It was a pleasure working with 4th year students from Douglas Comm to create this mural featuring past pupil Adam Idah ahead of a big week for the boys in the green. Also featured are some of the schools soccer jerseys through the years. My thanks to the lads for their hard work! #coybig

You have to wonder what's in the milk if this is what Avonmore think people at a parade look like... #aislop

Cork new's e-bike library to offer a chance to try before you buy The scheme, which has already been successfully piloted in Dublin, will give households the opportunity to test out what type of e-bike might best suit their needs. www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...

En 12 ans, Paris s'est transformée comme jamais.

The amount of events and festivals around the country using genAI for their promotional images is slightly maddening. All about supporting local, except their local artists.

There was one A.i.-ified listing I saw recently where the exterior of the house was shown from several different angles, and each angle showed different lawns, features, even trees and livestock enclosures.

The thing is the AI images don't "show potential" and are definitely misleading. They distort the size of rooms, move walls and windows, and place bathtubs and furniture in places where they physically won't fit.

This clip has everything that makes sport so compelling but hardly features the sport itself! Poor Atle McGrath tho.

Bookseller Scrambles To Hide All The Classics After Seeing Emerald Fennell Approaching Door https://theonion.com/bookseller-scrambles-to-hide-all-the-classics-after-seeing-emerald-fennell-approaching-door/

Roger Casement: “A nation is a very complex thing. It never does consist; it never has consisted solely of men of one blood or one single race – it is like a river, rising in the hills with many sources, many converging streams, that become one great stream.” (1905)

"Space for kids, just like affordable housing and culture, should be a fundamental part of Dublin’s planning," writes Neil Dunne, of the inspiration for the illustration he did for our print edition #119. www.dublininquirer.c...#119.

Still time to show your support for 30km speed limits in Cork city. Get your submissions into Cork City Council before 5pm tomorrow here 👉 consult.corkcity.ie/en/consultat...

Ireland have just been drawn with Israel in the Nations League draw. It's only been a few months since the FAI passed a motion to ask Uefa to suspend Isreal. www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer...

Ten years after the sod was turned, Cork still has no Event Centre. Just a derelict site and a bridge to nowhere in the heart of the city. Cork deserves delivery, not another decade of broken promises.

Jim Ratcliffe all of a sudden concerned about draining public resources... Not too concerned to not ask for public money himself for his own business while taking 4 billion out of UK coffers by living as a tax exile in Monaco.

Lower limits on Cork’s streets “will take many decades” if the public does not send a clear message to Cork City Council irishcycle.com/2026/02/06/l...

Lower limits on Cork’s streets “will take many decades” if the public does not send a clear message to Cork City Council Members of the public in Cork City are being asked to get behind the wider adoption of 30km/h speed limits in the city, campaigners have said. The move to set 30km/h speed…

Cork City Council Speed Limit Review consultation is open until 13th February. There's a telling paragraph explaining that speed limits "need to be credible, self-regulating, and should be regarded as appropriate by road users".

HD Comics, Cork City’s newest comic book shop opening late next week in the Market Parade.

Maybe I am alone in thinking that it would be good for just one of them to visit Minneapolis www.rte.ie/news/politic...

A local rep using Chat Gpt for speech writing is the very essence of phoning it in. The quote, "...you can do something now in seconds that before would have taken hours", translates to, "I used to have to think this shit up myself, but now I don't".

I really wish I wasn't still ranting about this, ten years later - but the risk to Cork city is huge 🚨

Quint from Jaws could have been talking about this guy... "Lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin'." Also, that AI windmill is having a laugh!

The families of Danes killed in Afghanistan have a message for Trump www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Our comic book shop is nearing completion with new lights and carpentry added this week. Some more painting and finishing touches to be done over the next week, add the remaining stock and organise what we have. Opening soon.

Thanks @conorom.bsky.social for writing this piece for us setting out the legal position on X and CSAM… in short, yes, they could be prosecuted. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Ireland: Disarray as one Minister says black, one (Junior) says white. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

My word. The Taoiseach, in China, says "platforms can be misused and abused or they can be used for positive reasons as well..." and says that should be considered carefully "before jumping to conclusions" on whether it's appropriate for the Government to be on X.

The spinelessness of our government is astonishing. "The fascist enabling, CSAM-producing platform has some good features too, yanno?", is a hell of a take. Christ. They need to be raked over the coals for this at every opportunity.

Artists as the world crumbles around us

Over the past month my colleague Clodagh Finn and I recorded six podcasts about Irish women in history - a Christmas miniseries to replace my usual output. First one, Grizelda Steevens “the pig faced woman of Dublin” dropped today. Listen by searching for the Deirdre O’Shaughnessy podcast

A deep dive on two key figures in the Irish far right. hopeandcourage.ie/plastic-pay-...

To read this reply from CCC to @mikemoynihanex.bsky.social piece in the Examiner today, it's impossible to know that not only was the tree removed, but the area concreted over too. Essentially, an area that once had grass and 4 mature trees in recent years, is now a car park.

In the middle of a housing crisis with food and energy costs soaring, extolling the virtues of working for free is pretty wild. The race to the bottom is gathering pace!

Today’s @irishexaminer.bsky.social city column. Concrete replacing greenery and what that means for Cork’s “task force” (quotation marks unironic” www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...

First year selling my art at Christmas without the Other site, where most of my sales came from, as well as losing US orders to new tariffs, so it'll be a tough one - I put huge work into every order, so even if you can't buy, shares help get them in front of eyes. GRMA! www.ciaraioch.com/artprints

Last few days to order a Christmas commission if you’re in Ireland. If you’re interested in a portrait of a person or a pet, send me a DM. :)

Not doing Black Friday because I'm against the creeping Americanisation of Irish life and can't afford to as a small artist, but WILL be doing Vengeful Hag Friday where for every piece of art you purchase from www.ciaraioch.com/artprints I will fervently wish bad cess to your enemies

Spotted in Ballincollig today. One of the new digital kiosks being rolled out across Cork to replace some of the old phone boxes. It's main feature is the 1m x 2m led advertising screen. As if we didn't have enough clutter on our streets.

When you ask for one thing and get another... "In 2023, a study was carried out on behalf of Cork City Council’s Climate Action Unit which found 92% of participants wanted more parks, biodiversity, and green spaces in Cork City: 89% wanted more trees on city streets."

It's good to see Bishop Lucey Park open again and there are some nice elements but overall it's rather charmless, cluttered and over-engineered. Strap yourself in for a rollercoaster ride of a thread (1/n)🧵 #Cork

What a moment!

A week to match any for Irish football! 🍀🇮🇪

Parts of the Regional Park in Ballincollig look like a mangrove at moment with large areas flooded. Might need to invest in a pair of waders for the weekly walk.

My buddy James and I will be turning this space into Cork City’s newest comic book shop, HD Comics. As central to Cork City Centre as you can get. If you’re looking to sell some comics, send me a DM. Opening in the next few weeks.

Misleading headline, this site has a very long backstory #Planning

A reminder that the deadline for submissions on the Cork Luas is tomorrow, Monday 9th, at 5.30pm. This project will have a massively positive impact on Cork and submissions of support, recommendations, and feedback, are vital to getting the best possible outcome. consult.tii.ie/luas-cork/su...

5pm submission deadline for this critical enabler for Cork's existing needs and future development. More steps to go but send a positive short, few lines in before you leave work today.