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Shockingly.... @patrickfreyne.bsky.social likes a show about a beardy man....but he's not wrong. Small Prophets is the warm hug of a tv show we all need.

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RIP Robert Duvall 🙏

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Report: Rich Idiot Tax Exiles Have "Colonised Ignorance, Stupidity"

"Two babies are among at least 53 people dead or missing after an inflatable migrant boat sank off Libya, the U.N. migration agency said on Monday" abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

"Two years later, Flatley created Lord of the Dance, and before we knew it he was living among us, perfecting our accent and depleting the national supply of skin-shining baby oil." @patrickfreyne.bsky.social in fine form this morning....

Every American needs to watch this:

The byline of Siddharth Kara's powerful book "Cobalt Red" rings all the more truer today " How the Blood of the Congo Powers our Lives". www.irishtimes.com/world/africa...

First gig of 2026 was stunner. @alazarussoul.bsky.social featuring Colm Mac An Iomaire as part of Tradfest Dublin in St. Patrick's Cathedral. Felt like a sanctuary from the mucky night and the increasingly mad world outside.

This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition, The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance Iconic imo

'My Fourth Time, We Drowned' is 4.99 pounds on Audible in the UK for January only. The audiobook version includes original audio from reporting I did over those years. Please consider listening if you haven't already. It (unfortunately) has not stopped being relevant. @4thestatebooks.bsky.social

What's the collective noun for a gathering of gobshites... Those seeking new Irish government should look to Maga, Eddie Hobbs tells conference www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

If these days of madness where you are left wondering where basic human decency has gone, it did my heart good to read this by @patrickfreyne.bsky.social ‘When the Taliban came, I lost everything. I found Ireland like paradise’ www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Maith thú @murphyciaran.bsky.social ✊🇵🇸 Ciarán Murphy: Ending league sponsorship deal would at least stop Allianz from cashing in on the GAA’s virtues www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic...

Look, it occurs to me that this is quite ranty but I believe every spittle flecked word of it www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

A stark exposé of the reality behind the clothes we wear by the ever reliable @sallyhayd.bsky.social ‘Made in Bangladesh’: the reality of a garment industry that fills Ireland’s shops www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Lovely piece here by @patrickfreyne.bsky.social including mention of @irishhospice.bsky.social Think Ahead pack.

#Newgrange #WinterSolstice

"Inspired" by @patrickfreyne.bsky.social ..... I wud give Little Genos Christmas sandwich 5 Santas out of 5.

@kneecapceol.bsky.social @bfcdublin.bsky.social Scumbag scammers alert...this is on Instagram

REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS has said Israel was responsible for nearly half of all journalists killed this year worldwide.....

Saoirse don Phalaistín 🇮🇪 ✊ 🇵🇸 Ireland will not partake in next Eurovision Song Contest due to Israel’s inclusion www.irishtimes.com/media/2025/1...

"By the beginning of November 2025, Unifil recorded almost 7,100 Israeli air violations of UN resolution 1701, which the ceasefire agreement was based on." @sallyhayd.bsky.social ‘It was a lovely place’: Life in southern Lebanon under Israel’s ‘remote occupation’ www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...

"..since 1967, Israel has imprisoned over 800,000 Palestinian men and women from the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip, which accounts for about 20 per cent of the total population and about 40 per cent of all Palestinian men.” @sallyhayd.bsky.social

Twenty years in an Israeli prison: ‘We will never accept being sent away. We’re not terrorists’ www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

👇 🇮🇪 ✊ @fontainesdc.bsky.social @cmatbaby.bsky.social @kneecapceol.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

In these times of misinformation & downright lies that fill our social media feeds, it does my heart good to see the exceptional & brave journalism of @sallyhayd.bsky.social recognised in this way. And typically she uses this to highlight the local journalists in areas of crisis who face such risks.

My brief 18 months as an International Aid worker taught me many things, including immense respect for those who commit their lives to organisations such as MSF. This by @patrickfreyne.bsky.social is powerful article of the type of brave people who do so. 🙏 www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

This by @nadineoregan.bsky.social , on the much loved, in this household and far beyond @manchanmagan.bsky.social is just gorgeous. Ar dhead Dé go raibh an anam dilís. 🙏 Manchán Magan tributes: ‘He arrived in this life like a comet, ablaze with purpose’ www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

How about a minute's silence for Daniel Aruebose instead ? Or all the children in Gaza that Israel have murdered since the Dáil last sat ? Neither of those would suit your agenda you spineless gowls.

McGregor Taps Out Under Doctor's Advice As 'Put On' Accent Inducing Aneurysm https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/09/15/mcgregor-taps-out-under-doctors-advice-as-put-on-accent-inducing-aneurysm/

Surely this should preserved as a National Treasure? @neiljackman.bsky.social Kerry pub opened by famous Antarctic explorer Tom Crean goes on sale www.independent.ie/regionals/ke...

A superb piece of factual journalism by the ever reliable @sallyhayd.bsky.social . Doesn't give you hope of a reasonable end to all this madness though...😔 ‘This land is wonderful for wine’: Israeli settlers strengthen grip on West Bank www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...

Do yourself a favour and read this lovely piece by @patrickfreyne.bsky.social Michael D Higgins’s poetry album Against All Certainty: To hell with policy wonks for president, get a few bards www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...

The rapist Conor McGregor...ye forgot that important adjective.....

A good summation of what was a hugely enjoyable evening. A far cry from seeing REM in the Olympia , back in the day...nevertheless an evening well spent.

A stark analysis on Israel's war on journalists from the as always superb @sallyhayd.bsky.social . Like the targetting of medical staff, it is clearly a deliberate elimination of witnesses. Israel’s targeting of journalists is an attack on truth and history www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

This , by @justinemc.bsky.social , is superb. 👏👏👏👏 Ireland set to feel the heat from Washington’s Maga brigade over Occupied Territories Bill www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

@fontainesdc.bsky.social Me too lads, me too. Saoirse don Phalaistín 🇮🇪 ✊ 🇵🇸 Let the two obnoxious gits come, do their thing for those who want to see them so the rest of us can get on with our lives.

A positive education story in the midst of the scholasticide . @sallyhayd.bsky.social ."Israeli soldiers recorded and distributed videos in which they mock Palestinians and Palestinian education, before destroying schools and universities”. www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...

@msf.org www.msf.org/not-aid-orch...

Another example how Israel deems international law as well as the norms of common decency do not apply to it. Palestinian children detained by Israeli forces: ‘They put on music and colourful lights and started dancing over us ... They had their feet on our backs’ www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...

This is a real gut-punch of a novel. I haven't been this disconcerted by a book I've read whilst also being adamant to advocate for it to have a wider audience since reading @sallyhayd.bsky.social 's. It will cause you to question whether what you are doing is enough, the answer to which is no.