code 1091 to conspire to commit, or incite others to commit, genocide.

FUUUUCCCKKK

YES CAOIMHÍN

Jesus Effing Ch...

OHHHH YESSSSSS

PENALTY

Today in 1920, the Sinn Fein Lord Mayor of Cork, Tomas MacCurtain was assassinated by covert RIC squad in revenge for the shooting of a policeman by the IRA, which MacCurtain had, ironically, opposed. His killing led to a hardenning in Cork IRA www.theirishstory.com/2020/03/23/t...

Bobby B is the man #IrevSco #6Nations

Great start #IrevSco #6Nations

So are Scotland the real deal, or is this the annual jour sans from France? #6Nations

Best friends.. 😊

For the record - I despise the Iranian regime, which has imprisoned and tortured friends and colleagues. But I do not want to see Tehran or anywhere else bombed by fascists, rapists, paedophiles and genocidaires seeking to launder their reputations and political positions. War - all war - is bad.

"The Rise of End Times Fascism". Doomsday prep for the super-rich. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

But his emails ...

Shocked face emoji! That the ritual has been misused to such a degree which uncovers the *checks notes* slide into authoritarianism and nazism not seen since the 1930s? Well fancy that ...

Very much here for the "is this actually happening" shots of the crowd, featuring both sets of fans #EngvIre

You know, I think I like this rugby stuff. #ENGvIRE #M6N

Jaysus lads #EngvIre

Right, hands up who had "royal arrest" in their 2026 bingo card

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

Hegel: "Rulers, Statesmen, Nations, are wont to be emphatically commended to the teaching which experience offers in history. But what experience and history teach is this, - that peoples and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it."

Robert Jenrick to fly to NZ to take up the position of All Black head coach

We are delighted to announce that we'll be hosting the SSNCI conference in Maynooth next June. Call for papers attached. Please spread far and wide!

Breaking News: Netflix struck an $83 billion deal for Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business, a merger that could transform the media landscape.

Tuesday is a hard payback for the glory of Sunday #coybig #speirgorm