TAOISEACH ADMITS HE IS ATHEIST

Answers to the Irish Connection Wall Many thanks to both of you who showed any interest whatsoever.

It was a lovely morning.

I would have lost every shirt I own - and probably my house - on the bet: what year did the #Luas start operating? 2004?! TWENTY-ONE years ago?? I'd have said 10, maybe 12. Jayney

I called in to see this this morning. Well worth a gander.

Zan Cammack’s article on Flann O’Brien’s comic engagements with the acoustic environment of early twentieth-century Ireland is OUT NOW! in the Journal of Flann O’Brien Studies. On air twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, do not adjust your dials! 📻

Why the recognition of Palestine matters. Why it won’t change anything in Gaza - but it could have a lasting impact for Palestine.

Glad to report that this is just as superb as you would expect. Great fun. #Herron #ClownTown

Cardinal Timothy Dolan failed to report direct admissions of rape by multiple priests, lobbied against extending the statute of limitations for sex abuse, and moved money off the church books to hide it from victims of sex abuse. In case you were wondering.

Trust me, I am utterly aware that "this is easy for me to say": But if I were Sally Rooney, I would go to Britain and force the issue: are you going to arrest me or not? That would be a protest.

"The Great White Pilot Fish" That blade's so sharp you'd never feel it going in. Even by Eamon's high standards this is first class. #golf @mrandrewcotter.bsky.social

I woke up at 5am, so, obviously, I designed an Irish Connection Wall It's fair - the categories are genuine, and the clues aren't too tricksy. Give it a try, and please Repost. Answers on Sunday evening.

I woke at 5am, so, obviously, I designed an IRISH CONNECTIONS WALL It's fair - the categories are genuine, the hints not too tricksy. Give it a go, and please REPOST. Answers on Sunday evening. @josefoshea.bsky.social @donaldclarke.bsky.social @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social @frankie49.bsky.social

Every headline talking about Kimmel being suspended for his “Kirk comments” is journalistic malpractice. He was suspended for comments about MAGA opportunists exploiting Kirk’s death, after the FCC chair issued a Mafioso threat.

Feels like an important moment - is there any push back against this at all from senior FG & FF figures who really should understand the dangers of lettin this kind of Yank lunacy in. Or do the likes or Martin and Harris pretend it didn't happen bcos they need them onside ?

Good piece from Dave Hannigan on the racist behind the venue for next week's extravaganza. Bethpage goes down a dark road by pricing ordinary fans out of #RyderCup www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2...

Your occasional reminder that the Founding Fathers of the United States were Puritans and Presbyterians and that that instinct has driven society since.

Tomorrow's front page 📰 Is sharing this image a crime?

I feel that this headline would read somewhat more accurately if it said "Letter NOT containing anthrax found..."

Kroger will lay off ~1,000 employees. In December, it announced $7.5B in stock buybacks – which juice stock prices, enriching shareholders and boosting CEO pay. Just so happens that Kroger's last CEO was paid 457x its typical employee in 2024. Textbook corporate greed.

Takes a lot of balls to do that.

"Small talk's just bullshit leaving the body." - Jackson Lamb #mickherron

I wonder what Mr Guy would make of the silk cravat/tractor baseball cap combo? @dieworkwear.bsky.social

Just thought I'd share this. One of my favs. open.spotify.com/track/6cRsRB...

I'm giving a walking tour on Sunday morning.

If you go on to the New York Times app, you will find, WAAAY down the page, the story of another school shooting in Colorado today (quite near Colombine). Barely registers.

Hello, sailor.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on the shooting of Charlie Kirk: "Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."

Good piece from @hlinehan.bsky.social Why are Irish artists such as Graham Linehan, Sally Rooney so prominent in UK free speech wars? www.irishtimes.com/media/2025/0...

Not only did this great man assist in having two of his nieces beheaded, he also pioneered the active walking stick.

“My work with the poor and the incarcerated has persuaded me that the opposite of poverty is not wealth, the opposite of poverty is justice.” - Just Mercy

Eamon has been a prick from day one. GOOD RIDDANCE #TRAITORS

Applied for new passport & passport card Friday afternoon. Both dispatched today. Great service, kudos when it's deserved...

Believe it or not, I've never read Harris. Here goes. Support @dublincitylibs.bsky.social

Talk about your insane dystopian futures - Myanmar is a gangster state

Dick Cavett is an extraordinarily articulate, erudite man, so what's remarkable here is that he is virtually incapable of stringing two words together because he holds the man he is interviewing in such awe. I'm sure Coward tolerated it only out of a perverse pleasure. youtu.be/yr8UcAXpRAE?...

Because he's an old guy, and because he's from Cork, I have been, right from the start, totally Team Paudie. Obviously Eamon is a cocky bastard who will get his comeuppance. #thetraitors

I saw She Wore a Yellow Ribbon way too young and it made me afraid of decorative symbolic emblems.

I wonder what Rory #McIlroy's bodyguard gets paid. He's ever-present. Does he carry a gun? That backpack always looks quite heavy.

For no particular reason other than I love these guys. Bryan is the perfect straight man, and Clarke is (was) a genius. youtu.be/XeLIP6zU8i4?...

@anniewestdotcom.bsky.social *cough* www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/t...

Newspaper faces spelling challenge

I had to visit James Connolly hospital in Blanchardstown this morning. Would any of you fluent Irish speakers like to comment on this horror? Svuít Jaysus

I never watched a minute of the British Traitors, so I'm rather surprised at how much I'm enjoying our own version.

Get well, Mr. Mayor. Whoever did this is dethpicable.

"this investigation is proceeding carefully", says the dogged RTE crime correspondent. Embarrassing.

Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

I've always liked this typeface - but maybe it's not the look you would want in these, well, times.