Flickers of Obama: Is Georgia senator Jon Ossoff a Democratic presidential runner?

Entering the US is set to become an app-based dystopia with social media tracking. What used to be a visa-free privilege (the ESTA) is to turn into a biometric, digitally-scored identity system. m.independent.ie/business/tec...

Reform of Esta system (app-only, no website) based on: - common use of facial scans in airports anyway - tougher rules on who’s allowed in US But they also want selfies before *and after* US visit + years of social media. Lack of protest from X-based Irish ‘free speech’ folks is striking

Guinness is gouging loyal customers and blackguarding poor farmers. Cutting from today's Irish Examiner.

I normally don't break my schedule for newsletters because breaking news isn't my thing. But things are escalating quickly, so I made an exception. Please read and share these remarks from @governorwalz.mn.gov. www.altrightdelete.news/p/you-need-t...

Message from the Editor: We hit a big milestone this year

Turns out a combination of not using That Other Site and the economic landscape at the moment in general does, in fact, makes fulfilling the whole "starving artist" stereotype a whole lot more achievable 😅

Wishing all at @kennysbookshop.bsky.social warm wishes celebrating 85 years at the heart of Galway books, art, and more. This archives Kenny's brochure even included a map of the original shop on High Street!

🔺 BREAKING: It was an honour to know him, agent says in statement confirming death

I went to Assassination Custard, the most precisely chaotic and singularly wonderful restaurant in Dublin, and had a very, very nice time. observer.co.uk/style/restau...

November evening sun in Ballybunion, County Kerry, looking towards Kerry Head and the Dingle Peninsula. No filter.

SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten. "I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA

Revenue extends deadline for local property tax to next Wednesday as thousands yet to file www.independent.ie/business/per...

Milestones: On this day in 1965, Irish theatre changed forever when John B Keane’s play The Field introduced the character of the Bull McCabe to the Irish stage. Actors Ray McNally as ‘the Bull’ and Eamon Keane as ‘the Bird’ took Dublin by storm.

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service is urgently seeking an additional 12,000 blood donations over the next four weeks as most blood groups have fallen to under three days of stock.

The destruction of the Gaza city mosque is a devastating loss to humanity as a whole. A part of our global medieval heritage destroyed in furtherance to a genocide. I despair.

iPhone 17 Pro Max 2TB: EU/Ireln - €2,489 America - €1,826 (incl sales tax) €660 difference

Justine McCarthy: Catherine Connolly must unhitch her presidential wagon from Clare Daly and Mick Wallace

"The order to kill Anas Al-Sharif, one of Gaza’s bravest journalists, along with his colleagues, is a desperate attempt to silence voices ahead of the occupation of Gaza" www.cnn.com/2025/08/10/m...

I agree with basically all of this by Kev Collins www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZpd...

Vastly experienced EU negotiators gave Trump the optics of a win but will fillet the US in the details, knowing the Taco president will want to keep his win by conceding loads of goodies to keep it alive.

Mickey MacConnell, a true legend — songwriter, poet, lyricist, composer, columnist, journalist, balladeer, husband, and dad, has died. He lived amongst us in Listowel. Tá sé smith ar shlí na fírinne. www.rte.ie/entertainmen...

A wonderful short story "The Last Supper" by Jayson Carcione @carcionejay.bsky.social. www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/the-...

Sally Rooney in The Guardian Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is barbaric from a State whose rulers were front and centre at the Ascot Carnival, even sharing a carriage with King Charles III in the Royal Procession. At least the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton, has the good sense to snub these odious despots! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Ireland is the distillation capital of the World. When Hennessy etc escaped via flight of the Earls they brought it to France. This is Dromin House in Listowel (just restored), where reference to an apple brandy distillation room dates to 1661.

NUJ joins the IFJ in condemning those responsible for death of journalist Dharmendra Singh Chauhan who has been shot and killed in India, bringing number of reporters killed in the country this year to four www.nuj.org.uk/resource/ind...

Finally, a win for journalism in the US. www.huffpost.com/entry/preakn...

IF YOU HAVEN’T READ IT DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!

Kerry Co. Co. will close the N71 Killarney to Molls Gap road to public traffic from Mangerton Rd to the junction of R568 - N71 at Molls Gap from 7.30am to 10.45am on Sat May 17th. This is to facilitate the Run Killarney event. Access provided for emergency services & residents.

I'm scarlet for the page editors at the @irishtimes.com. Leo XIV was not the first American Pope; Pope Francis was. Get it right! Reporter Patsy McGarry’s copy emphasises Leo is the first US Pope. Maybe subs should have read it. This rare mistake makes the page a collector’s item.

One of my heroes! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...

Good evening from the Kingdom 🌸

Journalism is under fire everywhere. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Journalism could yet get a win in Trump’s America. Well, the Mick McCarthy trained Journalism is the favourite for today's Kentucky Derby!

This makes for chilling reading. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...

Latest: The IDF investigated itself, but questions remain about how Israeli soldiers closed around on and fired for over six minutes at rescue workers who were unarmed, in uniform and praying, killing all of them. Our video investigation reconstructs what happened. www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

Children are people too! www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Another sun goes down on an Irish Atlantic rainforest 🌎

Written after a conversation at John B's in Listowel and first published in @elsewherejournal.bsky.social, "Anger is a fishing trawler" is today's poem-a-day pick over at @versedaily.bsky.social! www.versedaily.org/2025/angeris...

Missteps, equipment problems and a risky practice caused an Army helicopter and jet to collide in January over Washington, a New York Times investigation shows, killing everyone aboard both aircraft. Here’s a close look at what led to the worst domestic crash in the U.S. in nearly a quarter-century.

Spontaneous applause for Ukrainian President Zelenskyi at the funeral of Pope today in Rome. russia wants to convince us that we're all alone in this fight. We are not. Video: Acyn Twitter.

(Sorry for briefly spamming my own prints on here, but unfortunately it's still necessary to make some sort of tenuous living from drawing due to a significant delay in successfully wooing a wealthy bachelor farmer and being whisked off in his John Deere to a life of diamond-encrusted wellies)

modern European history job in DCU #speirgorm #history universityvacancies.com/dublin-city-...

The only difference between Liz Truss and Donald Trump is that Trump lies better. And that's not saying much.